Er Santosh M Naik, GMICE, AMIE

Introduction: My friend who is a landscape architect and aspiring structural engineer called one evening to inform me that his client wants to float a planter in the air. I was confused and wondered how it is possible. I thought, his client, who is a top executive in a private firm, doesn’t know the concept of gravitational force. A lot of thoughts started pouring into my mind, It was then my friend who convinced me, that this small task will be interesting and would need my support in executing it. We met after a couple of days and he explained to me in detail about the problem. Existing Planter Condition and Reinforcement Cage (Left) Problem: After a couple of days, I and my friend were discussing the on-site situation. There are two existing planters already on the ground, inside a small pool. Planters will be surrounded by water.  But one fine day, when both the planters (i.e. planter A and planter B) were already constructed, and the only pending work was final finishing. Th...

As we all know that there is a huge gap between college and industry. what I have observed in the past five years is that college student who is about to pass out lack real industrial knowledge. It has become a difficult task to crack interviews due to high competition Hence  I am writing this article keeping in mind, freshers who are going to crack the structural engineering interview. I will be sharing a few important tips and possible topics which may ask during the interview For fresh structural engineers, The question doesn’t come whether you like structural engineering or not. That is because it's obvious that you chose structural engineering because you have a passion for it or you believe that structural engineering will lead to an office job . Before beginning the tips. I would suggest if the above two criteria don’t apply to you, You should either stop reading this article or choose some other field that interests you because if you are not interested then pursuing struc...