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Structural specialists
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The committed Construction Manager
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deepak kumar lamba
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"Planning professionals"
| 1 year ago
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i agree with vinod & rakesh , also planning backed by practical site experience professionals are very much in demand
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M.L.Suryaprakash
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Planning has emerged as a major function in Project Management. The Organisation model for executing projects has undergone a major change.Similar to Manufacturing where multiple levels of suppliers are involved in producing a product, today's projects...
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Nohar Singh Dhruv
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"Structural specialists"
| 1 year ago
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Yes the structural engg/specialist is back bone of any construction..
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The National Productivity Council is organising a residential training programme on Lean Management in Construction in Poovar Island resort near trivandrum from 12th to 15 August 2009. Those desiring to attend or nominate participants may send enquiries to bngnpc@vsnl.net or ml.suryaprakash@npcindia.org  Â
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Lack of visualisation
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Lack of Practical knowledge
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pandianarjunan
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"Lack of visualisation"
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without visualisation no costestimate can be prepared.But without practical knowledge no estimate will accurate.A pile depth can be had from the report, but the risks of sliding and penetration can be calculated by practical knowledge only.An...
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M.L.Suryaprakash
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Cost focus is always on Materials cost. A major component of cost goes towards method of construction and manhours utilised. These need to be defined clearly in the beginning itself for a realistic estimation of cost. This is where 3D and 4D...
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Shaju George
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"Lack of visualisation"
| 3 years ago
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Correct.. once you can visualise plans properly, chances of errors are very less.
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System Compliance...
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Major Bajirao Naik
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Really speaking it is more than system compliance. The managements need to implement the system in true letter spirit so that they can benefit from it
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M.L.Suryaprakash
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There is no need for a debate whether ISO 9001 is compliance or documentation. It was never meant to be documentation. It is purely assuring customer satisfaction and the best way for it is to ask the customer.If he is satisfied you are complying with...
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Pragya Kothari
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Definitely ISO 9001 is more of a system compliance than the documentation. System Compliance is either a state of being in accordance with established guidelines, specifications, or legislation or the process of becoming so.There is a common...
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Engineers need knowledge and its application
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Managers need talent to utilise all type of resources
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Dr. Siddharth Varma
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"Engineers need knowledge and its application"
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I agree with Yogendra to a large extent. The work of an engineer depends a lot on what he has learnt in class. Concepts are more mathematical and easier to put into practice after learning in the class though while applying in practical life the...
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M.L.Suryaprakash
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I agree with you partially. An IAS officer is basically an administrator. He expects things to happen as per plan and procedures. This is where, Engineers in Govt. organisations make themselves vulnerable to domination by IAS officers. I have also...
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jairaj shyam prasad
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"Managers need talent to utilise all type of resources"
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for any professional knowledge obtain in classroom is just an introduction.real skill comes to effect when one get an experiance of handling different situations.ability and eager to learn constantly will make one successful in carreer.i think it...
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Value Addition
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Value Creation
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M.L.Suryaprakash
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"Value Creation"
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It is akin to Kaizen and Reengineering. Value addition is incremental while Value creation is dramatic change. Obviously, the former is more frequent as compared to the latter. Value Creation is definitely more important because it symbolises...
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Prakash Saitwal
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"Value Addition"
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Value addition is deriving more meaning out of your existing value creating avenues. All the efforts (Value stream mapping, Lean manufacturing etc...) are aimed at making the most of it (i.e.value enhancing from existing avenues). It will be...
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Tanmay Gaur
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Hey Guys, I would say value addition. Value creation is always the first step, but when you move ahead, you look for value addition. The value creation part in most of the cases is copied or inspired out of something. Its always great if you got...
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Load Bearing Construction
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RCC frame construction
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Amarjit Singh
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Load Bearing walls are economical and safe if constructed as per Provision of IS4326 code for Earthquake ressistant Masonary Structures.
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M.L.Suryaprakash
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For a tropical country like India, Residential buildings, Educational institutions, Govt. offices etc should preferably be built with load bearing walls because of the inherent benefits. Load bearing walls provide good insulation from heat and keeps...
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Er. Harnam Singh
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"Load Bearing Construction"
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I prefer Load bearing constrcution for low rise structure as it is economical. Constrcution time is reduce due to ommission of Beams and columns Requirement of shuttering is reduced.
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PLANNING ENGINEERING IS NECESSARY
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Ankit Bhatla
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"PLANNING ENGINEERING IS NECESSARY "
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Planning for a project is the 1st step towards the execution of a project. Without a plan there can be no monitoring and most of all no proper execution. However, we should also realize the fact that all construction projects are unique and hence...
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M.L.Suryaprakash
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"PLANNING IS JUST DOCUMENTAY "
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Planning is not just documentation but the starting point for any project management. A planning document is the outcome of a complex thinking process that goes into details of foreseeable constraints, risks and other factors. Obviously, this...
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Shaju George
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"PLANNING IS JUST DOCUMENTAY "
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Unless you document the planning strategies and schedules, tracking of the project will become difficult. Without proper documentation, it will be difficult ot monitor the progress as well as slippages in a project. So the documentation part of...
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Identify and eliinate delays in production
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Employee involvement
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Neerav Galathia
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"Depends on the type of waste"
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It totally depends on the type of waste. Like if it is a waste water or air then efforts should never be made to mitigate it during the production if doing so is affecting the production. Because there are sectors which totally operates on waste...
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M.L.Suryaprakash
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If we are talking of Toyota's 7 types of waste, Work sampling ( 100 observations as per Japanese practice) is the best starting point for quantifying waste of Manpower, effort, delay etc. WS can throw up interesting facts. As far as waste of material...
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Shyam Dikshit
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"Identify and eliinate delays in production"
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Small modification. It should be " Eliminate abnormalities in production flow." Steps are Set single piece flow. Introduce measurements to determine abnormalities. TAKT Time, Cycle Time, Dock to Dock time, ship to Install Time etc. Find root...
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White collar productivity can not be measured
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White collar productivity can be measured
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M.L.Suryaprakash
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"White collar productivity can be measured"
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Productivity measurement applies to everyone. Whitecollar people are no exception.
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Surendra Sinha
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"White collar productivity can be measured"
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Yes there should be productivity measurement,as Mr. surya prakash has mentioned, and i totally agree with his comment..
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