Is Civil Engineering Suitable For Girls?

This question has been raised again and again whether girls should do civil engineering or not. I am still not able to understand why people think girls are not suitable for civil engineering. In fact, in my opinion girls can and should do civil engineering. Many people say Civil engineering is field engineering and girls would have difficult time in working with labor class and would face numerous other site problems. But why those people forget that civil engineering is not limited to only field engineering, in fact its one of the broadest field of engineering. Girls can opt for office jobs like analysis, designing, tendering, managing projects and many other office jobs.
So if you think you have the will power to enter this male dominant engineering, just do it. Don’t let others decide your future, if you want to be a civil engineer just go for it. In future you surely can opt for off-site jobs if you think on-site jobs are a bit difficult due to surroundings or circumstances.
On a personal note, I did my civil engineering and in my class also we had 3 girls who opted for civil engineering. Two out of three are well placed in office jobs where as third one has opted for a project management in construction diploma. So if you have the right attitude and strong will power just join this branch and prove to this world that girls are no less than boys and can do wonders if provided with right kind of opportunities.
We at risecivil.blogspot.com wish best wishes to all of you and hope to read your success stories in near future.

10 Steps for Building Design

General building design procedure:
Step 1: Plan the approximate layout of the building .
Step 2: Calculate dead and snow load.
Step 3: Design steelroof decks:
Step 4: Select owsj’s
Step 5: Design beam.
Step 6: Design column.
Step 7: Design steel column bore plates.
Step 8: Design footing
Step 9: Create engineering dreawing.
Step 10: Final check and submission.

Facts About Construction In India

# Sardar Sarovar Dam being executed by the group is the third largest in the world for volume of chilled concrete to be placed -nearly 7 million cum.
# Indira Sagar a 1000 MW Power house is the second largest surface power house in the country.
# Nathpa Jhakri a 1500 MW Power House is the largest underground power house in India.
# Tehri Dam is the third tallest rockfill dam in the world, and the largest in Asia invloving placement of over 25 million cum of all types of fill material.
# Baglihar Hydroelectric project involved construction of 30km of project road along with three bridges.
# Brahmaputra Guide Bund completed in a record time of 7 months.
# Baspa-II and Chamera-II projects involved continuous concrete shuttering for tunnel lining which is used for the first time in the country.
# Teesta V project has been provided with Jet Grouting curtain is being provided below the coffer dams for the first time in India.
# Alimineti Madhva Reddy Irrigation project is the longest underground face to face tunnel in the world.

Rise prakasam civil: What is the purpose of reinforcement in concrete roads? is available on www.risecivil.blogspot.com

The main purposes of reinforcement in concrete roads are:
(i) to control the development and pattern of cracks in concrete pavement.
(ii) to reduce the spacing of joints. In general, joints and reinforcement in concrete structures are common design measures to cater for thermal and shrinkage movement. Hence, the inclusion of reinforcement allows
the formation of tiny cracks in concrete pavement and this allows wider spacing of joints.
In fact, the amount of reinforcement in concrete slab is not substantial and its contribution to the structural strength of roads is not significant.

This question is taken from book named – A Self Learning Manual – Mastering Different Fields of Civil Engineering Works (VC-Q-A-Method) by Vincent T. H. CHU.