From The President

  On behalf of the Indian Association of Structural Engineers I have great pleasure in welcoming you to this first issue of the electronic version of the Association’s magazine, Structural Engineering Digest (SED).   Many of you may recall that the first issue of the printed version of our bimonthly SED was brought out as early as May-June 2008. Read more..

Structured Thoughts

  We made history by coming out with the first magazine on structural engineering in India. The magazine had a wide canvas and touched on many aspects of structural engineering with equal appeal to a structural designer, academician, civil engineers in the field and the students. We came out with five issues of this bi-monthly and the magazine evoked enthusiastic response from the readers. Read more..

January - March Issue

Geotechnical Exploration: Cost and Time Optimized Programme for reliable Prediction of SBC, SBP, ABC & Depth of Foundation

Authors Dr Mahesh D. Desai , Desai Hitesh H, Tailor Ravin M

Though significant progress has been made in accepting importance of geotechnical exploration in past 2 decades by planners, designers and National Building Code, there are many aspects such as generalized tender documents, needs to be updated.

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Fabrication and Erection Of Steel Structures

Authors S C Vijay

 Now a days Steel Structures are playing an important role in the upcoming  buildings , malls , convention centers , hospitals , bridges , underground works , railway stations , stadiums , industrial buildings ,multilevel parking etc , because of its versatility .

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Environment Protection In The Construction Industry

Authors SUSHIL K DHAWAN

Rapid urbanization and industrialization have resulted in enormous increase in the use of energy fuel aggravating the atmospheric pollution through the release of toxic pollutants.

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Parametric Study of Composite Plate Girder Bridge using MIDAS Civil Software

Structural Engineering Solutions For Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Post Disaster Strategies

Frei Otto - Pioneer in light weight tensile and membrane structures

by Ms. Aanal Shah

The Tower & The Bridge - The New Art of Structural Engineering

by Anal Sheth