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“GEOTECHNICAL & PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANTS IN INDIA”
Prof. V.S. Raju
Formerly: Director IIT Delhi,
Professor & Dean, IIT Madras
• Professional Geotechnical and Foundation Consultants independent of the Soil
Investigation Agency
– As per International Norms.
• Do we really have them in India?
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Current Status of Soil Investigation Agency:
Foundation Choices and Allowable Bearing Capacities / Pile Capacities are decided
Their reports and recommendations are hardly scrutinized
Not properly paid, respected or not properly valued.
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Current Status of Soil Investigation Agency Contd..
The job is given in most cases on lowest bid basis not a workable rate to do quality work.
The work is not supervised independently.
In some cases, they had lamented that they have to give kickbacks to get the job.
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Current Status of Geotechnical Consultants:
• A small Geotechnical Group in Major organizations and major consultancy offices
- Hardly any importance given
• Those who start with Geotechnical migrate as Structural Consultants
- To grow in the organization and get recognized
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Geotechnical Consultants from Major Institutions: (IITs & NITs)
• How many of them are happy with the quality of investigation?
• How do they grow as Professional Foundation Consultants without a proper prior exposure and feedback?
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Geotechnical Consultants from Major Institutions Contd…
• How many are able to certify that their
recommendations are not only safe but also economical?
• How confident are they that the recommendations are implemented and executed meeting standards for example, Eurocode 7?
What needs to be done?
An open and frank debate by the Geotechnical Community in India
- Who are really exposed to practical Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering.
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