FILE NO. VMC/DWG/2024/NCR-001  ·  SECTION: GENERAL AWARENESS
NON-CONFORMANCE

UNCIVIL
ENGINEER

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M40 specified (IS 456:2000 Cl. 6.1).  M10 delivered.  Inquiry pending.

You are the engineer of record. Good luck.

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RECORDS MAINTAINED SINCE APPROXIMATELY 1973. ACCURACY NOT GUARANTEED.

VIKASNAGAR — BY THE NUMBERS

SOURCE: VARIOUS. RELIABILITY: APPROXIMATE.

~40%

Fire NOCs Issued After Occupancy

NBC 2016 Part 4 requires prior approval. 'Prior' means different things here.

Unknown

Workers Paid Minimum Wage

Minimum Wages Act 1948. Unenforced since 1948.

Rarely

Mill Certificates Verified At Site

IS 2062:2011 mandates traceability. Tracing leads to a very good printer.

~15%

Building Plans Matching Actual Construction

Approved: G+2. Built: G+5 with basement. Regularised: eventually.

0.7

Engineers Per 1 Lakh Population

Sanctioned: 2.1. Filled: 0.7. Remaining 1.4: 'under recruitment since 2018.'

Ask the CAG

Seismic Zone III Structures With Zone II Design

IS 1893:2016 Cl. 6.4.2 exists. Enforcement: seasonal.

◆ The contractor's 'mobilization advance' has been mobilized. The contractor has not.◆ NBC 2016 Part 4: fire exit width 1050mm minimum. Actual: 750mm. Through a kitchen.◆ The measurement book is an anthology of creative writing.◆ VALUE ENGINEERING: the technical term for 'we spent the budget on tender negotiations'◆ Tender eligibility criteria fitted to one firm is not competition. It is casting.◆ There are more codes than engineers who have read them.◆ ASCE 7-22 §11.4 defines seismic forces. IS 1893:2016 Cl. 6.4 defines them again. Structures ignore both.◆ IS 456:2000 Cl. 15.1 recommends periodic inspection. 'Periodic' = once, at commissioning, by the contractor.◆ The road broke because it rained. The bridge fell because of a truck. The inquiry continues.◆ IS 800:2007 on steel connections. IS 456 on concrete. IS 875 on loads. Site: 'noted'.◆ The contractor's 'mobilization advance' has been mobilized. The contractor has not.◆ NBC 2016 Part 4: fire exit width 1050mm minimum. Actual: 750mm. Through a kitchen.◆ The measurement book is an anthology of creative writing.◆ VALUE ENGINEERING: the technical term for 'we spent the budget on tender negotiations'◆ Tender eligibility criteria fitted to one firm is not competition. It is casting.◆ There are more codes than engineers who have read them.◆ ASCE 7-22 §11.4 defines seismic forces. IS 1893:2016 Cl. 6.4 defines them again. Structures ignore both.◆ IS 456:2000 Cl. 15.1 recommends periodic inspection. 'Periodic' = once, at commissioning, by the contractor.◆ The road broke because it rained. The bridge fell because of a truck. The inquiry continues.◆ IS 800:2007 on steel connections. IS 456 on concrete. IS 875 on loads. Site: 'noted'.