1h 14 min
Aftermaths of a Structural Collapse: An Untold Story of a Structural Engineer Samvad
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- Sociedad y cultura
There are some professions which directly deals with public safety and wellbeing. Structural engineering is one such profession. Structural engineers acquire academic qualification training and experience in the domain of their preference before practice. People trust them with lot of responsibility. Structural engineering is an art and science of conceptualizing, designing, constructing and maintaining all kind of public utility structures Structural engineering is considered one of the very complex and difficult profession. Structural engineers work in a very challenging environment and shoulder tremendous responsibility . Their contribution is of paramount importance but often not adequately recognised and compensated. Despite best of efforts sometime something may go wrong . There are well laid out systems of peer review and proof checking to avoid such omissions. But still, sometime something may go wrong risking the lives of people.
This episode is focused on this issue. Our aim is not to discuss or investigate the failure of a structure. Our aim is also not to point fingers. This episode brings out various serious issues concerning civil & structural engineering through a life story of a structural engineer who faced a structural collapse in one of his projects in 2009. It vividly narrates how his professional & personal life got affected and how he managed it?
Please like, share and subscribe to the podcast if you enjoyed the episode. You can email me your suggestions at samvad.podcast@gmail.com or follow me on Twitter.
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More About this Podcast Samvad is a podcast focusing on policy and governance aspects on various issues related to profession, society, and culture. Aim is to dig deeper and dissect the issues for better understanding. Usual format of this podcast is long free flowing conversation in the relaxed manner with invited guest. Gradually this podcast will strive to become a repository of rich intellectual content on various issues concerning all of us.
There are some professions which directly deals with public safety and wellbeing. Structural engineering is one such profession. Structural engineers acquire academic qualification training and experience in the domain of their preference before practice. People trust them with lot of responsibility. Structural engineering is an art and science of conceptualizing, designing, constructing and maintaining all kind of public utility structures Structural engineering is considered one of the very complex and difficult profession. Structural engineers work in a very challenging environment and shoulder tremendous responsibility . Their contribution is of paramount importance but often not adequately recognised and compensated. Despite best of efforts sometime something may go wrong . There are well laid out systems of peer review and proof checking to avoid such omissions. But still, sometime something may go wrong risking the lives of people.
This episode is focused on this issue. Our aim is not to discuss or investigate the failure of a structure. Our aim is also not to point fingers. This episode brings out various serious issues concerning civil & structural engineering through a life story of a structural engineer who faced a structural collapse in one of his projects in 2009. It vividly narrates how his professional & personal life got affected and how he managed it?
Please like, share and subscribe to the podcast if you enjoyed the episode. You can email me your suggestions at samvad.podcast@gmail.com or follow me on Twitter.
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More About this Podcast Samvad is a podcast focusing on policy and governance aspects on various issues related to profession, society, and culture. Aim is to dig deeper and dissect the issues for better understanding. Usual format of this podcast is long free flowing conversation in the relaxed manner with invited guest. Gradually this podcast will strive to become a repository of rich intellectual content on various issues concerning all of us.
1h 14 min