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Dear Colleagues:

Welcome to this e-conference for Discussion on New BIS document SSD-II 06 (19914) : REQUIREMENTS FOR STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND PROOF CHECKING CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR STRUCTURES

This document is an attempt  by Services Sector Department of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to define the scope and responsibility of Principal Design consultant (PDC) and Proof Checking Consultant (PC).

By now, many  of you may have had an opportunity to peruse  the draft BIS document, and may perhaps  have comments/inputs to share. As you are aware, the document, currently in the wide circulation phase, if implemented, will likely  impact all structural engineers working as  Principal Design Consultant or as Peer Reviewer.  It also has the potential to impact   the current building permit system in municipal authorities and development authorities which presently vary as per local requirements, both  city-wise and state-wise.

This e-conference  on BIS document SSD-II 06 (19914) : REQUIREMENTS FOR STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND PROOF CHECKING CONSULTANCY SERVICES FOR STRUCTURES organised by SEFI  is intended to elicit feedback from the structural engineering community about the proposed code. Participating structural engineers should express their views on this very important topic. Feedback from the community helps to strengthen the code makeig process in the country.

We have selected a diverse group of practising structural engineers and academics to moderate the e-conference. The is e-conference will be moderated by the following persons:

1. Hemant Vadalkar, Practising Structural Engineer and Principal, Vadalkar Associates. Er. Vadalar will also be putting forth  the views of the Indian Society of Structural Engineers (ISSE)
   
2. Jaswant N. Arlekar, Practising Structural Engineer, R. S. Mandrekar & Associates,  Mumbai
   
3. Prof Dipti R. Sahoo, Professor of Structural Engineering, IIT Delhi
   
4. Alpa Sheth, Practising Structural Engineer, VMS Consultants, Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

To kickstart the e-conference,  moderators have identified the following topics (threads).

1. Applicability of the standard
   
2. Definition of Structures in Title- Buildings only or ...
   
3. Review of existing practices
   
4. Licensing of Structural Engineers and how this dovetails in the proposed document
   
5. Experience of PDC and PC
   
6. Legal implications for BIS and Users
   
7. Responsibility and Liability  of structural design
   
8. Appointment of PDC and PC

Moderators will initiate a topic every morning. As a Participant, we encourage you to suggest  new threads.  Participants are also  requested to post their inputs in the specific threads. This will help in the final compilation and consolidation of the discussions. We request you to send/post inputs as close as possible to the topic/thread.


How to participate:

By Sending Email Simply reply to the emails thread that you receive with your inputs. To initiate a new subject feel free send email to econf@sefindia.org (econf@sefindia.org), to add response under above topics keep subject of the message same as topics suggested above.

Via Web forum, visit https://www.sefindia.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=36 to read and respond to any topics or suggest new threads other than suggested topics above.

BIS Document Download Link https://www.sefindia.org/forum/download.php?id=13343  or alternative  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CSjGGJrhgV5MZHZGMtKH_qL9O07OMdpR/view?usp=sharing
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Thank you, and looking forward to  a spirited and effective e-conference.

Jaswant N. Arlekar
Alpa Sheth
(SEFI Admin)

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