Strcutural Design

1-What is Strcutural Design?

Structural design deals with stability and strength of structures like buildings, bridges, towers etc.
Strcutural Designing is determining the Economical size, Durable composition and Convenient placement of a structural member to achieve stability and strength.

2-What is difference between an Architect and an Engineer?

An Engineer to strength and stability of a building is what an Architect is to functional and aesthetic design of a building.

3-Is structural design necessary for every building?

Yes. Each building is unique in its location, orientation, loading, founding strata of soil which govern its stability and strength.

4-Can one save enough to justify hiring a structural engineer?

Yes, a small saving in small budget may save a big fraction and a small fractional saving in big budget may save big amount.

5-What methodology does TECHPRO adopt for structural analysis?

3-D space frame which yields most realistic behavior of a building model.

6-Does TECHPRO deals with seismic and wind effects?

Yes. We incorporate effects of earthquake and heavy wind as per the latest Indian standards laid by Bureau of Indian Standards.

7-Does TECHPRO undertake supervision for structural work?

Yes. We can provide supervisory services to the client if they ask for, at a nominal additional fee.

8-Does TECHPRO undertake structural design for steel buildings?

Yes. We deal in steel as well as RCC structures. In fact we have designed a number of steel buildings with multiple levels like edible oil refineries, stainless steel plants, food, soap and other chemical industries.

Sub-Soil Investigation

1-What is sub-soil investigation?

Sub-soil investigation is determining the engineering properties of underlying soil for construction of safe and strong foundations.

2-Is soil testing for agricultural purpose different?

Yes, that is basically soil-chemistry and deals with fertility of soil.

3-Why do we need soil investigation?

It is required to determine the numerical value of SBC and optimal depth and type of foundation.

4-What is SBC?

It is Safe Bearing Capacity of soil strata – a numerical value used to indicate the safe load over a unit area of soil for particular depth and type of foundation.

5-Is the SBC varies for different type and depths of foundations?

Yes. It is less for strip like load bearing wall footings and more for square footings, even more for large raft foundation.

6-Is SBC constant in a small locality?

No. It may vary in a very small plot depending on the surroundings.

7-Do surroundings affect SBC?

Yes. Surrounding geographical features like natural drains, canals, rivers, ponds, slops, steep-cuts etc do effect the SBC of a soil strata.