1. Engineering Mechanics, Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis

Engineering Mechanics

• Units and dimensions and SI units

• Vectors; concepts of force, particle and rigid body

• Concurrent, non-concurrent and parallel forces in a plane

• Moment of force, free-body diagrams and equilibrium

• Principle of virtual work and equivalent force systems

Strength of Materials

• Simple stress and strain and elastic constants

• Axially loaded compression members

• Shear force and bending moment

• Theory of simple bending and shear-stress distribution across sections

• Beams of uniform strength

• Deflection of beams using Macaulay’s method, Mohr’s moment-area method, conjugate-beam method and unit-load method

• Torsion of shafts

• Elastic stability of columns; Euler, Rankine and secant formulae

Structural Analysis

• Castigliano’s first and second theorems

• Unit-load method and consistent deformation applied to beams and pin-jointed trusses

• Slope-deflection and moment-distribution methods

• Rolling loads and influence lines for shear force and bending moment

• Maximum shear force and bending moment due to moving loads

• Influence lines for simply supported plane pin-jointed trusses

• Three-hinged, two-hinged and fixed arches; rib shortening and temperature effects

• Matrix methods: force and displacement methods for indeterminate beams and rigid frames

• Plastic analysis of beams and frames; statical and mechanism methods

• Unsymmetrical bending, moment and product of inertia, neutral and principal axes, and bending stresses

2. Design of Structures

Structural Steel Design

• Factors of safety and load factors

• Riveted, bolted and welded joints and connections

• Design of tension and compression members

• Built-up beams, riveted and welded plate girders and gantry girders

• Stanchions with battens and lacings

Concrete and Masonry Structures

• Concrete mix-design concepts

• Reinforced-concrete design using working-stress and limit-state methods

• Relevant IS Code recommendations

• Design of one-way and two-way slabs and staircase slabs

• Simple and continuous rectangular, T and L beams

• Compression members under direct and eccentric loading

• Cantilever and counterfort retaining walls

• Design requirements for rectangular and circular water tanks resting on the ground

• Prestressed-concrete methods, systems, anchorages, flexural analysis and design based on working stress, and losses of prestress

• Brick-masonry design as per IS Codes

3. Geotechnical Engineering

• Soil types and structure, gradation, particle-size distribution and consistency limits

• Water in soil, effective stress, pore-water pressure and permeability

• Field and laboratory determination of permeability

• Seepage pressure and quicksand conditions

• Shear strength and the Mohr–Coulomb concept

• Laboratory and field compaction tests

• Compressibility, consolidation theory and settlement analysis

• Earth-pressure theories and retaining-wall analysis

• Sheet piles and braced excavations

• Bearing capacity, field tests and settlement analysis

• Stability of earth slopes

• Subsurface soil-exploration methods

• Foundation types, selection criteria and design criteria

• Stress distribution below footings and piles, pile-group action and pile-load tests

• Ground-improvement techniques and soil stabilization

4. Construction Technology, Equipment, Planning and Management

Construction Materials and Technology

• Properties and uses of stones, bricks, tiles, lime and cement

• Mortars and concrete

• Ferrocement, fibre-reinforced concrete, high-strength concrete and PPC

• Brick, stone and block masonry principles, detailing and strength

• Plastering, pointing, flooring and roofing

• Common repairs in buildings

• Functional planning of residential and special-use buildings

• Building-code provisions

Estimation and Construction Equipment

• Detailed and approximate estimation

• Specification writing, rate analysis and valuation of real property

• Earthwork and concreting machinery and their specific uses

• Equipment-selection factors and operating costs

Construction Planning and Management

• Construction activities, schedules and organization of the construction industry

• Quality-assurance principles

• CPM and PERT network analysis

• Construction monitoring, cost optimization and resource allocation

5. Surveying and Transportation Engineering

Surveying

• Methods and instruments for measuring distance and angles

• Plane-table surveying, traverse surveying and levelling

• Triangulation, contouring and topographical maps

• Basic principles of photogrammetry and remote sensing

Highway Engineering

• Highway alignment, classification, geometric-design elements and standards

• Flexible- and rigid-pavement structures and design principles

• Construction methods and material standards for stabilized soil, WBM, bituminous works and cement-concrete roads

• Pavement joints

• Road surface and subsurface drainage and culverts

• Pavement distress and strengthening through overlays

6. Environmental Engineering

Water Supply and Treatment

• Forecasting water demand

• Water impurities and their significance

• Physical, chemical and bacteriological analysis

• Waterborne diseases and potable-water standards

• Water intakes

• Coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation

• Slow, rapid and pressure filters

• Chlorination, softening, and removal of taste, odour and salinity

Sewerage and Wastewater Treatment

• Domestic and industrial wastewater and storm sewage

• Separate and combined sewerage systems

• Flow through and design of sewers

• BOD, COD, solids, dissolved oxygen, nitrogen and TOC

• Disposal standards for normal watercourses and land

• Treatment units and chambers, sedimentation tanks, trickling filters, oxidation ponds and activated-sludge process

• Septic tanks, sludge disposal and wastewater recycling

Solid Waste and Environmental Pollution

• Rural and urban solid-waste collection and disposal

• Management of long-term environmental effects

• Sustainable development and waste disposal

• Environmental-impact assessment for thermal power plants, mines and river-valley projects

• Air pollution and pollution-control Acts

7. Basic Computer Software Usage

• MS Word

• MS Excel

• MS PowerPoint

Additional Topics

Schedule of Rates, Estimation and Codes

• CPWD, PWD and MES Schedule of Rates

• Estimation and bar-bending schedules

• Knowledge of the National Building Code and IS Codes

Analysis of Rates and Specifications

• Methodology of Analysis of Rates (AOR)

• Market-rate items

• Vendor quotations

• Specifications of common items

Construction Contracts

• Item-rate, lump-sum and EPC contracts

• Statutory provisions of contracts

• Labour laws

Quality Control and Assurance

• Rigid pavement or PQC work

• Flexible or bituminous pavement work

• Quality control for bricks, aggregates, sand, steel, cement, glass and other important building materials

Project Management

• MS Project and Primavera

• Schedule revision

• Critical activities

• Milestones

Green Buildings

• Basic concepts of rating systems such as GRIHA and LEED

• Environmental clearance

• Solid- and liquid-waste management