DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Testing and consultancy

Thrust Consultancy Areas

  • Mix Design of Concrete
  • Analyzing properties of Concrete Constituent Materials
  • Construction Material Testing
  • Assessing Mechanical Properties of Steel Rebars
  • Non-Destructive Testing on RCC Elements
  • Performance Evaluation of Corrosion Inhibitors
  • Performance Evaluation of Protective Coatings on Steel Rebars
  • Repair and Rehabilitation of Buildings
  • Analysis and Design of Structures
  • Durability Studies on Concrete
  • Design of foundation
  • Water / Wastewater Quality Testing
  • Soil Investigations
  • Surveying for all Civil Engineering works

Consultancy – Fund Generated

Academic YearNature of WorkNumber of WorksFund GeneratedAmount (Rs.)
2023-2024*
  • Condition Assessment of Buildings
  • Repair & Rehabilitation works of Existing Structures
  • Soil Stability Analysis and Bearing Capacity of Soil for proposed construction
  • Testing of properties of Construction materials like cement, steel and aggregate
  • Structural Design of Buildings
  • Mix Design of Concrete
  • Testing of Strength of concrete Cubes, Hollow blocks, Solid blocks, Slab panels and Beam Members
  • Testing of Steel Columns & Composite Columns
  • Water and Wastewater quality Analysis
  • Adequacy report for proposed Water and Sewage Treatment Plants
  • Design of Water and Sewage Treatment Plants
  • NDT test on RCC elements
  • Traffic Survey
  • Topographical Surveying
19000.0042500
2022-2023116,57,648.001,40,000
2021-2022104,84,035.001,22,500
2020-202141,63,728.001,93,382
2019-2020566,57,382.001,60,500
Grand Total79,71,793.002,72,850

Environmental Engineering Consultancy

Visit to the Maraimalainagar Sewage Treatment Plant of capacity of 2.8 MLD on 07.04.2022 by the Team of Civil Engineering Faculty Members (Dr.Vasanthi Padmanabhan (Professor and Dean); Dr.Priya.V.S. (Associate Professor) & Mr.Y.Ibrahim (Assistant Professor)).

 
 

Soil Consultancy

1. Laboratory Testing of Soil
2. SPT
3. Plate load Test
4. Bearing Capacity recommendations
5. Foundation Design

Geotechnical Investigations 2019-2022

Construction of Affordable Housing Unit

 

Total Area : 500 sq. ft.
Construction Cost : 5.5 Lakhs
Duration : 45 days
Month & Year : August, 2016
Mentor : Dr. M. S. Haji Sheik Mohammed, Dean, SOI
Faculty members : Dr. Vasanthi. P, Mrs V. Roopa and Mr. S. Shafeer Ahamed
Student Team : Mr. Mohammed Rayyan, Mr. Jeelan Basha, Mr. Muhammed Uzair Dulvi, Mr. Mir Hasnain

Parent’s waiting lounge and essential staff quarters constructed using GFRG panels designed and constructed by Civil Engg dept at a cost of 71 lakhs (2019)

 

Repair and Rehabilitation of Structures

Rehabilitation of Nalvar Mandapam, Karanthai, Tanjore

 
Renovation & Extension works, Jamia Masjid, Royapuram, Chennai
Soil Testing
 

Condition Assessment, Repair & Renovation of Crescent Matriculation School, Chennai

 

Research and Testing Facilities

  • 3 & 5 Ton Servo Controlled Hydraulic Actuator
  • Vibration Analyser with Software
  • Data Acquisition System
  • Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer
  • UV – Vis Double Beam Spectrophotometer
  • Concrete Permeability Test
  • 1000kN Beam & Column Loading Frame
  • Standard Penetration Test Apparatus
  • 3000kN/1000kN/500kN Compression Testing Machine
  • Triaxial and Field Vane Shear Testing Machine
  • Total Station & GPS