Introduction :

Vasudev V Nori is a Civil Engineer whose interests include :

• the engineering design and construction of tall buildings, industrial structures, marine structures, bridges and enabling structures
  

• infrastructure planning and development setting out design, analysis and drafting procedures with a view to render high quality professional good maintain a automation of design and drafting procedures interaction with academic institutions as an external examiner, members of board of studies, delivering lectures on special topics participation in spiritual and service activities.
  

• He joined the firm in 1965 as a Senior Engineer.

Professional Background :
Bachelor of Engineering Civil (Hons), University of Bombay, 1957
Docteur es sciences tecniques, EPUL, Lausanne (Swizerland), 1965
Fellow, Institution of Engineers India
Member, Consulting Engineer’s Association of India

Representative Project Experience :
Design and overall charge of Administrative building for Engineering Construction Corporation (L&T) at Madras. This is a five storeyed structure constructed in two stages. The entire structure is supported on four main columns. (1978-80, 1988-89). Winner of FIP award for Most Outstanding Structure at the XII FIP Congress at Washington 1994.

Development and design of pre assembled structural steel stressed skin roof with a module of 12m x 20 m for the Integral Coach Factory at Kapurthala. This light roof unit has been extensively used for covering over 1 Lac m2 of factory area(1986-88)

Design and overall charge of Panval Nadi Viaduct at Ratnagiri for Konkan Railway Corporation. This is the first application of incremental launching for prestressed bridges in India. The bridge is a 423 m long prestressed box girder with 40 m spans. The tallest of the piers is 64 m above the river bed. The piers consist of hollow octagonal concrete section with a vertical batter of 1 in 40 ( 1992-1994)

Design and overall charge of bridge across Nandivali Nullah for Konkan Railway Corporation. The bridge is 72 m long and in reinforced concrete. The main span consists of a stiffened arch spanning 36 m across the nullah. (1992-1994)

Design and overall charge of bridge across Multi cell culvert at Vilawade for Konkan Railway Corporation. The embankment runs about 17 m above. The culvert is a three cell box culvert with folded roof making the structure slender. (1993-1994)

Design and overall charge of a road over bridge at Madgaon for Konkan Railway Corporation. The bridge is 650 m long with a 7.50 m carriage way in reinforced concrete monolithic with single columns spaced at about 16m. Most of the spans are curved and the expansion joints are about 100 m apart. (1995-1996)

Design and overall charge of restoration of a Heritage structure with a 80 high apartment building with a double basement (Buckley Court). The scheme requires very careful dovetailing of old masonry construction with a deep basement and a modern concrete tower block. (1995-1998)

Published over thirty technical articles.

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