This MANUAL, unlike any other, has been specially crafted for helping the (senior) Engineers-in-Charge of a major Bridge Project that they have to both ADMINISTER CONTRACTUALLY as well as INSPECT EACH OF ITS COMPONENTS - all in the same breath - in patently assiduous and nail-biting workman-like detail !!
Chapters 1 to 9 describe and discuss in GREAT DETAIL as to "how to ADMINISTER the CONTRACT" for a major Bridge under construction.
The main aspects and the crucially important subjects covered are: ROLES and RESPONSIBILITIES, QA and QC, COMMUNICATIONS, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, possible CONTRACTUAL PROBLEMS, Important CONDITIONS of FIDIC and WORLD BANK CONTRACTS, CONTRACT PRICE ESCALATION, CONTRACT MONITORING PROCESS, etc., etc., etc.
Thereafter, Chapters 10 and 11 dwell extensively in various aspects and matters of INSPECTION of the on-going ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION ITEMS and ACTIVITIES , X-raying each step of each important issue intensively.
About the Author
"Team Leader of the UN Team-of-Experts for over 10 years for multi-Billion USD Highways-&-Bridges Projects in the Middle east, Ph.D. and D.I.C. from the Imperial College, University of London, England, Double GOLD Medallist at the Eng. Graduation, Registered Chartered Engineer in the UK and Europe, Registered Professional Engineer in Ontario, Canada, Consultant and Senior Expert for nearly 17 years with The UN, The World Bank and The African Development Bank, Senior Technical Advisor to many Govts. and States, Dr. V.K. Raina is also Professor-Emeritus, Life-time Achievement Awardee in Civil Engineering in the fields of BRIDGE: Design, Construction, and Rehabilitation-and-Retrofitting, and recipient of the coveted S.B. Joshi Award of Excellence in Bridge Engineering.
.....He has professionally worked in over 22 Countries and trained hundreds of Engineers in the above fields, and has DESIGNED and SUPERVISED CONSTRUCTION of over 110,000 lane-meters of CONCRETE BRIDGES in different countries on various types of foundations in different substrata conditions [in POST-TENSIONED and PRE-TENSIONED PRESTRESSED Concrete, and REINFORCED concrete, Straight / Skew / Curved - Continuous, Semi-Continuous and Determinate - Superstructures (voided slabs, boxes, beams-and-slab), constructed segmentally, in-place or precast in place / launched; on caisson / pile / open foundations].
....Including this Book, Dr. Raina has authored 16 professional Reference-class Treatises, and over 100 Professional Technical PAPERS and ADVISORIES.
....He has INVESTIGATED the STRUCTURAL and FORENSIC HEALTH of many Bridges - and Retrofitted many - in various Countries: RATU, SHIVA GANGA, JHARAI and other Bridges in Nepal, MAHAD in Maharashtra, TALLAH and VIVEKANANDA Flyovers in Kolkata, SUKTEL in Odisha, KATNI in M.P., being only a few examples at random.
