Introduction

Vasudev V Nori is a Civil Engineer whose interests include :

• Planning and development of innovative structural designs of a variety of structures
• Setting out office procedures for design, analysis and drafting procedures with a view to render high quality professional service
• interaction with academic institutions as an external examiner, members of board of studies, delivering invited lectures on special topics

He joined the firm in 1965 as a Senior Engineer.

Professional Background :

• B E Civil (Hons), 1957 VJTI Bombay University
• D Sc Tech, 1965, EPFL, Lausanne (Switzerland)
• Fellow, Institution of Engineers India
• Life Member, Consulting Engineer’s Association of India
• Life Member, Indian Concrete Institute

Awards :

• 1993 -National Design Award – Institution of Engineers (India)
• 1994 -FIP award for Most Outstanding Structure Washington at XIIth FIP Congress
• 2003 -Felicitations by Dr Adam Neville for Excellence in Design of Concrete structures – American Concrete Institute – India Chapter
• 2005 Outstanding Concrete Technologist Award – Indian Concrete Institute
• 2009 S B Joshi Memorial Award for Excellence in Structural and Bridge Engineering, Pune
• 2011 Life Time Achievement Award Indian Concrete Institute (Maharashtra Chapter)
• 2012 Gourav Award “Most Significant Contributions to Civil Engineering Consultancy – Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India).

Representative Project Experience

Design and overall charge of a variety of innovative structures “First time application in India “

• Precast Prestressed Elevated Viaduct four lane flyover with metro viaduct running above supported on a single pier at Jaipur for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. (2013)
• Precast Prestressed Elevated Viaduct 7 km long with integral form of construction in Dwarka sub city for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.(2004)
• Incremental launching for a 423 m long prestressed concrete bridge with 40 m spans and with tall pier heights up to 65 m above the river bed. Panval Nadi Viaduct, Konkan Railway Corporation.(Winner of ACI India Chapter Award 1995)
• Administrative building for ECC -L&T at Madras: The upper four storeys of the structure are supported on four overlapping prestressed hollow pyramids and four hollow piers. (Winner of FIP Award 1994)
• Factory building in Precast concrete with funicular trusses 30 m spans, 12 m span pretensioned purlins and 17 m high precast branched columns for Bharat Heavy Electricals Hyderabad.(1983)
• 45 m x 90m aircraft hangars in structural steel fabricated at ground level and lifted to final position about 12 m above ground level (1981)
• Factory building in Precast concrete using pretensionedhypar shells (2.5 m wide 20 m span), with 20 m x 20 m column spacing and 14.5 m high precast panels designed for future extensions for L&T Bangalore. (1975)