LET'S EDUCATE OURSELVES WITH CONSTRUCTION LAWS and PROCEDURES

DESIGN ADEQUACY :- The Designer of the said bridge should submit a proof of previous
experience in bridge design, planning and a valid licence to undertake the said work. (. . .which all
of us believe, that must be available).

MATERAIL ADEQUACY :- The Client and contractor should open out the material test results
(concrete, steel, PT cables, soil etc) and conformity of the same with valid acceptance criteria.

CONSTRUCTION ADEQUACY :- The contractor should open out the 'erection method statements'
followed in this bridge, inclusive of the 'Planned Equipment' vs. 'Actual equipment' available
equipment at site, their maintenance records, certificates of crane operators. Whether the 'Planned
Method' of bridge erection was Screened and vetted by the 'Competent' engineer inclusive of
designer.

SUPERVISION ADEQUACY :-

a) Adequacy of Design Proof Checking :- The competency, past experience, valid licence by the
proof checking agency. List of comments given by the Design proof checker to main designer.
'Comment Closure Report' by the main designer on the comments given by Proof checker.

b) Adequacy of PMC / construction execution agency :- The various site records demanded by the
PMC, time to time, comments by PMC, and adherence of all the records, procedures with the
'Contract Document'.

CONTRACTUAL ADEQUACY :-

The contract conditions for design, approval, revisions. PMC and construction etc.
The Contract conditions stating 'Consultant's Liabilities' and Responsibilities, including 'clause on
Exclusions'.
Clause on 'Design Insurance'.

When all this documents are studied in 'Syncro' (like a jig-saw puzzle) then will bring out all the
Facts !!

On behalf of the originals designers, (if they are members of any established body) these records
may be asked before the court. Event under RTI the same will have to be provided by court on Top
priority !! (. . . N.B. :- now a days we see common men misusing the RTI for trivial things like,
earnings of film stars etc.. !!)

Anyway, this once again points out that 'Just Having Excellence' in FEM, Dynamics, Neural-
Networks etc. is not sufficient, we must have a sound knowledge of 'Construction Laws' and
legislature in general. . . Young engineers keep running behind modern technology but 'forget' to
save personal good interest against evil powers in the society and industry !!

What to say more, the instance itself was 'EYE Opener' to Indian Design and Supervision practices
!!