1. What project you are currently working?

I heard that there was a problem on concreting on

column? What was the problem? Why the setting time of the column was long? What did you
do next? Even the report was ok why did you demolish the column? Is it a good practice?
2. Why did you take 280 km/h to design your structure? If wind load become 300km/h, your
structure will fail?
3. Why did you take angle of friction = 30 and SBC=150KN/m2 for the design of retaining wall?
4. Explain plate load test?
5. Why did you not do a triaxial compression test instead of assuming the angle of friction? How
much could the retaining cost per metre? Ok assumed rs 30000. A triaxial compression test
could cost rs5000. You agree to take that risk of assuming angle of friction instead doing the
test?
6. Suppose a concrete cube for 7 days give 15N/mm2 for a grade 30? What do you do? Contractor
will not charge extra cost as for not allowing removing the formwork till 28days? If 28 days you
obtain 25N/mm2. What do you do? If the architect does not agree you add additional support?
Ok if you check your calculation for 25N/mm2, it passed, do you accept? But why need to
increase durability if your calculation passed? What is the important thing that will help you to
decide to accept the 25N/mm2, as your calculation passed?
7. The slab thickness is 175mm in your calculation, and the area of reinforcement required is
below nominal. Is it a good engineering practice?
8. What causes honeycombing in concrete? But why only one face has honeycombing? But what
about the other columns cast that day?
9. It appear that the thickness of wall for the water tank could be less than 250mm, how did take
in consideration when sizing the tank wall? What crack width did you consider and why? How
can the crack width be controlled? Reducing the spacing of reinforcement, how help to reduce
crack width? Is there a limit of the tensile stress as your calculation does not show it?
10. The crack width 0.2mm, how have you used it in design of wall?
11. The roof slab of the tank, why have you take crack width 0.3mm instead of 0.2mm. Draw the
bending moment of the slab, show where tension crack will occur? Do you feel the freeboard
will help? So suppose if the wall was on the ground, the face of wall in contact with water the
crack width is 0.2mm and the other face the crack width can be assumed 0.3 mm?
12. When contractor submit the technical tender, what do you check?
13. Is it important for the contractors to be present for the financial opening or not? Why?
14. Ok what do you do next after receiving the financial tender?
15. Why in this project was the need to send the technical report first, then the financial report?
Why not only one report?