In this episode, Maithili Ghadge, podcast host, talks with Ezhil Kothai, a Master’s degree holder in structural engineering from India. Upon graduating, she worked with the Commercial Buildings & Airport Division of L & T, ECC. She had a brief stint with PEBs following which shifted to UAE. In UAE she cleared the Dubai Municipality exam for G + 4 buildings. She has wide experience with both Indian, BS and Euro codes as worked in both India and MENA region. At present, she is working with Skill-Lync prepping MOOC on civil software like STAAD Pro and ETABS.
Ezhil Kothai talks about why we need innovations in special structures, the traditional structures and why they need to be changed, the objective of innovative designs, and new upcoming innovations. She also talks about Technological advances in high-raised buildings and energy system innovations. Tune in to learn more about the highest building in the world, The Burj Khalifa.
Timestamps
[01:01] Why do we need innovation in special structures?
[05:54] The traditional practices and why they need to be changed
[08:30] The objective of innovative designs
[14:02] New and upcoming innovations
[20:34] Technological advances in high raised buildings
[34:11] Energy systems innovation
[37:03] Information of The Burj Khalifa
Quotes
● Using numerical analytic tools will lead to design optimization that will lead to efficient systems and reduce leading construction costs.
● Reliability analysis is an important design tool to predict how reliable any design is before being built or used for construction.
● Using a product like FRP will rectify the abnormalities built into the system during design and construction phases within enhanced reliability.
● The loss of life and property due to terrorist attacks calls for the development of blast-free materials.
● Earthquakes are hard to predict, even with the defined numerical assimilation.
● Advancement and safety technology is helping to make building maintenance both safer and less costly.
Resource links:
https://www.burjkhalifa.ae/en/the-tower/facts-figures/
https://conceptartempire.com/what-is-3d-modeling/
https://www.ringcentral.com/us/en/blog/cloud-collaboration-software/
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