STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING FORUM OF INDIA [SEFI]

Dear All,

We've had some very enlightened discussions on this topic. Thanks so much, I (and I suppose all of us) have learned a lot from the deliberations.

First of all I agree that one CANNO ...

Dear Sefians,

We have had a very difficult last week seeing a terrible air crash. It makes us realise the fragility of our lives. As they say, Carpe Diem- Seize every moment of your life to do all ...

Hi,

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Hi All,

The devastating earthquake that occurred on March 28 2025 at local time 11:50 am in Myanmar was of magnitude M7.7 and had a shallow focal depth of just 10 km. The epicentre was near the anc ...

Hi All,

The devastating earthquake that occurred on March 28 2025 at local time 11:50 am in Myanmar was of magnitude M7.7 and had a shallow focal depth of just 10 km. The epicentre was near the ...

Dear sefians,

Here is my tribute to Shirish Patel in the Indian Express.

In Shirish Patel's death, structural engineering has lost its polestar
Opinion by
Alpa Sheth

He could not be box ...

Collapse of 6 bridges in Bihar

Alpa Sheth & Alok Bhowmick

(There was an additional bridge that collapsed on June 30 in Bihar and hence 6 bridges, not 5)

Bridge # 1

Location: On Bakr ...

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Collapse of 6 bridges in Bihar
– Alpa Sheth & Alok Bhowmick

(There was an additional bridge that collapsed on June 30 in Bihar and hence 6 bridges, not 5)

Bridge #1
Location: On ...

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Dear All:

We have had a spate of infrastructure failures which, after the din of the political slugfest is over, points, squarely to the construction industry. We need to reflect on this. ...

Dear Sefians,

In the past 9 days we've had 5 bridges collapsing in Bihar, Partial collapse of T1 Delhi airport terminal, roof collapse of newly retrofitted Jabalpur airport.

Foundation iss ...