Links to:
Introduction - My Professional background - My Personal background
My email address - My Resume - My computer program for building engineers
My write-up on Arbitration - My analysis on collapse of shaft type overhead water towers
(Construction & maintenance of civil works is my domain)
Introduction
I am G.S. Tawarmalani, a civil engineer by profession. I graduated in civil engineering in 1958
from Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalaya, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand.
I joined Central Public Works Department in the subordinate service after my graduation and again in 1961 in its Group A Services through All India Engineering Services Examination conducted by Union Public Service Commission. In the following decades I handled various kinds of civil engineering jobs in various capacities and finally retired as Director General of CPWD , in November 1996, after serving that organization for well over 38 years.
During my service period, I also worked in other organizations. like Income Tax Department, Indian Council of Agriculture Research & National Buildings Construction Corporation on deputation from CPWD. I gained rich experience in various fields of civil engineering profession in supervisory as well as in contracting capacity. I also gained experience in application and implementation of direct tax laws so far as they apply to immovable properties. Public Works Management, construction management, contract management, arbitration, techniques of valuation of immovable properties, general administration, disciplinary cases etc. are some of the fields which are my specialties. Computer Applications in civil engineering jobs is another field where I have gained good experience in my service period and later.
I am currently engaged on civil engineering Advisory assignments. I am also currently engaged on some Arbitration (Click for my write-up on arbitration) cases relating to disputes construction contracts, both as arbitrator in some cases and as arbitration consultant in others. Further I am also conducting Departmental Inquiries in disciplinary proceedings. (My name appears on CVC's panel of approved Inquiry officers, on Central Vigilance Commission's web page)
I recently drafted a Works Manual for Management of Public Works for the Public Works Department of the National Capital Region of Delhi.
I possess a keen interest in computer applications in civil engineering profession. I developed programs to help me in my job. I later developed program for application in field for Scheduling and Monitoring (Click for more details) of building projects. My program gives structured bar charts for buildings, from one to twenty five floors in height, with only four to five input parameters like, date of start, completion time contemplated, shuttering rotation proposed on each floor and number of lifts required. (A typical output for activities on one floor is given below.)
Means for Scheduling & Monitoring
(Tools that we civil engineers can not do without)
I conducted an in-depth study of collapse of circular thin shaft type staging of water towers . I came up with some interesting analysis on what possibly could be the cause of several collapses that occurred in the last decade and a half in similar structures built by different organizations and at different places during different periods.
(It was indeed startling to note that there had been many cases of collapse of water towers with the staging of similar design. The collapses occurred within a period ranging from 1 1/2 years to 18 years from the date of commissioning!)
I developed a computer model to analyze the probable process of actual collapse and to explain the philosophy of my findings.
We learn a lot from collapses & failures, provided of course,
we take time off to analyze them critically
Personal BackgroundOn the personal front, I was born in Larkana Sindh (now in Pakistan). Like most Sindhi families, I derive my surname from the name of one of my ancestors. Tawarmalani family is relatively a small family, though we being spread all over, we have hardly been in touch with each other, particularly with the younger generation. The
family tree started with one of our ancestors by the name TANWARMAL a few generations back.Contact Information
E-Mail: mailto:"gs_tawarmalani@yahoo.com"
Phone Number: (New Delhi-India) 26672997: Cell Phone 9810173681
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