Nilesh Shah- Senior Associate & Advisor
Nationality Indian
Marital Status Married
- Consulting Civil & Structural Engineer Registered Valuer-IBBI & U/S 34AB Wealth Tax Act Chartered Engineer
- Email: jashan.ns@gmail.com; nilesh@shahassociates.com
- Phone: +91-98790-06906
- Individual – Nilesh Shah, Consulting Civil & Structural Engineer; Registered Valuer – IBBI and U/S 34AB of Wealth Tax Act, 1957; Chartered Engineer Senior Partner – SHAH ASSOCIATES, Designers, Engineers and Consultants
Conceptual structural planning; Detail structural analysis and design of various types of structures (low rise and high rise) including residential, commercial, public and institutional buildings, hydraulic structures, industrial and storage structures, pedestrian bridges, repair, strengtheningNon destructive testing of concrete structures, Testing of building materials and quality assurance, Repair/Strengthening of RC structures.
Valuation of immovable properties.
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M.Tech. (Civil) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur,India with specialization in Structural Engineering in 1990;with a CPI of 9.75 out of maximum 10.
M.Sc. (Real Estate Valuation) from Annamalai University, 2018 B.E. (Civil) from S.V.R. College of Engineering and Technology, Surat, India in 1987; First Rank in South Gujarat University; Awarded five gold medals.
Key Experiences
Structural analysis (including lateral loads) and earthquake resistant Design; Reinforced Concrete, Pre-stressed concrete and Structural steel design; Non-destructive testing of concrete; Assessment and structural condition evaluation of existing buildings damaged by fire, earthquake, flood, etc.; Repair, strengthening and retrofitting of structures.
Non Destructive Testing of concrete, Testing of building materials
Valuation of Immovable properties.
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- President of THE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS, Surat from Aug 2019
- Served as Secretary of ICEA (Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects, Surat) and as chairman of various committees.
- President -SVNIT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION – SURAT CHAPTER, 2015- 2019
- President of The Surat Tennis Club from June, 2015.
- Served as Vice President of The Surat Tennis Club, Surat from May, 2011 to May, 2015.
- Chairman of SMART CITY Development Committee of South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Served as Chairman of City Development Committee of South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Served as President of Surat Metro Junior Chamber in 1997.
- Served as Zone Councilor (Zone Vice President) of Zone VIII, Indian Junior Chamber, 1998.
- Served as Zone Coordinator (Training) of Zone VIII, Indian Junior Chamber, 1999.
PROFESSIONAL CAREER AND EXPERIENCE DESCRIPTION
Current Position: Individual – Nilesh Shah, Consulting Civil & Structural Engineer; Registered Valuer – IBBI and U/S 34AB of Wealth Tax Act, 1957; Chartered Engineer Senior Partner, SHAH ASSOCIATES, Designers, Engineers and Consultants
In individual capacity, he is working as consulting Civil & Structural Engineer. He has guided clients for testing of building materials, soil testing, preparing a quality assurance plan for ongoing construction. He undertakes consulting works for challenging structural design, architectural planning and design, repair and strengthening of buildings, proof checking of structural designs, etc.
He is few of the Valuers registered with IBBI. He is also registered as a valuer U/S 34 AB of the wealth Tax Act. For over ten years he is actively involved in valuation of immovable properties. He has a long association with H. T. Shah; who is senior Govt Registered Valuer in Surat and South Gujarat region. He has prepared various types of valuation reports for financial institutions, corporate bodies, capital gain tax, visa purpose, etc
Under his leadership, the firm SHAH ASSOICIATES has rendered structural design services for many projects with emphasis on seismic analysis and earthquake resistant structural design to Private, Government, Semi-Government and Corporate Companies. It covers various types of High rise and low rise structures including residential/commercial buildings, public/institutional buildings, Health care buildings, industrial buildings, hydraulic structures, pedestrian bridges, retaining walls, etc.
Under his guidance the firm started Non Destructive Testing facilities for concrete structures in Surat during the year 2001. He has participated and guided many jobs of Non Destructive tests of concrete, including Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Test, Rebound Hammer Test, Half Cell Potential Test, Cover Meter Test, Chemical tests for pH, Chloride and Sulphate Content, Core tests, Compressive Strength tests of Concrete, etc. He has contributed to overall development of the firm including financial growth and Capacity building. He is actively involved in overall planning, design and management of various types of civil engineering projects.
- Overall management and administration. Responsible for managerial and administrative affairs.
- Preparing structural design from concept stage to final design stage considering local authority regulations and prevailing codes of practice, including detail analysis, design and drawings using software like STAAD, STRUDS, ETABS, AUTOCAD, etc.
- Coordination with architects, local authority, client and other related agencies during various stages of design.
- Instruct, coordinate and supervise structural engineers and CAD technicians.
- Independent checks and reviews of designs and drawings prepared by fellow structural engineers and CAD technicians from the staff.
- Guiding a team of engineers and technician for planning and execution of Non Destructive Testing of concrete structures, testing of building materials, soil testing, interpretation of test results, preparing a scheme for repair, rehabilitation of existing concrete structure, quality assurance of ongoing concrete construction.
- Monitor quality at site works for its compliance to design and drawing and coordination with contractor for QA-QC procedures on site.
- Provide periodic training and arrange technical discussions within staff members for continuous up-gradation.
- Preparing Valuation reports for immovable properties (Land and Buildings)
November 2006 – July 2008
Structural Team Leader
WS ATKINS & PARTNERS OVERSEAS, Doha, Qatar
Shouldered responsibilities for:
- Structural planning, concept and scheme designs;
- Representing company at progress meetings with the client;
- Supervise, monitor and control the design and drawing process;
- Review of the work done by team members
- Ensuring stability and efficient load transfer systems for structures;
- Coordination with structural engineers, architects, CAD technicians and other related departments;
- Supervising design production and site supervision activities;
- Giving site backup on technical design issues;
- Leading a team of more than 15 persons based in Doha, Sharjah and Mumbai. Also looks after design Team of more than 20 based in New Delhi for the out sourced projects.
- After joining the company, actively involved in out sourcing projects to India. Two major projects have been success fully outsourced to India through his personal contacts and they are being successfully executed under his guidance.
- National Convention Centre Car Park
The car park building is having a total area of about 150,000 Sq. Mts. It is a unique structure where all floors are having staggered wave surfaces. It will accommodate 3000 vehicles and has provision for future expansion for another 2000 vehicles. Large bus bay area, an underpass and taxi pick up area are also located inside the building. - National Data Centre
It is a complex comprising of various buildings like MCB, NMCB, Q-Tel, etc. All buildings are RC structures. They are designed for moderate threat level of terrorist attacks. - Supreme Education Council Head Quarter
It comprises of various buildings for supreme education council. Approximate floor area for all the buildings is about 75,000 Sq. Mts. It comprises of large Car park. All the buildings are having oval shape in plan. - Melamine Plant and Warehouse Buildings
This project comprises of various plant buildings having total surface area of about 90,000 Sq. Mts. Super structures of all buildings are of structural steel while sub-structure is of RC. Most of the plant buildings are having RC pile foundations. It is also having a warehouse building and local control room and substation building. - Dubai Metro Green Line Depot Buildings
This involves structural design of 17 buildings for maintenance and repair of metro trains. Total area for all the buildings is about 75,000 Sq, Mts. Most of the facility buildings are in structural steel while office buildings are in RC. - Convention and Exhibition Center, Doha, Qatar.
This involves structural design of large convention hall with column free spaces. Total area of the exhibition hall is about 30,000 Sq. Mts. The superstructure is made of pre-engineered steel while the substructure is in RC.
1995 – November 2006
Partner of SHAH ASSOCIATES, India.
1991 – 1995
Structural Design Engineer in SHAH ASSOCIATES, India.
1990 – 1991
Lecturer, Applied Mechanics Department, S.V.Regional College of Engineering and Technology, Surat, India.
- Individually and in team, executed more than 300 structural design and consulting service jobs for RCC, pre-stressed and steel structures with emphasis on innovative structural solutions.
- More than 25 years of experience in structural analysis and design of various types of structures (Low rise and High rise) including residential buildings, commercial buildings, public and institutional buildings, hydraulic structures, industrial and storage structures, repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures, pedestrian bridges etc. Also prepared related estimate, quantity surveying, tendering, project management schedule, etc for many of executed projects.
- Planning and execution of Non destructive testing work for concrete structures, Testing of various building materials, interpretation of test results and planning design of repair/strengthening schemes, quality assurance plan for ongoing construction.
- Familiar with structural engineering software like STAAD, STRUDS, ETABS, SAP, etc. Familiar with drafting software like AUTOCAD.
- Very Well acquainted with use of internet, computers and software like Word, Excel, Power point, etc.
- More than 10 years of experience in Valuation of immovable properties.
- Can easily adapt to learn new technologies and accept new ideas.
- Familiar with international codes like ACI, BS. Can get acquainted with these codes in short time and learn other codes or standards.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION AND CREDITS
- Licensed Structural Designer with Surat Municipal Corporation.
- Licensed Structural Engineer Grade I, Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation.
- Registered Valuer with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India in respect of Land and Building
Reg No IBBI/RV/02/2018/10175
- Registered Valuer U/S 34AB of the Wealth Tax Act 1957 for Immovable property (Land and Building)Reg No SRT/CCIT/DCIT(HQ)/34AB/20(16-17)/2018-19
- Approved Valuer with Institution of Valuers (India)
- Chartered Engineer with Institution of Engineers (India)
- Appointed by local authority of Surat and Vadodara as structural expert for peer review of designs.
- Served as member on the panel of Expert Structural Engineers for Surat Municipal Corporation
- Appointed in the panel of examiners / paper setters for third year, Final year and postgraduate students of civil-structural engineering by South Gujarat University, Surat and M.S. University, Vadodara. (More than 50 appointments till date)
- Published research papers in International Journal of Structures.
- Guided research seminars to final year – Civil Engineering students.
- Served in National organizing committee for various events of American Concrete Institute-India Chapter.
- Served as Member of National Advisory committee for National Information Centre of Earthquake Engineering, India.
- Moderator of E-Conference on “State of Structural Engineering Practice in India” organized by SEFI in February, 2016
- Member, Industry Advisory Board of Shree Swami Atmanand Saraswati Institute of Technology, Surat.
- Served as Jury member for “ICEA-ULTRATECH Best Concrete Structure Award” for several years.
Empanelled as Valuer on the panel of following Banks:
- Oriental Bank of Commerce
- The Surat People’s Co-op Bank Ltd
- The SUTEX Co-op Bank Ltd
- The Sarvodaya Sahakari Bank Ltd
- The Prime Co-op Bank Ltd
MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS
- Fellow, The Institution of Engineers (India).
- Fellow, The Institution of Valuers (India)
- Fellow, Indian Association of Structural Engineers (India)
- Member, International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering, Switzerland.
- Member, Indian Society of Structural Engineer.
- Member, Indian Concrete Institute.
- Member, India Chapter of American Concrete Institute.
- Member, International Centre for Fibre Reinforced Concrete Composites, Chennai, India.
- Member, Structural Engineers Forum of India.
- Member, Institute of Civil Engineers and Architects, Surat.
PRESENTATIONS AND TEACHING ON TECHNICAL SUBJECTS
- Served as visiting faculty for postgraduate course in Structural Engineering at Applied Mechanics Department of S. V. Regional college of Engineering aTechnology, Surat. During 1991-2000 and taught subjects of:
- Advanced RCC Design
- Earthquake Resistant Design
- Theory of Plates
- Stability Theory of Structures
- Structural Dynamics,
- Finite Element Method, etc.
- Served as Visiting Faculty for 4th Year B.Arch. Students in Sarvajanik College of Engineering and technology, Surat during 2000-2001.
- Serving as visiting faculty for post graduate courses in Structural Engineering at C G Patel Institute of Technology, Uka Tarsadia Univeristy, Maliba Campus, Bardoli to teach the subject of “Design of Tall Structures”
- Invited by many technical institutes, professional organizations, NGOs to give lecture on various topics some of which are as mentioned below:
- Stability assessment of buildings and role of NDT
- Earthquake Behavior of buildings
- Seismic Coefficient Method and Response Spectrum Method
- Understanding Earthquakes and its Effect on Building
- Lessons from BHUJ Earthquake
- Ethics in Structural Engineering Profession
- Construction Cost: Planning and Control
- Anti Terrorism Design of Buildings – A structural Primer
- Basics of Architectural Design and Structural Forms for Seismic Resistance
- Ethics in Technical Education
- Building Assessment
- NDT of Concrete
- Aerated Concrete Blocks
APPOINTMENT IN COMMITTEES FOR INVESTIGATION OF COLLAPSE
- Collapse of First floor slab of Five star Hotel Holiday Inn, at Surat. Appointed by Surat Municipal Corporation.
- Collapse of Four storied building at Mahadev Nagar, Varachha Road, Surat. Appointed by Surat Municipal Corporation.
- collapse of Quality Silk Mills, Udhana, Surat. Appointed by Surat Municipal
- Invited by The Commissioner & Secretary, Administration of Daman and Diu, to study the collapse of Daman Ganga Bridge and to suggest alternative proposals for replacement of collapsed portion of the bridge.
- Volunteered as a member of engineering team to study and inspect earthquake affected buildings in Surat and submit a report to Surat Municipal Corporation regarding its structural condition.
- Headed a team conducting rapid safety assessment of more than 100 buildings during devastating flood in August 2006, in the city of Surat. Also helped and assisted local authority in taking important decisions regarding safety of flood affected buildings.
- Invited to moderate E-Conference on “State of Structural Engineering Practice” sub section on “How do we regulate the structural engineering profession in India?” organized by SEFI during 8th to 21st February, 2016.
PROFESSIONAL AREAS OF INTEREST
- Seismic Analysis and Earthquake Resistant Design
- Reinforced Concrete, Pre-stressed concrete and Structural Steel Design
- Non-destructive Testing of Concrete, testing of building materials
- Assessment and structural condition evaluation of existing concrete buildings including those damaged by fire, natural hazards like EQ, Flood, Cyclone, etc.
- Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting of structures
- Long span structures, spatial structures, shell and folded plate structures and other innovative structures in concrete.
- Valuation of Immovable Properties
OTHER ASSOCIATION AND CREDITS
- Invited to conduct training/workshops for individual development by many NGOs like Lions Clubs, Jaycees, public institutions, engineering colleges, etc. Conducted training/workshops (3 hours to 2 days duration) on following subjects.
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Creative Thinking |
Be a Leader |
Goal setting |
| Road to Success | Human relations | Effective Public Speaking |
| Building a good self image | Time Management | Team Building |
| How to keep your spouse happy? | Positive Thinking
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- Member of Group Study Exchange Team in 1995 by Rotary District and visited Scotland as a part of cultural exchange program for duration of one month.
- Fond of Open sea diving. Certified Advanced Open water SCUBA Diver. Has dived in Goa, Karnataka, Andaman, Thailand, Indonesia and Maldives to a depth of 30 meters with Whale sharks, Reef Sharks, Manta Rays, Octopus, etc.
LANGAUGES Known – English, Hindi, Gujarati,