Indian Association of Structural Engineers

Cordially invites you to

Technical Lecture on
Pre-Casting, Pre-Tensioning & Launching
of Full Span Super-Structure in India
by
Mr. Ravi Kant Gupta
Managing Director, Bridgecon India
at
Lecture Room, Consultancy Development Centre
2nd Floor, Core 4B, India Habitat Centre
Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003
on
Thursday, 18th January 2018
Starting at 05:00 pm

Please confirm your participation

S K DHAWAN, Chairman, Monthly Lecture & Technical Discussion
Email: iastructe@gmail.com, Tel: (011) 45794829

The event is supported by UltraTech Cement Ltd

(Light refreshment will be served)
 ABOUT THE FACULTY

Er. Ravi Kant Gupta was born on April 04, 1960. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering
in 1981 from University of Roorkee, (now IIT Roorkee).

He started his initial career in Larsen & Toubro Limited and Engineers India Limited. In 1983, he joined
UP State Bridge Corporation as Assistant Engineer and had an illustrious career, while leading a team of
Engineers for many prestigious Bridge and Building projects. Some of the projects handled by him
include Twin Bridge over RiverPeriyar and Chandrasekhar Nayak Stadium with a sitting capacity of
30,000 at Thiruvananthapuram which was completed in a challenging time schedule of 120 days, from
start to finish. In recognition of this exceptional achievement, Chief Minister of Kerala awarded a Gold
Medal to Er. R.K. Gupta. He has significantly contributed in KohlapurMaharkali Highway Project in
Nepal and was also instrumental in accomplishing several Pre-stressed concrete Bridges. In New Delhi,
he was the in-charge construction of Chirag Delhi Flyover, wherein Pre-cast Pre-tensioned beams were
used for the first time in India.

In 1994, he started his own company named “BRIDGECON INDIA” for providing consultancy services
and manufacturing of Pre-casting Moulds and Launching Systems for construction of bridges. He
conceived, designed and manufactured the entire Pre-casting and Launching Scheme for U-shaped girders
used for the first time in India in DMRC Line 3.

In 2000, he became full time Director in Arvind Techno Engineers Pvt. Ltd. and was instrumental in
construction of several pre-cast, pre-stressed bridges. He was instrumental in construction of 3 Km long
Krishna Bridge incorporate longest Pre-tensioned girder of 40 m length. He has significantly contributed
in the entire construction of 3 Km long Sone Nadi Bridge in Bihar which is second longest river bridge
constructed by Pre-cast Segmental method in India.

His experience is multifarious and spread over more than 36 years on various activities of Bridge
Construction, implementing use of new technologies like Pre-cast Pre-tensioned girders, developing
Precast Segmental Construction Techniques in India and developing state of the art Launching systems.
Till date, he has constructed a number of Flyovers and Bridges in Delhi and several other parts of the
country. Over the years, he has contributed significantly to the field of Concrete Bridges.