SYNOPSIS

This 2-Day Preparatory Course for the Chartered Membership Examination of the IStructE is aimed at those aspiring senior and young engineers, who wish to refresh and enhance their skills in structural analytical and conceptual design of structures. In order to achieve the intended objectives, the format of the course is, therefore, devised like an examination preparation workshop for the world renowned 7-hour Chartered Membership Examination (CME) of the Institution of Structural Engineers, United Kingdom. This course/workshop will be conducted as per the requirements of the new format of CME, which was introduced in January 2024. One of the prime objectives of the examination is to test the technical competency and skilfulness of the candidates in executing their daily work with respect to the art and science of Structural Engineering.

Hence, in this respect, the course will attempt to illustrate required structural design skills, ability in conceptualizing distinct and viable structural schemes and producing annotated sketches/drawings for a given task that will be based on some of the past CME questions, which are normally derived from real projects around the world.


BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Rajavel Inbarajan studied Civil Engineering in Vellore Institute of Technology (erstwhile called Vellore Engineering College) and obtained his BE (First Class with Distinction) from the University of Madras, India in 1988. Then, he obtained his MSc and DIC in Concrete Structures from the University of London and Imperial College London, UK in 1997. He became a Corporate Member of the Institution of Structural Engineers(IStructE), UK after got through the Chartered Membership Examination(CME) held in April 2004 in his first attempt. The IStructE appointed him as an Examiner for the CME in 2008. He was one of the Chief Examiners of CME held in Jan 2019, Jan 2020, Mar 2022, Feb 2023 and Jan 2024.

He has more than 30 years of quality and varied experience in conceptual design, detailed design and project management of very large structural and civil engineering projects in international and crosscultural set-up. He has been working with reputable International Consultants and Contractors in very large engineering projects with increasing responsibilities in Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Singapore, Sri Lanka and India since 1988. His experience broadly covers the design and construction of low-rise & high-rise buildings, airports, bridges, underground/above ground metro stations, mega water retaining structures/reservoirs, and the investigation/rectification of very large marine structures.

He had conducted seminars on Advance Structural Engineering, Water Retaining Structures and Investigation and Strengthening of Concrete Structures in Malaysia, Qatar and Sri Lanka previously. He has been conducting CME preparation courses and delivering talks on CME since 2009. He trained enthusiastic candidates globally in their preparation for CME. Recently, he provided possible solution to the CME questions for publication in the examination preparation CD and the website of the IStructE.