Mr. Venkataramana Narayana HEGGADE
Present Designation:
Former CEO of STUP & Former Executive Director Gammon, DECon Complete SolutionsAreas of Interest:
- Structural Engineering
- Construction Engineering
- Project Management
- Construction Management
- Contracts Management
- Forensic Engineering
- Consultancy services in all types of infrastructure consulting in all sectors
- Structural failure investigations as an expert committee member
- Workshops, Conferences and webinars moderating, being panelist and Speaker.
Specialisation:
- Civil Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Construction Management
- Business Management
Major Professional Contributions:
- Detailed Designing and Construction of Bridges and Fly-overs on rivers, creeks and lands of RCC, PSC, Composite with types of solid slab, voided slab, slab & girder system, box girder, with technologies of cast-in-situ, precast launched, cast in situ segmental, cast in situ balanced cantilever segmental, pre-cast segmental. Pioneering works being the first extradosed bridge in India designed and constructed indigenously by cast in situ cantilever construction method at Siddapur, Karnataka,1.5 km single girder bridge by cantilever method of construction where longest cantilever span was 150.m with the maximum depth of double D (16m by 10m) caisson foundation of 61.0m, 4.95 km long Bogibeel bridge longest road cum rail bridge in India with 42 no’s of double D wells (16.2m by 10.5m) with an average depth of 58 m and deepest depth of 68.75 m, 4.0 km long Godavari twin bridge at Rajmundary, the longest river bridge in South India having 80 spans each of 50m with longest 1.5m dia. and 55 m deep bored cast in situ pile, 2.0 km long Kosi bridge with highly optimised 22.0m wide cross prestressed deck for 48.0m span, the peculiar of its kind in the world Signature bridge at Delhi with traditional Indian ‘Namaste posed’ pylon with hybrid deep foundation of piles and caissons where modern concrete technology in terms of very high strength Self Compacting Concrete was to be done for a massive well cap while ambient temperature was around 50C. ( Responsible for more than 70 major Bridges, Flyovers & MRTS elevated structures and 260 no’s of minor bridges & culverts )
- Designing & Construction of metro elevated corridors including for the aggregate viaduct length of 40 km DMRC & KMRC projects which also had 17 station buildings. This also included construction of 2 metro extradosed bridges
- Designing of Hydraulic structures like, aqueducts, sea and marine intakes, sub marine tunnels. Most latest one being Bhavani intake works and 500m long submarine tunnel 50 m beneath the sea bed for Nuclear Power Corporation. Sea intake being designed by caisson launching method and for Tsunami for the first time in the country. Temur and Narmada aqueducts are the first bridge cum aqueducts on highways in the country.
Designing of IDCTs and NDCTs with the base diameter up to 132m and height up to 172m. Pioneering work being Bhusaval, Sihmadri, Aravali NDCTs, the tallest when designed and constructed in the country. NDCTs are large hyperbolic spatial shell structures warranting complex Finite Element Analysis and Wind Tunnel testing to confirm the wind loading and
across the wind oscillations. (Responsible for 24 no’s of IDCTs, also 21 no’s of NDCTs having aggregate shell area of 5,25,000 m2 & 2.5 km height)- Designing of single flue, bi-flue and multi flue steel and brick lining chimneys. The pioneering works being, Bellary single flue brick lining chimney, Bhusaval bi-flue and Tiroda multiflue chimneys of 275m heights are being among the tallest in the country. (Responsible for 26 nos of chimneys having aggregate height of > 5.0 km and shell area of 2,50,000 m2
- Designing of Marine structures like wharves, berths, jetties etc. The pioneering work being Dolphin jetties of Bangladesh where the design philosophy of driven steel tubular piles was specially developed to increase the load carrying capacity of piles
- Designing and construction of safety and non-safety nuclear power structures in addition to BOP (Balance of Plant) for thermal power projects.
Consultancy Areas:
- · Pre-Feasibility Studies/Feasibility Studies / Detailed Project Report
- · Pre-Tender Design Services for EPC / PPP Projects
- · Detailed Engineering Design (Post-Tender) For EPC/PPP Projects
- · Authority Engineer (AE)/Construction Supervision (CS) / Independent Engineers Services (IE)
- · Project Management Consultancy Services
- Lenders Engineers Services
Sector Associated With:
- · Transportation & Logistics :Highways, Railways, MRTS, Ports, Airports & Logistics.
- · Building & Architecture : Smart cities, Multi modal hubs, Technology parks, Industrial townships, Commercial, Hospitality, Healthcare & Leisure.
- · Energy : Thermal, hydel & Nuclear
- · Water & Waste water : Water treatment plants, Sewage treatment plants, Effluent treatment, Water supply distribution, NRW & 24 x 7 water.
Sectors Interested to Offer Service:
- · Transportation & Logistics :Highways, Railways, MRTS, Ports, Airports & Logistics.
- · Energy : Thermal, hydel & Nuclear
Professional Experience
ü Roles & Responsibilities as a CEO were :
· Communicating on behalf of the company with shareholders, government entities and the public.
· Leading the development of the company’s short & Long term strategy.
· Creating & implementing the company’s vision & mission.
· Evaluating the work of other executive leaders within the company, including Directors & Vice presidents.
· Maintaining awareness of the competitive market landscape, expansion opportunities, industry developments, etc.
· Ensuring that the company maintains high social responsibility wherever it does business.
· Assessing risks to the company and ensuring they are monitored & minimised.
· Setting strategic goals & making sure that they are measurable and describable.
· P & L of the company.
ü Roles & Responsibilities as an Executive Director were :
· Developing and directing organizational strategy.
· Drafting organizational policies and philosophies.
· Overseeing day-to-day business activities.
· Conducting performance reviews.
· Preparing comprehensive budgets.
· Reporting on revenue and expenditure.
· Engaging with community groups.
Keywords
Education
B.E. (Civil), PDCM, MAM.
Awards and Recognitions
- Fellowship’ from Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) for the contribution to engineering effective from November 2015.
- Uttaranchal State Award for best paper in Construction Technique for the year 2000 appeared in ICI Journal, for the paper ‘220m multi-flue steel liner chimney at Raichur’
- MC-Award for best paper published in Indian Concrete Institute Journal for the year 2000, for the paper ‘Raichur Natural Draught Cooling Towers’.
- Commendation Certificate from Indian Building Congress (IBC) for the Excellence in Design & Construction in ‘Built Environment’ for Raichur NDCTs– in the year 2000.
- IABSE-Prize-2002 from International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineering, Switzerland, for designs, execution and publications. First person to receive this award from developing countries.
- IRC-Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru birth centenary award-2002-for Notable contribution in Bridge engineering.
- PSC Design Award-2005 from NDRF of Institution of Engineers (India) for outstanding contribution in prestressed concrete design.
- Commendation Certificate to serve on Foundation, Sub-Structure and Protective Works and Masonry Bridges Committee (B-4) for the three-year tenure ending on 31.12.2005.
- Medal for paper on “Construction” (Instituted by Maharashtra PWD) 2017 by IRC for the paper ‘Evolution of precast segmental technology for bridges in India.
- Medal for best paper on “Construction” (Instituted by Maharashtra PWD) 2018 by IRC for the paper ‘Temporary support and freezing of bridge bearings during balanced cantilever construction for New Brahmaputra Bridge at Guwahati’.
- Outstanding Concrete Technologist 2019 from Indian Concrete Institute
- Gammon had received more than 21 awards and STUP had received more than 2 awards from various National & International Institutions/Associations of the structures associated with for the aspects of Design, Construction, Project Management, Consultancies etc.
- Dr. P Raychaudhuri Memorial Lecture organized by CSRI New Delhi
- Padma Bhushan Jai Krishna Memorial Lecture 2021 organized by Institution of Engineers (India)
- Dr Ramakrishna 9th endowment lecture organised by IEI (India)
INAE Section Affiliated
I: Civil Engineering
Year of Election to Fellowship
2015
Year of Birth
1962
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