Prakash Rajagopalan
Civil Engineer
Chennai
Summary
Experienced Concrete Technologist and QA/QC Engineer with over a decade of expertise in the industry.
Specializes in ensuring high standards of concrete quality through concrete mix design for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. Skilled in optimizing concrete mix designs and utilizing superplasticizers, retarders, and accelerators to achieve workability retention in concrete production.
Proficient in managing and documenting building materials tests and their results, conducting regular condition assessments of existing buildings, and possessing knowledge in estimation and quantity surveying.
Additionally, skilled in drywall installation, jointing, and finishing. Excels at coordinating with architects, contractors, and clients to ensure that project specifications are met.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
3
3
Languages
Work History
Engineer Product @ Research and Development Laboratory
Ramco Industries Limited
09.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: (Ramco Industries is one of the leading Manufacturers of Dry walls, Ceiling Products and Roofing Products in South Asia)
- Working on the dry wall construction methods that are partition works, seamless ceilings, grid ceilings, wall encasement works with medium density fibre cement boards, as well as doing regular trials on lightweight concretes for instant walls/panels
- I was the part of the team that working on widening of NABL scope for the various products such as fibre cement boards, calcium silicate boards and calcium silicate light weight tiles, fibre count for air quality as well as raw materials such as cement, fly ash, GGBS, lime powder etc
- (Ramco Industries is one of the leading Manufacturers of Dry walls, Ceiling Products and Roofing Products in South Asia)
Technical Manager
Hi-tech Concrete Solutions Chennai Pvt. Ltd.
07.2013 - 09.2022
- Company Overview: (NABL Accredited Laboratory as per ISO/IEC 17025)
- Proven expertise in the Concrete Mix Designs of M20 to M80 grades, SCC mixes and designed over 300 concrete mix designs as per IS 10262 as well as proven knowledge in use of the mineral admixtures viz
- Fly Ash, GGBS and Silica Fume as a partial replacement for cement in concrete
- Well experienced in superplasticizers (SNF and PCE based) and its uses to obtain the workability retention in the fresh concrete such as normal conventional mixes, self-compacting concrete, and pile concrete as per the client requirements
- Proven expertise in Building Materials Testing of Cement test, Steel test, Aggregate test, Brick test and durability tests viz
- Water permeability test, rapid chloride penetration test & other tests viz
- Compressive strength, flexural strength and split tensile strength on hardened concrete etc
- Led the experienced team in Non-Destructive and Partial Destructive Testing on RC structural elements viz
- Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Test, rebound Hammer Test, Core Drilling Test to evaluate equivalent cube compressive strength, Half-Cell Potential Test and concrete powder samples to evaluate chlorides and pH levels in concrete etc
- Monitoring the material testing activities regularly as a Technical Manager, client interaction for the test reports as well as solving their technical doubts/clarifications
- Managed the NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) files and documents
- (NABL Accredited Laboratory as per ISO/IEC 17025)
Site Engineer
SR Constructions
09.2012 - 06.2013
Education
B.E - Civil - undefined
Madha Engineering College
Chennai, Tamilnadu12th - undefined
St. Xaviers Higher Sec School
Neermulai10th - undefined
Government Higher Sec School
PamaniSkills
QA/QC
Concrete technology
Concrete Admixtures (SNF, PCE, Mid PCE)
Concrete mix designs
SCC
Pile concrete
Different grades of concrete
Building materials testing
Construction chemicals
NABL
Drywall
Quantity surveying
Lightweight concrete
Activities
- Workshop on Fire Behaviour of Steel Structures, IIT Madras and IIT Tirupati, 06/07/24, IIT Madras, Chennai
- 2nd National Conference on Special Concrete, The School of Civil Engineering of VIT, Vellore, 03/01/23, VIT, Vellore
- Proficiency Testing Programme on NDT for Building Materials, Dr. Fixit Institute, Mumbai, 02/01/21, Pidilite Industries Campus, Mumbai
- Training workshop on Measurement uncertainty, Brainwave Consultants, Chennai, 12/22/19, HCSCPL, Chennai
- PT Programme on NDT for Building Materials in Accordance with ISO/IEC: 17043:2010, Dr. Fixit Institute, Mumbai, 11/28/19, Pidilite Industries Campus, Mumbai
- Workshop on Health Monitoring of Concrete Structures, M/s Concrete Quality Concepts Pvt Ltd at IITM, Chennai, 03/01/16, IITM, Chennai
- 08th National Conclave for Laboratories, NABL India, 12/13/19, Hotel Green Park, Chennai
- National ILC Programme on Non-Destructive Testing, Dr. FIXIT Institute of Technology, Mumbai, 01/01/17, Mumbai
- Seminar on Concrete Evaluation and Corrosion Mitigation, Vector Corrosion Technologies Ltd., 09/08/17, Chennai
- Proficiency Testing Programme on NDT, Dr. Fixit Institute, Mumbai, 01/01/16, Pidilite Industries Campus, Mumbai
- Internal Auditor training Programme on 'ISO/IEC 17025: 2017 Laboratory Quality Management system, MSME Development Institute, Chennai, 01/01/15, MSME, Chennai
- Industrial Visit to Puzhal Water Treatment Plant, Madha Engineering College, Chennai, 01/01/10, Redhills, Chennai
Attributes
- Able to Work under pressure
- Positive minded
Ug Project Details
Experimental Study on Mechanical and Durability Properties of Concrete using Steel Fibres, To study the mechanical properties of M50 grade concrete containing steel fibres, To access the characteristics of concrete, To optimize the percentage of steel fibres in concrete
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 09/17/91
Areas Of Interest
- Concrete Technology and Construction chemicals
- Quality Control & Quality Assurance (QA/QC)
- Estimation & Quantity Surveying
- Fire behavior of concrete structures and steel structures
- Project Management
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that all the above furnished information and particulars are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Certification
NABL internal Auditor
Timeline
Engineer Product @ Research and Development Laboratory
Ramco Industries Limited
09.2022 - Current
Technical Manager
Hi-tech Concrete Solutions Chennai Pvt. Ltd.
07.2013 - 09.2022
Site Engineer
SR Constructions
09.2012 - 06.2013
B.E - Civil - undefined
Madha Engineering College
12th - undefined
St. Xaviers Higher Sec School
10th - undefined
Government Higher Sec School