ECPS viva questions:

1. Questions on the submitted drawings

2. What are written on the cement bag and what are meaning of them? Initial and final
setting time
3. What are written on the re-bar and what are meaning of them?
4. Rectangular column tie, circular column tie, spirally column tie
5. Special and Intermediate beam detailing
6. Corner and side column design methodology
7. Which column is better (uniform size or reduced size) and why?
8. Retaining wall design and rebar detailing
9. Beam design, why minimum rebar is used (reason)
10. Slump test and detail procedure
11. Cylinder test and detail procedure
12. Ductility class
13. Ready Mix concrete (slump value at plant and site)
14. Compressive strength of concrete and required strength
15. SDC
16. Pile design
17. As the new code is more conservative, what should do for buildings designed by
previous code?