T he future in interna-

tional civil engineering

services is the Building

Information Model

(BIM) which calls for merging

Information Technology with the

classical civil engineering, having

provisions for safety and energy

efficiency, civil engineering ex-

perts from Germany said on the

opening day.

"BIM is a pure IT approach, com-

bined with classical civil engineer-

ing. This is new approach for civil

engineering services providers

across the world now. We are

propagating the same for India",

Director for CE-N, Germany, Harri

Siebert said. He was speaking at

the inauguration of the company's

India office in the city in associa-

tion with its India partner based in

the city, Kunal IT Services.

"The civil engineers earlier would

work with thousands of drawings.

One would not come to know if

one of the drawings related to a project would go missing. This would

leave some gap in the overall construction. Now we are using software

to provide information on structural elements, add fire protection

properties, energy saving abilities and the cost evaluation. One would

also be able to make a more accurate estimate of time required for

structural erection.", Siebert said. Principally, future buildings will be

modeled by this concept. The experts are also advocating for having

proof checks by experts for fire and earthquake safety.

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CE-N Inauguration at CommerZone, Yerwada –Sakaal Times

Month: February 2011 Volume 1, Issue 1

Inside this issue

BIM - A Future Potential 1

Go Green with your computer 2

Women Entrepreneurship 2

Filtering rivers is now possible 3

Share and preserve your memory 3

n-Tier Application Architecture 3

ITechKNOWlogy Tips 4

CE-N Director Harri Siebert inaugurates company's India office in Pune.

German Director Gerd von Spiess, Prof. Horst Schäfer,

CTO Dr. D. N. Buragohain and

Director Santosh Kolhe also present on the occasion.

Director’s Day @ CE-N, India

C E-N, India celebrated

16th January as the

birthday of our Direc-

tor, Santosh Kolhe.

It was a great moment for every-

one to be a part of the celebra-

tion.

The occasion was later graced by a

motivational speech by the Direc-

tor. His speech covered the re-

fined vision and mission policy of

the organization, the fast-

changing trends in civil engineer-

ing, the efficient use of latest

technology in addition to classical

civil engineering and the integral

role of software development in

CE-N. He also emphasized on

importance of interesting Business

marketing concepts: B-to-B and B-

to-C marketing.

BIM – A Future Potential

B uilding Information

Model is not just a great

picture – it is a complete

representation of the

project, including materials, fin-

ishes, behavioral attributes and

more. A complete 3D representa-

tion of the geometry of the project

is its foundation. It is much more

than that. Explore it! (Turn to Page 3)

Ritesh.Patil @ce-n.com

CE-N Systems Pvt. Ltd.

CommerZone IT Park,

Bldg. # 4, 2nd floor,

Samrat Ashoka Path,

Off. Airport Road,

Yerwada, Pune - 411006.

Maharashtra. India

www.ce-n.com

Dear Readers,

It gives me immense

pleasure in presenting

the first issue of this

newsletter for you.

I congratulate the edi-

torial team and the

contributors for this

wonderful initiative at

CE-N, India.

Happy Reading!

-Santosh Kolhe

From the Director

(From Page 1)

"As per the Germany model, the

state can set up a system which

would nominate experts from the

field with at least 10 year of ex-

perience. They have to pass a test

to become proof checkers", CE-N

Director, Gerd von Spiess said.

“I admire the designers of WTC

towers. The architects of WTC

towers in the structural design

had made the provision for with-

standing the impact of an aircraft

collision. But the huge fire caused

by the fuel that exploded in the

structure, resulted in its collapse”,

Professor Horst Schäfer from

University of Dortmund, Germany

said. He was speaking on the

sidelines of the inauguration of

the Pune office of the German

company Civil Engineering Net-

work Systems.

Professor was entrusted with the

responsibility by the German state

government North Rhine-

Westphalia to study causes of

WTC collapse and prepare a re-

port on fire protection concepts

for its structures.

CE-N Inauguration at CommerZone, Yerwada

Go Green with your computer!!!

waste.

Approach:

1. The PC manufacturing process

accounts for 70 % of the natural

resources used in the life cycle of a

PC. Therefore, the biggest contri-

bution to green computing usually

is to prolong the equipment's

lifetime.

2. By using terminal servers, users

at a terminal can connect to a

central server; all of the actual

computing is done on the server.

These can be combined with thin

clients, which

use up to 1/8

the amount of

energy of a

normal workstation, resulting in a

decrease of energy costs.

3. Teleconferencing technologies

are often implemented in green

computing initiatives with many

advantages.

4. Recycling computing equip-

ments can keep harmful materials

such as lead, mercury, and hexava-

lent chromium out of landfills.

G reen computing is "the

study and practice of de-

signing, manufacturing,

using, and disposing of computers,

servers, and associated subsystems

efficiently and effectively with mini-

mal or no impact on the environ-

ment.” The goals of green comput-

ing are to: reduce the use of hazard-

ous materials, maximize energy

efficiency during the product's life-

time, and promote the recyclability

of defunct products & factory

“Green computing

refers to

environmentally

sustainable

computing: the

practice of using

computing

resources

efficiently.”

Page 2

Prof. Horst Georg Schäfer

Shalini.Nair @ce-n.com

Tech-toon

Simple Energy Saving Tip @ home

“We shape our buildings,

thereafter they shape us.”

Brainteaser

Which number is missing from the web?

Women Entrepreneurship

great inspiration for others to

follow.

One of my school friends lost her

father due to heart-attack. Her family was left out in a mental and finan-

cial distress with only the mother and 2 daughters. Her father ran a

business which was very little-known to her mother being a housewife.

Her mother had to learn everything about the business - besides manag-

ing the house. She not only managed it successfully to stabilize the busi-

ness but also educated both daughters to exceptional grades. Today, one

of the daughters is working for NASA and other for CBI.

Rahat Taslim, a lady contestant on KBC - who runs a small tailoring and

designing institute - won 1 crore rupees. She had wished that she would

use the money to motivate housewives like her to learn things, generate

an income and be self-sufficient. These, according to me, are real women

entrepreneurs. As they say “There is a Woman behind every successful

Man”.

W hen we think of Women

Entrepreneurship we

think of big names like

Chanda Kocchar-CEO of ICICI, Ritu

Kumar-Fashion Designer, Simone

Tata-Chairman, Trent Ltd; Shahnaz

Husain-CEO, Shahnaz Herbals; Su-

lajja Firodia Motwani-Joint MD,

Kinetic Engineering; Jyoti Naik-

President, Lijjat Papad; Nita Ambani-

Owner of Mumbai Indians, IPL and

more. We always hear and read

about these ‘larger than life’ distin-

guished individuals but let us not

forget their efforts. There are many

common faces around us who also

put similar efforts and emerge as

Trupti.Oza @ce-n.com

How well can you think???:

Charles is not fighting.

L ou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, The

Cleveland Clinic is designed by world-

renowned architect, Frank Gehry of Ge-

hry Partners in Santa Monica, California.

Gehry wanted to create a place in Las Vegas

that will be memorable. He explains, “The

mantra is Keep Memory Alive. I’m trying to make a

building that people will want to visit, remember,

talk about, and enjoy, and ultimately will want to

partner with us at the Center to help cure some of

the neurodegenerative diseases.”

Keep Memory Alive (KMA) supports work towards

enhanced treatments and research of neuro-

cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkin-

son’s, ALS, Hunt-

ington’s disease

and memory disor-

ders of all kinds.

We also support

work towards

providing en-

hanced resources for care givers who live with

those afflicted by these disorders. KMA strives to

create greater awareness of neuro-cognitive disor-

ders, educate those afflicted about cutting edge

treatment research and caregiver services and

promote prevention through lifestyle behaviors

that encourage healthy brain aging throughout life.

(Share your memory here)

Share and preserve your memory

Page 3 Volume 1, Issue 1

P lastic is one of the most

hazardous waste. Many

years the scientists are

fighting against it, to get rid of it.

An assistant professor of civil and

environmental engineering, Naji

Khoury, at Temple University has

come up with the answer that is

“Plastisoil”.

The name is self-explanatory that

it is the compound of Plastic and

Soil. Discarded plastic bottles and

soil is mixed together to form a

concrete-like substance Plastisoil.

When this soil is mixed with some

additives and heated it comes to a

form called Porous Plastisoil. The

method as described by Naji

Khoury is, “Discarded polyethyl-

ene terephthalate (PET) plastic

bottles are pulverized and mixed

with soil, and then that mixture is

blended with a coarse aggregate

and heated. The result is a hard

yet non-watertight substance,

similar to concrete or porous

asphalt.”

The difficulty with traditional

concrete and asphalt paving is

that the rainwater stays on the

surface and runs into the storm

sewers going on accumulating oil

and other road filth along the

way. With the help of surfaces

such as Plastisoil, that water is

able to percolate into the soil

below. This certainly reduces the

amount of pollutants entering the

rivers. Khoury and his team is

currently trying to determine if

Plastisoil could even serve as a

filter that removed pollutants as

the water filtered through.

An energy analysis shows that it

uses less energy to produce one

ton of Plastisoil than one ton of

cement or asphalt, and that it is

less expensive to manufacture

than similar products.

It takes 30,000 PET bottles to

make one ton of the material. It

will help reduce the 200 billion

plastic bottles that are sent to

landfills each year.

Filtering rivers is now possible

Bhushan.Save @ce-n.com

not accessed directly by other layers/components. Hence the table

names, field names are not hard coded anywhere. Having this layer

also provides an additional layer of security for the database as

other layers do not need to know the database credentials, connec-

tion string and so on.

Database Layer: This layer comprises of database components such

as DB Files, Tables, Views, etc. The actual database could be created

using SQL Server, Oracle, Flat file, etc. In an n-tier application, the

entire application can be implemented in such a way that it is inde-

pendent of the actual database.

Features of n-Tier Architecture

Security: Application has appropriate authentication, logging and

monitoring mechanisms.

Availability and Scalability: Application should be reliable and should

have fail-over mechanisms (redundancy) such as fail-over clusters.

Manageability: Application can be designed to have the capability to

deploy, monitor and troubleshoot. Methodologies to handle errors,

log errors provide useful information for problem resolution are

easy to implement.

Easy Maintenance: This is generally achieved by adopting coding

standards, deployment standards, modular application design, and

data abstraction and application frameworks.

Abstraction: Functionality changes are easily possible with modifica-

tions in business rules with least amount of impact to the entire

application.

Application Architecture – n Tier Approach

n -Tier architecture refers

to the architecture of an

application that has at

least 3 "logical" layers that are

separate. This architecture is a kind

of system which imposes separa-

tion between the following parts:

Presentation Layer: It is also called

as client layer or Graphical User

Interface (GUI) layer. It comprises

of components that are dedicated

towards presentation of data to

the end user.

Business Layer: This layer encapsu-

lates the business rules or business

logic. Any change in business layer

can be easily handled in this layer.

As long as the interface between

the layers remain the same, any

change made to the functionality

or processing logic of this layer

does not have any impact on other

layers.

Data access Layer: The database is

Nilesh.Patil @ce-n.com

Welcome to CE-N

Vaishali Bhamare

Prafullakumar Babar

Vijay Date

Omkar Mhaiskar

Dhruv Jagani

Hitesh Bafna

Shalini Nair

Arati Sharma

How well can you think???

THE FIGHT

1. The shorter of Antony and Bernard is the

older of the two fighters.

2. The younger of Bernard and Charles is the

shorter of the two fighters.

3. The taller of Antony and Charles is the

younger of the two fighters.

Who is not fighting?

Brainteaser: 10 – numbers in outer ring are in

reverse order plus one in the inner ring.

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BIM – A Future Potential (From Page 1)

The spread of computer use has brought a new

way of thinking to many business and Engineering

processes. Many benefits of error reduction and

process time compression are available through

the building information model—an approach to

documentation that dictates that all project data

be stored in one and only one location. This con-

cept is the result of a fresh look at the construc-

tion process, taking into account modern compu-

tational tools. Traditionally, construction projects

are defined by numerous documents, among

which there may be overlap and inconsistency.

These are maintained separately by different

project participants, and inconsistencies are

typically discovered only in the field – when peo-

ple working with different documents bump into

each other. Dimensional consistency is also not

assured. That is, the numbers in the dimensions

on drawings may not be accurately reflected in

the geometry; drawings are often treated as un-

scaled relational schematics. Lack of consistency

among drawings in a set and lack of internal

consistency often lead to expensive construction

errors. The idea behind a building information

model is that of a single repository. Every item is

described only once. Both graphical documents

drawings and non-graphical documents specifica-

tions, schedules, and other data – are included.

Changes are made to each item in only one place.

Thus, every user of the repository can be certain

that what they are seeing is exactly the same

information that every other project participant

sees. This one change to the way project docu-

mentation is handled can greatly reduce the

number of communication problems that slow

down projects and increase costs. Having all the

documentation in one place creates an opportu-

nity to apply additional technologies to the build-

ing process – in particular, 3D modeling, based on

objects; full document linking, for comprehensive

model integrity; and logically centralized control

of project information.

Computers have made it possible to create realis-

tic renderings with astonishing control over light-

ing, color, texture, and even animation. The use

of data-based 3D models adds an additional fac-

tor: full precision, authenticity to reality.

A s per the work culture

in CE-N, all of us have

to work in collaboration

with the German colleagues. Here are

some useful tips for storage and synchronization

of important data, timely delivery of completed tasks

and smooth operation of the CE-N processes.

Your system drive (usually C:) is crucial. Do not copy any files

on this drive, My Documents, Desktop and such special folders

on the system drive. Copying files on the system drive may

cause problems to boot your computer. Always use the Secon-

dary drives (usually D: or E:) to store the data.

Back-up any and all critical files that you have modified today

to your drive/folder on the Server.

Update your anti-virus and anti-spyware software regularly if

the automatic updating is not working.

Uninstall programs that you are not using. Remove it correctly

to avoid system errors. Go to Start > Control Panel > Add or

Remove Programs. Find the program you want to remove in

the list, and click the Remove button.

Practice safe computing. Delete any suspicious emails without

opening it even if the email comes from your friends. Do not

open any email attachments with the following extensions:

* .exe, .com, .vbs, .bat, .mdb, .reg, and .js

Clean up your Temp folder, your Temporary internet files

folder, and other junk files once in a month. To do this easily,

you can use my favorite program for clean up: CCleaner or run

the built-in Windows Disk Cleanup tool.

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ITechKNOWlogy Tips

This newsletter is for internal circulation only. Published on behalf of CE-N, India by Santosh Kolhe. Editorial Team: Ritesh, Bhushan, Swapnil, Rahul B., Nidhi.

Letters to the editors and contributions can be sent by e-mail to: iCE-N@ce-n.com

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We at CE-N, India are pleased to

launch the 1st issue of our very

own, iCE-N newsletter. This is yet

another landmark in the series of

events that have taken place in the

‘journey so far’. We have achieved

a lot during the course yet a lot has

to be done.

Through this medium, we intend to

keep all our readers abreast of all

knowledge, information and enter-

tainment. We want this newsletter

to take a place in your busy sched-

ules and replace the dull moments.

I appeal all readers to keep us

updated by sharing their success

stories and articles. Good luck!!!

- Ritesh Patil

Editor’s Note

1. Don't talk too long without pausing for a

reaction. More than a minute is usually too

long. Forty seconds is ideal.

2. Never contradict or flatly disagree with

the other person. It's an implied insult.

3. Don't be too forceful or emphatic in stat-

ing your opinions until you learn the other

person's attitude.

4. Give the other person intellectual free-

dom and cooperation, and claim them for

yourself.

The Art of Conversation