09.00 Chair’s Opening Remarks

Overcoming the challenges of building railway bridges

09.10 Keynote Presentation An Overview Of Recently Constructed And Upcoming Railway Bridges In India

• Overcoming the challenges of constructing bridges for the biggest railway network in the world
• Understanding the innovations involved in building sustainable bridges on some of the busiest rail routes
• Examining the expected volume of bridge work required for new lines, doublings and gauge conversion in the near future

S.K. Malik
Additional Member (Civil Engineering), Railway Board
Ministry of Railways

09.50 Case Study Ganges ‘Rail-Cum-Road’ Bridge, Patna Understanding The Challenges Involved In Building Across Rivers

• Addressing the challenges of building the longest Indian rail-cum-road bridge at the confluence of major perennial rivers, the Ganges and Gandhak
• Improvements and economies of scale during design and construction stages
• Understanding the use of special launching cantilever arrangements

Madhuresh Kumar
Chief Administration Officer Construction (South)
East Central Railways

11.00 Case Study Kochi Vallarpadam Rail Bridge, Kerala Establishing The Commercial Linkage Between The Container Terminal And The City

• Overcoming the challenge of constructing India’s longest railway bridge
• Planning successfully for massive material and manpower deployment
• Using pre-stressed concrete girders

Pradeep Gaur
Chief Project Manager
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)

Structural challenges in designing elevated metro structures

11.40 Case Study Delhi Metro – Pioneering Elevated Metro Carriageway

• Understanding the structural and safety issues when implementing elevated structures
• Meeting project deadlines when building in high-density areas
• Analysing innovative techniques used in the construction of elevated metro structures in Delhi

Rajan Kataria
Chief Engineer - Design
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

13.20 Case Study Enhancing Transport Infrastructure In The Mumbai Metropolitan Region With The Metro Rail Project

• Adding value to existing public transportation in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region
• Overcoming the challenge of building elevated structures on roads with high volumes of traffic
• An overview of upcoming elevated projects for the Mumbai metro

G.R. Madan
Director - MRTS
Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)

14.00 Building Cost-Effective Metro And Rail Viaduct Bridges

• Examining asset management with regards to maintenance costs over the life-cycle of a viaduct
• Developing cost-effective and safe viaduct designs
• Mini case studies Mecca Metro (Saudi Arabia) and South Island Line (Hong Kong)

Dr. J. Sundaram
Associate Director – Middle East & India
Atkins

15.10 Case Study: Showcasing The Stay Cable Bridge Over Poe River In Italy

• Outlining the highlights of the first-ever bridge built on a high speed train line
• Overcoming challenges of building a bridge with one of the longest pre-stressed concrete span
• Discussing the extensive full scale fatigue test carried out for the project

Marcello Petrangeli
Business Development Manager
Tensacciai, Italy

15.50 Case Study: Third Karnaphuli Extradosed Bridge - Designing Bangladesh’s First Major Cable-Supported Bridge

• Bridging the gap between architectural conception and engineering realization
• Exploring the elements of design in the two-side span bridge using pre-stressed concrete
• Examining critical interfaces between design and construction

Abdul Farooq
Director of Major Crossings
High Point Rendel

16.30 Case Study: Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Designing The World’s Longest Bridge

• Understanding the holistic challenges and complications of long-span bridges
• Overcoming the challenges of multiphase designing - one fixed crossing and three cable stayed bridges
• New approaches to the geometric control of long-span bridges

Naeem Hussain
Leader of Global Bridge Business
Arup

17.00 Final Comments From Chair And Close Of The Conference