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BLAME THE BUILDER

"It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time."
The need of the multi-dimensional world is changing. Superimposition of modern architects over traditional one has brought revolution in this dynamic world.
Structural damage plays a major role in causing immense sufferings and/or deaths and everything goes haywire. Many road accidents take place because of roads being damaged. Old building and bridges have not been given proper care and alterations are made to them without considering the consequences. Preventive maintenance has been ignored for long .
This event is aimed at finding the flaws as well as optimizing the designs so that the collapse can be minimized. It is the duty of a civil engineer to avoid disasters as much as possible to give way to a better world. Gear up, open up your observing senses and conquer the design.

TEAM SPECIFICATIONS:
A team must consist of a maximum of 2 members.
Student from different educational institutions and Organizations can form a team.
EVENT SPECIFICATIONS:
The event comprises of two rounds:
Preliminary round.
Final round.
1. PRELIMINARY ROUND SPECIFICATIONS:
The preliminary round comprises of 12 questions, to be completed within an allotted time of 60 minutes (1 hour). These 12 questions are further divided in two groups:
CASE STUDIES.
KNOWLEDGE BASED QUESTIONS.
There will be 7 case studies and 5 knowledge based questions.
Each case study question carries 10 points and each knowledge based question carries 5 points. Before the beginning of the round, all the seven case study questions will be discussed in detail through PowerPoint presentations.
The teams will also be provided with a question paper that will cover the case studies in detail, for reference of the participating teams.
The answers should be to the point and brief. They must be self- explanatory. No vague answer will be entertained.
2. FINAL ROUND SPECIFICATIONS:
The final round will be of 90 minutes comprising several questions.
Each question carries 20 points.
The questions can vary in content, covering different aspects of civil engineering, underlining the same principle of fault detection.
All the required details related to the problem (drawing, data etc.) will be provided in the question paper itself.
GENERAL RULES:
The teams must adhere to the spirit of healthy competition. Judges reserve the right to disqualify any team indulging in misbehavior or cheating by any means. Any team that is not ready at the time specified will be disqualified.
The organizers reserve all rights to change any or all of the above rules as they deem fit.Change in any rule, if any, will be highlighted on the website. The team name must be prominently displayed on the submitted answer script. In case of any dispute, judge's decision shall be considered final and binding on all.

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PRELIMINARY ROUND:

All the questions answered should be backed by apt reasoning. Any answer without a reason will not be considered.

In the case study questions, 8 point out of 10 are reserved for detection of reason of failure. However, 2 points in each question is reserved for providing a practical and feasible solution for the problem.

In the knowledge based questions, the marking will be on the relative basis, with the best answer getting 5 points.

FINAL ROUND:

All the questions answered should be backed by apt reasoning.Any answer without a reason will not be considered.

10 points in each question are reserved for fault detection.The remaining 10 points are reserved for listing all the probable and practical solutions to the problem.

The statements, reasoning and suggested remedies must be self-explanatory.No vague specification will be entertained.

The team with the maximum points (Elementary+final) should be declared winner.

Registerations open for Blame The Builder. To register please send mail to ingenium@ccanitd.in

Manvendra Vikram Singh
manvendra@ccanitd.in
(+91)9800931439