The Civil Engineering division of St. Joseph’s Centre for Industrial Consultancy believe in providing value-added construction services to our customers by creating a successful partnership with them throughout the construction process. Our highly qualified, theoretically equipped as well as practically experienced staff uphold the idea of creating the most economical and safest design by using the most advanced computer packages, rather than using the traditional thumb rule design methodology.

Prof. Ance Mathew, HOD, Department of Civil Engineeringhas received a patent titled: “The influence of different treatments applied to flax fibres on different properties of mortar reinforced by these fibres.” The discovery deals with the addition of treated flax fibres to improve the rheological and mechanical properties of mortar. She invented three treatment solutions for flax fibre ,viz.:atmospheric plasma, mineral cement/slag coating and linseed oil coating.

Dr. K.J.George, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Harithakeralam – College Coordinator SJCET Palai received letter of appreciation from Haritha Keralam Mission, Govt. of Kerala for our commendable initiatives in waste management, food safety, protection of water resources and energy conservation

Rev. Fr. Dr. Bennet Kuriakose, Associate Professor, Dept. of CE has got the approval for a financial support of Rs 1,00,000/- from Agency for Non-Conventional Energy & Rural Technology (ANERT) for the Project on “Experimental Investigations on Energy Efficient Buildings using Phase Change Materials in Tropical Climate”.

Department of Civil Engineering Ranked 8 th in KTU Semester V results 2018

Juby Biju of S2 CE, secured O grade in all subjects with SGPA 10 in the Semester I B.Tech Degree University Examination – December 2018

Rehabilitation of Residential Building, Ramapuram. (Completed)
The residential building was previously built up to the ground level from the cellar with poor workmanship and using concrete of low quality. Rehabilitation scheme was proposed and structural details for ground and first floors were given by CE department.

Architectural and Structural Design for Modification of St. George Simhasana Church, Thiruvalla, Kottayam. (Completed)

The new church building was innovatively designed and planned so as to be constructed outside the existing one, keeping the latter intact. Steel skeleton structure was raised outside (the columns were CFST as bracings would obstruct the working condition of old church), walls were constructed, old church was demolished inside and the new church is being finished.

Reconstruction of NNCJMLP School, Kumarakom, Kottayam. (Ongoing)

Detailed structural design of pile foundation and two stories was performed.

Structural Design of Retaining Wall at Paika, Kottayam (Execution pending).

Structural design of a 6 m high retaining wall was carried out. Two options were provided, one with random rubble masonry and second an RCC cantilever retaining wall. Execution of this project is pending due to arbitration.

Structural Design of Residential Building, Thrissur (Completed).

Design of foundation for residential building is performed; the ground floor is at different levels. The plinth beam had to be arranged to accommodate the difference in levels.

Structural Design of Residential Building, Kuruppumthara, Kottayam. (Completed).

Structural Design of Residential Building, Thiruvanchoor, Kottayam. (Ongoing).

Structural Design of Commercial Building at Poonjar, Kottayam. (Ongoing)

Hard stratum was available only at 4 m depth from existing ground level. Other types of foundations were not feasible. Conventional footings are provided and detailed structural design for the three stories was given.

Soil Investigation and Traffic Study for Regulator cum Bridge across Meenachil River at Koottanalkadavu, Kottayam. (Completed)

Client of this project is Dept. of Irrigation, Govt. of Kerala. Detailed investigation of the soil was performed using CBR tests. Traffic survey and home survey was performed for assessing the feasibility and suitability of a bridging system across the river at the specific location.

Structural Design of Residential Building at Thodupuzha, Idukki (ongoing)

The challenging part of this project is the 3.5 m cantilever slab, to be supported without any visible beams. Moreover, the architect has planned the living area of the building to be looking like a floating structure on water.

Construction of School Building to MCV HSS Arpookara: Check For Reinforcements and Anchorages, Arpookkara, Kottayam. (Completed)

The objective of the study was to check the reinforcements and lap lengths provided at the site by rigourous numerical analysis and based on standards of practice.  The client is KIIFB, Govt. of Kerala and we worked for the contractor.

Structural Design of Residential Building at Kuruppumthara, Kottayam (Ongoing).

Structural Design of Residential Building at Palai, Kottayam. (Design work ongoing)

This two storey framed building consist of very few numbers of irregularly placed columns; many parts of the building is designed to be cantilevered.

Department of Civil Engineering, St.Joseph’s College of Engineering and Technology, Palai is entrusted with the mapping of Palai Muncipality (26 Muncipal wards) so that it may be used by the Government agencies in case of any emergency situation like floods or any of such kind. The Mapathon Project of Palai Municipality is led by the SPoC Mr. Austin T Sabu, Asst. Prof, Dept. of CE and other members include Ms. Dalmiya Rajan, Asst. Prof, Dept. of CE along with a student group. The final year student group members are Sijith Chandran, Krishnapriya, Melinda Lorence & Nithya Prasannan (S7,CE).

Government of Kerala established Rebuild Kerala Initiative (RKI) to bring about a perceptible change in the lives and livelihoods of the people of Kerala after the state had been devastated by two major floods in 2018 and 2019. RKI presents a unique approach in rebuilding the state. One of the major components of this Initiative is the renovation of public roads maintained by the Local Self Govt Department (LSGD). The works related to field investigation for preparation of DPR were delegated to SJCET, Palai. SJCET Palai has a Tier II Collaboration with RKI (G.O.(Rt).No.2179/2020/LSGD, Dated:20.2.2020) and Department of Civil Engineering. SJCET Palai ensures the Quality Assurance at the site by conducting random checks and suggests possible improvements where ever required.

Road Strength studies at Idukki District under the Rebuild Kerala Initiative Works entrusted by LSGD, Government of Kerala as part of post Flood and Disaster Investigation works.

Field visit was conducted by S3 M.Tech. students under the supervision of Dr. K J George( Professor), Jose James (Assistant Professor), Dalmiya Rajan (Assistant Professor), Joby George and  Ligi Simon for the survey as part of Manimala River Rejuvanation in Association with Kerala State Irrigation Department (IDRB).
Survey includes identifying pollution in stretches of river and water sampling. Data is interpreted in preparing a DPR for pollution abatement of Manimala river in Kalloopara Thondra Stretch

Prof. P.V. Varkey, professor serving at SJCET Palai took an elaborate class for the Civil Engineering students of SJCET on 18/09/2021 from 10am to 1pm.

Prof.P. V Varkey has outlined the various sources of energy, the cost of generation of each type of energy and management of the source and the importance of that to Civil Engineers. Tapping the potential of solar energy was also demonstrated by him and the live examples from the campus was also given. He further explained the energy saving peculiarities at Nedumbassery Airport and utilization of solar power there. The Civil Engineering applications for the foundation and structural aspects of the solar generation structures were also highlighted. The talk was very useful to the budding Civil Engineers.

A presentation on the concept of watershed and river basin management with special reference to the manimala river was carried out on 04/01/2021 by Er.S. Deepa, Assistant Executive Engineer, Irrigation Department, Government of Kerala. The importance of watershed type planning required for water resource planning was explained in a systematic manner to the students and staff of civil engineering department
Further , the criterion and approach to be followed for the pollution abatement planning of manimala river was explained. The survey works that can be carried out in Manimala river for the preparation of a detailed project report was also explained. The students got a good idea regarding the procedure to be followed in such case studies and field executions.

An expert talk was given by Mr. P. Ramesh, District Coordinator of Harithakeralam a government of Kerala urging for the improvement of the various life activities of the common people by way of clean and green initiatives. The idea and practicing of the same was explained to the students of Civil engineering by a special talk on 05/01/2021 followed by demonstration and class on 26/02/2021.
The detailed classes and demonstrations paved way for understanding the importance of keeping the areas clean, water conservation measures and the bad effects of burning plastic items. The idea of reducing, recycling and recovering the water was also given to the students.

Civil Engineering Association (CEA) of Department of Civil Engineering, SJCET Palai organized a webinar on Building Information Modeling with Mr. Madhav Sreekumar (Technical Consultant in Bexel India Consulting) and Ms. Lakshmi N Suresh (Marketing and Strategy Manager in Bexel India Consulting) as subject experts on 13th November 2021 at 1:30 pm, for the students of The Civil Engineering Department

Civil Engineering Association (CEA) of Department of Civil Engineering, SJCET Palai organised a fire and safety awareness class with Demonstration of the working of Fire Fighting Equipments on 11th November 2021 for seventh semester students. The resource person Mr. Jameskutty Zacharias, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SJCET Palai demonstrated the working of the firefighting equipment and hands on sessions were given to the students.

. A practical session on Bitumen extraction was organised for fifth semester B. Tech students on 3rd December 2021 at Transportation Engineering Lab, Department of Civil Engineering. The class was taken by Ms. Ligi Simon, Lab-instructor.

Department of Civil Engineering, in association with CEA, SJCET Palai organised a Webinar on “Precast Building Systems” guided by Er. Mathew Jose Jin (Asst. Engineer, Metro IC, L&T Constructions, Chennai) for Final year Civil Engineering students on 23rd April 2021at 10.00am.

Expert Talk on “Tips for Healthy Life Style” by Dr. Gibi K George (Casualty Doctor, Doctors Speciality Hospital, Kalathipady, Kottayam) on 02/12/2020.