ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION

 This topic is very important for the new passed-out civil engineers or for the freshers. As a fresher and without any experience if you go in the construction work for the first time you will feel nothing wrong. But as the days passed and weeks by weeks you work, you will see that there are many faulty and illegal works done by the workers as well as the mistry. Well I will not say that all the mistries are like that, but there are some mistries who has rough ideas and do faulty works, without any proper understanding and knowledge at the site. They only just do the work for the show off, without any accuracy and proper position. 

You might be thinking about how is this possible or why will they do so? The answer is quite simple, just to save the contractor's money they do such kind of work. Because the contractor advise them to do something in less than that of required quantity. In building works you will see that the depth of footing which is required to be 2 meter they will make it as 1.9 meter leaving those 100 mm or 4 inch difference. But later when the engineer-in-charge or DGM comes and find the difference than the exact required they will directly scold at you or ignore you. So be careful about these kinds of faulty works. 

In bridges also, tunnels also, embankments, roads, etc. all kinds of faulty works are done there. Faulty works such as they will reduce the areas, reduce the reinforcements in bridges, apply less materials than required, somewhere the depth is less and somewhere the depth is more and most specifically they will use less aggregates or make the work half done without finishing. But in most of the cases I have seen that lots of faulty works occurs in foundation or earthwork. 

If I want to talk about building work then there are lots of illegal works are done. The depth of excavation where 2.1 meter is required they will make it as 2 meter and later on 100mm or 4 inch difference is found. The beam where 4 number of reinforcements are required they will give it as 3 numbers or 3½ nos. Sometimes in columns the lateral ties are not provided as well as in beams. In PCC where the proportion is to be made as 1:3:6 they will make it as 1:5:6 and many more. And specifically be careful about slabs. Not talk about more, but you will understand it on the day you go at the site. 

Be careful about tunnel and bridge works also. Because if all the works are done with machinery then also there are some works which are to be done manually. And for these kinds of work the contractor doesn't bear to pay more or as required; and tells the workers to use something different only just to adjust the work. In bridge you will find more faulty about reinforcements, in tunnel you will find more faulty about concrete and excavation, In river embankments you will find more faulty soil and its types. So all these faulty leads you to intolerance and can't bear to say anything sice you are new to this work. You only just have to look or say something to do properly but cannot scream at anyone because nobody care's you. They will only just trap you or make bad reputation about your work which further leads to bad career opportunity and can never show any good impression.