J Bhattacharjee MTech (Structural Engineering), MPhil is currently Professor and Advisor, Department of Civil Engineering, Amity University, Noida, UP (for sometime he also served as head of the department). He is former Chief Engineer and Joint Director General, Military Engineering Service (MES). He obtained his MTech from IIT Madras and MPhil from Madras University. Presently, he is pursuing PhD in disaster management. He has completed a number of courses including the prestigious NDC (National Defence College) course and senior defence management course at CDM, Secunderabad, while serving in the department. He has a vast experience of over 45 years in planning, designing and execution of various types of civil engineering works and repair/rehabilitation/retrofitting of structures, including about 5 years at multinational consultancy organization, Gherzi Eastern Ltd, as Head (Engineering) in Delhi. He has published/presented 77 technical papers on various subjects in journals/at national and international seminars and conferences. He is a life member of 14 technical bodies in India and a governing council member of Indian Building Congress (IBC). He has received two prestigious awards for excellence from IBC for two renowned projects on consultancy jobs and 'CIDC Vishwakarma Award' for best professionally managed company in 2009 and 2010 on behalf of the company. He was an expert committee member for finalization of CPWD Manual on Rehabilitation of Structures and considered as a rehabilitation expert.
<p>It deals with repair, rehabilitation and retrofitting of concrete structures and provides sufficient information on the related state-of-the-art. It is divided into six parts comprising 28 chapters.</p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold;">This edition discusses:</strong></p><ul style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 37px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Durability and deterioration of concrete structures</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Repair materials</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Damage assessment</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Retrofitting of structures</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Repair and rehabilitation of concrete structures</span></li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Case studies of various types of concrete structures</span></li></ul><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">At the end of each part, short answer and theory questions have been provided to enhance the knowledge of the students. Illustrations have been liberally added to supplement the text. The book has been written in a cogent and lucid style.</span></p><p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The book will be immensely useful to the undergraduate and postgraduate students in civil engineering and practising engineers engaged in repair, rehabilitation and retrofitting of concrete structures in construction industry. The teachers of civil engineering courses will also find the book extremely beneficial for effective teaching-learning process.</span></p>
