Indian Railway Service of Engineers

The civil engineering department of the Indian Railways was managed by the Indian Railway Service of Engineers(IRSE). These engineers are responsible for the maintenance of all the fixed assets of Indian Railways. The assets include Tracks, Railway buildings, water supply in stations, roads, etc. In addition to maintenance of the existing assets, the IRSE engineers are also responsible for the construction of new assets such as laying new lines, gauge conversion, doubling and other development works in Railways.

RECRUITMENT

The recruitment to the cadre is done through the Indian Engineering Services exam. The top position holders of civil engineering joins IRSE and is finally inducted in Railways after one and a half years of training to maintain the civil engineering assets of Indian Railways.The selection exam is conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) of India. The UPSC is responsible for recruiting middle and top-level bureaucrats for the Government of India.

An aspirant should be a civil Engineering graduate from any recognized university of India.


After Recruitment, the probationer is given 18 months' intensive training in various Railways establishments under the guidance of Indian Railway Institute of Civil Engineers, Pune. The training includes 3 months capsule course at IIMS.

A young probationer is posted as assistant divisional engineer after 18 months of training and can rise up to Chairman Railway Board, a post equivalent to principal secretary of Govt of India. In normal course, all the IRSE officers rise up to minimum level of Additional General Manager or Principal chief engineer or Chief Administrative officer (construction) rank in railways which is in higher administrative grade.

Railway service is very demanding and it needs sincerity, dedication and hard work. Railway Engineer is on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

There are about 1500 engineers working under the IRSE.

So the request that I am putting forward now is that "Please prepare for competitive exams like GATE, IES, etc and take these exams as many a times as it is allowed because they are of great use when you go into a job."
It actually is difficult to clear these exams in the first attempt itself. But if you are strong in your basic then you can clear it in the first attempt itself.

Think of a job in Railways. Will anyone need more than that. Make a wise decision. Start your preparation now onwards.

Jiaozhou Bay Bridge

Hi friends,

Sorry for a long gap. Due to various works I was not able to visit my blog such a long time. And with this post, I now end the thirst for knowledge in civil engineering in you. Many might be aware of this post but for those who are unaware of it can be benefitted by this post.

The Jiazhou Bay Bridge, world's longest ever sea bridge constructed by China is our topic today. Let us see more informations about this bridge. The Jiaozhou Bay Bridge is a T-shaped bridge connecting the three important places in China, Huangdao District, the city of Qingdao and Hongdao Island. The bridge which was opened on 30th June 2011, reduces the travel distance between Qingdao and Huangdao.Here is the view of Jiaozhou Bay Bridge from top showing the connection made between the trios.

The overall length of the bridge is 42.5 kilometers. Now here is the interesting thing about the bridge. The construction was started by three groups of engineers and workers. The first group started to construct the bridge form the Huangdao district, another group commenced their work from the Hongdao island and the third group's starting point was the Quigdao city. Now if there was any error in the construction of any one of these groups then there are chances of this like distortion.

The mistake that has not been commited during the construction of this bridge in China, was commited in Brazil during the construction of a sea bridge. This shows how much the engineers are careless. It has resulted in the wastage of large amount of money.

How hilarious this bridge looks? Its quite surprising to see these and we really wonder how the engineers and architects who were part of these constructions must have reacted seeing them.

However this mistake was not commited during the construction of the Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in China. Some of the other facts are below.

It used 450,000 tons of steel and 2.3 million cubic metres of concrete to take its shape. The human force involved the construction was 10,000. The bridge is designed to withstand a severe earthquake, typhoon and even collision of ships. The bridge has six lanes and two shoulders.