Certificate Course: RBE No.110/2023 – Railway Construction Project

No.E(MPP)/2023/3/21, dated 21.09.2023

Sub: Certificate course in basics of railway construction project supervision (Civil).

Ref: NAIR’s letter No.NAIR/SPCE/RB Corresp., dt. 03.08.2023

1. One of the recommendations (Item No.3.2 – Skilled Personnel) given during Chintan Shivir-2023, held on 1st  and 2nd June, 2023 at Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi was regarding introduction of Certification Courses (3 to 6 month) on track by Railway Training centres to ensure availability of skilled supervisors for PSS & PMS.

2. The matter has been considered in Board’s Office, and a 05 day (30 hrs.) certification course for PMS/ PSS/ Contractors engineers at IRICEN titled “Certificate course in basics of railway construction project supervision (Civil)” prepared by IRICEN and forwarded by NAIR has been approved by Board (Member/ Infrastructure).

3. Accordingly, the “Certificate course in basics of railway construction project supervision (Civil)” has been scanned and uploaded under MPP Training Circulars on ‘Indian Railways’ website and can be viewed or downloaded from Railnet.

4. Kindly acknowledge receipt.

Certificate Course in Basics of Railway Construction Project Supervision (Civil)

Duration: 5 days

SNSubjects/ TopicsDuration (in Hours)Faculty
1Introduction, Bio-data1IRICEN
2Introduction to Railways  
(a)Organisation of Railway (Division, CN and Headquarters), relevant to Railway Projects (NL, GC, DL, ROB, Station Redevelopment Works)1IRICEN
(b)Basics of track components, curves, yard layouts, LC gates, Introduction to SWR, LWR4IRICEN
3Safety during project execution  
(a)Provisions of IR Schedule of Dimensions, relevant to Railway project works.1IRICEN
(b)Overview of train operations and taking Traffic/ power blocks.2IRICEN
(c)Safety at work sites: While working near tracks, Dismantling of structures, Working in Electrified and Track Circuited/ Signalling territory.
4Earthwork  
(a)Basics of embankment design.2IRICEN
(b)Compaction and Quality Control in Earthwork.2IRICEN
5Concrete Technology  
(a)Concrete technology & quality Control of concreting works.2IRICEN
6Type of Bridges & bridges Bearings  
(a)Types of bridges used on IR & related terminologies.3IRICEN
(b)Bearing types, acceptance, testing & installations.
7Foundations for Structures  
(a)Shallow foundation, pile and well foundation execution and quality control2IRICEN
8Steel Structures  
(a)Fabrication of steel girders, including composite girders2IRICEN
9Launching of Girders  
(a)Launching of steel/ Concrete/ PSC Girders, FOBS2IRICEN
10Field visit of Metro/ Construction site2IRICEN
11Miscellaneous  
12Role of PMS & PSS Engineers in work execution2IRICEN
13Exam for certification1IRICEN
14Feedback and Valedictory-Nil1IRICEN
 Total30 

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.110/2023

Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.

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