MTech ( IT in Building Science)

Pallavi  A.  Pradhan

E-Mail: pa_pradhan@hotmail.com
 Alt      : pa_pradhan@students.iiit.net    

• Job title : Assistant Architect
  • Location: Nagpur
  • Employer: Ranade & Ranade Architects.
  • Duration: Aug.-2000 - Jan. 2001.
• Responsibilities : Design and Planning, Preparation of Working drawings, Submission Drawings ,Tender drawings and Documents,  Planning and Working Drawings for interiors.
•  On job Accomplishments :
  • Assisted in design and proposal of single residential units,group /mass housing ,Commercial and Office buildings .
  • Sanction of plans and submission drawings, Drafting of specifications for a housing scheme (Samruddhi Sankul - MHADA)
• Job title : Trainee
  • Location: Nagpur
  • Employer: Associated Architects
  • Duration: June 1999-Nov 1999

Degree  : M.Tech   (Anticipated in Dec'2002)                                                                                               Duration : Jan 2001 - Dec 2002

• Functional Efficiency of Building Services : Simulation of HVAC , Building Illumination, Fire, Elevators using various  Tools.
• Advanced Course in Lighting Design.: Types of Luminaire, Lighting levels, Design of lighting system by point by point and lumen method, Daylighting Concepts.
• Artificial Intelligence in Construction Management : Fuzzy Logic,  Artifiacial Nueral Network and their application..
• Operation Research in Construction Management : Optimization Techniques , Transportation Models.
• Construction Project Management : Work-Breakdown Structure, PERT , CPM ,Resource and Manpower scheduling/levelling.
• Computer Graphics : Generating views and walkthroughs using tools like Auto CAD and 3D MAX .
• Database Management Systems : Concepts, ER diagrams, Normalization.

• Object Oriented Programming language : OOPS Concepts, Objects and classes ,Database and Network Programming.

• Data Structure and Algorithm Analysis :  Concepts , Trees, List, Queue , Sorting Algorithms . 

• Web Technologies :  HTML. 

• Integrated Buillding Design : Development of Architectural Design, Structural Design and Project Management system for the upcoming Commercial Complex “WHITE HOUSE” at Begumpeth ,    Hyderabad ,by Arch. Anwar Aziz. 
  (Tools Used : MsProject 2000,Prima Vera, Ansys, Radiance, Lumen Micro, Fire Dynamic Simulation, 3Dmax,AutoCAD- 2000)
• Lighting Simulation : Lighting simulation of Real World Spaces.
  (Tools Used: Radiance, Lumen Micro)
• Time and Resource Planning : Development of Project Management system for a multistoried commercial complex.  
  (Tools Used: MSProject-2000)
• Software Module : Development of  a software module for predicting heating/cooling loads in building spaces using transient  numerical analysis.
  (Front End- Visual Basic , Back End- C++)
• Database Management System for Building Materials: Development of Database Management System for materials used in a building which has  a direct impact on HVAC  load simulation.
  (Front end – Visual Basic, Back end – Microsoft SQL)
• Artificial Intelligence Techniques for Residential Property Price Forecasting.
  (Tools Used : MATLAB)  (Final Semester Project with "Vanenburg IT Solutions")

 Degree : B.Arch                                                                 Percentage: 66.82%                                                Duration : June 1995 -  June 2000

• Abstract : The topic includes activities like office spaces, convention center, exhibition spaces and shopping arcade .Nagpur being the heart of the country, centrally located has special advantages of being well connected to every part of the country. The sanction of air cargo hub, makes it advantageous for the proposal. The site selected has advantages of being near to the cargo hub and in between the old and the new city at the same time near to the Butibori industrial area which is the largest ever proposed in Asia.
• Contents & Methodology : Selection and justification of the topic; List of activities to be included; solution for the area requirements; selection of form and its justification; data collection and NBC rules for each type of building; planning and volumetric study.

• How to achieve Energy Efficiency in Buildings .

• Measures for cost reduction in HVAC services in office buildings.