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Beyond the Blueprint: A Comprehensive Guide to Professional Practice, Law & Ethics for Civil Engineers by Prof. Gautam Bondyopadhyay

Every field of work and organization is obliged by a set of standard rules, ethics, and code of conduct, morality, and law practices. Abiding by laws and rules not only keeps an organization stable but also makes it morally beautifully. The life and field of civil engineers is never a wayward. They too have a guide book which keeps a vigil on them, on their morality, on their contracts, and responsibilities. Since they design heavy infrastructure like flyovers, transit ways, metro, airports - their work needs to be perfectly aligned with indispensable set of rules set by governing bodies, consultants, and acts of constitution.


The book “Beyond the Blueprint” by Prof. Gautam Bondyopadhyay is an excellent resource for civil engineers and students that are looking for jobs via campus and off campus ways to look in the body of law that will define their roles and responsibilities. Divided into six modules and next followed by extensive question and answer coverage, this book will serve as their accomplice in understanding principles, regulations, and ethical considerations that govern the vastness of civil engineering.

From basic to international to digital, the author sheds light on all forms of laws and practices that keep workers and stakeholders sane and under obligation. “Beyond the Blueprint” is not just a law study, it also puts information on amendments and acts that were developed and rewritten for civil engineering professionals such as Indian Contract Act, 1972, Compensation Acts, Building & Other Construction Workers Act and Rules...many more.

Right from the first chapter, the book is beautifully designed and presented as so no one gets lost in the caricature of information. After one reading, a needing help can navigate the chapters as per their requirement. Civil engineering field is governed by so many rules, regulations, bodies, and patent systems, frameworks - indeed a great amount of knowledge from the veteran of the field: Prof. Gautam Bondyopadhyay.

The book's coverage on professional bodies, government bodies, consultants, types of ethics, ADR, dispute resolution boards, arbitral frameworks, jurisdiction, tenders, UNICITRAL model law, BIS, IRC and many more is a remarkable guiding content. The book serves a beacon of strength to professionals. If civil engineers are acquainted with information of laws and practices, they will turn out best in their profession.

Though the relationship is intricate between any law and working field, however, its knowledge plays significant role to the professionals when they navigate through tenders, contracts, and overall project management.

This book places law in the center stage in civil engineering, insisting that moral principles and guiding professional conduct entrusts responsibilities to engineers and it will impact the urban society in a healthy way. The book is a powerful resource in itself, its relevance can be utilized by the evolving landscape of civil engineering that is busy in redefining urban cities and transits and townships.

Written in amicable language, at all junctures the book is filled with case studies and examples and useful concepts.

The book is available to buy from Amazon India.

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