Skills soft or hard define your suitability for an employment

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studHard skills can be learnt from school and books and usually have a nominated level of proficiency along with a direct way to outshine with each hard skill.

For example, we can take any basic skill course and an advanced skill course subsequently to update ourselves.

Our soft skills are exhibited by a collection of the eccentric qualities, social graces, communication, language, habits, cordiality, people’s skills, leadership, etc. These skills are the most important skills for any career. They are difficult to systemize and automate defining leadership and creativity hence is not measurable easily.

Hard skills are represented by the specific awareness abilities required for a particular position. These skills can be learned, evaluated and measured and are particularly used during the recruiting process and hence form a part of the skill set that is required for a job. They specifically imply the qualifications and the experience required for employment. The Employers typically require both soft skills and hard skills when considering applicants for a job.

Significant variances between soft skills and hard skills

Hard skills tend to be same irrespective of the company, situation or people you work with. In contradiction soft skills are self-management skills and people skills where the rules change depending on the company and the people. Communication skills form a part of soft skills too and the rules to be an effective communicator changes and depends on the target audience or the content you are communicating. For example, we may communicate well to the fellow programmers about technical details while we tend to struggle significantly to communicate clearly to our immediate manager about our project progress and the support needed.

Hard skills can be learnt from school and books and usually have a nominated level of proficiency along with a direct way to outshine with each hard skill. For example, we can take any basic skill course and an advanced skill course subsequently to update ourselves. In disparity, there is no simple way to learn soft skills as they are not taught in school and have to be learned on the job by trial and error. There might be many books and guides on soft skills but unless we can apply the tips we learn and be adaptable to the existing circumstances we cannot master the soft skill.

We should have a combination of both hard and soft skills to fit into any organization or position and succeed in our lives. These skills can carry us ahead and design our development and progress in a better way.

BIM Building information Modelling

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consBuilding information modeling (BIM) is an assimilated procedure built on synchronized, consistent information about a project from design through construction and into operations. BIM is a way of conducting business; a method of collaboration between architects, engineers, manufacturers, developers and contractors that develops the efficiency and accuracy of the design, construction and management of construction projects. BIM allows engineers more easily to estimate the presentation of projects before they are built; respond to plan changes faster; enrich designs with examination, recreation, and conception; and deliver higher quality construction documentation. BIM assists stretched teams to extract valued data from the model to ease earlier decision making and more cost-effective project delivery.

BIM and its Strength

BIM is a project life-cycle system that results in a virtual information model passed from the design team of architects, surveyors, engineers to the contractor and the subcontractor and then to the owner. BIM’s strength is in its ability to detect struggles initially itself to eliminate cost exorbitant changes needed later in the construction process.

BIM can be used to identify spatial conflicts, for example if plumbing doesn’t relate with the space planning or where an electrical box is put up at an inappropriate place. The architect and engineer change the design and the general contractor uses BIM software in concert with estimating software to identify these types of encounters.

To implement a BIM process for road and highway design starts with the designing of synchronized, consistent design information about the project which results in an intelligent 3-D model of the roadway in which dynamically related elements of design are placed. BIM is not only points, surfaces, and alignments, but a rich set of information and the features connected with it.

BIM enables estimation of many more design options. Civil engineers impact the information model to conduct simulation and analysis to improve the design for objectives such as constructability, sustainability, and road safety. Ultimately with a BIM process, design deliverables can be created directly from the information model. Deliverables include not only 2-D construction documentation, but also the model itself and all the rich information it encompasses, which can be leveraged for quantity take off, construction sequencing, as-built comparisons, and even operations and maintenance.

Cost benefit analysis can be carried forward much faster with BIM because multiple options can be considered before the foundation is laid on a project which ultimately enables the contractors to provide accurate estimates to the owners on specific ways to save money. BIM gives the ability to see the exact result based on any changes to construction plans. BIM programs serves as a prerequisite for bidding on construction projects and it is changing the way buildings, infrastructure, and utilities are planned, designed, built, and managed. Autodesk BIM solutions help change information into vision and deliver value to the business at every stage in the process.

Limitations to BIM

Software and Hardware Costs – Every organization which makes use of 2D or 3D CAD drafting software attributes a cost factor against the purchasing, maintaining and upgrading expenses to maintain a competitive edge in the market. The present trends show that BIM software packages are more expensive in the market than the CAD software.With the introduction of BIM software, the necessities on hardware have increased meaningfully. CAD software can be activated even with limitations on immense professional laptops but the BIM software requires a dedicated high-specification workstation and an advanced modeling and rendering software to operate.

Training Costs – The new software (BIM) demands to train the staff quickly so that the investment can be reasonable. It is unrealistic to assume that professionals with the CAD proficiency will be able to learn new BIM software automatically or without focused training. The vital difference between BIM and CAD makes it essential that training should be essentially given to all professionals involved with designing and producing documentation. Investment in training provides the organizations a competitive edge with projects that have clearly specified requirements which are documented making use of BIM.

Changeover from drafting to modeling – When shifting from a CAD-based drafting setting to a BIM-based modeling setting, an alteration in the workflow will affect the simple drafting tasks such as copying markups or picking up redlines will now require a higher-level skilled design drafter who has a better understanding of the project and the materials used. The costs combined with training and sustaining a skillful design modeler is much higher than employing a draftsman with no knowledge of the trade. The transition from traditional CAD will also require an increased level of responsibility on the designer to make sure that all the system components are synchronized with the other design professionals like, architecture and engineering services and minimum or reduced site issues too.

Compatibility between software platforms -The issue of inter-product compatibility is one of the biggest problems with the early adaptors of BIM because every software manufacturer is doing something altered with its software. This interoperability challenge can make it difficult for projects to function if different team members have different software packages. This interoperability issue is not restricted to different software platforms because of the rapid development of the BIM software industry newer versions of programs within the same platform can have interoperability issues.

Revolution – The goal of BIM is to assign constraints and parameters to intelligent objects to improve efficiency so there is a potential to hinder innovation which would possibly otherwise occur without the automated processes and shared knowledge that BIM now gives. Those firms implementing BIM should see the parameters and metadata limitations as a global database that allows designers to save time associated with updating and configuring product-specific data repetitively on different projects, hence increasing the amount of time spent on system design and innovation.

The audiovisual professional has open opportunities with BIM to add more value to the project team. BIM is an important revolution in the construction and building management industries, and firms that would quickly become proficient adopters and have an edge on the competition. The audiovisual firms can use BIM to create new revenue streams and increase their profitability with increased profitability, reduced professional risk, less waste, less rework and improved efficiency. BIM will be the main method in the future to construct buildings and manage them. It is essential for the audiovisual firms to become primary and professional adopters of this technology and clinch the associated cultural change to ensure the growth of our industry.

Construction industry an employment initiator

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builIndia is on the verge of witnessing a sustained growth in infrastructure build up. The construction industry has been witnessing a strong growth wave powered by huge expenses on housing, road, ports, water supply, and rail transport and airport development. While the construction sector’s growth has fallen as compared to the pre-2008 period, it has picked up in the recent past. Its share as a percentage of GDP has increased considerably as compared to the last decade. To put things in perspective, the total investment in infrastructure – which in this case also includes roads, railways, ports, airports, electricity, telecommunications, oil gas pipelines and irrigation – is estimated to have increased from 5.7% of GDP in 2007 to around 8.0% by 2012.

The Planning Commission of India has proposed an investment of around US$ 1 trillion in the Twelfth five-year plan (2012-2017), which is double of that in the Eleventh five-year plan. The construction sector is a major employment driver, being the second largest employer in the country, next only to agriculture. This is because of the chain of backward and forward linkages that the sector has with other sectors of the economy. About 250 ancillary industries such as cement, steel, brick, and timber and building material are dependent on the construction industry. A unit increase in expenditure in this sector has a multiplier effect and the capacity to generate income as high as five times.

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Go Green with Automobiles

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mar-15-greeHybrid and electric cars are coming to reality in the present scenario. Electric cars with engines run on electricity and do not need gasoline. Hybrid cars make use of electricity while going for short distances and gasoline for long drives and while in high speeds.

These kinds of eco-friendly cars have numerous advantages to the customers. The cost of fuel is highly reduced for the customer; he can save 38% of fuel in the city and 19% on the highways. Our resources of oil being limited, the hybrid car removes our worries regarding this resource being unavailable very soon to each one and everyone.

Hybrid cars do not depend entirely on this precious resource and so we can save on our oil resources. Even the Government offers certain tax benefits on the purchases of hybrid cars to encourage more and more people to buy the same. Carbon and Sulphur emissions are highly reduced in hybrid cars and altogether removed in electrical cars hence saving the environment from pollution by maintaining a healthy and clean atmosphere.

Major highways are going to be designed in such a way that they have separate lanes especially for these cars to enable faster movements and easy commuting. These cars are designed using light and eco-friendly materials which in turn make the vehicle easy to handle and operate in all ways. These types of vehicles have lessened the impact on the environment.

The greater section of the scientific community emphasizes that global warming is caused by the release of excess carbon into the Earth’s atmosphere. The major part of this comes from the carbon which is produced by gasoline in the vehicles. We must use less gasoline for transportation purposes and ward off global warming and save many plant and animal species from going extinct forever. Eco friendly cars are definitely a better investment specifically with regards to the soaring gas prices.

How to make the Regular Car more Environment Friendly

Given below are several things we can do to change our traditional vehicle to an eco-friendly one. Some of them are very simple but some others require changes to our driving habits.

Drive within the speed limit do not accelerate swiftly this helps to save the gas.

Make use of synthetic oil and high-flow air filters.

Do regular Replacement of spark plugs.

Maintenance of the vehicle should be regular.

Turn off the engine if you wish to stop for more than 30 seconds.

Remove all the excess weight from the vehicle.

Always keep the tires properly inflated.

Make use of car covers when not driving and at night to maintain safety.

Automotive Design; an extensive opportunity creator for budding engineers

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By 2016, India will emerge as the destination of choice in Asia for the design & manufacture of automobiles and automotive components. The output of the India’s automotive sector will be € 115 billion by 2016 contributing to 10 % of India’s Gross Domestic Product and providing employment to 25 million persons additionally.

The Automotive Industry

mar-15autoThe automobile industry is growing at a strong pace after its revival post the financial meltdown in 2008. The selling of light and heavy-duty vehicles has been up driven by transformed consumer confidence in the economy and higher spending. Government authorities issue emission standards in order to curb harmful emissions from vehicles, power plants and refineries. The automobile industry is supposed to adhere to the emission standards. To ensure that the vehicles are in compliance with emission standards emission control systems are used. The newer and stricter emission standards require the automobile manufacturers to upgrade their emission control systems continuously in order to remain in compliance. The manufacturers of automotive substrates and filters feel a positive effect on them because of these standards.

India presently follows Bharat Stage III standard, which is along the Euro III standard, for both light and heavy-duty vehicles. The Bharat IV standard, which is along the Euro IV standard, is at present being followed in select cities, but will be implemented across the country by 2015.

These standards have opened up numerous opportunities for people with an automobile engineering, mechanical engineering and technical diplomas in these areas. Mechanical / electronics / electrical engineers and those specializing in automobile engineering are involved in the assembly, testing, design, servicing and even marketing aspects of the automobile industry. Students of mechanical engineering can also opt for automobile engineering as an optional subject in many engineering colleges. The automobile industry is the barometer of the economic and social changes taking place in the country. It is one of the major sources of employment and is likely to create employment for thousands of new hands directly and indirectly, in near future.

Automotive design course at CADD Centre

This course fires up the interest in automotive body design while introducing to all stages of designing automobiles, architecture of automotive body and the graphical representation of the body parts using software. The objective of the course is to train you in designing primary body parts – body shell, body components, and body interior components of commercial and industrial vehicles. Automotive design course is basically concerned with developing the visual appearance or aesthetics of the vehicle. It is practiced by designers who usually have an art background and a degree in industrial design or transportation design. Along with the basics of automotive design, functional design and positioning; vehicle packaging; all about chassis and bodies the learners get introduced to automotive styling and learn how to build and control simple and complex geometry; CV sculpting method; CLASS A surfacing; surface conversion to other CAD; surface evaluation; and show room rendering. It is ideally suited for B.E. / B.Tech Mechanical students in the year (3rd/Final year), B.E. / B.Tech Automobile students in the year (3rd/Final year), M.E / M.Tech / M.S students in Design / CAD CAM/ Automobile, Professionals working in automotive design. For more details please visit www.iidesign.co.in