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Insights

On bridges, judgement,and the discipline of aesthetics.

Writing from R.B. Singh Guliani, Founder & Managing Director of PCI — on long-span design, safety-first engineering, and why a well-proportioned structure is usually a well-conceived one. His perspectives have been presented at the world’s leading bridge-engineering forums.

R.B. Singh Guliani

R.B. Singh Guliani

Founder & Managing Director, PCI

Published writing & papers

A selection of published and presented work. Longer-form essays and commentary are being added here — follow along on LinkedIn and Medium in the meantime.

  • Long Span Arch Bridges in India: Design Aspects and Aesthetics

    R.B. Singh & Keerat Kaur Guliani. ARCH 2019, Porto.

  • Aesthetics: Two Examples from India

    R.B. Singh Guliani. 39th IABSE Symposium, Vancouver, 2017.

  • Sustainable Bridges and Bridge Aesthetics

    R.B. Singh Guliani. The Bridge and Structural Engineer, Vol. 47/3, 2017.

  • Aesthetics of Bridge Structures

    R.B. Singh Guliani. IABSE Conference, Nara, Japan, 2015.

  • 280 m Long Three-Span Road Bridge with 160 m Central Span over River Chenab

    R.B.S. Guliani & S.A. Reddi. 4th International fib Congress, Mumbai, 2014.

  • Long Span Steel Arch Bridges

    R.B. Singh Guliani. 36th IABSE Symposium, Kolkata, 2013.

  • Design and Construction of the Permanent Bridge over River Chenab on the Jammu–Akhnoor Road (Project Sampark)

    B.S. Pandey, D.D. Sharma, S.A. Reddi, R.B. Singh & Rajiv Ahuja. ICI, 2008.

  • Yamuna Cable-Stayed Bridge at Allahabad: Design and Construction Aspects

    E.M. Veje, P.M. Nielsen, S.P. Chakrabarti & R.B. Singh. CEB-FIP Journal, 1999.

  • Bridge over River Chenab at Akhnoor, J&K

    R.B. Singh Guliani. ING-IABSE Journal Special Number, Vol. 37 No. 4, December 2007 – January 2008 (Seminar on Long Span Bridge & Roof Structures).

  • Case Studies and Planning Aspects of Steel Lattice Girder Bridges of Spans 31–90 meters Constructed in the last 10 years

    D.D. Sharma & R.B. Singh. Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers, Vol. 3 (International Seminar on Steel and Composite Bridge), 2002.

  • Bridge over River Manas in Bhutan – A Fast Track Project

    D.D. Sharma & R.B. Singh. Indian Institution of Bridge Engineers (National Seminar on Management of Fast Track Projects with Specific Reference to Risk Management), September 2002.