Kurian Kuriakose Vellakkottu

Experienced Senior Section Engineer with a proven record of over 12 years in overseeing engineering projects, leading teams, and coordinating construction works. Familiarity with industry standards, regulations, and compliance procedures adds to the capability of managing complex engineering operations. Strengths lie in effective team leadership, problem-solving skills, and strategic planning abilities. Previous roles have resulted in streamlined project processes, improved team efficiency, and successfully implemented structural design solutions.

• Elimination of Level Crossings by constructing subways: Led the design and construction of subways to eliminate level crossings, enhancing safety, reducing traffic delays, and improving operational efficiency in railway networks while minimizing environmental impacts.
• Erection of Foot over Bridge (FoB)/ Rail over Bridge (RoB): Involved planning, designing, and constructing safe pedestrian or vehicular crossings over railway tracks, ensuring structural integrity, and minimizing disruption to rail operations
• Replacement of railway bridge steel girders: Dismantling old steel girders and installing new ones, ensuring structural stability, enhanced load capacity, and minimal disruption to train operations
• Strengthening and maintenance of existing girders: Old girders are dismantled, redesigned, fabricated, and installed with new girders to enhance load capacity, structural integrity, and safety of railway bridges
• Instrumentation of bridges for strength assessment: Conducted instrumentation of railway bridges for strength assessment, including data collection and analysis, to monitor structural integrity, ensure safety, and optimize maintenance strategies for long-term performance

• Instrumentation, testing and measurement for performance evaluation of railway bridges under increased axle load, by CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai
• Refresher course for Senior Section Engineers (bridges), by the Southern Railway Civil Engineering training centre, Chennai India
• Special certification on "Construction and erection of prestress concrete and steel girder bridges, by the Southern Railway Civil Engineering training centre, Chennai India
• Special certification on "Inspection and maintenance of bridges", by the Institute of Civil Engineering, Indian Railways, Pune India

Three times award winner of the prestigious General Manager (GM) Award for the meritorious performance exhibited in the Bridge Engineers wing of the Southern Railway, India