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Dear Colleagues, organisation. May I therefore urge Project, the contract for which you to please actively contribute was recently bagged by our and also provide feedback for company. The issue also includes G reetings to everyone of you! continuously enhancing the updates on cultural and sporting quality and value of this magazine. events organised by the Gammon This is the inaugural issue of The success of this medium will Springs team as well as some Gammon Speaks, the quarterly largely be a function of employee nostalgic recollections from an in-house magazine of our engagement. The publishing Irish veteran and old timer, Mr. organisation. An in-house team is confident of eliciting an Donnelly in the column titled magazine has a two-fold active response from all you and ‘Down Memory Lane’. purpose. Firstly, it seeks to will respond constructively to all share key happenings about the your inputs and suggestions. Please feel free to correspond organisation and its people with with us at gammonspeaks@ employees. Secondly, it provides This inaugural issue features an gammonindia.com, to make the a medium for employees to share update on Signature Bridge in contents of this magazine more views with colleagues while at – a project that showcases lively and enjoyable. the same time enabling people Gammon’s technical excellence. to use it as an outlet for their It also has an interaction with Happy reading and best regards ! creative expression. This can be Dr. Prabhat Kumar, Project in the form of original ideas or Director of the upcoming Nuclear experiences that each of us have Power facility at Kalpakkam near had. Many a time, sharing of these . Other updates include leads to a collective gain for the those on the Vijay Vancheswar

Cover Photo: A schematic view of the upcoming Signature Bridge at Wazirabad, Delhi.

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Editor: Editorial / Contents 2 Dr. Vijay Vancheswar Chairman & Managing Director’s Message 3 Deputy Managing Director’s Message Core Committee: Projects and Group Updates 4 Ashutosh Inamdar Senior Board of Management Inductions / 10 Deepankar Shyam Corporate Sustainability Policy Mukul Joshi Strategic Initiatives and Measures / 11 5S in Gammon – the journey’s begun... Kshitiz Bhasker (GIPL) Gammon at Kalpakkam 12 Suryakantam Bansal Achievement 15 Vinayak Nagaonkar (GTPL) News Updates 16 Coordinators: Safety At Gammon 17 Karishma Gupta Gammon Springs 18 Down Memory Lane 20 Shefali Shah

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I would also like all of you to wish each one of you and your actively use the medium of families the very best of success. Gammon Speaks for sharing your thoughts, ideas and opinions. This Best regards, will no doubt help in enhancing our personal and professional development. Towards the above, I once again Abhijit Rajan

Dear Colleagues, Fr o m t h e d e s k o f Warm wishes and greetings to e p u t y a n a g i n g i r ec t o r all of you ! D M D Dear Gammon Knights, as Builders to the Nation. We I am glad that we are bringing have created some of the most out an in-house magazine aptly You have the first issue of memorable structures and named Gammon Speaks. As an “Gammon Speaks” in your hands, implemented many challenging organisation, we have over the if not on your computer screens. projects but that was our years’ significantly grown in From ideation to fruition, this History. What is our future? numbers, scope and presence. magazine has taken a while. Vijay What difference are we going to Gammon Speaks should therefore and his editorial team have been make as marches ahead to be a medium which addresses pushing it and I am delighted establish its rightful place under the need for communicating and that they have succeeded. the sun? sharing information across the organisation. Some of you would be happy, Are we going to be the best some critical and others skeptical. Engineering and Construction As we look ahead into the That’s the typical journey of any Company in India even as we set new year, we have significant new initiative. In the journey our sights on global reach and opportunities. The Government from idea to execution, you recognition? Are we going to be has identified infrastructure would encounter resistance if the preferred partner for our not opposition, ridicule if not clients, our suppliers/vendors/ growth as a key driver of the criticism and meet prophets of sub-contractors and service country’s economic progress doom, even if those who question providers? Are we going to be by allocating USD 1 trillion, your very Raison d’être are in a the Employer of Choice? Are we equivalent of almost Rs. 50 lakh minority. However, none of these going to reward our shareholders crore over the 12th plan period, has ever prevented change. For, and stake-holders which lead to 2012-17. This is a positive factor if there’s any constant in life– it win-win situations? for all our businesses. is change. Whether an individual or organisation, all of us have to If the answer to the above Together let us work on making constantly re-invent and exceed questions are in the affirmative, the best of this market scenario. ourselves, in our quest for growth how are we going to achieve Collaborative working, timely and development. The moment that? I hope “Gammon Speaks” completion of projects and we become comfortable and provokes thoughts and inspires attention to safety norms and think that we’ve cracked the action in that direction. security will help us progress on formula within ourselves to All the very Best, this path. Other facilitating factors success, it marks the beginning will be upgradation of skills and of our failure, if not stagnation. an openness to adopt and learn At Gammon, we share a dream Rohit Modi from within and outside.

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n Signature Bridge, Delhi

The would be new symbol of Delhi, India’s first Signature Bridge (Client: Delhi Tourism and Transport Development Corporation, DTTDC), the ambitious project being constructed across the Yamuna at Wazirabad is a cable- stayed bridge which would link National Highway number one near existing T-point at Wazirabad on Western bank and Marginal Bund Road at Khajuri Khas on eastern bank of the river Yamuna, thereby connecting North Delhi A schematic presentation of the Signature Bridge with East Delhi. b. Bridge will feature a dual 9.6m to 13.2 m, and span varies With a length of about 575 metres carriageway of four lanes (14 from 32.25 to 49.5m Continuity and a height of 175 metres, this metres) each with a 1.2 metre of superstructure is achieved by engineering masterpiece will central verge in-situ pier segment monolithic have a bow-shaped pylon in the c. Demonstrates Gammon’s with the pier middle and equipped with four strength in use of innovative b. Superstructure is further split lanes with 1.2 metre wide central engineering design and into a spine box girders and verge, space for anchoring cables, technology side frame cantilevers with maintenance walkway and crash d. Bridge will connect marginal precast RCC ribs on the sides barrier on either side of the bund road at Khajuri Khas c. The erection scheme employed central verge. Besides, two high intersection on Eastern side in the construction is span by towers will be there to provide and Road No.45 on the Western span method using launching double cable support in the inner side girders. During erection of periphery of the carriageway. e. Design incorporates advanced segments, overhead launching technology with provisions for girder rests on temporary steel Once completed, Signature flyovers, ramps and loops to tower supported by permanent Bridge, will drastically improve decongest the high traffic zone foundations and after first access between North and West of the East-West corridors of stage stressing, whole span Delhi for the commuters besides River Yamuna in the Wazirabad also rests on hydraulic jacks facilitating movement of vehicular area of Delhi and ensure signal supported by temporary traffic. New express lanes will also free traffic movement trestles resting on permanent be constructed to connect Ring foundations till it achieves span n Wazirabad Approaches: Erection Road with the bridge. continuity. Horizontal force of precast segments using Overhead Launching Girder: n Some salient features of the project include: a. The precast segmental construction technology a. Unique cable-stayed bridge adopted for superstructure with structure-first of its kind in three/four span continuous India and amongst very few in straight/curved box girders the world with deck width varying from

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due to movement of launching n Some key features of this and fabricated erection girder. girder and gradient has been project include: The erection girder consists of two transferred to permanent pier a. Use of five foundations laid structural steel box girders, which through temporary steel towers below the ground water level are supported over RCC bracket, which supports overhead during the heavy monsoon one on either side of bridge launching girder. Till date six period with minimum decking projecting from pier. spans have been erected using disruption to traffic Specially designed erection gantry overhead launching girder b. Deployment of double the (named CAMEL Gantry) is used to normal number of cranes, feed the segments to launching n Nandnagari Rail over Bridge gantry and labour during girder. One hundred metric tonne (ROB), Delhi off-peak hours at night to capacity trailors are used which Inaugurated by Hon’ble Chief reduce traffic hazards and travel over already erected deck Minister of Delhi Smt. Sheila Dixit inconvenience to the public to bring precast segments below on February 1, 2011, Nandnagari c. Use of 21,000 cubic metres of Camel Gantry. Segment carriages Rail over Bridge, is about one concrete with hydraulic jacks (for final kilometre in length (the longest d. Use of 3,000 metric tonnes of alignment purpose) are placed on span spread over 4.2 kms) at reinforced steel the launching girder over which Nandnagri in the high traffic zone e. Use of about 2,500 metric Camel Gantry places the precast of Dilshad Gardens in East Delhi. tonnes of structured steel segment. After placement of all the 17 segments and aligning

Gammon, the main contractor n Kosi Bridge Segment Launching them to proper geometry epoxy of the project, commenced work Scheme: gluing followed by temporary prestress is carried out. After on this project in July 2010 and The project comprised of assembly of all the segments, completed it four months ahead construction of Bridge across permanent prestressing is of schedule in October 2010, using river Kosi in , including carried out to make the span self the advanced fully precast concrete approaches, guide bund, afflux supporting. The launching girder deck technology-a first of its kind bund and culverts. Bridge is then autolaunched to the next in the country. This was particularly decking is 20.7m wide and caters span by means of winches and relevant given the high traffic for four lanes of traffic with 1.5m Camel Gantry is brought to the density in the Dilshad Gardens East wide two footpaths, crash barrier next feeding location. At present, Delhi zone, where the ROB will and railing. There are 39 spans erection of nine spans have been replace the existing railway crossing of 48.15m length each, which completed. on the road, ensuring higher are simply supported. All the safety standards, better traffic permanent design is done in- n Sasan Chimney: monitoring as well as enabling use house. of the upcoming service roads for Project: 6 X 660 MW Ultra mega access to the nearby Rajiv Gandhi power Project, Sasan, Madhya Span by span method of erection Specialty medical centre and the Pradesh. is adopted. The precast segments GTB hospital. Client: Reliance Infrastructure are erec ted by means of 150m long Limited. underslung type in-house design A Rail under Bridge (RUB) is also Diameter of the Chimney: 36.7m under construction. This when Height of the Chimney: 274.50m completed in the next two-three This is the maximum diameter months will further ease passenger chimney executed by Gammon movement and decongest traffic India Ltd. 130MT steel is required in the area. to fabricate the Slipform main truss, 56 yoke system.

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• EPC contracts execution upto n Gammon Infrastructure Projects 765 KV. Limited (GIPL) Gammon Infrastructure Projects Recently, on December 11, 2010, Limited (GIPL) leads Gammon’s tower manufacturing unit situated forays into the development of at Deoli, Wardha () infrastructure projects on public which is our Ultra Modern tower private partnership (PPP) basis manufacturing unit – 50,000 across sectors such as Roads and MT capacity having advanced Expressways, Ports, Power, Urban CNC Machines, automated infrastructure, Airports, Special galvanizing furnace with bath Economic Zones (SEZs), Water n Transmission and Distribution size of 9m x 1.5m x 3m and world and Wastewater Management, (T&D) class tower/monopole testing Railways and Power Transmission station, completely computer Transmission and Distribution lines. Business of headquartered at Butibori, GIPL owns a Nagpur, has constructed more well diversified than 12000 circuit kilometers portfolio of 20 (Ckm) of transmission lines c o n c e s s i o n s up to 765 KV across India and with an average overseas countries during last two asset life of 30 decades. years, spread across various Gammon (T&D Business) has: Conductor Factory at Silvassa sectors, with a total capitalisation in excess of Rs. • World class design and testing administered with a capacity to 11,000 crore. facility supported by latest test towers up to 90m height, While India remains the area of softwares (Andheri, ) base width 30m and 1200 KV strong focus, GIPL is exploring was formally inaugurated by Mr. selective global markets. S.K. Chaturvedi, CMD, Powergrid; Mr. Abhijit Rajan, Chairman and n Update on Existing Projects: Managing Director, Gammon 1. Highway Projects India; Mr. Rohit Modi, Deputy Limited: The project achieved Managing Director, Gammon its financial closure for a total India and Mr. D.C. Bagde, Director project cost of Rs. 940 crore and CEO (T&D Business) and with debt comprising of Rs. Deoli Factory, Deoli, Wardha, Maharashtra other dignitaries from clients 846 crore and equity being and suppliers, were prominently Rs. 94 crore. The debt is raised • Lattice tower manufacturing present. through a consortium lead by – 1,10,000 MT P.A. (Wardha, Yes Bank Limited. Butibori and Baroda) The T&D business has recently • ACSR, AAAC conductor bagged two big orders—400KV 2. Vizag Seaport Private Limited: manufacturing – 38,000 MT transmission line in Bhutan The Vishakhapatnam Port P.A. (Silvassa) (value Rs. 290 crore) and 330 KV Trust had recently awarded • High mast lighting and transmission line in Nigeria (value a contract to the Dredging monopole manufacturing – Rs. 400 crore). Corporation of India Limited 25,000 MT P.A. (Siivassa) to carry out dredging works in

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Andhra Expressway Punjab Biomass Power Limited, Punjab, India

the entire port area to reach a of Water Treatment and has grown rapidly to become depth of 14 metres. The said Seawater Desalination Plants. a Global leader in almost every dredging works will enhance Cadagua S.A. merged with segment that it operates, viz. the competitiveness of the the Grupo FERROVIAL, world’s Home Textiles, SAW Pipes, port as compared to the other largest private manager of Yarns. Besides its operations ports nearby on the eastern transportation infrastructure in core sectors like Steel, Steel coast. The project stands to and a leading services pipes, Infrastructure, Energy gain significantly on account provider. and Oil and Gas, Welspun of dredging cost savings and additionally touches numerous enhanced business prospects 3. Omaxe Infrastructure lives across the globe with respectively. Construction Limited: As a civil its world-class Home Textile construction and contracting products. The port has also added a company, has successfully ‘LIEBHERR 984’ high rise harbour executed more than 120 5. Videocon Industries crane thereby significantly industrial, institutional, (Videocon Realty and augmenting the handling capacity commercial and residential Infrastructure Limited): A and at the same time reducing projects for a number of leading conglomerate now the turnover time per vessel. prestigious Indian private, with a significant presence in public sector and multinational infrastructure development. n Recent Joint Ventures clients. 1. UTB Envirotec, Hungary: The above strategic partnerships Since 1964, is a leading 4. Welspun Group: Since 1985, will address giving business solutions provider in the field of Sewage, Waste-Water and Water treatment areas and has its foot prints across the globe, especially Europe and America.

2. CADAGUA, S.A.: Is well known both in Spain and abroad as a pioneer and leading company in the field of the engineering and construction Vizag Seaport, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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opportunities in the sectors for was established in 1853 for GIPL. manufacturing boilers in Italy. Presently, with a reference list n Ansaldocaldaie Boilers India: of over 1,000 boilers worldwide Ansaldocaldaie Boilers India [80000 MWe equivalent in is a Joint Venture Company of capacity], Ansaldo Caldiae, Italy is Gammon India and Ansaldo a world leader in Utility Boiler and HRSG of all types. Further, Ansaldo Caldaie S.p.A, Italy, with a mission Indira Container, Mumbai, to be an international class boiler Caldaie is an original technology Maharashtra, India supplier in India. owner for the design of boilers. The company has supplied two Ansaldo Caldaie S.p.A.

The holding company of Ansaldo Caldaie is Sofinter, in which Gammon India has a strategic investment of 50%; confirming the high commitment of Ansaldo Caldaie to the Indian Market.

To meet the requirements of a manufacturing base in India,

Mumbai Nasik Expressway, Maharashtra, India

ACB has invested in a dedicated manufacturing facility jointly with GB engineering in Trichy, AC- GB exclusively for its needs. This shop is presently being expanded to meet the requirements of supercritical boilers for the country. The company has been established 210 MWe Utility Boilers to Neyveli since 2005 in India and is poised Lignite Corporation. n Gactel Turnkey Projects Limited (GTPL) to react to the demands of the Indian market, ready to supply In the year 2001, Ansaldo’s boiler Gactel Turnkey Projects Limited pulverised coal fired boilers of division was spun off as a separate (GTPL) (formerly Gammon Cooling any size up to 660 MWe. company, which was acquired by Towers Limited) is a Gammon Sofinter, an Italian private holding Group Company and has been Historically, Ansaldo Co company. It was re-christened as created to focus on domestic and

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Analysis • Retrofit, Supply and Emergency Repairs • Annual Maintenance Contract • Residual Life Assessment Analysis • Performance Test as per CTI Codes • Supply of Spares SSKL Aurangabad, Maharashtra - a customer of GTPL Business Group ‘Dry Cooling’: international markets for Cooling Packaged FRP Cooling Towers Considering the present socio- Towers and Cooling Systems. (Supplied in factory assembled environment scenario where there or CKD conditions). Major is constant depletion of water applications include Captive GTPL has an in-house team of and other resources, there is a Power, Pharmaceutical, Sugar more than 100 engineers from drift towards selecting technology Industries, Refineries, HVAC, DG various disciplines dedicated to which will offer value for money Sets and Steel Plants. We also delivering solutions in Thermal, and help sustain our resources undertake conversion of existing Mechanical, Electrical, Hydraulic, in present and future. Business Timber Cooling Towers to FRP Instrumentation and Civil Group ‘Dry Cooling’ Offers – Pultruded Cooling Towers. Engineering. GTPL design team has the expertise to study the Business Group ‘C’: Offers services • Air Cooled Steam Condensers required application and offer for existing cooling towers of any for Power Plants customised and cost-effective make. Several years of cooling solution. • Air Fin Cooler for Petroleum tower experience has given GTPL and Chemical Industries expertise to accurately inspect n GTPL has five Business Groups: and upgrade cooling towers with • Shell and Tube Heat Business Group ‘S’ and ’W’: Offer minimum shut downs. Business Exchangers for Power Plants RCC Cooling Towers with film Group ‘C’ provides following • Pressure Vessels or splash fill, Cooling System services: including Pumping Station and • Thermal Upgradation • Thermal and Structural Chemical Dosing System on Upgradation • Refurbishment EPCC/ Lump sum Turnkey basis excluding RCC construction. GTPL • Inspection and Root Cause • Performance Testing utilises proprietary design and development software to other single point cooling solutions. Major applications include heavy industries like Power, Petrochemicals and Refineries, Steel Sector, Chemical industries and Sugar Industries.

Business Group ‘G’: Offers Pultruded FRP site erected and Haldia Cooling Tower, Haldia, West Bengal, where GTPL has erected Cooling Systems

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As part of the organisation’s ongoing drive to recognise, reward and nurture talent and leadership, the following senior management inductions were announced by Mr. Abhijit Rajan, Chairman and Managing Director, effective February 07, 2011:

Mr. Chayan Bhattacharjee has been promoted as Executive Director in Gammon India Limited. He shall be driving Gammon’s transition to a Systems and Process driven Company. In addition, he shall continue to be responsible to drive the Profitability, Cash and NOWC (Net Operating Working Capital), Turn-over and Order-Book of our Roads and Highways Portfolio, Marine, Ports and Hydro- Carbon (+ Pipeline) Divisions.

Mr. Ajit Desai has been promoted as Executive Director in Gammon India Limited. He shall be responsible to drive the Profitability, Cash and NOWC (Net Operating Working Capital), Turn-over and Order-Book of our Power (Hydro, Nuclear and Thermal), Water, Irrigation and Environment, Buildings and Civil/Industrial Structures, Bridges, Flyovers/Via-ducts and Metro/Rail/Urban Transportation Projects.

Mr. Mohan Jatkar has been promoted as Executive Director (Technical), in Gammon India Limited. He shall be responsible for building up and strengthening our Design and Engineering processes and capabilities.

Mr. Rajeev Malhotra has been promoted as Executive Director in Gammon Infrastructure Projects Limited (GIPL). He shall be responsible to, inter alia, drive Quality and Timely execution of GIPL’s BOT / Annuity Projects, within Budget, apart from ensuring smooth co-ordination with clients and contractors.

Gammon Speaks wishes the new incumbents the very best in their new responsibilities!

Corporate Sustainability Policy

ammon’s commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) means being accountable for our Gactions to a broad range of stakeholders- investors, employees, customers, suppliers, communities, business partners, host governments and others who have a stake in how our company conducts itself.

Gammon has long-established core values associated with health and safety, environment, social and economic.

We recognise the importance of both financial and non-financial performance in our efforts to maintain long-term, sustainable performance for the Company.

We put our policies into practice every day as we manage our business to promote sustainable social, environmental and economic benefits to all stakeholders wherever Gammon operates.

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uman Resources Department • Performance Management Indian business important part Hat Gammon has introduced • Training and Development in exploiting these opportunities following strategic HR initiatives • Recruitment and assume the leadership role to achieve this vision: • HRIS and Payroll in this business line. n Compensation Redesign: n employee Grievance Handling Introduction of Variable Pay n Leadership Development GIL has partnered with SPJIMR component is an important with SP Jain Institute (GALLOP (S.P. Jain Institute of Management initiative introduced with a view Programme since ..) & Research, Andheri, Mumbai), to energise the organisation amongst “the top 10 B Schools in HR has also initiated following by rewarding excellence in India” and amongst “the top 25 in critical measures to achieve performance. Variable Pay has Asia”. This MBA-equivalent course its vision and smoothen the been added for all new Level is of 21 months, and employees functioning of the organisation A recruits post Sept. 30, and are selected through a process those who have a BSC. Variable n Training Needs Analysis of Psychometric Test, IQ Test, Pay component demands n Competency Mapping Group Discussion and Personal that performance parameters n Workforce Optimisation Interview. Since its inception, should not only be transparent four batches (45 Employees) have but also be measurable. BSCs A quick snapshot about GALLOP: begun their journey on the Post help organisations establish GALLOP is Gammon’s pathway Graduate Executive Management performance goals and to creating a leadership and Programme and soon the fifth track them in an open and talent pipeline for its future. It batch will be announced. transparent manner. has been one year since the launch of GALLOP (Gammon Along with completing the n Balanced Score Cards for all Leadership Pipeline). Objective course, GALLOP participants will Level A employees and project- of GALLOP is to create a pool be groomed by giving challenging in-charges (irrespective of of leaders ready to shoulder and business centric assignments grades) responsibilities in both operating and career paths in the future. and support groups as the n HR Policy – Mukul Joshi infrastructure industry ascends Deputy General Manager n HR process Improvement to the centre stage of world and Organisational Development 5S in Gammon – the journey’s begun... With a lot of pomp and gusto, 5S was launched at the H.O a few months back. 5S- Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardise and Sustain... This is just the beginning; I leave you with a few This concept was introduced through a Logo questions to reflect upon: competition, Quiz and Workshop at Head Office, Mumbai in September, 2010. It resulted in Champions 1. Can the above benefits be translated in terms and Steering Committee being formed at the HO to of money? drive 5S in its true spirit. 2. Do the above translate to “Opportunity Cost” Focus Areas: saved? • Improved Health of the work force 3. When can we convert these “Opportunity Cost • Reduction in vehicle breakdown due to tyre Savings” into improving our Bottom line? puncture To know more...keep watching this space! • Better movement of vehicles – Suryakantam Bansal • Improved traceability of files Deputy Manager - Systems and Processes

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Gammon at Kalpakkam Interview with Mr. Dr. Prabhat Kumar, Project Director, Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited.

t Kalpakkam we are and Boundary-cum-protection this prestigious project. constructing a prestigious wall. Site was made ready for A n How long have you known nuclear power project of 500 starting first pour of concreting Gammon and what’s been your MW capacity for the nation with by October ‘04. Honourable experience with us? indigenous technology developed Prime Minister Shri Manmohan by Indian scientists for the first Singh visited the site on 23-10- Gammon is a very old and time in India by using first of its 04 and symbolically inaugurated renowned company. As far as kind of - Fast Breeder Reactor. by pouring the concrete at my knowledge goes The Gateway Prototype Fast Breed Reactor ventilation stack location, which of India was built by Gammon. (PFBR) is the forerunner of the led to the starting of nuclear Besides, a large number of bridges second stage of India’s nuclear island buildings construction. have also been built by Gammon programme and represents throughout the country... you are the commencement of the Gammon Speaks (Vijay also in the nuclear industry for commercial phase of the second Vancheswar, Group Head, Corp. quite some time now. stage of India’s nuclear power Commn. & Ashutosh Inamdar, I have a very good impression programme. By constructing Deputy Manager, Corporate and knowledge about Gammon. and operating a 500MWe PFBR, Strategy) spoke to Dr. Prabhat So when we went for bidding India will be demonstrating Kumar, Project Director and for the present project, we techno-commercial viability of Distinguished Scientist, Bhartiya wanted only the very competent the second stage nuclear power Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited, companies to participate in the programme. We are entrusted Department of Atomic Energy, bid and hence took permission with construction of Nuclear Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, to from our board to keep limited Island Building, Power Island get his views and experiences the number of companies Building, Sea Water Intake, with the Gammon team in the participating in the bid. This Simulator Building, Sadras Bridge development and execution of was considering the challenges and complexity involved in the project. And of the six shortlisted for the bid, Gammon was one, which eventually went on to win the bid by a narrow margin.

n So what would you say had your experience been with Gammon so far? Simply wonderful! Our association with Gammon is almost of six years, which I guess is a fairly long period to know one well. Gammon had already mobilised its resources and awaiting our go-ahead for the project. In December, the work started in Dr. Prabhat Kumar, Project Director, Bhartiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam Limited. full swing with construction of

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the first pour for the raft, which is long boundary wall collapse and working at the site, all came to the largest for any nuclear power a huge wave from the sea rushing each other’s help, guiding one industry, i.e., 2,700 cubic metres. towards the site. another to safety. Although, three persons suffered fractures but Prior to this, Gammon had also In no time, the wave had come. by and large everyone escaped done 960 cubic metre concrete Mr. Nair, meanwhile, sensing the unhurt, thanks to Mr. Nair and stack during the Prime Minister’s imminent devastation from the his presence of mind. visit. This, according to the people giant wave, with great presence at site, was the fastest ever work of mind alerted everybody about n What was the biggest challenge completed by Gammon. The the impending disaster. This was that you had to face in the completion of these two things an example of extraordinary aftermath of the tsunami? gave us the confidence that selflessness and flawless crisis After such a devastation no one things would proceed well and at management. Instead of running was ready to come back to the a decent pace. But, unfortunately, for one’s life, everybody from site and resume work; there on 26th December 2004, when the top-rung official to the one 14% of common raft concreting was completed and pour-2 of the raft construction was in progress tsunami struck. n What impact did the tsunami had on the project? That was a real difficult time for us; almost 3,50,000 m3 of sea water and muck entered into the pit disrupting all activities related to the project. However, this incident brought us closer and Gammon once again proved how cooperative and efficient the team could be to shrug off the setback, regroup and start work again. n Do you recollect the incident of that fateful day? Yes…of course. It was a Sunday morning and as any other day work was on in full swing in the site with about 450 people busy working, including 150 inside the pit, which was 19 metres under the ground level and barely 200 metres from the sea. At 9:30 AM, when people were discussing how to celebrate the completion of the second pour, Mr. Nair who was standing on an elevated platform with his walkie talkie, suddenly saw the entire two-km-

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Kalpakkam site has completed the critical activity of caisson lowering and grounding for Sea Water Intake project. This is the first time Gammon has launched such a large caisson of 21 metres over cofferdam using latest technologies and a totally different technique that too in rough sea. were also rumours that tsunami work by everyone at the project of safety in the project. What’s would make a comeback again. site. All in all, I believe we have more, Gammon’s team has the Even though Gammon India’s managed the situation very well potential to rise to the occasion workers colony was not too far and done a very commendable and deliver the best no matter from the sea, there had been job. what challenges it has to face. no loss of life due to tsunami n n Tell us something about nuclear Any areas of improvement that although people had lost all their power in context of India? you would suggest? belongings in the tsunami. Under such circumstances workers were Nuclear power has a huge role to I would like to talk of the country not ready to come back and play in the power sector of India. as a whole and not just about work got held up. This is when, It is the power of the future and Gammon. I personally feel the senior officials of Gammon your company (Gammon India we’ve a lot to do in the field of India decided to go and stay in Limited) has a major contribution promoting skill development the workers’ colony to re-instill in writing the history of the Indian through training in the area of confidence in them. This had a nuclear power sector along with civil construction, especially magical effect, workers started us. We should be proud and keeping safety as a priority. I believe we’re still a long way to returning and work resumed feel privileged to be the ones to go to catch up with the rest of the soon. give shape to such an important world. Through the columns of nuclear power project. n Did tsunami disturb the work your magazine, I urge all of you at Gammon to take the initiative schedule? n Are you satisfied with the safety standards maintained by and develop innovative training A disaster of the magnitude of Gammon in this project? initiatives incorporating safety a tsunami cannot but create and security aspects especially at hiccups. The commendable part Absolutely! Your team has the grassroots level so as to set was the joint effort and team maintained a very high level benchmarks for others.

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Ayush bracing up for International Challenge

on of Mr. Arun Dalvi n In 2008: S(Marketing Dept., Gammon Kings Chess Festival, India Limited), Ayush is a child Andheri Sports Club prodigy who started playing (U6): Winner chess when he was just five years Chetna College and old. After his first game of chess, Chesskul (U6): Runner a coach has been appointed for up him to improve his game. From then on, chess has become n In 2009: a part of his life, as much as Kings Chess Festival, Ayush with the trophies that he has won in school. Now at the age of eight, Andheri Sports Club (U8): Winner various competitions. Ayush is a popular name in the State Championship (U7): Runner n In 2010 city’s chess circuit. He has won up Mumbai District Selection (U9): many competitions at state National Championship (U7): 2nd Winner Sangli Chess Festival (U8 and national level, and is now from Maharashtra and U10): Runner up getting ready for International BPCL Sports Club (U9): Winner Mumbai Entrants Division events too. He has won 35 Rotary Club, Thane (U9): Winner Tournament (U10): Winner trophies and medals in various Sports Gurukul and Indrapastha competitions. Some of Ayush’s (U8): Winner – Arun Dalvi, Marketing Dept., major achievements are: Gammon India Limited

irish Bhat, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company has Gbeen recognised by CFO India magazine as one amongst the Top 100 CFOs in India. A CFO 100 Role of Honour felicitation function in this regard was held by the publication on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, at Taj President. Distinguished speakers on this occasion included among others Arun Shourie, former Telecom and BJP Minister, Dr. Anil Khandelwal, former Chairman, Bank Girish Bhat of Baroda, and M. Damodaran, former Chairman, SEBI. Gammon Speaks congratulates Girish Bhat on this commendable achievement and wishes him many more kudos! Ameya – A bright doctor in the making! rs. Amita R. Dudwadkar’s and seminars to represent his M(HO, Cash Section) son college - Rajeev Gandhi Medical Ameya passed final MBBS with College, Thane. 68% marks and stood first in He has maintained his the college. meritorious record since his During his 1st, 2nd and 3rd school and junior college level year of MBBS, Ameya got days. He was in the SSC – Merit scholarships from Sakseria List 2004 by securing 92.53% too, Ameya scored 91.83% and Foundation and Sir Ratan marks and came 14th among was 8th in the Merit List. In Tata Foundation and was also all students who appeared for Biology he scored 100 out of nominated for various debates the exam. Later on, in his HSC 100 in that exam.

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Gammon Bags Chennai Metro Rail Contracts

ammon – OJSC Teynampet, Chamiers Road Ghas been awarded two and Saidapet along with prestigious contracts of design twin bored tunnels covering and construction of underground a total length of over 6.4 km stations and associated tunnels (6474 metres). for Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) amounting to Rs. 1947 Gammon will be executing the crore. job along with its JV partner OJSC ‘Mosmetrostroy’, who These contracts are part of the five have the technological tender packages (UAA-01 to UAA- knowhow and expertise in 05) floated by the CMRL for design underground tunneling. OJSC and construction of underground ‘Mosmetrostroy’ is a versatile stations and associated tunnels multifunctional construction covering a total length of 18 km company involved in metro Chennai with a fast, reliable, and 19 underground stations. development for the last 80 years convenient, efficient, modern in . Over the time they and economical mode of public Out of the above, Gammon have constructed 177 stations transport. This in turn will India Limited has been awarded and laid more than 300km of help in its efficient and proper package UAA-02 and UAA-03. Railway lines. integration with other forms The two project contracts have a of public and private transport value of Rs. 932.88 crore and Rs. Chennai Metropolis has been including buses, sub-urban trains 1014.42 crore. growing rapidly and the traffic and MRTS. Overall the project volumes on the roads have also will significantly help in the The scope of work for both been increasing enormously. effective traffic management of packages involve construction Hence the need for a new rail the metropolis and provide much of seven underground stations based rapid transport system needed relief and convenience to at Govt. Estate, LIC building, has been felt. This project aims the commuters in the city and Thousand light, Gemini, at providing the people of the public at large.

Dainik Jagran (20:01:2011) Delhi’s New Identity: Project will have no risk from earthquake, wind and flood.

Signature Bridge Project Picks up Momentum • Seventy percent work will be completed before monsoon

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Recognising Safety

s a practice the month of (Design CBD Belapur) n Consolation Prize – Vinay ANovember is dedicated to “Adopt Steady & Safety Measures Kumar Khullar (Punjabi) (DMRC build awareness and recognise like Tortoise who inspite of being AM-Civil) safe work practices. While this is slow, defeats the Hare & protects Total Number of Participants especially relevant at Project Sites, all in its Shell’’ from sites: 8 safety as a theme and culture is of paramount importance wherever n Consolation Prize – L.S. Parmar we work, including at offices. (Advisor Tiroda) “Only Fools do not Follow Safety In this connection various Rules’’ activities and events were organized at project sites and Awardees – Hindi and Regional n First Prize – Akash offices. These included: Language Slogans: Bhattacharya C/o. Mr. Mukul Bhattacharya Dumuria- n SLOGAN Competition n First Prize – Chirasmita Biswas Imamganj Road Project. (English). (Hindi) (Er. Civil CBD Belapur) n SLOGAN Competition (Hindi and Regional Languages). n kids Drawing Competition. n article Writing Competition (English).

Summary of entries on slogans:

Location english Hindi Regional Total Head Office 28 16 5 49 n Second Prize – Ishita Shrivastava D/o Pankaj Site 465 203 15 683 Srivastava, Tiroda Awardees – English Slogan: Awardees – Regional Languages: n First Prize – Parsuram Biswal n Second Prize – Vinay MM (8812 Water Intake at Visa Steel) (Kannada) (HO- Marketing) “I motivate all my dear, To wear helmet & foot wear, I don’t have “Nimma Indina Jagarukathe any fear, I accelerate progress Nimannu Hagu Nimma gear’’ Kutumbavannu Jeevanadyanth Kapaduvudu” n Second Prize – Nishikant Dhawale (Enabling Design CBD n Third Prize – Pushpendra “Safety is something that Belapur) Mishra (Hindi) (Junior Engg. happens between your ears, “Precaution and Care makes Sasan Chimney) not something you hold in Accident Rare’’ “Laparwahi ka parinam, Chhoti your hands.” bhool, adhik nuksan” – Jeff Cooper n Third Prize – Vabhav Jadkar

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Abhijit Rajan (CMD) Gammon India, A view of Gammon Knights attending the Gammon Springs volunteers donated 650 performing Vishwakarma Puja on October 16, Vishwakarma Puja. kgs of foodgrains to Help Age India, an NGO 2010, organised by the Gammon Springs. working for cause and care of elderly people.

Gammon Springs Volunteers donated 500 kgs A night trek to Peth Fort in February 2010. A monsoon trek to Gammon Knights’ most of foodgrains to Vatsalya Foundation, an NGO favourite ‘Fort RATANGAD’ in August 2009. for protection of street children.

Inter Gammon Badminton Tournament held at DY Patil Stadium on September 25-26, 2010.

The five-member team that participated in the 24-km BSA Hercules India Cyclothon, Mumbai, February 21, 2010.

Winner of the Inter Gammon Cricket Tournament 2011- Turnkey Projects Limited.

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Runners-Up of Inter-Gammon Cricket Tournament 2011-Taloja Workshop. Pearl Panthaki of GIPL, who participated and successfully completed the 2011 Standard Chartered Half Marathon (21 kms), held in Mumbai, January 16, 2010.

Mr. Rohit Modi, Dy. MD along with other Gammonites donating blood during the Blood Donation camp held at Head Office on November 13, 2010. Mrs. Karuna Rajan, Akshat Rajan and Col. Saberwal with the Gammon Springs team, which successfully conducted the Blood Donation camp.

ammon Springs (GS) started its given on involvement of all the months GS has spread across Taloja Gactivities on 12th January, 2007. Gammon Knights in each and every Workshop and Gammon Group Four long years have passed since activity organised by the GS. Its Companies, viz. FPCC, Mumbai Port. then! Gammon Trekking Group (as it foundation has been made strong with the immense support of Mr. The team from GS thanks GIL’s was known then) started its activities Rohit Modi, Mr. P. P. Sukumaran and management for providing a solid by organising one day/night trek in Mr. V. D. Murthy and earlier with the support to all the activities of Gammon the Sahyadris and quickly progressed support of Mr. K. Jayachandran and Springs throughout these last four to conduct Inter-Gammon Cricket Mr. Parvez Umrigar. With the active years. It is only because of this support Tournament involving Gammon India involvement over a period of time that we have come such a long way. Limited (GIL), Gammon Infrastructure by Gammon Knights in the various We look forward to this support in the Projects Limited (GIPL) and Gammon activities of GS, our confidence have coming years and intend to cover each Turnkey Projects Limited (GTPL), grown manifold and we have been and every site of Gammon. formerly Gammon Cooling Towers able to look beyond Inter-Gammon Limited. Cricket and trekking have Cricket tournament and trekking and been the most popular events for last been able to organise events, viz. – Kaushal Shah couple of years. Pizza Party, Blood Donation Camp, Deputy Manager, GIPL Badminton Tournament, World Food Of late a lot of emphasis has been Day to name a few. In the last few

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Liam P Donnelly, joined Gammon in 1958 and worked in India for three years. After leaving Gammon he worked for Cementation in Ranchi, Bombay (as Mumbai was then known) and Calcutta (presently Kolkata). If any of our readers happen to know Mr. Liam P Donelly, please feel free to get in touch with him at ...Liam P Donnelly [email protected] today Given here are some interesting snaps with his remarks! Liam P Donnelly then...

“I think that this might have been taken in Ranchi at the HSL Steel Plant on the visit of Jawaharlal Nehru, Who officilly opened our section of the contract, Ground Engineering (nearly 4,000 large diameter piles), and foundations. Again you will see me just under Nehru’s chin! I was the Project Manager.”

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