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PROJECTSOf the 1,698 infrastructure projects worth over `1.50 billion, 578 projects have reported delays, 400 cost overruns, and 202 both time and cost overruns. CW delves deeper reasons impacting the delays in into the executional challenges and offers exports from Indian solutions to cure the project paralysis....38 projects, it also provides great manufacturers could go up recommendations from industry Instant Subscription during the coming months? leaders and stalwarts on how the industry can collectively curb To share your suggestions, please the never-ending issue of project scan the below QR code or visit 22% www.ConstructionWorld.in/Feedback 60% delays. While land acquisition 18% issues have always been known as a major reason that creates hurdles in project execution, the recommendations provided Yes: 60% No: 22% to overcome these are very sensible, You may also write to us at and somehow, provide a ray of [email protected] Can’t say: 18% hope that these land issues can be sorted if the solutions are well followed. I greatly recommend Although the Finance Minister has announced a welfare fund reading the story. The experts who sectors. Another section I would of `310 billion to be set aside for have voiced their opinions through like to highlight is the one on building and other construction the story are great industry Special Project, which showcases workers, do you see the inspirations. The article is indeed LockDown announcement in view projects that have been recently thought-provoking and an of the Coronavirus or COVID-19 completed, be it in any part of the action-oriented one. crisis have a long term impact country or any infrastructure sector. - Prathmesh Basu, on construction and The materials, equipment and Kolkata infrastructure projects in India, technologies used in these projects considering that construction are of great interest, and we as workers have left sites to SHOWCASE OF PROJECTS readers are well-informed of the use return to their villages? I quite like the information on of these in various projects through Yes, No, Can’t say various projects showcased through this section. All in all, CW is the different means in the magazine showcasing projects in a great – the section on Contracts Awarded manner, and I applaud the team for provides relevant details on new putting up this commendable work magazine was one such report contracts that have been awarded edition after edition. hitting the right spot. The industry to firms in various segments. - Neeraj Kant, has now and again faced the So also, the section on Upcoming Delhi issue of low quality steel and Projects, gives a great insight on the TMT bars in construction, even if various projects across sectors that it is supplied by the best names in are in the conceptual, bidding, ARTICLES ON QUALITY the industry. The report offers a under construction stages, etc. I applaud CW’s constant detailed analysis on the quality The section on Tenders too provides endeavour in bringing out articles of TMT bars, and also lists great opportunities on bids for on issues that the construction sector companies that offer good quality various works that are likely to be faces in India, low quality of ones, helping users make a tendered out in the short term. materials being one of the most more informed choice the It provides opportunities for critical of them. The Special Report next time. companies that are interested in on ‘Know Your TMT Bars’ in - Preetam Chaudhary, bidding for these works across the March 2020 edition of the Indore
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AT A GLANCE APPOINTMENTS On the occasion of Water Day, Wienerberger India, as a leader in manufacturing sustainable building materials, has pledged to save water by offering smart and innovative solutions to reduce water consumption in construction sites. • Atlas Copco India appoints Frans Van Neikerk as the construction, and operations new Managing Director. of infrastructure, has announced • CNH Industrial appoints the acquisition of GroupBC, Suzanne Heywood as a UK leader in cloud Acting CEO. services for construction • Rockwell Automation appoints • Embassy Industrial Parks hosted information management. Marcelo Tarkieltaub as an engaging activity for their • Best Power Equipments, India’s new Regional Director for staff on National Safety Week leading power manufacturing Southeast Asia. from March 4-10; the activity brand, has installed more than • Bosch Power Tools India included awareness workshops 25 UPS of 3 KVA at reputed appoints Nishant Sinha as for industrial park staff with hospitals in Delhi. Regional Business Director, drills to highlight the salient • The Indian arm of ABB’s Power India & SAARC. features of safety. Grids business has formally • Best Power Equipments (India) • Signify recently illuminated five announced its listing on the BSE appoints Girish Paralikar playgrounds in rural government and the National Stock Exchange as Associate Vice President- schools in the Mewat District of of India as ABB Power Products Service Head. Haryana under its CSR and Systems India; the company programme Khel Jyoti; these had demerged from ABB India to Japan International Cooperation playgrounds have badminton become a standalone legal entity. Agency (JICA) has signed an courts that are illuminated using • Gujarat Pipavav Port and Pipavav agreement with the Government high-mast LED lighting, powered Customs Brokers Association, in of India to provide an by solar energy. partnership with the Logistics Official Development Assistance • Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a Sector Skills Council, organised a loan of 39,928 million Japanese leading global provider of daylong seminar-cum-training Yen (approximately comprehensive software and titled ‘Recognition of Prior `24.80 billion) for the Mumbai digital twins services for Learning of Logistics (RPL)’ at Metro Line 3 Project (III). advancing the design, the port.
AWARDS BAGGED • IndoSpace, India’s largest developer of Grade-A industrial real estate and logistics parks, has been named as the ‘Firm of the Year - India’ by the real estate arm of Private Equity International, at the PERE Awards 2019.
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Parliament passes The successful bidders or allottees have now been entitled to utilise mined coal in any of its plants or The Mineral Laws plants of its subsidiary or holding company. Amendments also provide for allocation of the coal (Amendment) Bill 2020 mine to the next successful bidder or allottee, subsequent to termination of its allocation along The Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha recently passed with the matters incidental to it. A provision has also The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill 2020 for been made for appointment of a designated amendments in Mines & Mineral (Development custodian for management of the mines, apart from and Regulation) Act 1957 and The Coal Mines Schedule II mines, which have come under (Special Provisions) Act 2015. production and whose vesting or allotment order has been cancelled. With the amendments, environment and forest clearances along with other approvals and clearances will automatically get transferred to the new owners of mineral blocks for two years from the date of grant of the new lease. This will allow new owners to continue with hassle-free mining operations. During the period, they may apply for a Photo: For representational purpose representational For Photo: fresh licence beyond two years, said the release. The auction of lease of mines can now be started before expiry of the lease period. This will enable the state government to take advance action for The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill 2020 will auction of mineral blocks so that the new lease holder usher in a new era in the Indian coal and mining could be decided before the existing lease expires. sector, especially to promote ease of doing business. This will help in seamless production of minerals. Union Coal & Mines Minister Pralhad Joshi said that The new provisions will also augment the this Bill will transform the mining sector in the country, exploration of deep-seated minerals and minerals boosting coal production and reducing dependence of national interest by allowing Non-Exclusive on imports, according to a release by PIB. Reconnaissance Permit holders to apply for The amended provisions clearly provide that composite licence or Mining Lease (PL-cum-ML). companies that do not possess any prior coal mining Various repetitive and redundant provisions of the experience in India and/or have mining experience in MMDR Act and CMSP Act have also been omitted other minerals or in other countries can participate in for ease of doing business. the auction of coal or lignite blocks. This will not only The Bill replaces the ordinance for amendment increase participation in auctions but facilitate the of the MMDR Act 1957 and CMSP Act, which was implementation of FDI policy in the coal sector. promulgated on January 10, 2020. As per the PIB release, now, companies that are not ‘engaged in specified end-use’ can also participate in auctions of Schedule II and III coal mines. The removal About 70 per cent of the end-use restriction will allow wider participation in the auction of coal mines for a variety of purposes progress achieved in such as own consumption, sale or for any other purpose, as may be specified by the Central Government. The Bill also allows prospecting licence-cum-mining Polavaram Irrigation Project lease (PL-cum-ML) for coal or lignite, which increases As reported by the Andhra Pradesh Government, the availability of coal and lignite blocks, and coal the Polavaram Irrigation Project (PIP) is planned for blocks of varying grades in a wide geographical completion by December 2021, and has achieved distribution will be available for allocation. an overall progress of 69.54 per cent up to
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February 27, 2020, according to a release by PIB. These steps include: An Expert Committee constituted by the Andhra • Policy of one-time fund infusion to Pradesh Government in June 2019 had suggested complete projects going in for fresh tenders for the balance works of the • Policy of deferment of premium for financially project. Thereafter, tenders were called by the state for stressed projects not able to meet subsistence the balance works of the main dam package and left revenue requirements side connectivity of headworks in August 2019. • Policy of harmonious substitution for substitution of special purpose vehicle (SPV) in consultation with lenders and concessionaire subject to certain conditions. Apart from the above, the hybrid annuity model (HAM) has been introduced, where part of the construction cost is funded by the NHAI and, post construction, the return of the investor is assured through annuities paid by the authority. Further, NHAI is also trying to revive private investments in highway projects by amending the Model Concession Agreement for the BOT model. Photo: For representational purpose representational For Photo: As reported by the state government, an agreement has been concluded for construction of balance Swachh Bharat Mission headworks of PIP (including works incorporated in the agreement regarding sand policy) with Megha Engineering and Infrastructure in November 2019 for (Grameen) Phase-2 about `15.48 billion by December 2021. According to information provided by Union Minister of State launched for Jal Shakti & Social Justice and Empowerment Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Rattan Lal Kataria, a PIB release mentioned that an Shekhawat recently launched Phase-2 of the agreement has also been concluded for the completion Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM (G)]. of the balance work of the left side connectivity of Lauding the success of Phase-1 of the SBM (G), head works with MAX Infra (I) in November 2019 for Shekhawat, as per a PIB release, said that the `2.31 billion by the end of May 2021. Further, the Cabinet’s approval of Phase-2 of the mission is a state government has also accorded permission to great recognition of the signification achievements pre-close the contract of packages No. 5 and 6 of the made under SBM (G) under the visionary Polavaram Left Main Canal for inviting tenders under leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the reverse tendering process. towards providing universal coverage and access to safe sanitation in rural areas in five years since its launch on October 2, 2014. Phase-2 of the SBM (G) will focus on sustaining NHAI encouraging the gains made under the programme in the past five years in terms of toilet access and usage, private investors and ensuring no one is left behind. It will ensure that effective solid and liquid waste management (SLWM) is instituted in every gram panchayat lenders for BOT projects of the country. NHAI has taken several steps to rekindle the Secretary, Department of Drinking Water interest of private investors and lenders in build- and Sanitation (DDWS), Parameswaran Iyer, operate-transfer (BOT) projects, shared Union elaborating upon the mandate of SBM (G) Minister for Road Transport and Highways Phase-2, informed that it will be implemented from Nitin Gadkari, according to a PIB release. 2020-21 to 2024-25 in a mission mode with a
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total outlay of `1,408.81 billion. This will be a novel model of convergence between different verticals of financing. Of this, `524.97 billion will be allocated from the budget of DDWS, while the remaining amount will be dovetailed from the funds being released under the 15th Finance Commission, MGNREGS and revenue generation models, particularly for solid and liquid waste management. The Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) component of Open Defecation Free ODF Plus (ODF Plus) will be monitored on the basis of output-outcome indicators for four key areas: Plastic waste management, biodegradable solid
waste management (including animal waste purpose representational For Photo: management), greywater management and faecal sludge management. The SBM-G Phase-2 will by PIB. The plant load factor (PLF) of coal-based continue to generate employment and provide capacity in 2021-22 is likely to be 56.5 per cent. impetus to the rural economy through construction Singh added that generators supplying power of household and community toilets, as well as under power purchase agreements (PPAs) will not infrastructure for SLWM such as compost pits, suffer financial loss owing to underutilisation of their soak pits, waste stabilisation ponds, material power generation capacity as they are entitled to full recovery facilities, etc, said the release. recovery of fixed charges from the beneficiaries, Earlier, on February 19, 2020, the Union subject to achieving normative availability. Cabinet had approved the SBM Phase-2, which will He further said that the PLF or generation of help rural India effectively handle the challenge of thermal (coal or lignite-based) stations depends on SLWM and will help in substantial improvement in total electricity demand in the country, which is the health of villagers in the country. Since the affected by weather conditions, growth of electricity launch of the SBM-G in 2014, over 100 million demand in various sectors and generation from toilets have been built in rural areas; over various other sources like hydro, nuclear, gas, etc. 0.59 million villages, 699 districts, and 35 states Besides, a ‘must-run status’ has been accorded to and Union Territories have declared themselves renewable energy projects – solar, wind and small Open Defecation Free (ODF). hydro. Power from such sources get dispatched on priority and is generally fully utilised. The generation from hydropower plants is commensurate with availability of water and is generally fully utilised. Thermal power plants Thus, the utilisation of coal or lignite-based plants depends on balance generation required from thermal to have 243,034 MW stations and the position of the particular plant in the merit order, resulting in thermal stations generally capacity by 2021-22 operating on low PLF. The PLF of gas-based generation is low because of non-availability of gas in the country. As per the extant National Electricity Plan, the The government is also exploring the possibility of installed capacity of thermal power plants of the cost-effective energy storage systems, such as pumped country, comprising coal, gas and diesel-based storage hydro plants, battery storage, etc, so that the plants, is likely to be 243,037 MW in 2021-22 electricity generated during the off-peak period can out of a total projected installed capacity of be stored for use during peak period, mentioned 479,419 MW, informed Minister of State Singh, as per the release. This will lead to better (Independent Charge) for Power, New & utilisation of the power generation capacity of Renewable Energy RK Singh, as per a release thermal power plants.
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WHO WILL SKILL INDIA’S MILLIONS OF UNSKILLED CONSTRUCTION WORKERS? To cut its losses from a yawning skill gap, India’s biggest employer needs the government and industry to act. CW explores who should do what. Photo courtesy:Photo CREDAI
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Real estate and construction are “Smaller (and better) and generate less India’s biggest employers (leaving players and wastage,” says Singh. “Unskilled aside agriculture), according to the lowest workers will consume more the Economic Survey 2017-18. level of resources and deliver less.” A peculiarity of this industry is that it contractors Third, skilling improves the employs huge numbers of people are not employability of workers. with little or no formal education interested in “Structured training enables or training, people who typically skilling labour because that freshers and less experienced workers to progressively improve “can’t afford the cost of training,” would mean paying them to quote Narayanan Ramaswamy, their knowledge and competencies more salaries.” Partner and National Lead for in their respective trades,” opines the Education & Skilling Sector, - Narayanan Ramaswamy, R Ganesan, Head, Corporate KPMG in India. Consequently, Partner and National Lead for the Centre & CSTI, L&T Construction. he surmises, “the building and Education & Skilling Sector, KPMG “Trained technicians are integrated construction sector suffers from the into the mainstream via certification biggest skill gap.” by approved national certifying Going by Human Resource and of whom more than 90 per cent authorities (NSDC/CSDCI).” Skill Requirements in Building, are deployed in building “It is in the interest of workers to Construction and Real Estate, a construction. Over 80 per cent of have proof of their skills as this KPMG report for the National those employed in building and helps them in mobility and Skill Development Corporation construction are minimally skilled, employment,” adds Singh. (NSDC), the industry currently according to this report. Another benefit of skilling is the absorbs roughly 68 million people, This paucity of skills hits the improved marketability of projects. construction industry in many ways. “Having only skilled labour working on a project increases its QUICK BYTES Why skill? saleability,” observes Gautam Skilling and certification bring a Chatterjee, Chairman, Maharashtra bundle of benefits. Topmost is the Real Estate (Regulatory & • The building and improved quality of infrastructure Development) Authority. construction sector suffers and buildings constructed and Considering that the majority from the biggest skill gap. onsite safety. of Indian workers lack the resources “If you audit the poor quality of to undergo training, which of the finished product, at some point three key stakeholders will take • Topmost benefit of you will find that the people up the mammoth job: The involved in the construction were government, industry associations, skilling is the improved not skilled,” points out Col (retd) or individual companies? quality of infrastructure Anand Kumar Singh, CEO, and buildings constructed Construction Skill Development Associations to lead and onsite safety. Council of India (CSDCI). Likewise, “Industry associations can play “audits of onsite tragedies show a huge role in furthering skilling,” that workers are unaware of safety opines Ramaswamy. • Concerted efforts by the practices to be followed.” The Confederation of Real “A skilled worker is more likely to Estate Developers Association of government, industry produce better workmanship,” India’s (CREDAI) top focus area is associations and observes Anthony de Sa, skilling construction workers. individual companies will Chairman, Madhya Pradesh Real Since 2011, CREDAI has trained help the industry bridge Estate Regulatory Authority. over 150,000 construction workers; A second derivative of skilling 50,000 in the last year (FY2019-20) its yawning skill gap. is productivity. alone. A CREDAI partnership with “Skilled workers are definitely PNB Housing Finance operational more likely to work faster since 2015 has trained more than
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“Legislating Skills Shortage by Trade the Construction, Construction equipment operators and mechanics: Based on the Earthmoving, 2019 sales of 90,000 construction equipment units and the projected growth to 300,000 units over the next decade, the Infrastructure Equipment Mining & Skill Council estimates that roughly 1 million existing and 1 million Material additional operators and mechanics need to be skilled and certified. Handling Plumbers: India has roughly 0.35 million skilled but uncertified Equipments Act would be a plumbers. The Indian Plumbing Skills Council aims at skilling and game changer.” certifying 1.2 million technicians by 2022. - HS Mohan, CEO, Infrastructure Welders, cutters, fitters, equipment operators, engineers and Equipment Skill Council inspectors: The current shortage of 1.2 million welders may increase to 1.35 million by 2023 in view of the infrastructure projects – roads, railways, bridges, power and shipping – being implemented, all of which 40,000 construction workers and need persons skilled and certified in metal joining technology, according to youth in trades like masonry, the Indian Institute of Welding. Some contractors are using welding and electrical, plumbing, etc. Under the cutting operators from China, Russia and East European countries to tide Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas over the manpower scarcity. Yojana (PMKVY), CREDAI has taken up the Recognition of Prior Learning mode of skilling workers. It identifies skill gaps in workers and bridges those gaps through job-role specific short-term training. CREDAI is committed to train 75,000 such workers in the ongoing year (FY2020-21). CREDAI also plays an active role in developing National Occupational Standards for various job roles through the CSDCI and actively promotes the engagement of industry in skilling. Putting workers through a nationally standardised course as per the National Skill Qualification Framework and subsequent certification are the objectives of the CSDCI, states Singh. Another industry organisation, the Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council (IESC), counts 43 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), whose products engage over 90 per cent of the industry’s workforce, as its members. IESC has
Photo courtesy: Infrastructure Equipment Skill Council Equipment courtesy:Photo Infrastructure developed National Occupational Standards and Qualification Mandating the deployment of skilled and certified operators, in a phased Packages for 39 job roles (these manner, against all government tenders, will help the industry become have been validated by the industry more productive and cost-effective and focused on safety. and are in use); and National Skills
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“The skills mechanics, assisting certified training for highway engineers and required for personnel get placed in India and professionals of the central and most jobs are abroad, certifying 5,000-plus state governments, public sector evolving trainers and accrediting around undertakings, contractors, rapidly but 400 training partners. consultants, etc, on planning, The skill gap also extends to designing, constructing, operating, the learning qualified members of the industry. maintaining and managing and training “Both foundation and mid-career highways including bridges and systems are lagging.” training for engineers is essential,” tunnels. During the current year, the - R Ganesan, Head, Corporate Centre explains D Sarangi, Director of the IAHE has trained 2,867 engineers & CSTI, L&T Construction Indian Academy of Highway over 99 programmes and trained Engineers (IAHE), which organises 2,867 engineers.
Qualifications Framework Levels 3 and 4 for operators and mechanics, Modern construction tech can reduce and Level 7 for supervisors, together covering over 80 per cent the need for workers by 20-30% of the workforce. Construction methods in vogue in India are Since being created in 2014, labour-intensive and require both skilled and unskilled IESC has accredited 61 training manpower, as a rule of thumb, in the proportion of one partners pan India, the majority to three unskilled workers (to provide logistic support) being OEMs and their associates; for every single skilled worker, estimates Raghu Balan, empanelled 220 qualified and Executive Vice President-Quality, Safety and certified trainers; and trained Technology, SOBHA. “Unless there is a paradigm shift in around 40,000 people. It is also construction methods, technology and mechanisation, Raghu Balan working towards bringing the vast it would be difficult to work with only skilled labour.” pool of experienced but not Balan observes that modular and precast technologies help reduce the formally certified operators into use of labour by 20-30 per cent and, hence, can help overcome the the fold through the Recognition of increasing countrywide shortage of labour, besides cut short construction Prior Learning model. In the next time. On sites using technology, workers may need only certain skillsets 10 years, IESC aims to train and hence be trained accordingly. over a million operators and
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“If you audit the poor quality of the finished product, you will find that the people involved in the construction were not skilled.” - Col (Retired) Anand Kumar Singh, CEO, Construction Skill Development Council of India
Act 2016 (RERA) is one piece of legislation that has pushed the quality of workmanship into the spotlight and, albeit indirectly, compelled developers to emphasise training by making them “statutorily
Photo courtesy: Construction Skill Development Council of India courtesy: Skill Development Photo Construction liable for any construction defect, including structural defect or any Skilled workers are definitely more likely to work faster (and better) and other defect in workmanship, quality generate less wastage. or provision of services,” according to Chatterjee. “Now, for five years Involve industry The problem is that “while some from the date of handing over After the advent of the CSDCI, of the leading construction possession of a property, the about 700,000 people have been companies today invest a lot in promoter has been made liable to skilled and certified in the past three training, the smaller players and the rectify such defects or pay appropriate years. Singh acknowledges that this lowest level of contractors in the compensation to the allottees.” is far too little. value chain are not interested in “Considering that quality of Ganesan puts the onus skilling labour because that would construction primarily depends for upskilling workforce on mean paying them more salaries,” on the quality of input materials construction companies. observes Ramaswamy. and the quality of workmanship, L&T established its first “The industry at large is still not RERA necessitates site engineers to Construction Skills Training Institute open to the idea of investing in the certify that input materials conform (CSTI) in 1995 in Chennai, and has skill training of workers and largely to the National Building Code (and thus far trained nearly 200,000 relies on schemes like PMKVY or other code) standards applicable in rural youth through that and other collaborates with the government India. However, even if the input campuses (in Ahmedabad, Delhi, under the National Urban materials are of high quality, if the Bengaluru, Cuttack, Hyderabad, Livelihoods Mission or agrees to workmanship is poor, the quality will Kolkata and Mumbai), offering train workers onsite (in which case suffer,” Chatterjee continues. “The training in vernacular languages for they must compensate workers fact that RERA makes the promoter 15 occupations and 54 job roles. for the wage loss incurred while responsible for labour, even when it Also, L&T is India’s first construction they attend training),” says comes from a contractor, is an company to be registered under the Narendra Kumar, Vice President, incentive for developers to ensure National Apprenticeship Promotion East Zone, CREDAI. that all the labour working on a Scheme with the Regional Legal provisions could help push project gets skilled.” Directorate of Apprentice Training. construction companies to skill HS Mohan, CEO, Infrastructure Over 4,500 candidates have workers. In this sense, the Real Equipment Skill Council, enrolled under the scheme to date. Estate (Regulation and Development) additionally suggests that
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“legislating the Construction, them on the job, allow them to “The industry Earthmoving, Mining & Material gather experience, then test and (at large) Handling Equipments (CEMM) Act certify them to make the initiative is still not would be a game changer. really effective. He proposes this be open to the Mandating the deployment of taken up as a corporate social idea of skilled and certified operators, responsibility (CSR) initiative. investing in a phased manner, against all in the government tenders, will help the Government’s role skill training of workers.” industry become more productive One of the challenges obstructing and cost-effective and focused skilling is that the “existing - Narendra Kumar, Vice President, on safety.” education or training infrastructure East Zone, CREDAI Advocating the carrot approach available for people absorbed instead of the stick, Ganesan in the construction industry is people who need training,” agrees believes the Central Government outdated; people training in those Singh. “The skills required for most (MSDE) and state skilling missions facilities simply are not ready for jobs are evolving rapidly but the should incentivise employers to train better paying jobs in the sector,” learning and training systems are labour in construction activities. points out Ramaswamy. lagging,” adds Ganesan. De Sa suggests that companies “Existing ITIs lack the It makes sense for the take in interns and trainees, train infrastructure to train the millions of government to fund the creation of training institutes, especially for trades that need more expensive infrastructure such as simulators, construction equipment, etc. Mohan calls for government support to establish and operate training centres for operators and mechanics. “Given the growing demand for operators and mechanics, OEMs alone cannot fully skill the ecosystem,” he says. Raghu Balan, Executive Vice President-Quality, Safety and Technology, SOBHA, suggests that the government creates (and runs) training facilities in rural areas, with the real-estate sector partnering those on a rotational basis. One model training centre in the rural segment is PARFI (PanIIT Alumni Reach For India) Foundation, a not-for-profit, Section 25 social enterprise, that offers soft and behavioural skills training to unemployed youth who have studied till grade eight. SOBHA sources labour through PARFI. Youth are trained at the Gurukulin
Photo courtesy:Photo CREDAI Chaibasa, Jharkhand, and then sent to Bengaluru, where they are There is an urgent need for Centres of Excellence to incubate innovations in further trained at the SOBHA construction technology, train trainers and promote skilling on the whole. Academy, on aluminium, tiling and
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The government should create (and run) training facilities in rural areas, with the real-estate sector partnering those on a rotational basis.
waterproofing for a month before “Companies “MahaRERA has (now) requested being posted on project sites. could take up the Maharashtra Government Kumar emphasises the need to training and to permit the labour cess meant continue schemes like the PMKVY certification for labour welfare to be used to Recognition of Prior Learning for as a skill workers on site,” shares construction workers, and the Corporate Chatterjee. “This labour cess urgent need for Centres of Social is available with most state Excellence to incubate innovations Responsibility initiative.” governments, and is mostly in construction technology, unutilised so far.” train trainers and promote skilling - Anthony de Sa, Chairman, on the whole. Training institutes run Madhya Pradesh Real Estate Concerted efforts Regulatory Authority in collaboration with industry Industry-government-company would also help. partnerships may also spell the In Maharashtra, MahaRERA has “MahaRERA way forward. For instance, the designed, funded and launched a has IESC has signed MoUs with programme to train a pool of requested the skill development missions 500 expert trainers (111 trained so Maharashtra and corporations in Kerala, far) to start with, in key trades, Government Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, through three training partners: to permit the Gujarat, Jharkhand and Rajasthan. Rustomjee Academy of Global labour cess It has also signed an MoU with the Career in Thane, KUSHAL in Pune National Highways & Infrastructure to be used to skill workers and Sushil Bahuddeshiya Shikshan Development Corporation to skill Sanstha in Nagpur. The modus on site.” people employed on road operandi involves inviting - Gautam Chatterjee, Chairman, construction projects in the developers to nominate persons Maharashtra Real Estate Northeast and one with the Ministry to undergo one month of training (Regulatory & Development) Authority of Housing and Urban Affairs, on a CSDCI syllabus and, Government of India. thereafter, train the developers’ unskilled, semi-skilled and skilled Indeed, only concerted efforts will unskilled or semi-skilled workers, workers employed in about help the Indian real-estate and explains Chatterjee. 20,000 MahaRERA registered construction industry bridge its With these trained trainers, projects across Maharashtra yawning skill gap. “MahaRERA aims to train over the next five years,” and certify all the 10-12 lakh shares Chatterjee. - CHARU BAHRI To share your views on the workforce skilling challenge in India's construction sector, write in at [email protected]
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The global outbreak of COVID-19, an infectious disease caused by a SARS-CoV-2coronavirus, was recognised as a ‘pandemic’ by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on March 11, 2020. The pandemic has posed multiple challenges across the world for purpose representational For Photo: various stakeholders, including the construction and infrastructure sectors. The challenges and issues need to be carefully analysed and mitigated to the extent feasible. The three main issues to consider are discussed below: i. Direct impact on location of construction activities: Globally, authorises municipal authorities sector is highly dependent on it appears that certain authorities or the district administration manpower. The regulations such as the Ministry of Works, to seal defined geographical under the Epidemic Diseases Act Malaysia, and Mayor, City of areas such as villages, towns, 1897 require certain people with Boston, have ordered a halt colonies or wards. Further, under travel history to areas affected on certain construction work the regulations, authorities by COVID-19 to report to in light of worker safety and to can bar entry and exit of government hospitals or isolate at check the spread of COVID-19. people from as well as restrict home. As COVID-19 spreads, the Similarly, pursuant to the vehicular movement in such requirement of social distancing Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, areas. On March 20, 2020, and isolation in certain cases may states in India are permitted to the Maharashtra Government affect the availability of skilled enforce temporary regulations declared that all shops workforce required for specialised to be observed by the public (non-essential) and offices scope of work. for preventing outbreak of are to remain closed till iii. Impact on raw materials: dangerous epidemic diseases. March 31, 2020. At the time Various industries in India are Violation of these regulations of this article being published, dependent on imports for their is an offence punishable with similar regulations are also requirement of raw materials imprisonment under Section in place in Delhi, Gujarat, and COVID-19, which has 188 (Disobedience to order duly Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Haryana spread in over 150 countries, promulgated by public servant) of and Rajasthan. Therefore, if has disrupted the supply chain. the Indian Penal Code 1860. the location of the construction This is especially true for the Certain recent regulations framed activity or project falls within the construction sector, which in exercise of powers conferred impacted geographical area, is a major importer of steel under the Epidemic Diseases construction activities will be and construction materials, Act 1897 by states may directly directly affected. consumables and construction impact construction activities. ii. Impact of shortage of equipment from China, and is For example, the Maharashtra manpower on construction likely to be significantly affected. COVID-19 Regulations 2020 activities: The construction Evidently, as exports from China
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decline, the benefit on account of to see if they can use provisions be considered a ‘natural calamity’ an inexpensive supply chain will like force majeure or suspension and that force majeure provisions be diluted. Further, the time and to excuse their performance on may be invoked wherever cost required to explore alternate account of the epidemic. considered appropriate. supplies may impact the sector. ‘Force majeure’, which includes While some standard commercial ‘acts of God’, can be defined as contracts explicitly include The implications an event outside the control of the ‘epidemic’ as a force majeure event The uncertainty caused by parties that prevents one or both (for example, EPC contracts offered COVID-19 is likely to cause delay of the parties from performing by the National Highways Authority and impact contractual obligations their obligations. To satisfy the of India), some do not (such as under project development and requirement of force majeure, Power Purchase Agreements entered construction contracts. As time is the affected party must establish into with Solar Energy Corporation of the essence in contracts of this that it could not have reasonably of India). As various Indian states nature, the events on account of prevented the effect of the force have declared COVID-19 as an COVID-19 may lead to breach of majeure event and that such party ‘epidemic,’ the affected party may contractual obligations, resulting has taken all reasonable mitigation seek appropriate relief under force in financial implications in terms of measures to reduce the effect of majeure provisions in the contract, termination rights, damages or cost such an event. including suspension of obligations overruns resulting from suspension. Notably, on February 17, or extension of time for completion 2020, the China Council for the of obligations. That said, any In search of relief Promotion of International Trade procedural requirements for There exists huge uncertainty announced that it had issued over invoking force majeure provisions, as to the next course of action 1,600 force majeure certificates to like requirement of providing notice against COVID-19 in India – project companies in various sectors. In to the other party, must be met. developers need to plan efficiently India, on February 19, 2020, the In case, a contract does not provide to insulate the impact. From a Finance Ministry’s Department of for force majeure provisions, contractual obligation perspective, Expenditure issued a memorandum affected parties, where appropriate, developers must revisit contracts stating that COVID-19 should may claim relief on the grounds of impossibility or frustration in performance of contracts under the Indian Contract Act 1872. In view of the analysis above, it can be concluded that effective planning is critical to mitigate the risks in this evolving scenario. Relevant stakeholders should prepare and plan for the eventualities resulting from COVID-19.
Dibyanshu Prateek Sathyajith Nair Bhandari About the authors: Dibyanshu is Partner-Energy Infrastructure
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April 2020 Construction World 39 FEATURE-SCAFFOLDING & FORMWORK FORMWORK, FOR YOUR BUDGET The formwork industry is launching systems to reach out to customers who want modern technology at a lower price, or in a smaller quantity. Photo courtesy:Photo Ulma Formworks
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Infra projects and real estate in “For high-rise select cities is keeping the structured lift cores, Cut wage formwork industry alive. ULMA’s payments with “If I take away the impact of the hydraulic uncertainty the Coronavirus has climbing formwork systems caused of late, we have seen some system PERI encourages the use of recovery in infrastructure in the eliminates DUO, a universal application, past few months and mixed signals most manual labour.” lightweight, durable formwork in real estate, with cities like system (single system for walls, Hyderabad and Bengaluru doing - Surajit Ray, Managing Director, foundations, columns and slabs) Ulma Formworks well for us and some improvement that ensures high productivity and in Mumbai and Pune,” says reduces the need for skilled labour on site. “With DUO, the Keshab Chopra, Managing “Formwork is Director, India and SAARC, Doka. productivity of labour is 20-25 sq m traditionally “EN-certified formwork systems per man day, which is four to five are being specified by consultants bought for times higher than conventional and architects for infrastructure, large areas; formwork,” says Raj Lakhani, civil and building projects, to small Managing Director, PERI (India). induce speed while adhering to quantities of DUO has standard components high standards of construction formwork are and is easy to understand at site; safety and quality; this is spurring rarely made; we plan to thus, no skilled labours are demand for our products,” says change this.” required whereas, for conventional Surajit Ray, Managing Director, formwork, skilled carpenters and - Nitin Mittal, Managing Director, helpers are a must. Ulma Formworks. Knest Aluform ULMA’s CC4 and LGW formwork systems with modular Forming iconic structures panels for horizontal and vertical PERI India has implemented Statue of Unity, Agra-Lucknow structures respectively reduce the some landmark infrastructure Expressway, the Hyderabad, labour cost up to 60 per cent projects such as Mahatma Mandir, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Lucknow compared to conventional metros, Mumbai Trans-Harbour formwork systems where the Link, and Trichy and Pune airports. QUICK BYTES shuttering is required to be formed The Statue of Unity project used at site and then installed in place. 24 PERI RCS rail-climbing units for For high-rise lift cores, ULMA’s • Infra projects and real the wall of two elliptic-shaped cores hydraulic climbing system estate in select cities is of size 11.0 m x 8.50 m each, eliminates most manual labour,” keeping the structured starting at the feet of the structure points out Surajit Ray, Managing and reaching the shoulder level. Director, Ulma Formworks. formwork industry alive. PERI also provided an ACS self- Different Doka formwork climbing unit for lifting the boom systems deliver different savings on • Consultants and placer independently of a crane. cost of labour and have different architects are specifying Complex iconic structures and impact on project site productivity, bridges that have employed Doka explains Keshab Chopra, EN-certified formwork formwork include the Bandra-Versova Managing Director, Doka India systems for infra, civil Sea Link, Annaram Barrage, and and SAARC. Safety, speed and and building projects. Lodha’s World One and World View cost-efficiency are increasingly towers. Chopra estimates that becoming decisive factors for • Trend: Onsite training about half the high-rise buildings in success in tough day-to-day work India, metro stations and pylons are on construction sites. Doka being offered by constructed with Doka systems. formwork systems are optimised formwork companies. ULMA has recently provided precisely to meet these challenges. ATR, its climbing system formwork
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zero resale value and can be used only seven to eight times as against 200 repetitions typically for aluminium formwork. Also, formwork does away with the need for brickwork and river sand for plastering and is cost-effective; the interest saving from doubling the speed of construction exceeds the cost of the formwork.”
Look out for… Positive expectations are encouraging industry expansions. Doka’s recent launches in India aim Photo courtesy:Photo PERI (India) to expand its range of products to There are opportunities for formwork in the infrastructure sector, the mid-market. “In the past, we roads, railways including metros, affordable housing and airports. used to offer high-end solutions that could last 10 to 15 years. Seeing for the twin-lift cores of a prestigious investment climate to improve in the current scenario and available high-rise in New Delhi. With the Maharashtra because though there opportunity in the mid-market ATR system, all the platforms of the is a coalition government, it seems segment, we are offering more core jump together powered by to be stable.” versatile, easy-to-use, optimally hydraulic systems, thus saving a lot “We see many opportunities in priced systems with a life span of on formwork assembly and the infrastructure sector, roads, five to seven years with the same disassembly time, and ensuring railways including metros, high quality,” Chopra explains. safety to the highest standards at affordable housing and airports,” Consequently, Doka has recently elevated working levels. says Raj Lakhani, Managing launched Lightdek, an aluminium “Our technology is approved Director, PERI (India). slab system primarily focused on for the construction of leakage “Our aluminium formwork is building applications, and Framini and seepage-free flats,” says especially preferred by developers in the wall and column segment. Nitin Mittal, Managing Director, who want quality, good finish and Framini, the new framed Knest Aluform. “Some developers have sold stock, and therefore need formwork, exemplifies how a we work with are ATS and Nirala to construct a large number of units formwork system can improve World in Delhi, Naman Home quickly, to save on interest payments productivity at small and medium- Makers, Mumbai and Nyati Group, to buyers,” says Mittal. “So, we see sized construction sites, particularly Pune, for high-rise, affordable and huge scope for formwork. I reckon when residential, commercial and mid-sector projects. We have been only 10 per cent of the market is infrastructure projects have to be working with L&T, Tata, Tata using system formwork. Using wood built quickly, professionally and Projects, Shapoorji Pallonji, Godrej, is environmentally unfriendly. It has cost-effectively. The low weight and and contractors executing projects optimised ergonomics reduce the for the Prestige Group and others “With DUO, the work required for formwork in Bengaluru.” productivity of operations and make Framini a labour is fast and universally adaptable Positive expectations 4-5 times formwork system. Chopra sees a correlation higher than In India, Doka is trialling between the political climate and conventional Concremote, a product that enables investment in industry. “Wherever formwork.” contractors, consultants and asset the political climate is more stable, owners to measure the actual investments also improve, such as - Raj Lakhani, Managing Director, compressive strength as well as PERI (India) in Hyderabad. We expect the early-age quality parameters of
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formwork are rarely made. Knest Aluforms plans to change this, and thereby deliver the advantage of formwork to small developers and contractors to migrate them from wood to aluminium, shares Mittal.
Get skilled Some companies offer both onsite and offsite training; others only onsite support. Some charge for this service, some do not. ULMA offers site assistance. “A trained professional company engineer imparts technical training and provides practical demonstration to engineers and labours at site. Thereafter, ULMA’s site support Photo courtesy:Photo Doka Photo: Knest Aluform Knest Photo: engineers guide them for a couple Different formwork systems deliver different savings on cost of labour and of consecutive pours until the have different impact on project site productivity. carpenters and labour are comfortable with the system,” concrete. This ensures not only “We are (now) shares Ray. higher quality in construction, with offering more Doka offers onsite training to proper documentation and safer versatile, customers to improve onsite safety execution, but can also save a lot easy-to-use, and productivity; it is typically a part of time and money in the optimally- of the complete order, shares construction stage. priced systems Chopra. “We also conduct training PERI has recently introduced with a life in educational institutions and offer three new systems in India: on-premise workshops to certain span of 5-7 years with same PERI UP MI, a cutting-edge steel key institutional customers to high quality.” shoring and scaffolding solution educate their staff on formwork.” with a unique gravity lock that - Keshab Chopra, Managing Director, “PERI has developed a site- drops into a rosette opening owing India and SAARC, Doka supervising team that supports to its own weight and locks self- projects and offers free onsite actuating; PERI AlphaDeck, a Drop heads enable early and safe training to improve the knowledge modular aluminium slab formwork recovery of the formwork members of labour, supervisors and project system offering fast as well as safe keeping slab supports in place. engineers, and the productivity of forming operations with a ONADEK offers high assembly contracting partners,” shares Lakhani. systematic assembly sequence; and performance and maximum “Workshops at the PERI Academy, in Handset Alpha, a modular panel flexibility for residential and customer premises and construction formwork system suited for various commercial building projects. Being sites, also help disseminate walls and column applications, completely modular in design, it is knowledge related to formwork and which can be easily handled by capable of forming any type of slab scaffolding technologies.” only two people. with complex geometries where “We offer onsite training to all ULMA has recently launched a there are drop beams, columns or our customers as a free service,” new flex slab formwork system load-bearing walls. ONADEK was says Mittal. “Additionally, I visit a lot called ONADEK. This formwork recently used for a prestigious of higher education institutes to system is made of lightweight, memorial project in Mumbai. create awareness about formwork.” durable, galvanised steel members Formwork is traditionally bought - CHARU BAHRI supported on drop heads. for large areas; small quantities of To share your views on the market for Scaffolding & Formwork in India, write in at [email protected]
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“We are here to help save time and costs in projects.” - Jignasu Mehta, CEO, Outinord Formworks
Currently, only about for special projects such as nuclear 15-20 per cent of the market is power plants, power plants and using system formwork, while other public work projects. the rest still uses conventional We are here to help save time forms. However, “the increase and costs in projects. in cost of labour and the implementation of RERA, which How cost-effective are your is putting pressure on timely offerings for the building and delivery, along with other construction sectors? parameters are forcing the Outinord offers the most market and customers to use industrialised method of working, system formworks,” believes and so, we are always cost-effective. Jignasu Mehta, CEO, Outinord When involved in a project at the Formworks. “The momentum has beginning stage, we can offer already begun and we see more Jignasu Mehta, CEO, support in terms of value engineering. and more construction companies Outinord Formworks Our team has enormous experience moving towards system formworks.” working in different parts of the He shares more on the market and Introduce us to the new formwork world in different situations, so we the company’s offerings. and scaffolding technologies can give the best solution to our offered by the company. customers. We have the in-house Which sectors are driving We offer various innovative capability to provide support for maximum demand, and how do technologies such as tunnel training and also help customers you view the growth potential? formworks for housing projects. find solutions for contracting, We believe that infrastructure In a day's cycle, we undertake structural design and any other has a lot of demand. With deshuttering, shuttering, rebar and support required for project execution. housing also part of infrastructure concrete – which seems impossible We have started production of now, this sector will also drive for a normal construction company. some of the products in India, and a lot of demand due to Using tunnel formwork requires we serve our customers from our government initiatives as well only three to four semi-skilled persons, factory in Pune. as the affordable housing needs. helpers and a crane. This gives an Developers are also now planning advantage to customers in terms of Do you offer customised as well as projects under the affordable time and cost savings along with standards solutions? housing initiative. Demand is great quality and superb building All our specialised solutions already increasing, with more life with minimal maintenance. make use of standard products. projects coming from different Further, we are introducing our We try to be more modular so all state governments and the modular wall forms for smaller our forms can be used for future Central Government. projects. This is a flexible and useful projects and for the long term. We have received a project at solution for building industrial shed All our efforts are towards Rajkot under the Global Housing and factories. With this form, it is modular products that offer more Technology Challenge initiated by possible to build at 30 linear m useful life, that are more cost- Prime Minister Narendra Modi. walls in one day with just eight effective, and with easy construction It is called the light house project workers. We are planning to methods. We, at Outinord, always for the Central and state introduce this product in the market believe in giving best quality governments to check speed, cost May 2020 onwards. products, services and delights and all other parameters. Besides, we also have formworks to our customers.
April 2020 Construction World 45 FEATURE-ROOFING & CLADDING Assorted Tops and Sides CW explores the use of polycarbonate, metal, glass and solar panels for roofs and façades. Polycarbonate/Roof At Allahabad Airport, the Sunpal® leakproof modular polycarbonate system was innovatively installed as a canopy ceiling by inverted hidden seam methodology for a smooth seamless look from under the canopy. The architecture was designed to simile a wave to enhance the aesthetics as per the architect’s design. “At the Oberoi Mall (Goregaon East, Mumbai), our customer opted for Palram after inspecting mock-ups from multiple companies, for its better aesthetics and performance,” shares Ali Nasir Durrany, National Manager, Projects, Palram. There, the adjacent Sunpal® panels were connected by standing seam technology to ensure it courtesy:Photo Palram was completely leakproof. Sunpal® vault-shaped skylight over the atrium of the Pheonix systems are backed by a 15-year Marketcity mall in Lucknow. “That customer opted for warranty covering all performance ® Ali Nasir Sunlite for its ability to bend in two directions,” shares aspects such as light transmission, Durrany Durrany. To ensure system quality and performance, colour, breakage and leakage. Sunlite® was supplied with a complete set of joineries Another interestingly shaped roof made of and special extruded aluminium and gasket sets Palram’s Sunlite® multiwall polycarbonate sheets is the designed in Israel.
Polycarbonate/Façade visual comfort against glare. Architect Rahul Spall of Spall Associates explains Polycarbonate panels are more commonly used for the rationale behind the design of the elevation: outdoor roofing. However, these can also create “The structure has a double height space dedicated to interesting translucent facades that let in more natural electronics assembly and mezzanine floors for offices. light. The façade of the three-storied, 1,500 sq m It is oriented towards the north and receives ample premises of Synergy Solutions and Systems in DLF natural light throughout the day. We placed with the light Industrial Area, panels wrap on the northeast corner staircase and the Faridabad, third-floor offices to maximise the light in the space. makes use of The diffused translucent light panels perfectly Danpal complement the stark dark brown tile translucent ice cladding on the façade.” colour panels of “Danpal’s AIR PT system used for 900 mm width the project is especially designed for and 22 mm façades, and provides the seamless thickness. watertight, airtight installation of Their ‘softlite’ Danpal panels,” adds Niraj Borikar, Photo courtesy:Photo Danpal finishing offers Country Manager, Danpal.
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Aluminium (metal)/Façade Centrum Project is a joint initiative of Fenkin Reality and Square Feet located in the heart of Thane’s commercial sector, at the junction of three roads. Principle Architect of KNS Architects Shresht Kashyap visualised a 16-storey commercial building that would not look like a typical glass box, with all four elevations having multiple different architectural features like overlap façade, resist façade, mix of unitized and semi-unitized façade, multiple level setbacks to allow the creation of terraced gardens, etc. On the south and west elevations, the façade uses very high-performance glass to control heat gain. On the lower floor, he courtesy: India Photo Schueco conceptualised unique perforated sheet cladding. The architect wanted all the beams and railing panels to be integrated in unique solution helped surmount this challenge. the façade. So, after consultations with The biggest challenge for Schueco in designing the façade consultant Praveen Chaubey façade and for the executing contractor 3D Mega of Façade Design Factory, Piyush Structures was to create an offset between the two façade Srivastava, National Façade Manager, lines. As the allowable offset by the codes was only Schueco India, suggested the use of 300 mm, jutting out was not an option; the only option Schueco’s aluminium unitized Piyush Srivastava was to go inside the building. So, one set of panels was construction façade (UC 65 SG.NI) fixed at 300 mm while another was pulled inside the with the aluminium stick construction (SC 50 SG.NI) for building. This, in turn, helped to eliminate leakages and a double skin with aluminium façade opening units maintained the structural integrity of the panel. (AW 58.NI). “The unitized panel was designed to cover “This is one of best unitized façade projects ever the bottom beam and rise further up from the slab level executed in India,” opines Srivastava. “Now, developers to serve as the railing panel. In certain areas, the façade are realising that engineered façades from system panels were as high as 625 mm,” explains Srivastava. companies like Schueco offer advantages compared to Offering the system at a competitive price was a conventional local façade systems. Schueco offers end-to- challenge, as this project was in Thane. Innovative end solutions. It is also important to have a visionary façade detailing by the façade consultant and Schueco’s architect and hire a knowledgeable façade consultant.”
Steel/Façade and roof state-of-the-art Emami factory in Guwahati. This particular structure houses offices. A functional façade of brickwork up to 7 ft (with a A 10-m cantilever canopy connecting to the wall few windows thrown in) and, thereafter, steel sheets structure was designed for another marks one of the main buildings of a 17,540-sq-m, building housing machinery. This structure has two mezzanine levels with a concrete deck. “Logistics, installation and stability were the biggest challenges in implementing this project as the site lies in a high seismic zone,” explains Alakesh Roy, Managing Director, Zamil Steel Alakesh Roy India. “The structure needed to Photo courtesy: India Photo Zamil Steel maintain ductility. Zamil Steel modelled the entire building structure in STAAD Pro with seismic 3D analysis.”
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Solar tiles/Roof Solar roof tiles build on the concept of integrating the solar solution with the building structure, technically called built integrated photovoltaics. “Solar roof tiles from Anu Solar Power are built in the exact mould of Jomy Joseph single-groove Mangalore tiles or Thrissur tiles with the idea of easing retrofits of
roofs making use of conventional tiles,” explains courtesy:Photo Anu Solar Power Jomy Joseph, Director, Anu Solar Power. Existing conventional tiles just need to be replaced with the solar roof tile. The individual dead load of the “Solar roof tile tiles put together and their interlocking mechanism is passionately keeps them in place. No sealant or bolts to the trusses designed and are needed, nor do the purlins and trusses need rigorously any modification. engineered to give Solar roof tiles by Anu Solar have been used for you leakproof, off-grid installations in residential and commercial aesthetics that will properties in Southern India, with capacities beginning continue to from 1 kWp onwards. generate power for While aesthetics was the main inspiration, ease of over 25 years,” he installation and translucence of the tiles are added continues. “Also, the design ensures that no water advantages influencing the use of the solar roof tile. remains stagnant on the solar roof tile; owing to the Explaining the economics that drove the installation, natural slope, the water flows through the ridges Joseph says, “Commercially, this solution works out provided in the design. Further, the solar roof tile cheaper than conventional solar panels. Solar roof tiles produces 20 per cent more power than conventional cost `375 plus taxes per piece with 12 W capacity, solutions because the installation is only marginally which converts to `31 per W, or even less, `25 per W, impacted by the shadow effect. Only the tiles under the if you deduct the cost of the two Mangalore tiles shade will be affected as there are bypass diodes across (`35 per piece) replaced by each solar roof tile. each 12 W solar roof tile, whereas shade on any part of Also, solar roof tiles need no additional structure or a conventional panel of 330 W and higher capacity can civil works, unlike conventional modules. The cost of drop the output by over 70 per cent. In solar roof tile, solar roofing is as low as 250 per sq ft considering the the impact is significantly reduced as only tiles that are solar roof tile alone.” completely shaded will have a drop in generation.”
Solar panels/Façades installed 2,466 high-efficiency mono-crystalline-building “Mumbai houses India’s largest integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) building integrated photovoltaic series WSM 350 Wp Waaree power plant, and the first ever such frameless solar panels and system constructed for a data nine inverters, each with a courtesy:Photo U-Solar centre,” shares KR Harinarayan, capacity of 55 kW. Custom- Founder and CEO, U-Solar. designed aluminium rails As the building is cemented on were used as the module all four sides, a glass façade was KR Harinarayan mounting structure. The result considered essential to add to its is a 863.1 kWp capacity solar aesthetic appeal. But instead of applying glass, U-Solar power generating façade.
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At a residential property in Ahmedabad, Navitas Solar installed BIPV multi-crystalline panels with a transparent backsheet, allowing a 5-6 mm gap between the cells (instead of the standard 2 mm) to let in natural light, shares Vineet Mittal, Director, Navitas Solar. “We offer panels for Vineet Mittal façades (costing `350-400 per sq ft excluding the cost of inverters, etc) as well as roofs.
However, promoting green façades depends primarily on Solar courtesy:Photo Navitas architects designing structures.”
Solar panels/Façades both sunlight and rain reach the glass. “Glass is such a versatile material that with the value Pilkington Activ™ glass additions done on it, we are now has been used in the able to use it beyond the usual overhead glazing at applications,” says Aditya Bhutani, Kannur International Director & COO, AIS Glasxperts. Airport (about 500 sq m), Citing the AIS Glass Villa in Goa, SNS Business Park, Surat designed by Tarun Tahiliani, Bhutani (about 300 sq m), and the points out that “glass can be efficiently Pratibha Prakash used as roof cladding, enabling one to Aditya Bhutani Residence, Bengaluru enjoy the beauty of nature and yet be (350 sq ft), where the
protected from the vagaries of weather.” owner opted for the courtesy:Photo AIS Glasxperts AIS Glass Villa uses laminated glass on the roof. product “to cover almost “Glass can be used for skylights, canopies or sloped the entire length of the façades,” observes Rajiv Balaggan, house, to keep the Sales Head, Architectural Glass house bright while not India, Pilkington Glass India. letting in heat,” says Photo: Knest Aluform Knest Photo: “Laminated glass is safer and hence Pratibha Prakash. better for these applications as well as “Laminated, tempered
for various other benefits like acoustic Pilkington Activ™ glass courtesy:Photo Pilkington India Glass insulation, ultraviolet protection and blocks over 60 per cent of Rajiv Balaggan the possibility of versatile designs.” UV rays, and is the best glass for skylights,” says Cleaning and maintenance are a Pratibha Prakash. concern when using glass in overhead glazing because At Delta Square, Gurugram (about 4,000 sq m, dust particles settle on the glass surface, obstructing the double-glazed unit), and in the Tata Steel Administration view. Especially for hard-to-reach and difficult-to-clean Building, Kalinganagar (about 5,000 sq m, single windows and skylights where organic dirt normally laminated), this glass has been used in the façade. collects, Balaggan recommends Pilkington Activ™ glass, When used in a double-laminated form to address which has self-cleaning properties. safety and maintenance concerns, the second glass Pilkington Activ™ glass has a hard microscopic could be clear float glass or energy-saving, coated glass coating that reacts with daylight to break down organic to achieve solar and/or thermal insulation properties, dirt; when it rains, rainwater spreads evenly, running off suggests Balaggan. (6-mm Pilkington Activ™ clear in a sheet and taking loosened dirt with it, also drying annealed glass in standard sheet size costs `150 sq ft, quickly without leaving streaks. So, it works best where ex Mumbai.)
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“Technologically-advanced façades are adaptive and active in nature.” - Ashwani Khanna, AVP-Marketing, FunderMax India
For more than a decade, glass, making a building more in-tune stone, wood, metal or ACP has with the weather and climatic always been the conventional conditions of the region. choice of material for exterior cladding. "Times have changed Introduce us to recent technology now, modern and innovative innovations for cladding solutions? materials such as exterior grade FunderMax shading system called laminates, (as per EN438-6), fiber Max Lato is a louver system, reinforced concrete, metal claddings specifically aimed at improving (zinc, copper, and steel) are creating daylighting, glare mitigation and a healthy disruption in the market," energy-efficiency, without believes Ashwani Khanna, AVP- compromising on occupant comfort. Marketing, FunderMax India. Another new addition, which "The differentiating advantages of is also the need of the market Ashwani Khanna, AVP-Marketing, Max Exterior (FunderMax) are Fundermax India right now, is the rivetless soffit eco-friendliness, thermal efficiency, system. There was a need expressed energy renewability and shading louver system as functional by many architects and clients sustainability." He shares more on attire for built spaces, and a for a soffit system without rivets, the company’s solutions. Rivetless soffit system – FS01. as it hindered the view for seamless soffits. Some of the specific Which of your new products are What are your offerings in the requirements include a seamless making inroads into the market? green building segment? soffit system, smaller strips (width Cladding can be looked at from Many offices today are ready to of panels), and closed grooves. functional and aesthetical values. go the extra mile to explore and The application engineering team Technologically-advanced façades experiment with newer cladding at FunderMax, after intensive are adaptive in nature. They are systems, and this has significantly design analysis and trials, has customised to better suit the increased the market demand for developed the same, known as functional requirements of the efficient cladding materials. Sun path FS01 system. This seamless soffit building and cater to the sustainability analysis, wind loading patterns, cladding system is sure to give and efficiency aspects of a building dynamic sun shading, and thermally- your buildings character while throughout their life span. efficient materials are some of the enhancing the aesthetics. A team of highly skilled structural factors that are considered to Technology also plays an experts work behind the scenes at achieve the best functional output important role in the manufacturing FunderMax to meticulously design from a green certified façade. stage. The Original FunderMax individual systems for every The Max Lato series from panels are manufactured using building. The panels are doubly FunderMax is a new-age shading patented NT technology and are hardened with anti-graffiti system that has slats for enhancing in accordance with EN438-6, properties, which make them easier visual and thermal comfort of EN438-7 and CE certified. At the to maintain. FunderMax panels occupants. These are made of execution level, FunderMax offers provide high design freedom for Max Exterior panels of FunderMax the complete system and authorised people who create. Our façade and can be fixed at any position business partners for installation. systems are long-lasting and according to the building location. The panels are installed following sustainable, and help in reducing A passive architectural solution rear ventilated principle using the carbon footprint. Some of our that comes with a multitude of the installation system developed recent offerings are Max Lato, a sun installation possibilities, this helps in by FunderMax.
April 2020 Construction World 51 TECHNOLOGY Construction Waste Control MANASA N and DR NIRMALA DB write on the cost-optimisation technique for the waste management of construction materials.
The amount of waste generated by both, the design and construction planning and scheduling, and helps construction and demolition is phases, in the construction of a to ensure just-in-time arrival of tremendous. Materials used by three-storied building. labour, equipment and materials. the construction industry pass Better construction planning and through a number of processes BIM benefits management using BIM can also before they are eventually Various techniques were significantly reduce construction and incorporated in construction. proposed to quantify and control demolition waste generation by In other words, waste is any construction wastes successfully. avoiding rework and unnecessary inefficiency that results in the use of BIM can manage construction and material handling, and by efficiently equipment, materials, labour, or demolition waste by avoiding design using raw materials based on capital in larger quantities than problems and reworks. It facilitates accurate measurement for material those considered as necessary in the project contributors to enhance ordering, layout and cutting. the production of a building. the strategies and technologies in To create a BIM model, a BIM tool Further, according to some the planning, construction and is needed. There are currently researchers, waste in construction demolition process, thereby managing several companies providing and manufacturing includes and minimising construction and software for BIM, such as Autodesk, delay times, quality costs, lack demolition waste efficiently. Bentley Systems, Nemetschek of safety rework, unnecessary BIM is one of the spatial and Graphisoft. For this study, transportation trips, long distances, technologies as well as data Autodesk Revit Architecture is used improper choice of management, communication technologies to demonstrate the creation of a methods or equipment, and commonly used in the architecture, 3D BIM model. poor constructability. engineering and construction In this article, we delve into how industry, and can be systematically Project planning and scheduling a single building information and efficiently integrated with Objectives of planning: modelling (BIM) model helps identification and data-acquisition • Minimise time consumption integrate cost optimisation for technologies. It provides improved • Remove the uncertainty or minimise risk 3D Architectural Model • Reduce resource usage • To improve the efficiency of operation • Give early warnings in case of a potential problem.
Objectives of the work: • To identify the potential opportunities of BIM for efficient construction and demolition waste management and minimisation in the planning, design, construction, and demolition phases • To understand the key design measures for driving waste minimisation in construction projects
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• To propose a model for an monitoring the quantity of variation Resources are the quality estimate of construction waste of structural elements of the and quantity of items required during the execution process of project. Developing a BIM model for the complete project. The buildings through design and helps to know the original variation resource analysis will ensure production features of the material quantities. The that the organisation undertakes • To examine the construction waste-generation property is not a the project with effective demolition waste generation flow default family of the 3D BIM resource management. progression during the Revit model. This is an additional construction of buildings parameter incorporated by the Results • To explore a model and user to the Revit model. The Mainly, waste generation is establish sets of design waste-generation level is the key considered on construction strategies for waste-efficient data required for the waste- materials such as concrete, blocks, construction projects. generation property. Thus, it can plywood and steels. Miscellaneous create a new parameter from the materials, such as nails, binding Methodology Cloud and modify the necessary wires, shutter oil and cover blocks, An apartment building with parameters in the property window. are also considered. three storeys (G+3) is used As per the site data collection, for development of the waste Analysis the amount of wastage of quantification process. The material Activities are the basic and materials is shown in the table. specification used includes concrete functional key elements of a It is an ongoing project and, until of M10 and M25 mix and coarse project. They should have durations, now, the total wastage of cost for aggregate of 20 mm and 40 mm costs, and resource and role concrete, blocks, steels, plywood nominal size. requirements. Each activity is and other miscellaneous materials The method adopted consists of interrelated with relationship. is `512,304. three stages. First, a prototypical After the list of activities, duration framework of a computational and the relationship assigned to Cost overrun owing to 3D BIM model for construction each and every activity, the next step time delay: waste quantification is developed is to schedule the project. Primavera As per the scheduling done in Revit software. Second, the project management starts the in Primavera, the cost overrun waste-generation level is introduced schedule from the start of the of the project can be calculated. in Revit software in which the model project and continues till the close This apartment building is developed. Third, quantified of the project, giving an early start (G+3) project is concluded as waste from the tool is compared and early finish to each activity. per planning. with the waste generated of an ongoing construction project. Cost owing to time delay is Calculating the total cost overrun for current calculated using Primavera P6 design options software. Further, the results are Total cost owing to waste generated at site: verified with the original site data. Unlike traditional methods that Waste type Wastes Cost (`) use lines, points and arcs to draw Concrete in cu m 32.0362 112,559.4 the building components, a Blocks in numbers 7,669.354 350,895.7 designer directly uses 3D digital objects to create the model in Plywood in numbers 7,701.39 44,756.8 commercial BIM software, Revit Steel in kg 1,490.79 65,371.15 2017. This is often referred to as the Nails in kg 35.2992 1,774.26 ‘Construction Model’. The waste quantification Shutter oil in lit 76.913 2,307.39 method was incorporated to the Cover blocks in numbers 112.205 100 project using a 3D BIM model. Binding wires in kg 19.911 1,181.121 The system quantifies the onsite waste-generation level by Total cost wasted on site 512,304
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Comparison and verification of results with site data Type of materials On-site Results Actual cost in- Optimised cost in Percentage of consumed from Revit curred on site (`) Revit (`) waste on site (%) Concrete in cu m 481.2556 449.2194 1,696,640 1,584,081 8% Blocks in numbers 142,053.3 134,494.4 6,601,932.37 6,251,036 6% Plywood in numbers 684.988 633.226 514,657.6 475,120 8% Steel in kg 45,731.39 44,240.6 2,005,321.452 1,939,950 3.5% Binding wire in kg 594.541 574.63 34,087.02 35,268.1721 3.5% Nails in kg 424.158 391.926 22,645.806 80,871.539 8% Shutter oil in litre 188.278 121.71 5,648.346 3,651.3 15% Cover blocks 1,926.93 17,811.1 2,600 1,250 3% Total cost 10,883,532.59 10,371,228.01
• As planned: Project duration material handling and operational be achieved by using BIM 3D – 536 days | Planned budget attributes. This report proposes a waste quantification. – `31,550,252 computational BIM for construction • The extra cost from wastes • After updating with day-to-day waste management by first generated at site works to be progress report: Original developing a 3D BIM model that 2 per cent of the estimated cost. duration – 619 days | Actual cost gives a BIM-based quantification • The extra cost owing to time – `32,019,004 of components. The computational delay on site works out • According to the results obtained, BIM model developed in the to be 1.5 per cent of the the project is still progressing and study will automatically calculate estimated cost. delayed by about two months as the waste generation quantities • Extra cost owing to waste per the plan; the cost overrun and estimate the potential amount generation is worked out to be owing to time delay is added to of waste generated through `512,304 and cost overrun the overall budget BIM take-off. The site collected because of time delay is • As per scheduling: Total labour data is incorporated into the `468,752. Hence, 3.5 per cent cost – `15,294,305 | Total developed model to estimate the extra cost is added to the material cost – `16,724,699 | waste amount. budgeted amount. Total cost – `32,019,004 | Thus, a 3D BIM waste-generation • Thus, BIM can help minimise the Total amount of work done – model was formulated for an waste generated at site by 85 per cent work completed | ongoing construction project. continuous monitoring and Estimated cost – `31,550,252 From this, it is concluded that: keeping updates on waste • Cost overrun owing to time • BIM can be used effectively for optimisation separately. delay: Total cost (`32,019,004) waste quantification. minus estimated cost • 8 per cent of concrete About the authors: (`31,550,252) = `468,752, waste reduction can be Manasa N, BE in Civil which is largely because of achieved by using BIM 3D Engineering and MTech in time delay waste quantification. Infrastructure Engineering and • Total cost owing to wastage and • 3.5 per cent of steel waste Management, is Assistant time delay: `468,752 plus reduction can be achieved by Professor at the Mysuru Royal Institute of Technology. 512,304 = `981,056. using BIM 3D waste quantification. • 6 per cent of blocks waste Dr DB Nirmala, BE in Civil Conclusion reduction can be achieved by Engineering and MTech in It is concluded that the wastage using BIM 3D waste quantification. Industrial Structures, is of material in the construction • 35 per cent of miscellaneous Assistant Professor at the industry is mainly because of site materials like plywood, nails, JSS Science and Technology management, procurement stage, binding wire and shutter oil can University, Mysuru. To share your views, write in at [email protected]
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Swanky Station! The newly revamped Manduadih railway station in Uttar Pradesh is benchmarked to global standards, yet reflects the local spirit.
A railway station that looks less while AK Singh of IIT (BHU) was the like a regular railway station and structural designer. more like an airport terminal! Construction was completed in That’s the Manduadih railway about two-and-a-half years. It cost station in Uttar Pradesh – about `320-340 million to construct revamped with a world-class look. the building and circulating areas. The building – that can easily be This does not include the cost of the mistaken for a corporate office – five platforms developed. not only boasts of a fabulous aesthetic but features various The features passenger-friendly amenities. Earlier, Manduadih was a NK Pathak, Assistant Divisional small railway station with only Town Engineer, North Eastern Design and construction three platforms. It has now been Railway, Varanasi For any project, including revamped by adding five more Manduadih railway station, platforms, a new entry and a new the platform side. Further, planning comes first, followed by building. Manduadih now has eight the hall or concourse in the station design; work commences after platforms, constructed according to premises, which also consists approval. As NK Pathak, Assistant the railway stations’ clear-standing of the lounge area, is 18 m wide Divisional Town Engineer, North length specifications. and 54 m long. Eastern Railway, Varanasi, shares, The station building is a double- the station was designed by the storey structure with a height of Construction methods Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), 198 m and built area of 18 m. The façade of the building Varanasi. Architect Kishore Kapoor The building has made extensive structure consists of toughened glass, was involved in the planning, use of glass; it even has glass on while the columns and beams have
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been covered with ACPs (aluminium comes under the B-class earning washrooms, stainless steel benches, composite panels). The PP shelter category. The passenger amenities PP shelter, seating arrangement, of the main entrance has also used provided are definitely more than waiting lounges that are fully ACP for its roofing and ceiling. the specifications as per the air-conditioned, a 20-bed dormitory Further, galvanised sheets, B-class category. and a huge food court plaza. procured from Proflex, are a special Facilities provided include Further, Wi-Fi facilities and CCTV material used in the construction of air-conditioning at most cameras have been installed all the hall. These are self-supported places, drinking water facilities, over the station. The premises are for the roofing. A unique technique well-lit with LED lights. Moreover, in the roofing was the use of sheets two sets (up and down) of escalators that were prefabricated and weaved Project Details as well as two elevators have been later for the roof. The roofing was installed at the station; another a 100-per-cent success without any Location: Uttar Pradesh. elevator has also been proposed leakage in the monsoons. Master planner and project for installation. There is also a consultant: Architect Kishore Besides, granite, tile, PPC and Kapoor, Varanasi. taxiway and parking facilities OPC cement, stone, sand, brick Designer and structural available with a separate auto and other usual materials have consultant: AK Singh, IIT (BHU), stand as well. What’s more, been used in the construction of the Varanasi. fountains have been set up to project. PPC cement of grade Construction contractors: beautify the circulating areas. M25 and stainless steel of grade Rajni Singh, CL Gupta, Rockhill, Cleanliness at the station is top- SS304 with anti-rust properties AK Constructions, RK Constructions, notch with the platforms being clean have been used. Ramesh Tiwari. and well-maintained. The contract In terms of construction HVAC consultant: Internal for cleanliness is undertaken by the equipment, the project used concrete Landscape architects: Internal health department. mixing machines on site. It has also Lighting: Philips Lighting India. Notably, while the station is undertaken rainwater harvesting on Website: www.lighting.philips.co.in benchmarked to international site. All the rainwater, right from the Flooring/tiles: Kajaria Ceramics. standards, the architecture Website: www.kajariaceramics.com; roof to circulating areas, is collected Johnson Tiles. still reflects the spirit of Kashi. into a pond and used. Website: www.johnson-tiles.com A true example of being global Paints: Berger Paints. with a local flavour! Passenger amenities Website: www.bergerpaints.com Manduadih railway station - SERAPHINA D’SOUZA Know of a landmark project? Write in at [email protected]
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“India offices add significant value to our global projects.” - Rajiv Menon, Managing Director, Black & Veatch India
adapted for the Asia-Pacific region. LNG facilities for the 5 mmtpa plant Rajiv Menon, Managing Director, in Jafrabad. The new FSRU will be Black & Veatch India, shares more moored to a fixed jetty and re-gasify on the firm’s operations and plans, imported LNG to enable distribution in an exclusive interview with CW. by pipeline and road tanker. Completion by a Black & Veatch Tell us about services offered to consortium of a project at Prayagraj the power, oil and gas, and water is one of our first contributions to infrastructure sectors in India. ‘Namami Gange’. The project lays Our current landmark EPC the foundation for the creation of projects are the LNG regasification new sewerage and wastewater terminal at Ennore for Indian Oil treatment infrastructure, Corporation and India's first floating enhancement of existing sewers and storage and regasification unit treatment plant, and the long-term (FSRU) liquefied natural gas import operation of the city’s wastewater What began 100 years ago – an terminal for Swan LNG at Jafrabad. system. The role of the consortium unwavering commitment to safety, The Ennore terminal, with a send- has been to establish a framework accountability and customer service out capacity of 5 mt, commenced for the PPP concession to develop – is alive and thriving today. operations last year, paving the way and manage the new infrastructure Since 1915, Black & Veatch has for supply of LNG to high gas for meeting new wastewater delivered reliable, innovative, demand southern states, particularly treatment standards. future-ready infrastructure solutions. Tamil Nadu and some parts of The company has been supporting Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. What are the complex challenges communities in India since 1915, The ongoing Swan project will see you foresee in the India market? and provides a full range of the fulfilment of the EPC contract to Many Indian infrastructure life-cycle solutions, scaled and deliver the jetty topside and onshore projects – including those in the
A current landmark EPC project by Black & Veatch includes the LNG regasification terminal at Ennore.
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power sector – are affected by time overruns, placing project viability at risk. Delays in land acquisition and site handover remain key reasons for schedule overruns during the pre-execution phase. Government guidelines to speed up the process plus the online clearance application system are helping address these challenges, but the problem remains stubborn. With fragmented land ownership, resolving cost and compensation issues can take a long time. Floating solar offers an exciting alternative to conventional solar Most water bodies, however, are infrastructure investments. owned by utilities and governments. This can make floating solar an and project results correlate to attractive alternative to land-based successful outcomes on schedule, projects. If the floating solar array is FACT FILE cost and quality. built near hydropower plants and • Year of establishment of • Black & Veatch can bring global raw water reservoirs of thermal registered offices (in India): project management expertise plants, developers can leverage 2003 (Black & Veatch has been that delivers seamless, existing power facilities, such as supporting projects in India since predictable results. The ability to 1915 through overseas entities) transmission lines. The EPC cost is bring together EPC and • No. of employees: 800+ higher for floating solar than commissioning activities in a • Segments of operations: onshore solar. However, with seamless manner without gaps is Oil and gas, power, water, data floating solar farms achieving centre, telecom and critical. This starts with keeping additional generation owing to the management consulting the end in mind and pulling cooling effects of water, the levelised • Services offered: Lump-sum together all aspects of the project. cost from both forms of solar array engineering, procurement, • Look for an EPC company is comparable. construction, commissioning that encourages Offshore wind is another way in (EPCC) or design and build (DB) ownership engagement. which land acquisition challenges basis; roles include owner’s • Seek a company with strong risk can be mitigated, and it is among engineer, lender’s engineer, management practices. the most reliable forms of renewable detail engineering consultant, energy. The further offshore you go, project management consultant How do you see the influx of various the better the wind resource; with and management consulting new technologies contributing to fixed bottom wind being the norm • Completed projects: IOCL successful project execution? Ennore, 5 mmtpa LNG Import, for near-shore or shallow water, One way to mitigate operational Storage and Regasification floating wind technology will be key Terminal; Reliance Jamnagar complexities in integrated power to harnessing the wind flowing over DTA Refinery-Tail Gas Treating infrastructures is through autonomous deeper offshore waters. Unit (TGTU); 2 x 300-MW management. An autonomous coal-fired power plant; interface can integrate core Elaborate upon the company’s among others. components of the grid to optimise approach towards delivering safe, • Ongoing projects: Jetty power output. Core components of reliable and integrated solutions topside and onshore facilities, the grid include renewable and to projects in India. FSRU-based LNG project; conventional energy; energy storage We have identified four key areas services for SO2, NOX, SPM and and microgrids. Artificial Intelligence that we believe make a difference in Mercury Control Systems for (AI), with its capability to support 2 x 600 MW Baradarha Power delivering a successful project. analytics, forecasting and Station; AQC system installation • Look for a strong safety culture. at 2 x 300 TPH CFBC boilers. automated decision making, is key World-class safety programmes to the success of Asia’s energy
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initiatives such as predictive asset Making Infrastructure Meaningful maintenance offer forecasting and Over the years, Black & Veatch has made a meaningful contribution to real-time monitoring. India’s critical infrastructure. Here are some highlights: One of the key offerings from Black & Veatch is ASSET 360. WATER Operational plants are monitored • The Kerala Water Supply Project: The largest single water supply project remotely on a 24 x 7 basis by a in Kerala, the project served to augment and rehabilitate the water supply team of subject matter experts. system in Trivandrum, Kozhikode, Pattuvam, Cherthala and Meenad. If there are any anomalies in the • Bombay Sewerage Project: Engineering and project management operational parameters, early services for the Bombay Sewerage Project, serving a population of over warnings and proactive analysis are 10 million. shared with the owner, helping the • Arsenic reduction in ground water; Delhi and West Bengal: The firm plant operations team to take quick was appointed to assist the decontamination of groundwater in 150,000 steps to mitigate any potential issue. wells in West Bengal. The wells were polluted with naturally occurring We have a well-equipped facility in arsenic at concentrations significantly higher than the 10 µg/l value Pune, staffed with Indian recommended by the WHO. The total population at risk was professionals, which helps projects approximately 60 million. across the globe in this area. RENEWABLE POWER How much does India contribute Historically, the firm has helped the development of solar capacity through works like its owner’s engineer role for AES Solar’s 15-MW solar to the group company’s overall PV array in Charanka, Gujarat. This was India’s first multi-developer, global business? multi-technology solar park. Black & Veatch’s India operations are an integral part of our global CONVENTIONAL POWER setup. Apart from capturing and • Adani Group’s 5 x 660 MW coal-fired power plant in Tiroda: Owner’s executing projects in the region, engineer for the first supercritical technology-based facility in Maharashtra. India offices also add significant • Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project: Project management, engineering, value to global projects. Over the design review and technical services, including the completion of past few years, we have grown conceptual and balance of plant design, for a 3,960-MW pit-head, multiple times in terms of coal-based power plant in Madhya Pradesh. headcount, number of business • Samalkot Power Plant: The firm worked with Reliance Power on a operations, and financials. Apart sole-source basis to design a 2,500-MW combined cycle facility. It also from traditional areas like oil and supported the design of a GIS and high-voltage cable system associated gas, power – both conventional and with the project. Samalkot is among the largest gas-fired plants of its renewable generation – and water, kind in India. we are also active in areas like data centres, distributed energy and EV GAS PROCESSING charging. We have executed various Reliance Petroleum’s Jamnagar Refinery is one of the world’s largest pioneer projects in these areas in greenfield oil refining complexes. Black & Veatch successfully installed the the US and other parts of the globe, three original sulphur processing units, and a later expansion programme and are keen to utilise this experience including a new 3 x 675 mt per day cold-bed absorption sulphur and add value to projects in this recovery unit, and new common 2,025 mt per day tail gas treating unit. region. We also offer management The expanded complex had a total sulphur processing nominal capacity of consulting services involving projects 6 x 675 tonne per day. across the critical infrastructure areas of oil and gas, power and transition. The large quantity of data ensure that renewable energy plants water through our Management collected by smart sensors is are operating to their optimal Consulting business in India and particularly useful for renewable potential. This promotes grid stability Asia. Our revenues for 2018 stood energy applications. As wind and while addressing the intermittent at $3.5 billion – this included a sunlight affect power generation nature of renewables. At the same significant contribution from Asia, production, sensors and smart grids time, digital transformation including India. To share your views, write in at [email protected]
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LEGAL ZONE Effective Dispute Resolution
GURANPREET SINGH SARNA elaborates on the changing landscape of arbitration in construction. Construction disputes are highly National Highways Authority of arbitrator in terms of Section 3G(5) complex and parties are resorting India v. Sayedabad Tea Estate of the Act 1956 within a period of to dispute resolution and arbitration The moot question that arises 30 days with prior intimation to the to resolve them. Arbitration is one in this matter is whether the respondents. As the litigation has of the most preferred mechanisms application under Section 11 of consumed 12 years, it is considered to resolve disputes. The issues the Arbitration and Conciliation appropriate to further observe prevalent in construction largely Act 1996 is maintainable in view that the arbitrator so appointed carry high stakes, involved in of Section 3G(5) of the National by the Central Government may infrastructure projects, assessment Highways Act 1956. It is concluded adjudicate and decide the dispute of damages, study of data and that the National Highways within a reasonable time but in no involvement of specific technical Act 1956 will prevail over the case later than six months after the expertise. Some landmark Arbitration and Conciliation respondent/applicant record its judgements that have proven Act 1996. presence in the proceedings. The effective are discussed in this In the said matter, the Court Apex Court held that the expression article for a comprehensive upheld that the Central Government ‘subject to’ as used in Section understanding of the sector. shall consider and appoint an 3G(5) of the National Highways Act
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clearly indicates that the legislation arbitrator without resorting to the second, a plea that pertains to intended to give overriding effect procedure for appointment of an statutory disqualification of the to the provisions of the National arbitrator prescribed under nominated arbitrator can be raised Highways Act where it relates to the Clause 64(3) of the contract under before the court in application appointment of the arbitrator to be the inbuilt mechanism as agreed by preferred under Section 11(6) of made by the Central Government. the parties. the Act, for such an application is Therefore, it was held that Consequently, the orders passed not incompetent. Section 11 of 1996 Act has no by the High Court are quashed It is concluded that once the application in the present case. and set aside. The appellants are arbitrator has become ineligible directed to appoint the arbitrator by operation of law, he cannot Union of India v. Parmar in terms of clause 64(3) of the nominate another as an arbitrator. Construction Co., 2019 (2) agreement within a period of one The arbitrator becomes ineligible ARBLR 328 (SC) month under intimation to each as per the prescription contained In this matter, the High Court of the respondents/contractors. in Section 12(5) of the Arbitration held that an independent arbitrator And as sufficient time has been and Conciliation Act, 1996. It is can be appointed by the High Court consumed at the first stage itself in inconceivable in law that a person only after adhering to the procedure the appointment of an arbitrator who is statutorily ineligible can agreed by the parties.The questions and the majority of respondents nominate a person. Needless that arise for consideration in the being petty contractors, the to say, once the infrastructure matter are whether: statement of claim be furnished by collapses, the superstructure is • The High Court was justified in each of the respondents within four bound to collapse. One cannot invoking the amended provision weeks thereafter; the arbitrator may have a building without the plinth. introduced by the Arbitration and decide the claim after affording Or, to put it differently, once the Conciliation (Amendment Act) the opportunity of hearing to identity of the managing director as 2015 with effect from October the parties expeditiously without the sole arbitrator is lost, the power 23, 2015 being influenced/inhibited by the to nominate someone else as an • The arbitration agreement stands observations made independently in arbitrator is obliterated. discharged on acceptance of the accordance with law. amount and signing no claim/ In conclusion discharge certificate TRF v. Energo Engineering The judiciary is cognisant of • It was permissible for the High Projects, AIR 2017 SC 3889 long-drawn litigations and their Court under Section 11(6) of the In this matter, it is clarified impact on development. The above Arbitration and Conciliation Act, that another arbitrator cannot judgements are attempts towards 1996 (prior to the Amendment be appointed by an individual effective and faster resolution of Act 2015) to appoint a third- who is ineligible to be appointed disputes for the overall benefits of party or independent arbitrator as an arbitrator. Retrospective the parties involved in disputes. when the parties have mutually effect will apply to the decision in It also emphasises that the role of agreed for the procedure such matters. arbitrators is significant for offering vis-à-vis the authority to appoint The seminal issues that emanate impartial judgements. This will offer the designated arbitrator. for consideration are whether the much-needed respite to the parties The High Court has passed High Court, while dealing with the and justice for all. separate orders in exercise of its applications under Section 11(6) powers under Section 11(6) of the of the Arbitration and Conciliation Arbitration and Conciliation Act Act 1996, is justified to repel the About the author: 1996 in appointing an independent submissions of the appellants that Guranpreet Singh Sarna, Associate Partner, Dhir & Dhir arbitrator without adhering to the once the person who was required Associates, has over 10 years mutually agreed procedure under to arbitrate upon the disputes of experience in practice the agreement executed between arisen under the terms and areas such as projects and the parties. conditions of the contract becomes infrastructure, project finance and the capital The Apex Court held that the ineligible by operation of law, he market. Apart from being part of some major High Court was not justified would not be eligible to nominate infrastructure projects, he is proficient in in appointing an independent a person as an arbitrator; and, EPC and PPP projects. To share your views, write in at [email protected]
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TRENDING FLOORS & CEILINGS
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Creative functionality is the mantra for ceiling and flooring design, with consumers demanding aesthetic products that are high on quality, eco-friendly, affordable, and easy to install and maintain. Photo courtesy:Photo KNS Architects
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The `300-million Indian flooring of colour and patterns are available market has seen pivotal changes in in marble. Being a premium QUICK BYTES innovation, technology and design material in looks, durability and in recent years. And gone are the pricing, it is best used in living • Consumers are looking days when ceilings made in rooms,” notes for sustainable, concrete and wood were the go-tos! Shresht Kashyap, Co-Founder, low maintenance FLOORS KNS Architects. and practical solutions. Marble flooring is still the Tip: Avoid mainstay for most residential abrasives for • Important features in apartments and homes. “However, cleaning; they ceilings and floorings: the revival of terrazzo and in-situ leave scratch Shresht Kashyap Heatproof, leakproof, flooring with marks. geometric patterns Price: `150 per sq ft onwards. soundproof, dustproof, is seeing a Commonly used: Residential, and fire-safe. comeback,” says hospitality, restaurants and Shobhan Kothari, commercial sectors. • Architects and Architect-Partner, Sharing a developer’s manufacturers should ADND Studio. perspective, Roohi Naveed, suggest and develop Micro-concreting Shobhan Kothari General Manager-Planning, in flooring is also Prestige Group, believes there is no more eco-friendly and coming into vogue, with its seamless limit to design with marble. cost-effective products. and minimalist look. Epoxy flooring “Available in various colours and is largely considered for industrial natural grains, marble slabs can be for areas with high footfalls. spaces. Wooden flooring in various book-matched or used for designer “This flexibility makes it great for shades and patterns has made a patterned flooring. You can have both indoor and outdoor use,” huge return to design spaces, intricate inlay to accentuate the avers Kashyap. The material is rendering an instant warm look. space or work it with different differentiated owing to its finishes Let’s take a look at the most finishes, like leather and polished and crystal composition. trending floors: finish, to name a few.” Tip: For maintenance of granite, MARBLE: Commonly used instead GRANITE: A tough stone that can gentle cleaning is necessary, without of tiles and slabs, if you desire both be cut and shaped into many pressures or corrosive chemicals, to luxury and timelessness. “An array designs and finishes, it is ideal prevent loss of brightness or staining. Commonly used: In hospitals and malls as an alternate to tile. CONCRETE IN-SITU: Stained concrete finishes are trending for their earthy yet classy finish, notes Naveed. Adds Kashyap, “In-situ concrete is poured, moulded and cured on site to customise the build, and is incredibly versatile. This flooring is used in residential and public buildings. It is non-absorbent in nature, durable, smooth, aesthetic and easy to maintain.” Tip: Floor finish should be divided into suitable panels to reduce the risk of cracking.
Photo courtesy: Welspun Flooring courtesy:Photo Welspun Price: Ranges from `250-350 per sq Customers today look for quality, functionality and long-term performance in ft (labour + material). flooring solutions, all at competitive prices. Commonly used: Residential and commercial, and factories.
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POPULAR INNOVATIONS Shresht Kashyap, Co-Founder, KNS Architects, the sheer range of colours, designs and materials used takes us through industry innovations to meet in terrazzo is awe-inspiring. Being non-porous, today’s growing consumer needs. epoxy terrazzo is extremely easy to clean and maintain. It can be moulded into panels for custom staircases, FLOORING backsplashes, countertops, etc. Polyester (PET) carpet: A sustainable carpet made of recycled plastic bottles, causing minimum environmental CEILING impact. Benefits include economy, durability, spill- Recycled ceiling tiles: Made from recycled beverage resistance and availability in a variety of colours and containers – a mixture of cardboard, plastic bottles and patterns. However, if not repaired promptly, it can easily aluminium – the material has the same structural tear and be rough to walk on. integrity as a gypsum board and can be cut and screwed Polished concrete: A sustainable material gaining into a framework, but with higher resistance to moisture. popularity. Durable, easy to clean and never needing replacement, concrete is typically slab on grade and used as a subflooring in some residential settings. If polished and tinted to the homeowner’s taste, it does not need traditional flooring over it. From creating a tiled effect with different colours to inlaying other materials such as glass, the design possibilities are endless. Cork flooring:Usually seen on walls or in wine bottles, it is also a great material for floors. Harvested from the bark of the cork oak tree, it has anti-microbial properties, is fire-retardant, easy to maintain, and acts as a natural insect repellent. It can be finished in a variety of paints and stains and its durability allows for Felt ceiling: A few mm-thick skin ceiling material, use in any part of a house. which allows it to be applied in every space and on every Terrazzo flooring: Often regarded as the first ‘green’ surface, straight or curved, it is available in a range of flooring for its economy and environment-friendliness, colours and forms, such as rolls, panels, 3D forms. Its property of sound absorption improves acoustics. Mesh ceiling: Metal mesh ceilings are popular owing to their sustainability, functionality, flexibility and contemporary aesthetic. By varying the mesh pattern, specification and finish, myriad visual effects can be created. Ceiling mesh is opaque with a shiny natural metallic finish or matt powder coating. Even bespoke designs featuring concave or convex mesh ceiling panels can be accommodated. Additional benefits include fire-resistance and perforation allowing air flow.
LIMESTONE: Found in a variety of Price: Ranges from `60-100 per sq ft be seen in a variety of finishes and colours, from creams to charcoal, (only material). colours,” she adds. it compliments all kinds of décor – Commonly used: A great choice from traditional to contemporary. for high traffic areas and CEILINGS As Kashyap shares, “By nature, it is outdoor spaces. Cuddapah and Ceilings are all about detailing porous and soft, and can be treated Jaisalmer stone are often used in and design. A regular gypsum ceiling for various textures.” Limestone residences, white Kota is perfect can be made attractive when finishes commonly available in India includes for factories. are used thoughtfully. “Starting from Cuddapah, Kota and Jaisalmer stone. Besides these, Naveed believes wallpaper and texture paints to The radiant colours give a warm, patterned or printed tiles – black and mirrors, acrylic mirrors, lacquered welcoming vibe, and complements white, Moroccan patterns, etc – can glass, hand painting and gold foiling, white walls, and accents of brown, bring out the best from a given the surface can have a variety of blue and black. space. “These days, vinyl can also textures and designs,” notes Naveed.
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CNC-cut metal designs and light Marketing, India installations can make any ceiling Gypsum. “Our Contribution to attractive. “For corporate spaces, pioneering product where services and lighting are of Minerotex ET Project Cost utmost importance, grid ceiling, 900+ Gypsum While the cost of flooring and square cell ceilings and rafter plaster has been ceiling depends upon the design, ceilings would be a wise choice,” doing extremely for any given project, it ranges she suggests. well in the interior Amitesh Agrawal from 20-25 per cent of the project Kothari observes that ceilings in wall plastering cost: Roohi Naveed, GM- Planning, Prestige Group. most residential apartments are space, while our anti-microbial Depending upon the project, kept controlled and minimalist in range of Minerotex Fibre ceiling tiles a typical flooring solution ranges approach, largely because of and Metamatic Metal ceiling range from `400-500 per sq ft of the the lack of available height. are gamechangers in the healthcare total building area: Prakasan TP, In commercial and retail spaces, the and hospitality space.” COO, MEP Business, Sterling concrete slab is exposed with open Let’s take a look at ceiling trends, and Wilson. ducting and lighting. “This is done as Kashyap highlights: The cost varies with project primarily from an aesthetic point of GYPSUM: Gypsum false ceilings type and specifications. For view as well as commercial viability are lightweight, sound-insulated, residential projects with vitrified and speed of deliverance to achieve fire-resistant, soft and thermally flooring, flooring costs range from it with the rent-free period.” insulated. They come in standard `140-150 per sq ft; ceiling costs Today, false ceilings have become board sizes that can be cut to any range from `100-140 per sq ft: a symbol of modernism and finesse. shape and size, and are hung with Amar Tendulkar, Chief of “Apart from aesthetics, they are bent the help of iron framework. Design and Sustainability, upon serving various other functions,” Finishing work on these boards – Mahindra Lifespace Developers. says Amitesh Agrawal, Director- paints, laminates, wallpaper and Photo courtesy:Photo ADND Studio
For ceiling works, generally, the residential and hospitality sectors have a high need for innovation and creativity.
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depends on the thickness. Commonly used: Commercial and hospitality spaces. STRETCH-LIT CEILING: Lighting stretch ceiling uses a translucent sheet backlit by an external-led source of light. It is possible to play various light intensities as desired. Apart from a plain white sheet, printed, lacquered and textured sheets are also available. Suited for: Cinemas, commercial, retail and healthcare spaces. METAL CEILING: Although galvanised iron and aluminium are Photo courtesy: Prestige Group courtesy:Photo Prestige industrial-looking materials, they Solutions for ambient and focus lighting can be considered an can be a visual treat when polished integral part of ceiling design. and used as a false ceiling. Metal ceilings are the most durable texture finish – looks good. industrial spaces. with easy installation, low Commonly used: Most commonly Tip: Spray-apply a primer and maintenance and low labour cost. used material, especially in residential, finish with a coating. Commonly used: Commercial hospitality and commercial spaces. Commonly used: Residential and spaces, industries and, at times, EXPOSED CONCRETE OR commercial spaces. residential spaces in the CONCRETE PAINT: The faux- ACOUSTICAL SPRAY: By treating form of jaalis. industrial look is popular and the ceiling and walls with acoustic WOODEN OR VENEER: Wooden concrete lends itself perfectly to this spray, sound is absorbed better, false ceilings are used because of trend. The neutrality of the material reducing reverberation and directly their natural textures and patterns. ensures it works well with both improving acoustics. Completely They can be covered as decorative modern and traditional styles. seamless and lightweight, it can be plank and huge veneer sheets can It can be applied in multiple ways, applied in any shape and form, in be used depending on the design. such as plain epoxy or texture paint. various thicknesses and colours, Being expensive, wooden false Cost-effective and easy to maintain, hence controlling acoustics without ceilings are not used in malls and with low labour cost, it can be compromising on aesthetics. hospitals but can be installed in used almost anywhere, including The degree of sound absorption residential buildings. They can be given various finishes or painted as desired. Turnkey Solutions As per user demand Prakasan TP, COO, MEP Business, Sterling and Consumers are increasingly Wilson, highlights flooring and ceiling solutions offered looking for materials that are as part of its MEP services. eco-friendly, low maintenance “Typically, MEP services in turnkey projects have false and practical. “Cork flooring, floors in data server rooms or such similar applications bamboo flooring (naturally for IBMS works. There is either a 600-mm sunk or raised Prakasan TP renewable), reclaimed wooden floor as designed by the architect, and MEP executes the frame and tiles for the false floor. Besides, MEP also executes wall insulation flooring, recycled glass tiles, etc, are for noise reduction in plant and equipment rooms, diesel generator rooms attracting the attention of consumers and underdeck insulation. These are rockwool/glass-wool wall and roof and designers,” shares Naveed. insulations 50-75 mm thick, set in a 600-1,000 mm sq aluminium grid frame, “The market is now offering further fastened with the help of aluminium or GI-perforated sheets with a alternates for beautiful Terrazzo lining of glass fibre tissue. Under-deck insulation is done similarly and and wooden flooring in the form includes new materials like Nitrile rubber (closed cell) up to 25-32 mm thick.” of porcelain tiles. These are user-friendly and easy to lay and
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Amar Tendulkar, Current Challenges Chief of Design First, to convey the design intent to the consumer, which paves the way and Sustainability, to choosing the material, is a challenge, observes Shresht Kashyap, Mahindra Co-Founder, KNS Architects. “Second, the exposure to architects and Lifespace consumers of the materials available in the market. Third, conveying the Developers, cost difference and the purpose of the difference.” shares: “Our For Mukesh Savlani, CEO, Welspun Flooring, “When it comes to projects are large Amar Tendulkar conventional flooring in the current market scenario, installation and scale, often more removal of an existing floor is highly time-consuming.” than a million sq ft in area. It is a “The general perception is that false ceilings are only used for challenge to ensure natural stone of aesthetic purposes,” according to Amitesh Agrawal, Director-Marketing, the best quality and uniform India Gypsum. “Also, there in less awareness on the appropriate false granularity or texture in such huge ceilings and partition specifications and materials to be used.” quantities. We thus started evaluating factory-made products, maintain, without compromising its wear-and-tear sustenance,” says which match the premium quality of on appearance.” Kothari. “For residential flooring, imported marble and are tougher, Welspun Flooring has introduced experimentation can be quite high. more durable and non-porous. an array of innovative solutions: For commercial and retail spaces, Thanks to digital printing Click N Lock tiles, which with their where there is great footfall, the technology, these are now widely stone polymer composite can be material needs to be hardy. available, both in ceramic and laid on existing floors with minimal For ceiling works, generally, the vitrified tiles. We use vitrified tiles effort in less than a day and are residential and hospitality sectors even for bathrooms and exposed waterproof, termite-proof, UV- have a high need for innovation balconies as they are smooth, resistant and scratch-resistant; and creativity. This is limited in glossy and stronger, thus better able Greens, artificial grass that is easy scope in the corporate sector.” to withstand heavy traffic. These tiles to maintain; Broadloom Carpets, Ceilings define the aesthetic are available in large sizes and are wall-to-wall carpets that come in a appeal of a interior space. also virtually waterproof.” nylon finish with sound insulation “The overall look of an internal Further, Mahindra Lifespaces and are easy to maintain; and ceiling can be modified using uses innovative technologies such as Carpet Tiles in a variety of printed Gypmatic Gypsum False Ceiling,” tile adhesives for tile fixing, which designs and in the form of pre-sized says Agrawal. “Available in variable ensure reduced hollowness and nylon carpet tiles with integrated thickness and sizes, they can be cut water penetration, and are popular backing with tactile adhesives. into any desired shape and fixed for their strength and adhesion. “The customer today needs quality, below the main ceiling with the help Importantly, they help conserve functionality and long-term of IGPL Gypmatic Serrature natural resources like river sand. performance, all at competitive Metal Framework. Further, our “We have started applying prices. Our Gypmatic Serrature AL series specialised tile adhesive directly on products thrive on Metal Framework is the most concrete slabs, thus saving time and three key pillars: technologically advanced framing reducing leakage,” adds Tendulkar. Convenience, system in the ceiling and partition “For ceilings, we use coarse putty performance and space, besides our PEBLO range of (instead of conventional plaster) for design,” says patterned densified calcium silicate better finish, thereby reducing the Mukesh Savlani, ceiling tiles. Along with enhancing consumption of water, sand and CEO, Welspun Mukesh Savlani elegance, these help reduce noise cement. We are able to achieve a Flooring. and are also extremely fire-resistant, finish of 4 mm thickness by Mirco-concreting, terrazzo slabs strong, bio-safe and CII-IGBC adopting the aluminium formwork and geometric flooring are Green Pro Certified.” concrete construction method.” innovations flooding the market While flooring helps convey right now. Aesthetics vs. cost factor 2D expanse, ceilings take this Necessary features vs. time are interdependent factors spatial aspect outward and Ceilings and floorings in a that determine consumer selection. upward in a 3D format. From project should ensure they are “Flooring durability is dependent on a developer’s perspective, heatproof, leakproof, soundproof,
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and special low noise plumbing and fitting. For leakproof ceilings and floors, Prestige Group usually opts for gypsum board ceiling for most interior works. “We suggest that areas more prone to leakages should have moisture- resistant gypsum board and advanced technologies such as nanotechnology-based waterproofing chemicals from Zydex to prevent water seepage in walls, roofs and more,” adds Naveed. “In exposed ceilings, we suggest an anti-fungal coat before the services and final finishes start.” Mahindra Lifespaces uses the Photo courtesy:Photo India Gypsum latest SBR-based waterproofing With false ceilings having become a symbol of modernism and finesse, system for bathrooms and they are bent upon serving various other functions apart from aesthetics. polyurethane waterproofing system for terraces and podiums (as a dustproof, and fire-safe. recommended to reduce the heat replacement to older acrylic Integration with MEP is important exchange,” says Prakasan TP, COO, cementitious waterproofing) with dropped ceilings as most of MEP Business, Sterling and Wilson. “to ensure damp-free homes for our these systems are by definition “In typical factory installations, customers,” as Tendulkar tells us. above the false ceiling. India where the roof and walls are thin, Gypsum’s Gypmatic gypsum ceiling metal sheet under deck insulation is Fine-tuned, for the user and drywall systems are non-load applied after erection. The current Floorings and ceilings are of as bearing and constructed using trend is sandwich roof and wall much importance as walls and modern, dry-lining techniques. panels filled with polyurethane openings for maintaining the indoor Features include ease of installation, foam or rockwool. To improve the micro climate. fire-resistance, sound isolation, efficiency of roof thermal “Solutions for ambient and focus durability, economy and versatility. insulation, over-deck insulation is lighting can be considered an Welspun Flooring’s Click-N-Lock recommended but involves a slightly integral part of ceiling design and tiles come with waterproof, termite- complex set of steps to combine consciously proposed,” says proof, flame-resistant, stain-resistant with roof waterproofing.” The first Naveed. “Lighting and HVAC and scratch-resistant features. step involves a layer of polyurethane solutions can be integrated While the Carpet Tiles offer sound membrane or a bitumastic sheet within a design as a feature. insulation, fade-resistance and raised 300 to 1,000 mm curved at Also, one should always aim for stain-resistance attributes, too, the intersection of the floor and a comfortable clear height.” Greens have an inbuilt easy parapet walls, protected and To make flooring and ceiling drainage system and are fire- drained by a non-woven geotextile. offerings more attractive, architects retardant. Customers are also The insulation placed on this is and manufacturers can suggest and offered the option of combining further protected by puncture- develop products that are more hard and soft flooring to create a resistant woven geotextiles, etc, and environment-friendly and cost- unique floor design, ensuring then covered with gravel or mortar. effective, avers Kashyap. At the noise-free and dust-free installation. Rockwool is used as fire-rated same time, it is imperative to be Green building codes insulation and the Nitrile rubber conscious of the chemical and toxic recommend the use of over-deck selected class-O for fire-resistant levels of the materials and ensure insulation under roofs. “In areas rubber insulation. Additionally, they are health-friendly. where sensible heat loads are large, intumescent paint is used to meet - SERAPHINA D’SOUZA like data centres, under-deck is the fireproofing requirement To share your views on current trends in Floorings and Ceilings in India, write in at [email protected]
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“We believe in the impact of design.” - Todd Jarvis, Global Marketing Director, Shaw Contract
The Indian flooring market is myriad possibilities to meet passing through an exciting customer requirements. period due to the influx of new materials and technologies. Which sectors have been earning Project sizes, especially for maximum share to the company’s commercial flooring, have increased overall business? dramatically in recent years. In India, Shaw Contract primarily Large ITES-enabled MNCs are serves the commercial sector. following global facility standards Current involvement in residential for their workplaces. Such segment is limited. Ninety per cent companies place high emphasis of the revenue comes from the on quality, acoustic features and commercial sector. Leading industry adhere to sustainability principles, segments are workplace, hospitality which “in turn drive the market and some portion, education for premium quality and Todd Jarvis, Global Marketing Director, environment-friendly flooring Shaw Contract What are the challenges faced in materials,” believes Todd Jarvis, the current market scenario? Global Marketing Director, but also how our products impact How do you plan to overcome Shaw Contract. He shares more human experiences. The products the same? on the market and the we make undergo rigorous The markets are always company’s offerings. testing for impact (human and dynamic; emerging markets, environmental) through our even more. Shaw Contract has Introduce us to the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ pleasantly observed a demand technologically-advanced Products Programme. for its products in cities like flooring products that have been Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Chandigarh, introduced by the firm. Consumers are constantly Kochi, and Kolkata, among AAt Shaw Contract, we looking for new and innovative others. We have appointed, fundamentally believe that materials to enhance the look trained and equipped aligned everyone should have access to of interior spaces. How can this dealers in these and adjacent sustainable products for their demand be met through your cities to cater to this growing floor spaces – healing places product offerings? demand. We have also fine-tuned where one can learn, rest and work. Shaw Contract believes in our backend processes to In that connection, Smarter Impact the impact of design. Our team proactively grow with the is our call to action to share insights of designers based out of our market demands. The recently and solutions that will help our award-winning “Create Centre” initiated India Stock Programme customers to make a positive in Cartersville, Georgia, in is designed to hold ready inventory change, especially when it comes to the US, bring unique specialties so that India-based customers making sustainable choices for and expertise together to can explore our vast variety and people and the planet. create innovative products that buy flooring products of their Our products provide foundation change the way spaces are choice. Shaw Contract has taken for spaces where thinkers viewed and used. The floor is a methodical initiatives to crunch the innovate, students learn, patients vital part of any space and time needed bring its latest global heal and travellers rest. Our view we strive to develop products collections to the Indian market. In of sustainability encompasses not that re-imagine what the floor can fact, we have launched the highest only the environmental health of be. From new designs to new ever range of new collections to the our products and our operations, materials, our studios explore Indian market.
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“We will be acquiring more land banks to increase our commercial footprint.” - Sanjay Dutt, Managing Director & CEO, Tata Realty and Infrastructure (TRIL)
which include several phases from materials, technologies, equipment existing projects and other new or any other. developments that will come up by the end of the year. We have two Tell us about advanced residential developments coming up construction technologies or by the end of this fiscal; we have materials that you use. 1 million sq ft of existing SEZ being We have used 3D building in built, which will be ready for housing. We have also done occupancy in June; and another precast, in which time is actually a 1 million sq ft that will come up in benefit. However, at some places it Gurugram by next February-March. does not make sense because the Our launches planned in the next sales velocity and cost dynamics are two years include the 3.40-sq-ft not supportive. Going forward, we Intellion Park in Gurugram, the are open to adopting newer 7.20-sq-ft Intellion Park in Mumbai, technologies as long as the actual and the 0.80-million-sq-ft Intellion quality is not compromised. Creating value and assets in the Edge in Sector 2, Gurugram. So real estate and infrastructure simply the fact that we are preparing What model or concept do you sphere is the business mantra of in excess of over 5-6 million sq ft follow for projects across segments? Tata Realty and Infrastructure annually to scale effective 2021 Different companies follow (TRIL), a subsidiary of Tata Sons. onwards is itself a huge opportunity different methodologies. We are Having delivered over 53 projects for support industries, in terms of evaluating multiple models. in more than 19 cities across the country and with another 15 projects in hand, the firm is on an expansion spree, preparing in excess of over 5-6 million sq ft annually. Sanjay Dutt, Managing Director & CEO, TRIL, shares more on the firm’s plans, in conversation with SERAPHINA D’SOUZA.
Tell us about the company’s total developed area across its completed projects. What are your expansion plans? Our combined total developed area across completed projects stands at 32.9 million sq ft (TRIL –
14.6 million sq ft + Tata Housing Chennai Intellion Park, Project: – 18.3 million sq ft). These include TRIL and Tata Housing's combined total developed area across completed 53 projects in over 19 cities. projects stands at 32.9 million sq ft. We have about 15 ongoing projects,
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For example, for commercial, it could be the Design and Build approach as it is easy to standardise buildings in commercial, which we have done to a large extent. In residential, it is segment-specific; so affordable homes are different from premier and luxury. Every location will have a different look and feel. Our offerings include affordable, premium and luxury. Having said that, our short-term focus would be commercial because we already have a large portfolio of residential and we need to compliment this in scale with commercial. We will also be acquiring more land banks to increase our commercial footprint.
In a recent move, the firm sold two Mumbai Intellion Square, Project: of its malls to Virtuous Retail.... In the commercial space, the company has added 800,000 sq ft this year, Yes, TRIL sold two of its malls to which is nearly 100 per cent leased. Xander-backed Virtuous Group. This is in line with our business talent backed by robust process and absorb market and development strategy to expand our commercial institutional set up with transparency and market-related risks. portfolio across key markets and and high governance is always the exit Tier-II and Tier-III cities. key. The leadership of the How has the company’s financial organisation, industry knowledge performance been and what are How do you strategise to raise experience and repute are given your future plans? funds for your projects? equal significance. Our commercial is a nearly TRIL has several ongoing 100-per-cent lease portfolio. projects in the residential and How do you ensure the desired Compared to 2018, we witnessed a commercial segment. On the RoI in your projects? 60-per-cent growth in FY2019. commercial side, we put in our Financial discipline; detailed In terms of square feet, in the own equity for upcoming projects planning at the initial stage; and commercial space, we have already and borrow construction finance. clear strategies on execution. added 800,000 sq ft this year, and After construction, we move to Success strictly depends on the it is nearly 100 per cent leased. leasing. When you have completed clarity of the product; therefore, Looking at the combined portfolio a substantial amount of leasing, the right design brief and an of residential and commercial going most developers move the optimised product. In the end, forward at any given time, we will construction finance loan to lease the timeline is the biggest disrupter have 5 million sq ft or more under rent discounting with the bank. of RoI. The Design and Build construction. We are hoping to see We do have real estate funds which model has done well for many. a lot of traction in the B2B markets are investing with us. If you have the scale, you can – office, retail, warehousing, logistics, also do procurement or bulk co-living, co-working, the affordable What are the key factors considered purchase strategy, which can help housing market along with the rest by a fund management company monitor your cost in a disciplined of the residential segment. We are before investing in a firm or project? manner. If you develop a core also hoping that the last-mile Investors prefer to see credible team of project managers who funding of some developers developers with a successful track ensure discipline, you have RoI. because of the liquidity situation record. Business strategy alignment, The business plan should be and NBFCs will improve and give professional management and conservative, should be able to confidence to the market. To share your views, write in at [email protected]
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In the recently concluded be to interconnect greenfield with the aim to ensure higher Annual Convention & National townships, cities and towns with quality of life and higher Seminar of Indian Buildings Congress the existing transport network by order of operational efficiency in New Delhi, 23 recommendations developing major transport at affordable cost and with emerged for implementation in corridors like road, rail, water mixed-land use, using ‘Development of New Greenfield and airports to complement the transit-oriented development, Townships’. The recommendations dispersal of population with economy of services and are of special importance for the economic development and conservation of non-renewable effective implementation of the create employment natural resources’. government’s agenda of developing opportunities for both urban 6. To provide higher quality of life ‘new, sustainable, smart and and rural populations. and ensure a higher order of intelligent greenfield townships with 3. There should only be a single operational efficiency at an net-zero energy and zero waste’ authority responsible and affordable cost, the greenfield as a liveable place. Here are some accountable for planning, township should follow the excerpts from the recommendations implementation, monitoring, concepts of mixed land use; shared by Indian Buildings development, management and be compact, vertical, densified, Congress to the Centre and governance of the township. smart and intelligent; provide states for their consideration 4. The major stress of the shelter and services for all; and implementation. stakeholders in township planfor flatted rather than 1. Planning and development of development should be to plotted development; conserve new greenfield townships need develop new, sustainable, smart water and offer integrated to be taken up selectively and intelligent greenfield waste management; and ensure in due consultation with townships as liveable places integrated multimodal public stakeholders on realistic providing the diverse needs of transportation and energy expected population growth; both the present and future generation from renewable demand and supply analysis; of the community, by offering resources like the sun and wind. impact analysis on existing a high quality of life to live, 7. There is a need to fix fair cities; type of industrial, work and play in well-planned, compensation by the competent commercial and institutional governed, safe and secure authority to acquire land for requirements; economic townships by addressing the public purpose of township centres; investment potential; environmental, social and development to minimise waste management; economic issues. land acquisition court cases environmental aspects; 5. The new mantra for development and delay in acquisition of transport connectivity and of thriving and prosperous new land. For payment of fair employment opportunities after greenfield townships should be compensation to landowners, development to ensure ‘Population is not the problem; a compendium of the yardsticks self-sustainability. we just need to plan and adopted by different courts in 2. The state urban strategy should manage resources differently India should be prepared and
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uniform guidelines so prepared utilised by state governments. 8. For speedy land acquisition and disposal of land acquisition cases, the time limit for deciding land acquisition cases by courts on the pattern similar to arbitration cases could be fixed in the Act. 9. The aim of stakeholders should be to develop sustainable and smart greenfield townships, which follow an interplay between all available resources such as the sun, water, energy, wind and nature, and their utilisation to give vision to creative ideas. Photo: For representational purpose representational For Photo: 10. For providing capital to achieve the objectives of each stage of The major stress of stakeholders in township development should be to project implementation, the develop new, sustainable, smart and intelligent greenfield townships as most appropriate source and liveable places providing the diverse needs of both the present and future. financial instruments should be identified and decided in 13. To ensure the environmental gathering areas like halls and the beginning. sustainability of a greenfield centres; recreational areas like 11. Greenfield development township, major factors to be malls, multiplex and shopping involves considerable considered include reduction in centres in the premises for expenditure and external the building footprint, rainwater peoples of different income development; hence, these harvesting, waste management, groups; organisation of could be developed on an use of passive technologies for common activities like tree alternate funding mode like PPP. energy generation, use of plantation, seminars, workshops The government can fund the eco-friendly materials, open and meeting places for senior external development while spaces, provision of local farm citizens; and exhibition areas internal development, lands, and minimising pollution for cultural development. commercial and residential of air, water, soil and noise. 16. To ensure the economic spaces could be developed by 14. Understanding the context sustainability of a greenfield private entrepreneurs. where development has to township, major factors to be 12. For fast development of take place by using basic considered include provision of greenfield townships, the traditional knowledge systems industry and commerce; government should provide of sun movement and wind affordable housing; use of suitable financial mechanisms, pattern to maximise use of recycled construction materials including budgeting and resources and design with by adopting the reuse, recycle risk-taking, to support PPP respect to nature is important to and reduce mantra and along with long-term tax earn a green rating for cost-reducing construction holidays for industries and buildings without installing technologies; use of passive commercial activities setup artificial cooling systems. technologies in planning to therein. Direct financial support 15. To ensure the social reduce overall energy from the government for the sustainability of a greenfield consumption; local market infrastructure of the new township, major factors to be places and farming for greenfield township will considered include provisions of generating the economy within further boost the economy of social interaction space; the township itself; and revenue the township. worship areas; community and employment generation.
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17. The industry zone and freight of local communities to deployed for administration complexes should be located generate employment and and governance. along major road, rail, and boost the economy. 22. The case studies of Dholera waterway corridors. These 20. For development of greenfield City, a part of the Delhi- can also be located in the townships in hilly areas where Mumbai Industrial Corridor, flight path. the topography is challenging GIFT City in Ahmedabad, 18. The cluster theory of economics with difficult terrain and Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh, for concentration of each type steep slopes with barriers, and Amravati City in of specialised industry in aerial rope transit (cable car/ Andhra Pradesh as greenfield separate district localities, each ropeway) transport technology developments have been demarcated by a thick green should be promoted to discussed. We could replicate belt with efficient connectivity, maintain the ecosystem and the lessons learnt in the needs to be adopted. avoid degradation of earth development of these 19. In hilly areas, the economy is and forest. townships for sustainable generally based on tourism. 21. To provide all services, online urban development. For development of greenfield intelligent and smart digitised 23. The options of greenfield or townships in hilly areas with a solution systems, sensors, brownfield development or a fragile ecosystem, it is desirable big data analytics, SCADA, judicious mix of the two have to to promote homestead tourism ERP solutions, integrated digital be seen in the larger ecosystem, along with hotel tourism to control and command centres and policy perspective should provide accommodation as well and disaster-proof mechanism pay due regard to the wide as various services and facilities and satellite surveillance should variations of geographies to tourists through involvement be adequately planned and and demographics.
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INTERESTED TO PARTICIPATE? 86 Construction Email:World April [email protected] 2020 | Call: Clinton on 022-2419 3000 NATIONAL `600 bn funding Clearance of NH projects from PPP sought to Appraisal Committee interlink Godavari The Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs (CCEA) has delegated power to MoRTH and Cauvery rivers NHAI for appraisal and approval of NH The Central Government is looking projects under EPC and PPP modes of for funding from financial execution. But projects envisaged on BOT institutions, of around `600 bn, to (Annuity) and HAM costing over `20 bn interlink the Godavari and Cauvery (excluding land cost) will require appraisal by rivers. Besides this, the Jal Shakti the PPP Appraisal Committee (PPPAC). Ministry officials have reviewed the Contact: Kumar V Pratap, Joint Secretary, CCEA-PPP Appraisal Committee. status of 47 intra-state river link Address: Room No. 34 C, North Block, New Delhi-110 001. Tel: 011-2309 4595. proposals from nine states. Contact: Debashree Mukherjee, 62 GW coal power plants under construction Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Water Resources. Coal-based power plants with a total of 62.23 GW capacity are currently in Address: E-Gov Cell, 6th Floor Cabin, various stages of construction in the country. These include central sector, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110 001. state sector and private sector projects. E-mail: [email protected] Contact: Richa Sharma, Joint Secretary, MoEFCC. Address: Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Website: www.mowr.gov.in Aliganj Road, Jorbagh, New Delhi-110 003. Tel: 011-2469 5288.
ANDHRA PRADESH QUICK PICKS Swiss firm plans` 120 bn steel plant Odisha Government Swiss major IMR Metallurgical Resources AG has proposed to set up a steel approves two investment plant in the Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh at `120 bn with an annual proposals worth `5.63 bn, production capacity of 10 mn tonnes. IMR Chairman Hans Radolf Weld has expected to create employment reportedly met with Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in this regard. for 1,273 people. Contact: Rasika Chaube, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Government of India. Address: Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi-110 011. Tel: 011-2306 1824. Telangana Government E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.steel.gov.in sanctions `4.53 bn for the construction of 205 check DELHI HIMACHAL PRADESH dams to provide irrigation to district farmers for two years.
Delhi Metro Nod for industrial Underground parking floats tender projects worth proposed near the old Aatish Metrolite corridor `2.96 bn market to decongest the Walled City area in Jaipur. DMRC has floated tenders for the The State Single Window Clearance upcoming Metrolite corridor between and Monitoring Authority has Tamil Nadu to launch Kirti Nagar and Bamnoli. Tenders approved industrial projects worth 47 mobile clinics for have been floated for the procurement `2.96 bn, having the potential to construction workers. of 29 trains for the 19-km project. generate about 1,544 jobs. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Contact: Dinesh Kumar Saini, Contact: Manoj Kumar, Additional Chief Development Authority to Director-Project Planning, Delhi Metro Rail Secretary, State Single Window Clearance soon unveil a multiyear Corporation. and Monitoring Authority. Address: DMRC, Metro Bhawan, Address: Udyog Bhawan, Bemloe, masterplan for integrated Fire Brigade Lane Barakhamba Road, Shimla-171 001, Himachal Pradesh. redevelopment of BKC, New Delhi-110 001. Tel: 011-2341 7910. Tel: 0177-262 1586. Website: starting with E Block. Website: www.delhimetrorail.com www.emerginghimachal.hp.gov.in
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JAMMU AND JHARKHAND KASHMIR JSPL looking to set up 2-2.5 mtpa steel plant NABARD sanctions in Jharkhand `4 bn for Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) is exploring the possibility of setting up a steel infra projects plant with a capacity of 2-2.5 mn tonne per annum at Patratu in the Ramgarh district of Jharkhand. The company currently has a wire rod mill NABARD has sanctioned `4 bn at the site, along with a bar mill and a rebar service centre. funds for Jammu and Kashmir for the current fiscal, for various Contact: Sudhanshu Saraf, CEO, Jindal Steel and Power. projects of the PWD, Public Health Address: Jindal Centre 12, Bhikaiji Cama Place, New Delhi-110 066. Tel: 011-2618 8340 E-mail id: [email protected] Engineering and animal husbandry. Website: www.jindalsteelpower.com Contact: Harsh Bhanwala, Chairman, NABARD. Address: 459, Jawahar Nagar Behind MAHARASHTRA DAV Institute Srinagar-190 008, J&K. QUICK PICKS Tel: 0194-231 1471. `40 bn budgetary Website: www.nabard.org Nagaland allocates 1.02 lakh provision for tonne of coal for 2019-20 industrial estate (up to January 1, 2020).
KARNATAKA A provision of `40 bn has been All new foot-over bridges in `100 bn for Krishna made in the Maharashtra state Chennai to have escalators. budget for setting up a modern Project Stage-III industrial estate in Satara district, Kotak Special Situations Fund invests `5 bn crore in `100 bn would reportedly be which would help the development of drought-prone areas in western Jindal Stainless in the form of earmarked for the implementation debt and equity. of the long-pending Upper Krishna Maharashtra. Pre-budget meetings Project Stage-III in 2020-21, and were reportedly held with officials Coal stock at thermal power an action plan would be prepared. and elected representatives in plants in India rises to highest Satara in this regard. ever level at 39.48 mn tonne. Contact: Vijay Bhaskar TM, Chief Secretary to Government, Contact: Vishwanath Giriraj, Principal Yamuna Expressway Industrial Government of Karnataka. Secretary, Government of Maharashtra- Address: Room No. 320, 3rd floor, Finance Department. Development Authority to Vidhanasoudha, Bengaluru-560 001. Address: Mantralaya, Madam Cama develop the area around Tel: 080-2225 2442. Road, HutatmaRajguru Square, Nariman Jewar International Airport as E-mail: [email protected] Point, Mumbai-400 032. greenfield smart city. Website: www.karnataka.gov.in Website: www.finance.maharashtra.gov.in Three mega industrial parks in the pipeline in Punjab. TELANGANA Sikkim Cabinet approves and sanctions various proposals.
`500 bn to create infrastructure in Urban Mass Transit Company Hyderabad over five years to prepare DPR for the 79.91-km first phase Vizag Telangana will spend `500 bn in the metro rail project. next five years for the development of Hyderabad Urban Agglomeration Infra projects worth `900 mn (HUA) area comprising the core city announced for Chennai, and its outskirts falling within the including foot-over-bridges Outer Ring Road limits. Under and commercial complexes. Mission Hyderabad, every year `100 bn crore would be earmarked Himachal Government invites in the annual budget for HUA bids for the Naina Devi development. RaoBhavan, NH 44, Hill Fort, Adarsh ropeway project. Nagar, Hyderabad, Telangana-500 063. Contact: Arvind Kumar, Government of Tel: 040-2345 4965. `87.72 bn budget bonanza Telangana-Urban Development Dept. E-mail: [email protected] announced for Bengaluru’s Address: 5th Floor, Burgula Rama Krishna Website: www.telangana.gov.in development in FY2020-21.
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UTTAR PRADESH UTTAR PRADESH Foundation stone laid for `150 bn Ten projects worth `15 bn rolled Bundelkhand Expressway out in Noida; 10 more in pipeline Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the As many as 20 infra foundation stone of the 296-km Bundelkhand projects worth over `28 Expressway, estimated to cost nearly `150 bn, in the bn were dedicated to the Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh. The Prime Minister city on recently. Ten reportedly said that the expressway, together with the projects worth `14.52 bn state's Defence Corridor in Bundelkhand, would have been inaugurated, transform the socioeconomic landscape of the region. while foundation stones for the remaining 10 projects worth `13.69 bn have Contact: Awanish Kumar Awasthi, CEO, Government of Uttar Pradesh-Highways Department. been laid. Address: 4th Floor, Mandi Bhawan Vibhuti Khand, Gomti Nagar, Contact: Anurag Yadav, Secretary, Government of Uttar Lucknow, Uttar Pardesh-226 010. Pradesh-Urban Development Ministry. Tel: 0522-415 0377. E-mail: [email protected] Address: 834/829, Bapu Bhavan, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Website: www.upsha.in Tel: 0522-223 7067. Website: www.urbandevelopment.up.nic.in
INTERNATIONAL QUICK PICKS Zyfra to introduce AI-based mining World Bank nod to fund the solutions in India `14-bn Shimla Water Supply Finnish-Russian digital solutions provider Zyfra has announced plans to and Sewerage Project, introduce artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions for mining in the Indian along with similar projects in market. Odisha-based Thriveni Earthmovers has awarded it a contract to 13 urban local. implement an ‘intelligent mine’ solution at NTPC's Pakri Barwadih coal mining project in Jharkhand being operated by Thriveni. India’s Shipping Ministry to Contact: Rajendra Goyal, Sales Director, Zyfra. seek technical assistance Website: www.zyfra.com grant of $70 mn from the World Bank to build a transport connectivity grid India to provide N`107.01 mn for linking waterways in the new school buildings in Nepal eastern region with its The Government of India will fund Nepali `107.01 mn for constructing South Asian neighbours. three new school buildings in the Darchula, Dhanusha, and Kapilvastu districts. The Embassy of India and the Ministry CCI approves acquisition of Federal Affairs and General Administration of Teesta Urja by of Nepal have signed two MoUs for the same. Greenko Mauritius.
Contact: Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Foregin Secretary, A three-member delegation Government of India-Foreign Affairs Ministry. of the World Bank gives Address: South Block, Central Secretariat, New its nod to initiate the Delhi-110 001. Tel: 011-2301 2318. Website: www.meatel.nic.in `32-bn round-the-clock canal-based water supply project for Ludhiana in Punjab. Brookfield to invest more capital in India Ministry of Railways and Brookfield Asset Management is ready to stay in India for another 11 years Government of India and aims to pump more capital into its operations in the country, as sign MoU with DB reported. Notably, for Brookfield, India is its No. 1 market in the world. Engineering & Consulting Contact: Ankur Gupta, Managing Director, Brookfield Asset Management. GMBH of Germany for Address: 8th Floor A Wing, One BKC, Bandra Kurla Complex, technological cooperation Bandra East, Mumbai-400 051. in the railway sector. Tel: 022-6600 0700. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.brookfield.com
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Kudankulam atomic plant unit Centre grants restarts generation `4.78 bn for waste- The second 1,000 MW atomic to-energy scheme power unit at the Kudankulam The Union Government has Nuclear Power Project (KNPP), approved a grant of `4.78 bn for which was shut down for the waste-to-energy programme maintenance, has restarted power for the remaining period of generation. The unit, owned by the FY2019-20.It has also approved a Nuclear Power Corporation of target of 257 MW for the mentioned India and run by Power System period under the revised guidelines Operation Corporation, was shut down on December 15 last year. for the said scheme released by Contact: SK Sharma, Chairman & Managing Director, the MNRE recently. Nuclear Power Corporation of India. Address: 16th floor, Centre-I, World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, Contact: Anand Kumar, Secretary, Colaba, Mumbai-400 005. Tel: 022-2218 2171. E-mail: [email protected] Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Website: www.npcil.nic.in Address: Block No 14, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003. Tel: 011-2436 1481. E-mail: [email protected] J&K to generate NTPC to set up two Website: www.mnre.gov.in 1,709 MW more new units at Talcher power in next four thermal power QUICK PICKS
years: Minister plant in Odisha NTPC achieves largest ever The Union Territory of Jammu and The National Thermal Power commercial capacity addition Kashmir will add 1,709 MW of Corporation (NTPC) will set up in a single year of 5,290 MW power generation in the next four two new units of 600 MW each for 2019-20. years with the completion of five at Talcher Thermal Power Station Power ministry seeks Cabinet hydroelectric projects which are in Odisha with an investment nod for monetisation of the being executed by Chenab Valley of `74 bn, as reported. transmission lines of PGCI Power Projects and the Jammu and The state government has granted through InvIT. Kashmir Power Development approval for the two new units in Corporation, according to Union coal-rich Angul district. About 14 power plants with Minister of State for Power RK Singh. Contact: Gurdeep Singh, total power generation capacity Contact: M Raju, Secretary, Ministry of Chairman & Managing Director, of 13,830 MW get notices by State (IC) for Power, New and Renewable National Thermal Power Corporation. CPCB for not complying with Energy, Government of Jammu. Address: NTPC Bhawan, environment norms. Address: Jammu Civil Secretariat, Scope Complex, Institutional Area, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110 003. Jammu, Srinagar. NHPC achieves remote Tel: 011-2436 0100. Tel: 0191-254 6206. operation of all four E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.jkpdd.gov.in Website: www.ntpc.co.in generating units of its 160-MW Teesta Low Dam-IV Power Station in West Bengal.
Sterlite Power secures `20 bn funding for IndiGrid completes acquisition of ENICL from Lakadia Vadodara project Sterlite Power at `10.20 bn. Sterlite Power has secured `20.24 bn of funding from IndusInd Bank and NTPC to start commercial L&T Infrastructure Finance in order to execute the Lakadia Vadodara operation of its 800-MW unit transmission project. Sterlite Power has achieved financial closure for its of Darlipalli Super Thermal Lakadia Vadodara Transmission Project (LVTPL), it said in a statement. Power Station in Odisha. The project is part of India's Green Energy Corridor (GEC). Contact: Sudhanshu Tripathi, Head of Marketing, Sterlite Power. Canadian pension fund Address: 5th Floor, 5 North Avenue, Maker Maxity, Bandra Kurla Complex, CDPQ increases its stake in Bandra (East), Mumbai-400 051, Maharashtra. India’s solar power producer Mobile: (0) 87903 83040. Azure Power. Website: www.sterlitepower.com
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AIRPORTS Telangana to develop six airports QUICK PICKS
Telangana will get three new Proposed Jewar international greenfield airports, while the airport in Greater Noida to existing airports will become fully position the entire region as a operational. A chain of heliports is global investment hub in the also reportedly planned to connect future: Uttar Pradesh Chief remote parts of the state, along with Minister Yogi Adityanath. a world-class aerospace university. Bhopal airport to add 16 new Contact: Somesh Kumar, Chief Secretary, Government of Telangana. aprons in three years. AAI to raise Address: Government of Telangana, $300 mn to fund Block C, 3rd Floor, Telangana, The Sindhudurg Airport in Secretariat, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. Maharashtra to reportedly be new infrastructure Tel: 040-2345 2620. operational from May 1. Aiming to step up investments in capacity expansion of airports in the With several discrepancies country, the Airports Authority of surfacing in revenue records, India (AAI) has decided to raise Land to be the land acquisition process $300 mn via External Commercial acquired for for Halwara airport's ccivil Borrowings (ECBs) next year as part Mamnoor airport terminal may likely be of a proposed five-year outlay of further delayed. `250 bn starting this year. The AAI soon in Warangal The new terminal building at board has approved the step. Revenue authorities in Telangana the Maharaja Bir Bikram Contact: Arvind Singh, Chairman, have reportedly begun the exercise Airport in Agartala expected Airports Authority of India. to acquire land for development of to be operational in six months. Address: Airports Authority of India, Rajiv the airport to make it fully Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi-110 003. operational. It is the country’s Work to expand the terminal Tel: 011-2463 2950. largest pre-Independence airport, building at Surat airport to be E-mail: [email protected] built in 1930 by the Nizams who completed by 2022. Website: www.aai.aero ruled the state. While 706 acre is available for the brownfield project, MIHAN India annuls the it requires at least 400 acre more. bidding process for the upgradation, modernisation, Goa’s second Contact: Richa Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, and O&M of Nagpur Airport airport gets Forest & Climate Change. awarded to the GMR Airports. Address: Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, environmental nod Aliganj Road, Jorbagh, Phase-1 of Jewar airport The Union Ministry of Environment, New Delhi-110 003. included in the world’s 100 Forests and Climate Change has Tel: 011-2469 5288. strategic global infrastructure E-mail: [email protected] granted environmental clearance Website: www.geacindia.gov.in projects for the year 2020. for the proposed second international airport in Goa. The greenfield Mopa International Airport in Goa is expected to boost Cabinet fixes 2,200 acre for Bhogapuram development and tourism in airport project the state. The proposed greenfield international airport project at Bhogapuram Contact: Richa Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & has got a fresh impetus after the Andhra Pradesh Government reduced Climate Change. size of the land awarded to GMR Airports for the construction of the Address: Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, airport in the public-private partnership (PPP) mode. The tender for the Aliganj Road, Jorbagh, airport was finalised during the previous TDP regime. New Delhi-110 003. Tel: 011-2469 5288. Contact: Guruprasad Mohapatra, Chairman, Airports Authority of India. E-mail: [email protected] Address: Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi-110 003. Website: www.geacindia.gov.in Tel: 011-2463 2950. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.aai.aero
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PORTS Creating world-class port infra important for India: M Venkaiah Naidu Creating world-class infrastructure at ports is important if India is to become a $5 tn economy, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu recently said, as reported. Interacting with the chairpersons of major port trusts in Mamallapuram, he also reportedly called upon all the chairpersons and administrators of ports to make these facilities more energy-efficient and environment-friendly.
Andhra Pradesh to Major Port Adanis' `6.5 bn develop three Authorities Bill offer for Dighi Port ports on its own 2020 introduced gets NCLT nod The Andhra Pradesh Government The Major Port Authorities Bill 2020 The National Company Law has decided to develop three ports has been introduced in the Lok Tribunal (NCLT) has approved a in the state on its own. The ports Sabha by Minister of State for `6.50-bn resolution plan submitted are at Ramayapatnam, Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya. by Adani Ports & Special Economic Bhavanapadu and Machilipatnam. The Bill seeks to provide for Zone for the debt-ridden Dighi Although the state government had regulation, operation and planning Portsouth of Mumbai. The resolution earlier approached the Centre for of major ports in India and to vest comes with a huge 79.2 per cent funding, it has now decided to go their administration, control and haircut for the lenders, as they had ahead on its own. management in the Boards of made a claim of `30.98 bn. Contact: Siddharth Jain, Director-Ports, Major Port Authorities. Contact: Jay Khurana, CEO, Government of Andhra Pradesh-Ports. Contact: Gopal Krishna, Secretary, Adani Ports and SEZ. Address: Near Beach Road Kakinada, Ministry of Shipping. Address: Adani Corporate House, Andhra Pradesh-533 003. Address: Transport Bhawan, Sansad Shantigram, SG Highway, Tel: 0884-236 3825. Marg, New Delhi-110 001. Ahmedabad-382 421, Gujarat. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 011-2371 4938. Tel: 079-2656 5555. Website: www.ports.ap.gov.in Website: www.shipmin.gov.in Website: www.adaniports.com
Five projects under Cuddalore port's KPT to lease area JNPT inaugurated capacity expansion as big as London Union Minister Mansukh Lal proposal deferred Docklands Mandaviya reportedly inaugurated The Centre's environment advisory Kolkata Port Trust (KPT) is looking to five projects completed by the body has denied clearance for lease or rent its land, which is as big Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust at the Cuddalore Port's capacity expansion as the London Docklands, to boost port in Mumbai recently. He also plans. The proposal, aimed at profit. KPT owns nearly 4,500 acre, inaugurated a Ro-Pax terminal and importing more coal, fertilizer, and it uses about 2,000 acre of this. Ro-Pax ferry vessel at Mandwa, cement and other clean cargo, was The plan is to utilise this land bank Maharashtra. Considering the reportedly deferred because of and improve operations, augment importance of this waterway, the inadequate information submitted capacity and diversify, as reported. government has decided to start to the Union Environment Ministry's Property Consultants JLL has RO-Pax ferry service from Ferry Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC). reportedly been hired to survey and Wharf, Mumbai to Mandwa. digitise records of the KPT’s land bank. Contact: CK Mishra, Secretary, Contact: Sanjay Sethi, Chairman, JNPT. Union Environment Ministry. Contact: Asim Sutradhar, Address: Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Address: Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, General Secretary, Kolkata Port Trust. Admin Building, Sheva, Uran, Jor Bagh Road, New Delhi-110 003. Address: 15, Strand Road, Raigad-400 707. Tel: 022-2469 5262. Kolkata-700 001. Tel: 022-2724 4022. E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 033-2230 3451. Website: www.jnport.gov.in Website: www.nic.in Website: www.kolkataporttrust.gov.in
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RAILWAYS Indian Railways to Indian Railways QUICK PICKS electrify all broad- commissions Indian Railways Charlapalli gauge routes by survey for India- station to be developed as December 2023 Bhutan rail link satellite railway terminal.
Soon, travelling between India and Bangalore Metro Rail Bhutan will be possible by train. A Corporation invites bids for survey has been commissioned by the rail traction electrification. Indian Railway Board to establish a Mujnai-Nyoenpaling line to provide a Indian Railways’ cross-border rail link between the Vidyasagar railway station neighbouring nations. Railway Minister in Jharkhand revamped. Piyush Goyal was recently in Bhutan, RITES' board approves the Indian Railways network will be heading a business delegation in connection with the Bhutan-India closure of the JV with completely electrified in a couple of BNV Gujarat Rail. years as the ministry plans to electrify Start-up Summit 2020. As reported, the remaining broad-gauge routes a team from the Indian Railways Integrated Security Systems, on the network by December 2023. is expected to visit Bhutan to which includes CCTV As reported, Railway Minister Piyush hold discussions with its surveillance cameras Goyal also told the Rajya Sabha State Mining Corporation. among other things, to recently that the ministry plans to soon be installed at utilise about 1,000 MW of solar power Railways to 202 railway stations across and about 200 MW of wind power. undertake DPR for the country. Contact: PK Sinha, Secretary General, Singareni Collieries Indian Railways. six more high Address: Federation of Railway Officer's Company hands over Association Office, 256-A, Rail Bhavan, speed corridors `2 bn to South Central Raisina Road, New Delhi -110 001. Apart from the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Railway as its share for Tel: 011-2338 9155. Bullet Train project, Indian Railways construction of a railway E-mail: [email protected] line linking Kothagudem Website: www.indianrailways.gov.in will reportedly undertake six more High-Speed Rail corridors. The and Sathupalli.
Railways has selected Delhi-Varanasi, Steel Authority of India Goa proposes new Delhi-Ahmedabad, Mumbai-Nagpur, reportedly in talks with the railway lines in Mumbai-Hyderabad, Chennai- Indian Railways for an Mysore and Delhi-Amritsar as new order to supply about Arunachal Pradesh bullet train routes. 15.5 lakh tonne of rail in Western Arunachal MP Tapir Gao Contact: PK Sinha, Secretary General, this fiscal. has reportedly proposed laying Indian Railways. new railways lines in Arunachal Address: Federation of Railway Officer's Karnataka Government Pradesh from Parshuram Kund to Association Office, 256-A, Rail Bhavan, approves the Hubballi- Walong, from Pasighat to Tuting, Raisina Road, New Delhi -110 001. Ankola railway line. Tel: 011-2338 9155. from Silapathar (Assam) to Bame, Website: www.indianrailways.gov.in and from Bame to Aalo, Kamba, Kaying, Tato and Mechuka. As reported, according to him, these Bengaluru suburban rail project gets `5 bn railway lines, including the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has reportedly announced an initial proposed Tezpur to Tawang railway, allocation of `5 bn for a suburban rail project to ease traffic flow in are important for national security. Bengaluru. This follows Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's recent Contact: Tabom Bam, Chief Secretary, announcement of full support for the project, estimated to cost `186 bn. Government of Arunachal Pradesh. Address: Block No 1, First Floor Room Contact: AK Singh, General Manager, Indian Railways-Karnataka. No 107, Civil Secretariat, Itanagar-791 Address: General Manager Office, Rail Soudha, South Western Railway, 111, Arunachal Pradesh. Gadag Road, Hubli-580 020. Tel: 0360-221 2595. Tel: 0836-0652 5000. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.dir.railnet.gov.in Website: www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in
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ROADWAYS Bidding process for Patna Ring Road likely Cabinet nod for in two months upgrading NHs in The bidding process for selecting a firm for constructing the Patna Ring several states Road is likely to be initiated in two months as MoRTH has approved the The Cabinet Committee on alignment finalised by the state government for the road. The DPR is Economic Affairs has reportedly reportedly being finalised. approved the rehabilitation and Contact: Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Secretary, Government of Bihar-Transport Department. upgradation of various National Address: Vishwesaraiya Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna-800 015. Highways covering a total length of Tel: 0612-250 6449. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.transport.bih.nic.in over 780 km in the states of Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. NHAI calsl for The project involves an investment QUICK PICKS of `76.62 bn. tenders for Salem- Contact: Pradeep Kumar Sinha, Bengaluru route NHIDCL invites bids for road Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Committee on The government is planning to upgradation in Tripura on Economic Affairs. shorten a stretch of NH-844, which EPC basis at about `3.09 bn. Address: Rashtrapati Bhawan, will help those travelling between World Bank approves a New Delhi-110 004. Salem and Bengaluru. The project Tel: 011-2301 8467. $500-mn project to build safe will cost NHAI `20.61 bn and will E-mail: [email protected] and green national highway Website: www.cabsec.gov.in involve the construction of a new corridors in Rajasthan, route via Rajakottai and Palacode, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar shortening the distance by 25 km. Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Contact: Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Tenders for Chairman, National Highways Authority In principal approval for three six-laning of of India. integrated schemes of about Address: G-5&6, Sector 10, Dwarka, `7.79 bn for providing Nashik-Pune New Delhi-110 075. uninterrupted traffic flow on Tel: 011-2507 4100. highway in April E-mail: [email protected] the Rajiv Chowk, Signature Website: www.nhai.gov.in Tower and IFFCO Chowk junctions at Gurugram.
Border Roads Organisation MMRDA proposes opens for traffic the 360-ft- Alibaug-Virar long bailey suspension bridge corridor at `190 bn over Teesta River in The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Munshithang, North Sikkim. Development Authority (MMRDA)has NHAI to soon complete the Union Minister for Road Transport proposed the eight-laning of the 6-km-long priority stretch Nitin Gadkari has reportedly Alibaug-Virar multi-modal corridor between UP Gate and Hindon instructed officials of the National at `190 bn. The corridor will have bridge of the Delhi Meerut Highway Authority of India (NHAI) 7.5 m of utility passageway on both Expressway project. to publish tenders for six-laning the ends of the road. As reported Nashik-Pune highway by April. Work according to MMRDA officials, this Ashoka Buildcon executes a to commence the six-laning of the would allow utility providers like concession agreement with Nashik-Pune national highway is gas, petrol, and electricity to put in NHAI for a `10.35 bn road expected to begin soon. their lines. project in Karnataka.
Contact: Dr Sukhbir Singh Sandhu, Contact: RA Rajeev, Metropolitan About 109 km of highways Chairman, National Highways Authority Commissioner, Mumbai Metropolitan and important district roads of India. Region Development Authority. Address: G 5&6 , Sector 10, Dwarka, Address: Bank-Kurla Complex, Bandra in Tamil Nadu to be New Delhi -110 075. (E), Mumbai-400 051. revamped and upgraded at a Tel: 011-2507 4100. Tel: 022-2659 0001. `15 bn with funding from the E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] World Bank. Website: www.nhai.gov.in Website: www.mmrda.maharashtra.gov.in
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Prestige Group inaugurates its first Ascendas India commercial developments in Trust signs pacts for Ahmedabad and Hyderabad acquiring Prestige Fintech, billed as a Next warehouse in Gen office space, has a super Khurja, NCR built-up area of 3,15,331 sq ft. Prestige Phoenix is located in Ascendas Property Fund Trustee, Begumpet, with a built-up area of the trustee-manager of Ascendas 48,786 sqft. India Trust, has signed definitive agreements for the acquisition of an Contact: Swaroop Anish, Executive Director-Business Development, income-producing warehouse with Prestige Group. a total floor area of approximately Address: Prestige Falcon Towers, 19, 0.2 mn sq ft from Arshiya Northern The Prestige Group has inaugurated Brunton Rd, Craig Park Layout, Ashok FTWZ. The transaction closing is two developments – Prestige Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka-560 025. Tel: 080-2559 1080. E-mail: subject to the completion of Fintechin GIFT City, Ahmedabad [email protected] certain conditions. and Prestige Phoenix in Hyderabad. Website: www.prestigeconstructions.com Contact: Tan Choon Siang, CFO, Ascendas India Trust. Tel: (65) 6774 1033 Email: [email protected] Poddar Housing EKTA World Website: www.a-itrust.com launches ‘Poddar launches Verve Riviera’ at Kalyan in Mumbai QUICK PICKS
Poddar Housing has launched EKTA World has launched its NBCC to float tenders for Poddar Riviera at Kalyan in suburban residential project Verve at Khar development of eight stalled Mumbai, as an affordable luxury West, Mumbai. It is the second housing projects of Amrapali housing project. The project project in the series of EKTA Luxury Group in Noida and Greater comprises of 19 towers with 23 floors Collection, after ‘The One’ at Noida with an estimated each, spread over 18.8 acre and Pali Hill, Bandra. Verve is a value of over `50 bn. offering one, 1.5 and two-BHK 16-storey building comprising of India’s largest student apartments with a number of 16 units spread across housing company amenities for sports and relaxation. approximately 1,100 sq m, Stanza Living launches Contact: Anand Kute, President-Sales & offering three and five-BHK flats. customised living spaces for Marketing, Poddar Housing. Contact: Sunil Singh, Assistant General working professionals. Address: Poddar Group Building, Manager-Sales & Marketing, EKTA World. Mathuradas Mill Compound, Address: Opp. Guru Nanak Hospital, Wadhwa Group clocks 126 NM Joshi Marg, Lower Parel (W), Bandra (East), Mumbai, record sales for its newly Mumbai-400 013. Maharashtra-400 051. launched projects in Mobile: (0) 97686 98787. Tel: 022-6115 2424. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Mumbai – Atmosphere O2 Website: www.poddarhousing.com Website: www.ektaworld.com in Mulund and TW Gardens in Kandivali.
At seven years, NCR sees Lodha Group-backed MultiLiving unveils longest project completion premium residential properties time in last decade. A brainchild of IIM and IIT-educated beyond the average rented space, Rustomjee launches its entrepreneurs and real estate while for property owners it ultra-spacious residences in veterans, Mumbai-based Lodha promises regular and steady returns. the final tower named IGNIS, Group's MultiLiving is a platform Contact: Shaishav Dharia, Regional CEO, at Rustomjee Elements. that aims to eliminate the Lodha Group. Labdhi Lifestyle to launch inefficiencies prevalent in the Address: Lodha Excelus Building, Apollo its new project Labdhi existing rental system. For potential Mills Compound Nm Joshi Marg, Codename Convenient in tenants, it ensures a comfortable Mahalaxmi, Mumbai-400 011. Tel: 022-2302 4400. Wadala, Mumbai. and convenient lifestyle, which is Website: www.lodhagroup.in
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CEMENT UPDATE
Cement industry's capacity utilisation likely to moderate: ICRA QUICK PICKS
previous year. This, along with One of the oldest cement expected higher capacity additions manufacturers in south India at 20-22 mn mtpa in FY2020 and Mancherial Cement Company, FY2021 as compared to 17 mn formerly Associated Cement mtpa in FY2019, is likely to result in Companies (ACC), on the moderation of industry’s capacity verge of closure due to utilisation in the current financial operational losses and year, according to ICRA Ratings. other challenges. Domestic demand growth for This, along with expected higher cement is expected to remain flat in capacity addition, is likely to result Nuvoco Vistas deposits FY2020 as against the decade-high in moderation of the cement `2.50 bn in escrow account growth of 13 per cent in the industry’s capacity utilisation. for Emami Cement deal.
Damani family further increases its stake in Jasan Infra awaits UltraTech Cement India Cements from green nod for to begin work on 11.98 per cent to cement grinding capacity expansion 16 per cent. unit in Tamil Nadu in 2021 Demand for cement expected to increase in Q4 FY2020 as Jasan Infra is planning to set up a UltraTech Cement is planning to improvement in demand cement grinding unit with a expand its cement capacity from conditions seen from capacity of 1.6 mtpa in the 9 mn tpa to 14 mn tpa in the November last year in most Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu. Anantapur district and Kurnool parts of India. The project, worth `1.20 bn, is district of Andhra Pradesh. awaiting environment clearance. The project, worth `12.50 bn, IIT Madras undertaking study Contact: Jagathrakshakan Swamikannu, will include expansion of clinker for new eco-friendly cement, Director, Jasan Infra. capacity and waste heat recovery with combination of fly-ash, Address: #29, Tilak Street, T Nagar, power plant capacity. Work is limestone and clay, for use in Chennai-17. Tel: 044-2834 6505. expected to commence by the industry. E-mail: [email protected] February 2021. Website: www.jasaninfra.com India Ratings and Research Contact: KC Jhanwar, Managing Director, maintains stable outlook on UltraTech Cement. the cement sector for FY2021, Cement makers Address: B Wing, 2nd floor, Ahura Centre, Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri (East) expects cement demand may log operating Mumbai, Maharashtra-400 093. growth to recover to around Tel: 022-6691 7800. 5 per cent during the year. profit margin of E-mail: [email protected] 20% in FY2021 Website: www.ultratechcement.com Crisil expects cement makers to report operating profitability of around 20 per cent in FY2021 as NHPC signs pact with Cement Corp to demand is expected to recover, driven by the infrastructure and meet Dibang project requirements affordable housing sectors. Stable State-owned hydropower producer NHPC, formerly known as National realisations and benign input prices Hydroelectric Power Corp, has signed a MoU with Cement Corporation are also likely to lead to recovery in of India (CCI) for meeting the power requirements of its 2,880-MW demand, as per CRISIL. According Dibang Multipurpose Project. CCI has proposed to install a clinker to the firm, operating profitability in grinding unit near the project area to fulfil the cement requirements of the current fiscal is expected to the project. touch a seven-year high of around Contact: Abhay Kumar Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, NHPC. 21 per cent, which translates to a Address: NHPC Office Complex, Sector-33, Faridabad-121 003, Haryana. 350-400 basis points increase from Tel: 0129-258 8500. E-mail: [email protected] the year-ago level. Website: www.nhpcindia.com
April 2020 Construction World 97 EQUIPMENT UPDATE
Rokemann buys Liebherr R 924 G8 Eicher launches its crawler excavator innovative BS-VI Alsatian company Rokemann decided solution, EUTECH6 on the new generation crawler VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV) has excavator from Liebherr for various unveiled its entire BS-VI range of excavation and earthmoving jobs. trucks and buses across 4.9-55 T The contractor is impressed by the tagged with Eicher’s innovative BSVI efficiency and performance of these solution, EUTECH6. The new platform machines and appreciates the stability, combines VECV’s Euro VI expertise comfort and versatility of the R 924 G8, which was showcased in April last with the most reliable engine year at Bauma 2019 in Munich, said a release by Liebherr. technology and fuel-efficient driveline. Contact: Alban Villaumé, Marketing and Communication, Liebherr. Contact: Disha Sharma, Corporate Tel: +333 89 21 36 09. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.liebherr.com Communications Manager, VECV. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.vecv.in PASCHAL providing Productivity expertise for improvements seen WOLFKRAN wins Sita Rama from Hy-Brid Lifts’ new customer Irrigation Project first ZT-1630 order Churchill Retirement The Sita-Rama irrigation project Hy-Brid Lifts delivered the first order Living in UK was initiated to supply the regions of ZT-1630 lifts to Advantage of Khammam, Bhadradri, Rental Inc, a division of Scott The Plant Services division of Kothagudem and Mahabubabad in Electric. The rental center placed an Churchill Retirement Living is Telangana with an irrigation system order for the new models soon operating four brand new WOLFF and drinking water supply. Around after their release and has since 133 B luffing cranes on their job sites 67 sq m of formwork material was experienced positive customer across the south of the UK. The British provided by PASCHAL Form Work feedback. The ZT-1630 is a safer firm was the first to acquire the latest (India) to produce a formwork area and more secure alternative to a WOLFFKRAN crane model that was of a total of 12,006 sq m. traditional mast lift. introduced at Bauma Munich 2019. Contact: Katja Münch, Head of Marketing Contact: Hy-Brid Lifts. Contact: WOLFFKRAN International AG PASCHAL-Werk G. Maier GmbH. Address: 2647 Highway 175, Richfield, Simone Engleitner, International Marketing, E-mail: [email protected] Wis. 53076. Baarermattstrasse 6, Ch-6300 Zug Website: www.paschal.com Tel: 262-644-1300. Tel: +41 41 766 85 00 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.hybridlifts.com Website: www.wolffkran.com QUICK PICKS
Kubota Corporation, a John Deere introduces Case Construction leading global tractor and 333G compact track loader Equipment’s new PT240D machinery manufacturer with integrated grade pneumatic tire roller from Japan, to acquire control and DozerMode. made for large road 10 per cent equity stake, projects, designed to on a post capital reduction Compact equipment giant require fewer passes and basis, in Escorts, a leading Kubota unveils its first model in improve penetration and engineering conglomerate the mini skid steer or compact compaction density. in India. utility loader segment, the 1,000-pound rated operating Minnich develops a Auction giant Ritchie Bros. capacity SCL1000. backpack-style concrete formalises its appraisal vibrator to make vibration and services, launches a Mecalac unveils its AS consolidation of concrete new division – Ritchie Bros series swing loaders to the pours easier, faster and Appraisal Services. US with 180-degree arm swivel. more ergonomic.
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SMART CITIES UPDATE
IIT-Roorkee, Dehradun Smart City sign MoU for city's makeover
The Indian Institute of of urban planning, including Technology, Roorkee (IIT-R), has water harvesting. signed a MoU with Dehradun Contact: Dr. Ashish Kumar Srivastav, Smart City to improve public CEO, Dehradun Smart City. transport, traffic management Address: Saatvik Tower, 777, and drainage system design Kaulagarh Road, Rajender Nagar, in the Uttarakhand capital. IIT- Dehradun-248 001. Tel: 0135-275 0984. Roorkee will provide services and E-mail: [email protected] research on different aspects Website: www.smartcitydehradun.uk.gov.in
Trichy floats tender Nod for 12 smart QUICK PICKS for Rockfort city roads in Vizag Indore Smart City beautification The construction of at least 12 smart Development calls for tenders city roads and internal roads has The Trichy Municipal Corporation for the second time for been taken up in Visakhapatnam has floated a tender for the erecting seven unipoles and following clearance by the Andhra beautification of Rockfort hillock pole kiosks on BOT basis. under the Smart Cities mission, at Pradesh Ministry of Municipal an estimated cost of `110.36 mn. Administration and Urban Ludhiana Smart City requests The project will be on a design, Development. The stalled project, for allocation of more build, operate and transfer worth `380 mn, has now been funds for new and existing (DBOT) basis. cleared by the state government. government hospitals in the city. Contact: Thiru S Sivasubramanian, Contact: G Srujana, Commissioner, Visakhapatnam Ministry of Municipal Commissioner, Tiruchirappalli City Water Sensitive Urban Municipal Corporation. Administration and Urban Development. Address: No.58, Bharathidasan Salai, Address: Visakhapatnam, Andhra Design, while designing smart Contonment, Tiruchirappalli-620 001. Pradesh-531 173. Tel: 0891-274 6300. cities, to help in building Tel: 0431-241 2860. E-mail: [email protected] resilience to climate change Website: www.trichycorporation.gov.in Website: www.cdma.ap.gov.in as well as improve livability and aesthetics of smart cities. Indore issues second `4.13 bn for Discom sets up its first master control and command centre call for consultants Coimbatore and for live feed and monitoring for 100 MW Trichy municipal of smart meters in Indore. solar projects corporations Madurai Municipal Corporation’s Smart City Indore Smart City Development The Tamil Nadu Government has allotted `4.13 bn for underground Mission projects get rolling (ISCDL) has issued the second call in good speed. for selecting a consultant for drainage projects for the municipal 100 MW floating or ground corporations of Coimbatore and Proposal to develop mounted or rooftop solar PV power Trichy. `1.75 bn has been allotted multi-level parkings at plants at Yashwant Sagar Dam for Coimbatore to complete about Nagpur Smart City. 153 km of underground drainage Reservoir, Jalud Water Pumping Free Wi-Fi Zones to come up Station and various other locations. system. Further, `2.38 bn has been allotted for Trichy for repairing the in Tripura capital Agartala The timeline is two years for under smart city project. execution and five years of O&M. existing underground drainage pipes in the core city areas and Software major Infosys to Contact: Sandeep Soni, CEO, also setting up new systems in the Indore Smart City Development. partner with US-based Address: Smart City Office, Nehru Park added areas, under the smart city Qualcomm to offer smart Campus, Park Road, Indore, Madhya funds. Besides, `530.79 mn has cities solutions through the Pradesh, 452 003. Tel: 0731-253 5572. also been allotted for implementing latter’s accelerator programme. Website: www.smartcityindore.org a drinking water project in Trichy.
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BUDGET SL COMPANY PROJECT DETAILS (IN CONTACTS TYPE No. `MILLION) Airport / Aviation 1 Airports Authority Plans to develop a greenfield airport at 1,000.00 Vinod Sharma, Airport Director, BM Conceptual of India (AAI) Dhalbhumgarh in Jamshedpur. The Airport, Ranchi-834 007, Jharkhand. Jharkhand Government and AAI have signed Tel: 0651-645 0327. Mobile: (0) 94311 a MoU to this effect. 06570. E-mail: [email protected] Canal/Dam/Irrigation 2 Narmada Water The department has invited bids for an EPC 6,511.30 HU Kalyani, Chief Engineer (NG) and Addl. Conceptual Resources, contract for the Tapi-Karjan Lift Irrigation Secretary, Block No. 9, 2nd Floor, Sachivalay, Water Supply & Scheme in Gujarat with operation and Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Kalpsar Department maintenance for 10 years. Tel: 079-2325 4218, 6522 0304. E-mail: [email protected] 3 Water Resources The department has undertaken 3,156.50 SK Jatav, Executive Engineer, WRD, Under Department, implementation of Satdharu medium Damoh, Madhya Pradesh. Implementa- Madhya Pradesh irrigation in the Damoh district of Madhya Tel: 07812-222 779. tion Pradesh. The project envisages construction Mobile: (0) 62630 63604. of a 24.80-m-high and 755-m-long earthen E-mail: [email protected] dam including 64.5 m side channel spillway on river Satdharu of Damoh district. Coal
4 Epsilon Carbon Proposes expansion of coal tar distillation 9,000.00 Mohinder Kumar Singhania, Director & Conceptual and addition of carbon black plant at CEO, Upadrastha House, 2-3 Floor, 48, Dr Musinayakahalli, Taluk Sandur, District VB Gandhi Marg, Fort, Mumbai- Ballari, Karnataka. 400 023, Maharashtra. Tel: 022-2271 2800. E-mail: [email protected]
5 Coal India Plans to undertake the supply, installation 11,760.00 B Biswas, CM (MM), Premise No-04, MAR, Conceptual and commissioning of six electrical walking Plot No-AF-III, AF Block (Newtown), Action dragline along with spares and consumables Area I, Newtown, Kolkata, West Bengal. with one-year warranty and additional spares Tel: 033-2324 4127. Extn- 4161. and consumables for 10 years in West Bengal. E-mail: [email protected]
Housing
6 Signature Global The company has started construction on a 350.00 Gopal G Pandey, Sr. Manager Sales, Office Conceptual (India) new project, 'Signature Global Proxima-I and No. Ground Floor, Signature Towers, South II', in Gurugram, Haryana, comprising City 1, Gurugram- 1,410 units. 122 001, Haryana. Tel: 0124-490 8200. E-mail: [email protected]
Metro Rail
7 Gujarat Metro Rail The GMRC has floated tenders for works on 14,876.20 RK Verma, CGM (Construction/Planning), Conceptual Corporation (GMRC) Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project Phase-II in 802-803, 8th Floor, GNFC Info Tower, Gujarat under two packages. Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway, Bodakdev, Ahmedabad-380 054, Gujarat. Tel: 079-2680 0000, 2324 8572. E-mail: info@ gujaratmetrorail.com
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8 Bangalore Metro Plans to assign the construction of metro-rail 1,634.40 General Manager (Contracts), 3rd Floor, Conceptual Rail Corporation depot structures, site development works, BMTC Complex, KH Road, Shantinagar, internal roads and drainage works in Depot Bengaluru-560 027, Karnataka. area at Kothnur in Reach-6 of Bangalore Tel: 080-2296 9300/301. Metro Rail Project, Phase-2. The work is E-mail: [email protected] targeted to be completed in 20 months.
9 MMRDA Plans to undertake design, manufacture, 18,650.00 Bharat B Modgil, Sr. Director (System) Conceptual supply, testing and commissioning of Integration-Metro, Bandra Kurla Complex, 234 standard gauge cars including training of Bandra (E), Mumbai-400 051, Mumbai-400 Line-4 and extension corridor (Wadala- 051. Tel: 022-2659 7406, 2659 7552. E-mail: Kasarvadavali-Gaimukh) of Mumbai Metro [email protected] Rail project of MMRDA.
Pre-engineered Buildings
10 Indian Institute of Plans to assign the construction of additional 24.30 Manoj Kumar, Superintending Engineer Conceptual Technology Kanpur pre-engineered steel structures G + 1 Near (Human Resource & Administration), Media Lab Building at IIT Kanpur SH Civil Kalyanpur, Kanpur-208 016, Uttar Pradesh. works. Completion is targeted in six months. Tel: 0512-259 0151, 259 7738. E-mail: [email protected]
Railways
11 IRCON International The company plans to assign redevelopment 3,582.00 Sanjay Kumar Sharma, CGM-Works, C-4 Conceptual of Safdarjung Railway station along with District Centre, Saket, New Delhi-110 017. office building at New Moti Bagh 1, South Tel: 011-2956 5666, 2956 5639. Delhi, on engineering, design, procurement E-mail: [email protected] and construction basis.
Roads/Highways/Bridges
12 Ministry of Road Plans to assign the construction of two-lane 2,990.40 Shribas Mandal, Chief Engineer (Zone-V), Conceptual Transport and road of Potin to Pangin section of NH-13 on Transport Bhawan, 1, Parliament Street, Highways EPC Mode under Arunachal Pradesh Package New Delhi-110 001. Tel: 011-2373 9085, of Roads and Highways of SARDP-NE. 2331 8076. E-mail: [email protected] The work is targeted to be completed in 36 months.
13 National Highways Plans to undertake construction of 6,845.10 PK Kaushik, Project Director, SCO-No.2, 2nd Conceptual Authority of India Gurugram-Pataudi-Rewari section of Floor, Sector-1, Brass Market, Rewari- NH-352W (design length 46.110 km) as 123 401, Haryana. Tel: 0124-297 0077. feeder route in Haryana. The project will be Mobile: (0) 98711 16768. implemented on the hybrid annuity mode. The work is targeted to be completed in 24 months.
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14 Public Works Plans to undertake upgradation to 1,993.20 Shabir Hussain, Executive Engineer, Conceptual Department (R&B), intermediate lane of NH-301 Kargil- Zanskar R&B Suru Valley Division, Sankoo-194 301, Jammu & Kashmir Road in Ladakh on EPC mode. Completion is Kargil district, Ladakh. Tel: 01985-258 002. targeted in 36 months. Mobile: (0) 94191 76156. E-mail: [email protected]
15 National Highways Plans to undertake development of 18,273.10 Dr B Mukhopadhyay, Geneeral Manager, Conceptual Authority of India eight-lane greenfield highway from after G-5 and 6, Sector-10, Dwarka, Chambal River near Durjanpura village to New Delhi-110 075. Tel: 011-2507 4200. Banda Hera village section of NH-148 N E-mail: [email protected] (total length: 43.8 km) in Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. The project received environmental clearance recently.
16 Ministry of Road Plans to assign the construction of new 11,562.90 Chief Engineer-Regional Officer, MoRTH, Conceptual Transport and six-lane bridge including its approaches NH Bhawan, Biotech Chowk, Vikas Nagar, Highways across river Ganga on NH-96 (New NH-330) at Lucknow-226 022, Uttar Pradesh. Phaphamau, Prayagraj, in Uttar Pradesh. Tel: 0522-296 7112, 232 2741. Completion is targeted in three years. Mobile: (0) 96542 97112. E-mail: [email protected]
Sewage Treatment
17 Chandigarh Smart Rehabilitation and upgradation of five 5,557.70 Gagandeep Singh, Manager, New Bridge, Conceptual City existing sewage treatment plants (STPs) and Building 2, 2nd Floor, Near TDI Mall, construction of one new STP on design, build Sector 17 A, Chandigarh-160 017. and operate plus 15 years O&M basis at Tel: 0172-504 3196. Chandigarh under the Smart City project. E-mail: [email protected] Bids were recently invited.
Water Sector
18 Municipal The civic body plans to construct Gargai dam 31,050.00 Shirish Uchgaonkar, Deputy CE, MCGM, Conceptual Corporation of that will augment Mumbai’s water supply by 1st Floor, Engineering Hub Building, Greater Mumbai 440 mn litres a day. The Government of Dr E Moses Road, Worli Naka, Maharashtra and BMC had planned two Mumbai-400 018, Maharashtra. dams, Gargai and Pinjal, and a river-linking Tel: 022-2495 8068. project called Damanganga-Pinjal. The dam E-mail: [email protected] will be constructed in Palghar district and submerge about 840 ha of land.
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Communication Feature
Google smart class in a village! Duravit India fulfils the dreams of students.
German sanitaryware brand such schools Duravit is operating in Gujarat, through our CSR India, since the last 10 years. This programme. wholly owned subsidiary of Duravit Our initiative AG, Germany, had launched the ‘The Smart Class Smart Class Programme as part Programme’ of its CSR initiative to drive the will benefit the overall educational development underprivileged in surrounding villages. The brand children. In is doing amazing work for the this digitalised education development in Gujarat. era, every child Recently, Duravit converted should be well classes but also revamped the the third school under its smart versed with the latest technology. entire school. class programme at Shri LD Patel With the increasing presence of Here are the actions undertaken Vidhyavihar, (Moraj Kelavani technology in our lives, a technology at two schools under the initiative: Mandal Trust), Moraj Village. integration model in the schools 1. Shri LD Patel Vidhyavihar, The smart class brand is upgrading can make learning more fun and (Moraj Kelavani Mandal Trust), another school named Tarapur impactful. This is the second school Moraj, Tarapur. Facilities Sarvajanik High School (Tarapur we have converted in the last two provided by Duravit India: Kelavani Mandal), with basic years, and we wish to do 100 such • Smart Class Room: K Yan facilities like drinking water and schools.” with white board with new clean girls toilet. Duravit has During the inauguration, 25 benches, colour work in associated with YUVA Unstoppable, Sandeep Soni, General Manager, side room and four new fans. among India’s leading NGO’s for Engineering & Administration, • Water cooler and RO plant: the programme, which will be Duravit India, stated: “Basic Blue Star-made water coolers a boon for the students by education in rural area is essential. – 100 litre capacity; overhead influencing a technology Our mission is to develop the shed (roof). integrated learning model. primary and secondary schools in • Girl’s toilet colour work this region with basic infrastructure. and repairing. The initiative Sanitation and good quality • Boy’s toilet paver block Speaking at the occasion, of drinking water should be and colour work. Asutosh Shah, Managing Director, compulsory for all schools to Duravit India, conveyed: maintain the children’s health 2. Tarapur Sarvajanik High “Our mission is to covert 100 and hygiene. In addition, we are School (Tarapur Kelavani adding smart classes Mandal), Tarapur: in every school. • Water cooler and RO plant – Such initiatives will Blue Star-made water coolers become a gateway – 100 litre capacity; overhead to connect rural shed (roof). students to a • Girl’s toilet colour work and global platform.” paver blocks. • Boy’s toilet colour work Other facilities and repairing. Duravit India not only equipped the (Communication by the management schools with smart of the company)
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Standing Tall Kirby is extensively promoting steel as a preferred material for all high-rise buildings for various applications. Steel offers advantages such construction as off-site construction, speed, technologies in the quality and timely completion. high-rise segment. Kirby is providing steel structures • Basement for all with more innovative parameters, the three buildings such as design flexibility, easily are interconnected regular practice and then accommodating aesthetic or where the two-level ramp is erected at site. architectural features, factory- done by Kirby India along • Driveway for fire tender controlled fabrication which with supporting beams and movement done in cantilevered mitigates quality, transport and connections consisting of hilti steel lattice with deck sheet acting labour issues, green building bolts specially designed to like a steel member. features, longer life span, ease of integrate with RCC columns. • Space constraint for erection with maintenance, lower project cost, • Columns of building B were not no movement of cranes from environmental-friendly, and more. designed to take the load of steel one end to another end of the which were further strengthened building. Erection completely Advantages of steel structures and building C footings were done from outside as the location A client opted for only steel made ready. is in the financial district of construction for all their future high- • Columns are of plated box sections. Hyderabad, which is one of the rise projects, both residential and • Beams are tapered I-sections and busiest junctions. commercial, which are currently are then encased with concrete. • Lack of storage space for under execution. Kirby India has • Speed floor eckingd panel along material. Erection carried out bagged another G + 18 high-rise with supporting beams is used for as and when the material is commercial building project, from all the floors. supplied in sequential form, the same client which is currently • Staircases are fully made of which is one of the most under final stages of completion. steel and are specially factory- important factors in erection of fabricated from bottom of one any high-rise building, and it Building statistics floor to base of next floor, instead was smoothly followed by Kirby • 3 similar buildings – A, B, C, of each step separately as execution team. of which A is partly constructed • Two mobile cranes are used from in RCC & steel, B is constructed PROJECT DETAILS two sides of the building with in RCC up to podium level simultaneous coordination for and above that steel and C is • Client: Phoenix Developers faster erection. completely in steel. • Steel solution provider: Kirby • Structure was aligned floor yb • B – G + 5 + Terrace consisting Building Systems & Structures India floor in sequential manner with of lift machine rooms (LMR) and • Tonnage: Approximately proper tightening of nuts and bolts. 1,230 MT over head tanks (OHT). • All the global safety standards • Area: 16,000 sq m • C – 3B+G+5 + Terrace were followed right from start to consisting of LMR and OHT. • Jobsite: Hyderabad, Telangana completion. • Excavations were completed • Building usage: Multi-storied • Highest quality standards were commercial complex for all the buildings. Both the maintained without any re-works • Industry: Services buildings B & C were integrated at the site. between RCC and steel using • Actual start date: June 2016 • Actual completion date: composite construction, which (Communication by the management February 2017. is one of the rapidly emerging of the company)
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Digital Museum L&T opens digitally transformed corporate museum – L&T HHL Centre – in Chennai.
L&T Construction has opened its state-of-the-art, new-look and digitally transformed corporate museum at Manapakkam in Chennai. Christened HHL Centre after L&T’s founding father Henning Holck-Larsen, the revamped museum is the best example of immersive storytelling using latest digital technology and platforms by a conglomerate in India.
Digital strategy Said SN Subrahmanyan, CEO & Managing Director, L&T: “We are delighted to present the digital avatar of L&T Construction’s museum, which is in line with our three floors. It was originally built in milestones, testimonies, etc, was a corporate strategy of digitalisation 2004 to commemorate the humongous task.” across the company. The museum 60th anniversary of L&T Construction is a manifestation of all the key and narrates the company’s Other features milestones the company has outstanding history that now spans A walk-through of this fully achieved. We trust that this over eight decades. digital, touch-enabled and will go in the annals of the Said S Anantha Sayana, Chief multimedia museum, gives corporate history of India and will Digital Officer, L&T, “In this the visitor a peep into L&T become an inspirational landmark state-of-the-art museum, we Construction’s capabilities. The iPad for Chennai.” have showcased projects by L&T interactive mosaic/architectural LED The uniquely shaped museum Construction across the breadth video wall showcases company’s is spread over 12,000 sq ft across of its activities, by deploying 30 most iconic projects. A unique multiple digital section called ‘L&T City’ is a technologies collection of miniature models of and formats. marquee projects made by the Representing the company across the world and sheer mammoth brought to life using interactive, size of L&T in 3D projection mapping technology. the museum A timeline presents stories, milestones was the major and significant events, decade challenge. wise on a 10 ft touch interactive Digitally LED video wall. A telepresence articulating an robot bids farewell to the visitors by eight-decade recording a video or digitally written history spread feedback from them. across the globe with (Communication by the management minute details, of the company)
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“Power Glass is a direct replacement of glass.” - Dr Ramesh Dhere, Partner, Co Founder, Solar Scape LLP
According to a study, the making power glass installation market for commercial buildings in simple and easy. Various features India will double by 2030. include – customised transparency And, since commercial buildings and sizes, uniform light output, are usually multi-storey structures, aesthetically good looking with from an architectural and building colour choices. perspective, glass facades are ideally suited for high-rise buildings. What is the kind of R&D that Dr Ramesh Dhere, Partner, gone in to understand customer Co Founder, Solar Scape LLP, requirements and bring out the shares more on the market and new range accordingly? the demand. We conducted an extensive survey in five major cities in India The company is launching its to take feedback from concerned new range of facades with solar professionals of the building and panels. Which infrastructure and construction industries about our building segments in India will product and technology. And, the these cater to, and from which of response was encouraging enough these are you expecting maximum such as reduced heat load, for us to bring this technology demand for the new range? minimising needs of curtains and, to India. And, we recently The new range is called of course, power generation. inaugurated our Experience Centre Power Glass. It will cater to any in Pune on March 1. high-rise building (commercial, Briefly share the features and hospital, hotel) and or any specifications of the new range of How do you view this launch buildings using glass facades. facades with solar panels. impacting the company’s Power Glass is a direct replacement Power Glass products offered business growth? of glass in any of these buildings by Solar Scape are based on The building industry has shown as it maintains all the advantages thin film CdTe technology. considerable interest in our of glass, and offers added benefits As the thickness of the entire solar products. For making the decision cell structure to incorporate Power Glass in their is less than projects, they want to see the product 5 micometers, in operation. Thus, setting up an it is possible experience centre for the industry to selectively to actually come and see the Power laser scribe the Glass working will go a long way solar cells to in persuading our prospective achieve the clients. The anticipated growth desired in the building industry and the transmission. higher focus on renewable energy, The building integrated products, energy installation of efficiency, environmental-friendly Power Glass building products are some of the is identical to drivers that will fuel the growth of regular glass Power Glass in India. facades that are widely (Communication by the management used, thus of the company)
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Communication Feature Green Initiative Featherlite endeavours towards cleaner pastures. Featherlite has been actively quality (IAQ). Talking sustainability, involved in the ‘green initiative’ for a to improve the environment, the while and has diligently participated company has provided more than in adopting environmental 30 per cent of the area under management techniques that lead plantation. Paper consumption reused by ancillary industries, to a better working environment has been reduced and smart sheet making it a zero waste company. and improved viability. software is used during the entire All the steel and aluminium process of manufacturing. No sections are procured cut to size, Leading by example hazardous materials or chemicals therefore, minimising any wastage. Faetherlite is one of the few of concern are used through the The firm’s core expertise lies in furniture manufacturing companies entire manufacturing process of all manufacturing innovative and with a net-zero carbon footprints. the products complying with RoHS cost-effective customised office The factory envelope is built in a norms. More than 40 per cent of furniture that is functional and way that more than 70 per cent the materials used are instilled with sustainable in nature. of the materials are recyclable rapidly renewable materials. All the Featherlite is truly leading by and can be reused. Clean air solid waste generated at Featherlite example, and paving a path for a emission by installing cyclone factories in the form of sawdust, cut more viable and sustainable future. separators and stacks further helps pieces of wood and steel, plastic, (Communication by the management in keeping up with the indoor air cardboard, etc, are recycled or of the company)
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Winning Streak Gandhi Automations has been awarded the Automation Industry Leader 2020 and Automation Supplier of the Year 2020.
Gandhi Automations has reduces the impact of a labour use of the technology. The customer once again bagged two awards shortage; thereby, keeping the acknowledges this as the greatest across two diverse industries. labour cost down. value addition to him when he The nominations, long drawn jury It is true that there exists a approaches Gandhi Automations process, and world-class standard lack of standardisation in door for a particular product. products have ensured that the firm specifications and Gandhi The firm designs, manufactures, maintains the leadership position as Automations is constantly supplies, installs and maintains well as the quality of its innovative working on how to bring about highly sophisticated products. range of products remains standardisation in this field. It To fulfil its objective of providing unmatched in the Indian market. is currently working along with products that are technologically- some prominent architects and advanced, energy-efficient and The vision consultants on this issue. It is a joint safe, Gandhi Automations has a It all began in 1996, when the effort to educate the end-users on project engineering team that uses firm’s directors formed the vision to the importance and the advantages the latest design software, combined cater to the rolling shutters industry of standardisation. In all this, the with technologically-advanced in India by bringing automation firm’s effort is to provide the best of machinery to offer customers a to them. The idea was one that quality and service to its clients. well-engineered product. All its was pioneered in India. Gandhi products are based on the latest Automations is now manufacturing Value addition technology that conforms to high all kinds of entrance automation Gandhi Automations works standards of safety. solutions and loading bay as a consultant and takes into The firm has further upgraded technology that meets world-class consideration the need of a its systems by moving on to standards. It has achieved customer, and accordingly, provides Artificial Intelligence (AI) – its 70 per cent market share in the the best customised solution as per products are now being designed industry in a short span of time. the specific need of a particular with sophisticated systems that sector, for eg, pharmaceutical, can be integrated with Building Powerful tool chemical, automobile, food, cold Management Systems (BMS), In the logistic and supply chain storage etc. Each of these sectors thereby giving an ease of industries, automation is generally has a unique material handling operation from anywhere and any used to make gains upon existing and warehousing requirement. compatible device. processes by improving efficiency, Because of its expertise in this field, speed, reliability, accuracy, and it understands and explains to the (Communication by the management eventually, cost savings, as it client how he can make optimum of the company)
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Communication Feature Design is Thinking made Visual A momentous exhibit by Ajax on its next-gen innovative solutions at Earthcon. Ajax takes pride in being the biggest exhibitor (with a stall space of 160 sq m) of Earthcon 2020, the three-day exhibition held between February 21-23, 2020, at the Labhganga Exhibition Center, Indore, the business capital of Madhya Pradesh. This was the first edition of Earthcon 2020 Central Region Exhibition in Indore, and served as a wonderful platform as well as a splendid arena to witness Ajax’s next-gen innovative solutions for fostering and developing new collaborative partnerships for business growth via customer engagement in line with its mission – Ajax Next 2025 (MAN 25) Objective 3.
The highlights On display from Ajax was the ARGO ACURA 2500 model, CRB 20 (pump loading) and ASP 3009. Ajax leveraged this exhibition – which happened to be not only a pro-active platform to showcase its products but also to connect directly with customers and prospects. Nothing could be matched for Ajax’s diverse product portfolio along with the legacy of its customer service. This would be momentously justified – as one of the key outcomes for the customers getting carried away after visiting the company’s stall, would be the delighting customer buying experience enriched with Ajax’s product offerings. Customers were delighted upon visiting the company’s stall, and indeed, many of them placed orders instantly. Key hand-over ceremonies were conducted to honour its customers’ needs and buying process.
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Aesthetic and Long-Lasting Floors Mapei offers Epoxy Terrazzo System for highly aesthetic and long-lasting floor finish.
The perception of concrete as its continuous an aesthetic flooring material mineral is undergoing a change as aspect and its innovative use of stains, stamps, infinite colour dyes, coloured pigments, textured combinations. patterns, etc, are making concrete Its exceptional flooring increasingly attractive. aesthetics and The new, improved techniques durability, being deployed to create as well as decorative concrete finishes have its durability created interest in the market for and ease of these floor types, and also because maintenance, they are considered tough, long arouse the lasting, eco-friendly, and a good craze of alternative to moisture-sensitive designers, flooring materials. architects and manufacturers. Colourful range Become a must in decoration, silica sand powder Quartz 0.25 and Mapei’s Mapefloor Terrazzo it invites itself as well in the public Quartz 0.5 and the dedicated glass system, consisting of natural stone buildings, the commercial surfaces, aggregates Mapefloor Terrazzo fragments, coloured marbles and the hotels and the restaurants in Aggregate G. epoxy resin, gives your spaces a order to create new universes with colourful authenticity – thanks to strong personality. Typical application examples Mapefloor • Commercial centres and shops Terrazzo • Showrooms and meeting halls System is • Airports a seamless • Hotels, restaurants and cinemas epoxy resin • Public buildings and offices terrazzo • Theme parks. floor system, combining Properties and advantages a blend of • High aesthetic appearances clear glass • Easy to clean chippings for • Long lasting solution high aesthetic • Possibility of many aesthetical demand floor solutions finishes. • Seamless finish (except on Mapefloor dynamic joints) Epoxy Terrazzo • Easy to maintain system is • Good chemical resistance composed to detergents and ceaning of the epoxy operations usually adopted binder for maintenance. Mapefloor I 302 SL (Communication by the management mixed with of the company)
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Communication Feature The 1000th Milestone Putzmeister delivers its 1,000th truck mounted concrete boom pump. Putzmeister is gearing up to deliver the 1,000th Putzmeister Truck Mounted Boom Pump from its factory in Goa. The company offers these truck mounted pumps in three configurations – 36 m (4 arm, Z fold), 42 m (5 arm, RZ fold) and 47 m (5 arm, RZ fold) to customers in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives.
The hallmarks Headquartered in Germany, Putzmeister set up operations in India as early as 1997 and commenced production from its plant in Goa in 2007. these pumps to a leadership environments, including radioactive Since its inception, the company position in India. environments. In 1986, Putzmeister has established itself as a leader Truck Mounted Boom Pumps in concrete pumps. Superior Working across all applications were put into action to help seal performance, reliability, long Putzmeister Truck Mounted the Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor service life and lower long- Boom Pumps have worked on in a concrete sarcophagus. The term cost of ownership are most major metro, bridge, refinery machines pumped 400,000 cu m the hallmarks of Putzmeister and thermal power plant projects of concrete to seal the reactor. Truck Mounted Boom Pumps. in India. Globally, these pumps In 2011, Putzmeister Boom Unbeatable manoeuvrability, are renowned for their ability to Pumps were adapted to pump flexibility and optimum use work across a range of application water (160,000 litres per hour at of reach have helped catapult conditions and extremely harsh a pressure of 85 bar) instead of concrete to help cool down the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor. The company is currently in the process of rolling out Putzmeister Machine Cockpit on its fleet of boom pumps in India. This will allow fleet owners to optimise their machine uptime and fuel consumption. Remote fault monitoring will enable quicker fixes. Automated maintenance alerts will improve equipment management. And, of course, fleet owners will know where their machine is at all times – ensuring no unauthorised movement or use.
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“We have established digitalisation as one of the core elements in our current strategy.” - Ajit Singh, Senior Vice President-Sales (Commercial Building Services and Industry), Grundfos India
Grundfos India participated in in any application while providing ACREX 2020, South Asia’s largest cutting-edge energy efficiency HVAC & R exhibition in India. From family homes to commercial “The event provided us with a great buildings, Grundfos supplies a platform to showcase our leading complete solution and also develops HVAC solutions, and engage highly efficient and sustainable with industry experts and key HVAC systems in close cooperation stakeholders directly,” says with customers and OEMs. Ajit Singh, Senior Vice President- Our future ready solutions are Sales (Commercial Building equipped to meet the demands Services and Industry), of digitalisation, connectivity Grundfos India. “We hope to and system optimisation trends continue showcasing cutting-edge in the HVAC industry. The next solutions from Grundfos for the in-line vertical pump with an generation of intelligent pumps with HVAC industry.” He shares more... in-built controller, Delta pressure an integrated variable frequency and temperature sensor, and a provides optimal efficiency with What does your product VFD with an IE5 efficiency class. actionable insights at the lowest life- portfolio comprise? As an all-in-one package, it can be cycle cost. Our extensive product Some of the key solutions used in heating, cooling and district portfolio ensures that we are best exhibited at ACREX include energy systems. equipped to provide customised MAGNA3, one of our cutting-edge Some of the other Grundfos solutions for any HVAC application. innovations for the HVAC industry. products that were displayed include Most of our pumps can be This circulator pump range has the our range of pre-fabricated systems, augmented with Grundfos’ digital highest energy efficiency rate in the wireless transmitters, variable frontrunner, iSOLUTIONS, which market and finds its application primary flow, Magna3, TPE3 and ensures sustainability and minimises across industries and commercial GI DPC, DPS and MVP controller. environment impact. These buildings. With an Energy Efficiency solutions use sensors to understand Index well below the EuP benchmark With global digital transformation, the flow and pressure of water. level, it enables energy savings introduce us to impactful HVAC This improves adaptability while up to 75 per cent, compared to a and pumping solutions? simultaneously maintaining pressure typical fixed speed circulator pump. Grundfos has been one of and enabling remote monitoring. We also showcased TPE3, an the frontrunners in the industry This has a direct positive impact from the beginning of the digital on energy efficiency and also transformation. We have established conserves water. digitalisation as one of the core elements in our current strategy. What are your targets for the With an annual production of coming fiscal? 17 million pumps, Grundfos is a We ended 2019 with global leader in advanced pump `5.75 billion. This year, we aim to solutions and a trendsetter in water achieve `6.75 billion. technology. We offer a complete range of pumping solutions that (Communication by the management ensure optimal comfort and safety of the company)
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State-of-the-Art Facility Wirtgen India inaugurates its state-of-the-art machine finishing facility at its Pune plant.
Wirtgen India recently inaugurated its state-of-the-art Machine Finishing Facility at its plant in Pune on February 20, 2020. The facility of the company’s Pune plant was inaugurated by Domenic Ruccolo, Chairman & CEO, Wirtgen Group, and Ramesh Palagiri, Managing Director & CEO, Wirtgen India, in the presence of customers, vendors and business partners.
Best and safe This state-of-the-art facility consists of high pressure washing space for machines as big as a screen, 1,000 lux level lighting and downdraft type booth design with specific air velocity to provide best machine finish and safe working environment for painters. The event also included seminars on new technologies in road building and road rehabilitation, exhibition of the range of machines of the Wirtgen Group, and a live demonstration of CTSB paving.
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STYLISH FLOORING Lamiwood Flooring Company has launched its collection of Pattern Wooden Flooring – Herringbone and Chevron, the most popular flooring patterns around the world. These patterns are simple yet stylish. The flooring is scratch-resistant, hygienic, easy to clean and requires low maintenance. Available in 10 colours in herringbone and five colours in chevron patterns, they are available in 12 mm thickness and quieter underfoot with a natural looking painted V-groove. Contact: Lamiwood Flooring Company. Mobile: (0) 99995 00117. Website: www.lamiwood.in
POWER VIBRANT CHAIRS TOOL IDUS has launched its Arm Chair Collection at its flagship store in Delhi. The collection comprises of Bosch Power Tools India has beautifully seating designed in vibrant colours such as introduced its first cordless red, chocolate, white, grey, brown and beige, window vacuum with GlassVac maintaining the utmost comfort. This designer range of wiper blades in India. The armchairs supports foam, wood, metal and brushed GlassVAC Solo Plus is titanium cloth with jute, leather and faux upholstery, equipped with an innovative which is unequivocally a different wiper-rubber technology with interpretation on elegance. polymer coating, which until Each piece of this collection has now had been used only for windscreen wipers by been uniquely designed for Bosch Automotive. The wiper lip is robust and relaxed elegance and a durable, and lasts longer than conventional rubber trend-setting lips. It comes with a battery capacity of 3.6 V/2.0 Ah experience. and a runtime of 30 minutes. Other features include an integrated LED light and a micro-USB charger. Contact: IDUS. It is available across all Bosch Power Tools dealerships Tel: in India as well as online on Amazon. 011-4588 8000. Website: Contact: Bosch Power Tools India. www.idus.in Website: www.bosch-pt.co.in
CONTEMPORARY KITCHENS Ottimo, a design studio for Indo-Italian furniture and interiors, has brought to India the Brera Academy by Aster Cucine, a kitchen that encapsulates the contemporaneity and internationality of being made in Italy. The collection comprises sophisticated cantilevered table extensions or pullouts, tall column units that offer ample storage, wall units, island units with hi-tech melamine resin doors – carefully matched to go with the stone counter top, and several other features offering immense versatility. Contact: Ottimo. Mobile: (0) 96502 44599, 85270 09355. Website: www.ottimo.in
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CONTRACTS AWARDED BAGGED IT!
L&T Construction PNC Infratech Ahluwalia Contracts Contract value: `25,000-50,000 mn Contract value: `15,300 mn (India) Particulars: Irrigation project Particulars: Four-laning highway Contract value: `12,540 mn The Water & Effluent Treatment The company has bagged an Particulars: Construction Business of the firm has bagged an order for four-laning the The firm has bagged an order from EPC order from the Narmada Valley Jagdishpur-Faizabad section of CPWD, Jammu, for construction of Development Authority, Government NH-330A in Uttar Pradesh under the AIIMS Jammu at Vijaypur. Phase-l of Madhya Pradesh, to execute the Bharatmala Pariyojana to be involves construction of a hospital Indira Sagar-Parwati Phase-III and executed under HAM. building, medical college, hostels IV Lift Micro Irrigation Project. and residence quarters on EPC mode.
BGR Energy Systems NCC Man Infraconstruction Contract value: `4,491.9 mn Contract value: `5,300 mn Contract value: `788.3 mn Particulars: Nuclear power plant Particulars: Building Particulars: Developmental works The company has bagged orders The firm has received three new The company has received a LoA from Nuclear Power Corporation for orders pertaining to the Building from Indian Port Rail & Ropeway supply, testing and delivery of Division. These orders are from Corporation for modification work control and instrumentation package Central and state government at JNPT Rail Yard in Mumbai, for of various systems, erection and agencies, and do not include any further development of an commissioning of the Kudankulam internal orders. integrated common rail yard Nuclear Power Plant-3 and 4 Project. facility in JNPT. Dilip Buildcon HG Infra Engineering VA TECH Wabag Contract value: `8,605 mn Contract value: `12,581 mn Contract value: `2,780 mn Particulars: Highway four-laning Particulars: Eight-lane carriageway Particulars: Water treatment plant The company has been bagged The firm has bagged an order for The firm has bagged new orders, the four-laning of Pathrapali- construction of an eight-lane which include designing, building Kathghora Pkg-II of the Bilaspur- carriageway near the Mui village and operating a 90-MLD water Kathghora section in Chhattisgarh, section of the Delhi-Vadodara treatment plant on River Ganga at under Bharatmala, on HAM mode. greenfield alignment on EPC mode. Bhagalpur, Bihar.
April 2020 Construction World 123 PROPERTY RATES RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL
MUMBAI
South Mumbai Residential Commercial Central Suburbs Residential Commercial *`/sq ft *`/sq ft *`/sq ft *`/sq ft
Churchgate 48,000 - 52,000 27,000 - 30,000 Chembur 15,500 - 21,500 16,000 - 22,500
Cuffe Parade 51,000 - 62,000 25,000 - 30,000 Ghatkopar 16,000 - 18,000 14,800 - 17,500
Colaba 37,000 - 45,000 25,000 - 30,000 Kurla 10,600 - 14,200 8,000 - 12,000
Dadar 28,600 - 37,000 19,000 - 25,000 Sion 16,500 - 21,600 15,000 - 22,000
Prabhadevi 30,000 - 37,000 26,500 - 35,000 Wadala 19,000 - 21,500 18,000 - 20,000
Nariman Point 58,000 - 92,000 32,000 - 35,000 Navi Mumbai Residential Commercial *`/sq ft *`/sq ft Napean Sea Road 55,000 - 75,000 30,000 - 45,000 Airoli 8,000 - 9,200 4,000 - 6,000 Western Suburbs Residential Commercial *`/sq ft *`/sq ft CBD Belapur 8,000 - 10,000 4,000 - 8,000
Andheri (E/W) 14,000 - 18,500 13,500 - 16,000 Kharghar 6,900 - 9,500 5,500 - 6,900
Bandra (E/W) 33,000 - 42,000 25,000 - 35,000 Nerul 10,500 - 14,500 7,000 - 10,000
Borivali (E/W) 11,000 - 13,500 16,350 - 16,000 Panvel 4,800 - 6,600 2,900 - 5,700
Kandivali (E/W) 13,000 - 17,500 13,000 - 18,000 Vashi 10,500 - 14,600 6,000 - 9,000
Khar (E/W) 33,000 - 39,000 18,000 - 25,000 Kamothe 5,700 - 7,000 6,000 - 12,000
Mahim (E/W) 25,000 - 34,000 15,000 - 22,000 Kalamboli 5,000 - 6,500 2,500 - 4,200
Malad 13,500 - 18,500 12,700 - 14,500 Sanpada 11,500 - 15,800 9,500 - 15,000
Goregaon (E/W) 14,000 - 19,500 12,000 - 15,000 Juinagar 8,000 - 10,000 5,000 - 10,000
Vile Parle (E/W) 26,000 - 31,000 17,500 - 24,000 Koperkhairne 8,800 - 11,600 5,500 - 6,900
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Alwarpet 18,000 20,000 Connaught Place 625,000 - 1,150,000 16,400 - 38,200 Anna Nagar 14,000 14,000 Chanakyapuri 1,110,000 - 1,400,000 30,500 - 50,200 Ashok Nagar 12,000 10,000 Defence Colony 550,000 - 700,000 24,200 - 42,500 Besant Nagar 14,000 12,000 Dwarka 125,000 - 310,000 7,700 - 22,600 Egmore 15,000 15,000 Greater Kailash 400,000 - 540,000 24,800 - 43,300 Kilpauk 12,000 12,000 Hauz Khas 445,000 - 575,000 21,800 - 38,200 Guindy 10,000 14,000 Janpath NA 21,600 - 38,000 Kodambakkam 13,000 13,000 Kalkaji 325,000 - 375,000 11,500 - 16,800 Lloyds Road 14,000 14,000 Karol Bagh 225,000 - 480,000 14,500 - 37,500 Mylapore 15,000 15,000 Rajendra Nagar 245,000 - 385,000 13,900 - 29,600 Mugappair 10,000 10,000 Saket 365,000 - 490,000 21,500 - 37,500 Perungudi 10,000 10,000 Vasant Vihar 635,000 - 745,000 22,800 - 39,500 Nungambakkam 20,000 20,000 Raja Annamalaipuram 15,000 15,000 NCR T Nagar 15,000 20,000 Tambaram 8,000 10,000 Ghaziabad 31,500 - 115,500 5,000 - 7,800 Thiruvanmiyur 12,000 12,000 Gurgaon 48,000 - 195,000 8,000 - 48,500 Velachery 10,000 12,000 Noida 41,700 - 264,600 5,500 - 34,500
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TENDERS floor, floor, nd DATE OPENING SUBMISSION/ 18/04/2020 / 18/04/2020 18/04/2020 28/04/2020 / 28/04/2020 17/04/2020 / 17/04/2020 21/04/2020 / 21/04/2020 05/04/2020 / 05/04/2020 SALE DATE DOCUMENT 18/04/2020 27/04/2020 17/04/2020 20/04/2020 05/04/2020 Floor, NBCC (India), NBCC Bhawan, Lodhi Road, (India), NBCC Bhawan, Lodhi Road, NBCC Floor, floor, Pragati Sadan, Kutchery Road, Ranchi- Road, Kutchery Pragati Sadan, floor, nd rd EMD/ COST (`) DOCUMENT 28,979,000 / 28,979,000 236,000 New Delhi-110 003. Contact: 2 NA 7,500,000 / NA NA / NA 618,500 / 5,600 Contact: 3 Contact: PWD Division, Panvel, Maharashtra. Tel: Tel: Maharashtra. Panvel, Contact: PWD Division, 022-2745 2778. E-mail: [email protected] Street Bhawan 1, Parliament No 329, Transport Contact: Room 1031. 011-2371 New Delhi-110 001. Tel: 2 Plot No. 27-28, Contact: Bhopal Ce Bridge Zone-PWD, 834 001, Jharkhand. Nirman Bhawan, Arera Hills, Bhopal-46201, Madhya Pradesh. Nirman Bhawan, Arera Hills, Bhopal-46201,
TENDER VALUE (`) VALUE 2,897,900,000 919,147,000 37,4421,937 123,700,000 723,300,000 WATER SECTOR WATER RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL LOCATION ARCHITECTS/INTERIOR WORK/CONSULTANCY ARCHITECTS/INTERIOR Chamba Himachal Pradesh Hussainahad Jharkhand Patna Patna Bhopal Madhya Pradesh Panvel Panvel Mahashtra Bihar ROADS/ROAD OVER BRIDGE//BRIDGES/FLYOVERS/HIGHWAYS OVER ROADS/ROAD ORGANISATION National Buildings Construction Construction National Buildings Corporation Jharkhand Urban Infrastructure Development Company Public Works Department Works Public Ministry of Road Transport and Transport Ministry of Road Highways Public Works Department Works Public 5 4 3 2 1 SL No. Details: Tenders are invited for construction of new building of Pt Jawahar lal Nehru are invited for construction of new building Details: Tenders (Phase-1)Medical college & Hospital on EPC basis. at Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, 9.5 mld water treatment plant, clear water main, overhead reservoirs, distribution 9.5 mld water treatment plant, clear water main, overhead reservoirs, distribution network and house service connections). Details: Tenders are invited for construction and five years of operation and are invited for construction and five years of operation Details: Tenders (intake works, rising main, maintenance of water supply system in Hussainabad Details: Tenders are invited for construction of flyover bridge at Bhopal Square to are invited for construction of flyover bridge at Bhopal Details: Tenders Indira Gandhi Square on Old Indore-Bhopal district in Madhya Pradesh. road at Dewas Details: Tenders are invited for consultancy services for engineer for supervision of civil are invited for consultancy services for engineer for supervision Details: Tenders bridge with its approaches from 0/000 km to construction work of new four-lane on EPC basis. in Bihar, at Patna 14/500 km across river Ganga on NH-19 Details: Tenders are invited for construction of administration building at Karjat, building at Karjat, are invited for construction of administration Details: Tenders district. Raigad
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CEMENT (Unit: 1 metric tonne; Price in `) Mumbai Delhi Chennai Pune Hyderabad Bengaluru Ahmedabad Kolkata
ACC Grade 43 6,500 9,500 7,750 7,450 7,700 7,800 7,250 7,350 Grade 53 6,500 8,350 6,300 7,300 7,600 7,550 7,000 6,700 PPC 6,375 9,225 7,550 7,450 8,250 7,900 7,150 7,300
Ambuja Grade 43 6,500 9,500 7,750 7,450 7,700 7,800 7,250 7,350 Grade 53 6,500 8,350 6,300 7,300 7,600 7,550 7,000 6,700 PPC 6,375 9,350 7,550 7,450 8,250 7,900 7,150 7,300
Ultratech Grade 43 6,500 9,500 7,750 7,450 7,750 7,800 7,250 7,350 Grade 53 6,500 8,350 6,550 7,300 7,700 7,550 7,000 6,700 PPC 6,350 9,350 7,550 7,450 8,250 7,900 7,150 7,300
Birla Super Grade 53 6,375 7,350 7,100 7,625 7,750 7,900 7,000 7,350
White Cement Birla 20,500 21,500 21,000 24,500 21,000 21,000 20,000 25,750 JK 20,500 21,500 21,000 24,500 21,000 21,000 20,000 25,750
Coromandel Cement Grade 43 6,250 NA 7,500 7,450 7,750 7,900 7,250 7,350 Grade 53 6,250 NA 7,000 7,350 7,250 7,900 7,000 7,050 PPC 6,125 NA 7,500 7,450 7,250 7,900 7,000 7,300
Vasavadatta Cement Grade 43 6,000 NA 7,000 7,650 7,750 NA NA 7,575 Grade 53 5,650 NA 7,000 7,500 7,100 7,350 NA 7,575 PPC 6,000 NA 7,000 7,650 7,800 7,350 NA NA
Mumbai: Tejas J Vora, Recons Group of Companies. Tel: 022-6169 1000, 2617 3045. Mobile: (0) 98336 73045. Shekhar, Neelesh Industrial Agency. Tel: 022-2408 2121. Mobile: (0) 93247 16192. Kirti Shah, Paras Sales Corporation. Mobile: (0) 92241 87800. Delhi: Girish Agarwal, Mahabir Building Material Store. Tel: 011-2664 2348. Mobile: (0) 98100 62315. Chennai: C Vijay, Chendur Murugan Cements. Mobile: (0) 96001 67888. Pune: Ravindra, Kamal Distributors. Mobile: (0) 98224 28574. Hyderabad: Ramesh, Sai Ram Steel Traders. Mobile: (0) 93934 57676, 93927 47575. Bengaluru: A Vinod, Sri Kodikrupa Enterprises. Mobile: (0) 97311 16894. Ahmedabad: PD Agrawal, Agrawal Traders. Tel: 079-2585 1616. Kolkata: Pintu Roy, Arun Distributors. Tel: 033-2557 8632. Mobile: (0) 98309 97677, 98309 97672. PAINTS: ENAMEL-WHITE (4 litre: Price in `) Mumbai Delhi Chennai Pune Hyderabad Bengaluru Ahmedabad Kolkata
Asian Paints 1,100 950 875 950 1,000 970 950 1,000 Kansai Nerolac 1,100 900 875 900 950 965 900 1,020 Berger 1,100 900 863 900 950 965 900 1,000 Shalimar 1,100 900 863 900 950 965 900 1,000 ICI 1,100 900 863 900 950 965 900 1,000 18 per cent GST extra (applicable for Chennai) Mumbai: Pragnesh Kapasi, Poojan Colour Point. Mobile: (0) 78755 18999. Delhi: KL Wasan, Wasan Enterprises. Mobile: (0) 98105 81561, 98716 66577. Chennai: Umesh Dave, Tamilnad Traders. Mobile: (0) 72000 97550. Pune: Tejas Vora, Shahabad Cement Depot. Tel: 020-2588 5700. Mobile: (0) 99608 00820. Hyderabad: Mukesh Chaudhary, Tirupathi Hardware. Mobile: (0) 99633 47374. Bengaluru: GV Balakrishna, Balaji Paints and Hardware. Mobile: (0) 94487 55711. Ahmedabad: Shanti Prajapati, Swastik Traders. Tel: 079-2646 4766. Kolkata: Saif Alam, Hindusthan Paints. Tel: 033-4060 5635, 36. Mobile: (0) 80480 05598. CLEAR GLASS (Unit: 1 sq ft; Price in `) Mumbai Delhi Chennai Pune Hyderabad Bengaluru Ahmedabad Kolkata
4 mm 32 22 38 39 35 38 34 32 5 mm 38 28 48 51 45 48 40 42 6 mm 48 34 58 61 55 58 50 52
Mumbai: Shabbir, Galaxy Glass Dealers. Tel: 022-2568 4351. Mobile: (0) 98207 69157. Delhi: Ajay Dhamija, Ajay Glass. Mobile: (0) 98102 65787. Chennai: Mohammed Inaamullah, Metro Glass Corporation. Mobile: (0) 98400 30316. Pune: Nomani Kachwala, Poona Glass Depot. Tel: 020-2445 9238. Mobile: (0) 99602 50786. Hyderabad: Firoz Hussain, Safe Glass Store. Tel: 040-6515 2786. Mobile: (0) 90006 52786. Bengaluru: AV Stayanarayan, Sri Venkateshwara Glass and Plywoods. Mobile: (0) 93437 05809. Ahmedabad: Anil Maken, Rajkamal Corporation. Tel: 079-2220 4090. Mobile: (0) 93761 12220. Kolkata: Pradeep Khetan, RP Glass Traders. Mobile: (0) 93304 60999.
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WOOD (Unit: 1 cu ft; Price in `) Mumbai Delhi Chennai Pune Hyderabad Bengaluru Ahmedabad Kolkata Sal Wood 750 2,000 1,900 650 - 2,200 600 - 1,300 510 - 1,300 500 - 1,300 2,400 Silver Wood 600 1,500 390 550 1,200 360 - 1,200 400 - 1,200 1,700 Sagwan Wood 1,350 1,600 - 4,000 1,400 1,600 1,000 - 4,500 2,000 1,300 2,350 Pine Wood 650 550 950 375 650 - 800 410 - 6,900 NA 600 - 1,200
PLYWOOD (Unit: 1 sq ft; Price in `) Mumbai Delhi Chennai Pune Hyderabad Bengaluru Ahmedabad Kolkata Commercial 4 mm 26 33 16 25 29 20 37.5 20 6 mm 34 54 22 40 39 27 51.5 28 12 mm 48 46 38 59 49 43 67.3 38 18 mm 55 103 48 67 59 61 59.5 50 Waterproof 4 mm 33 37.5 28 36 39 29 46.3 40 6 mm 53 48 46 46 56 47 61.7 45 12 mm 75 68 65 66 37 66 76 65 18 mm 88 85 80 89 101 81 110 85
MDF (Unit: 1 sq ft; Price in `) Mumbai Delhi Chennai Pune Hyderabad Bengaluru Ahmedabad Kolkata 6 mm 23 20 14 28 28 28 41.5 42 9 mm 35 23 22 31 48 38 58.5 52 12 mm 38 30 28 42 49 49 59.5 70 18 mm 45 38 38 55 56 66 73 76 18 per cent GST extra (applicable for Mumbai, Pune and Delhi) Mumbai: Lucky Ply & Laminates. Tel: 022-6113 0000, 2871 2556. Mobile: (0) 74981 88777. E-mail: [email protected]. Bharat Kothari, Kunal Timber. (Wood, Plywood, MDF). Tel: 022-2836 5879. Mobile: (0) 98696 20982. Delhi: Gangan Mohan, Ashu Plywood. Moblile: (0) 98117 16949. Chennai: Deva Kumar, BIS Building Interior Solutions. Mobile: (0) 90430 72221. Pune: Praful Chaudhary, Kailash Shah, Mayur Plylam. Tel: 020-2638 6678. (Wood, Plywood, MDF). Harshid Jain, Shree Vinayak Plywood & Hardware. Mobile: (0) 98237 48729. Hyderabad: Ali Mohammed, New Fame Timber Traders. Tel: 040-3951 7454. Mobile: (0) 98480 43123, 98853 78122, 90000 10700. Bengaluru: Poonam Kumar, Laxmi Home Studio. Tel: 080-3376 3006. Mobile: (0) 97425 55195. (Plywood, MDF). Shahabuddin Ali, Inaam Timber and Steel. Mobile: (0) 98453 40921. (Wood). Ahmedabad: Sumit Bagrecha, Virshakti Plywood. Mobile: (0) 98791 66731, 96620 04353. Kolkata: Ratanlal Khemka, Shree Chaitanya Timbers. Tel: 033-2560 4129. Mobile: (0) 98302 73976.
ELECTRICAL WIRES (Unit: 1 m; Price in `) Mumbai Delhi Chennai Pune Hyderabad Bengaluru Ahmedabad Kolkata
1.5 sq mm 11 17 17 15 14 20 15 12 2.5 sq mm 17 28 24 24 22 22 25 22 4 sq mm 28 37 33 28 40 28 35 32 18 per cent GST extra (applicable for Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Pune) Mumbai: Sushil Electricals & Company. Tel: 022-2208 4491. Delhi: Sanjay Taneja, Taneja Electrical & Lights. (Polycab). Tel: 011-6622 3747, 4644 0016. JS Electricals. Mobile: (0) 98111 56558. (Finolex). Chennai: Askhok Kumar, Sree Tambaram General Stores. Mobile: (0) 97890 50501. Pune: Hitesh Parwani, Parwani Enterprises. Tel: 020-3993 6427, 4276 5947. Mobile: (0) 98904 76754. Hyderabad: Ramesh, Ramesh Electrical. Tel: 040-2770 0809, 6638 5400. Mobile: (0) 93488 88088. Bengaluru: Muni Raj, Amar Electricals. Tel: 080-2225 8173. Ahmedabad: Anil Patel, Darshna Electricals. Mobile: (0) 99980 11000, 99743 18982. (Finolex). Kolkata: Anand Singh, Sinha Electric Stores. Tel: 033-2235 4821. Mobile: (0) 90070 30333, 98302 70590.
STONES and TILES (Unit: 1 sq ft; Price in `) Mumbai Delhi Chennai Pune Hyderabad Bengaluru Ahmedabad Kolkata
Granite 155 - 1,700 60 - 200 75 - 280 80 - 600 80 - 100 55 - 400 75 - 250 190 - 300 Marble 68 - 190 60 - 220 50 - 260 65 - 5,000 45 - 120 50 - 460 40 - 2,000 55 - 250 Makrana 600 - 1,000 250 - 1,100 275 - 1,250 300 - 3,000 75 - 1,000 50 - 400 65 - 800 350 Kota 35-60 28 48 - 80 33 - 75 55 55 32 - 50 45
Cuddappa 47 45 40 - 65 38 42 45 - 60 40 - 60 44 18 per cent GST extra Mumbai: Sushil Vohra, Vikas Marble & Granite. Tel: 022-2846 4150. Mobile: (0) 98923 43332. Delhi: Alok Hasija, Meera Marbles. Mobile: (0) 98111 11569, 92120 43662. Chennai: Sunil Agarwal, Sunshine Marbles & Granites. Mobile: (0) 91766 14499. Pune: Santosh Ganeshkar, Mohan Stone Depot. Tel: 020-2612 8805. Mobile: (0) 98605 03142, 98220 24803. Hyderabad: Mohammad Abdul Muqeet, Super Stones & Marbles. Mobile: (0) 99662 83516, 98855 13354. Bengaluru: Mohammed Ali, Avon Granite and Marble Company. Mobile (0) 98805 92017. Ahmedabad: Rakhi T Neema, Rudra Ceramic and Stone. Tel: 079-3049 5171. Mobile: (0) 78785 01212. Kolkata: SK Singh, Durga Marble and Tiles Co. Tel: 033-2552 1425. Mobile: (0) 94333 56962. April 2020 Construction World 129 www.ConstructionWorld.in
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STEEL (Unit - 1 mt; Price in `) Material Mumbai* Delhi* Chennai* Pune Hyderabad* Bengaluru* Ahmedabad
Reinforcement
MS 6 mm dia 38,200 33,100 39,600 38,900 33,300 36,000 34,900
TMT 8 mm dia 35,900 31,300 39,600 37,900 35,700 35,500 35,600
TMT 10 mm dia 35,500 31,300 39,600 36,900 35,700 35,500 35,700
TMT 12 mm dia 35,500 31,300 39,600 36,900 35,700 35,500 35,600
TMT 16 mm dia 35,200 31,300 39,600 36,900 35,700 35,500 35,900
TMT 20 mm dia 35,200 31,300 39,600 36,900 35,700 35,500 35,900
TMT 25 mm dia 35,200 31,300 39,600 36,900 35,700 35,000 35,900
Angle 50 x 50 x 6 36,100 29,000 32,500 36,300 35,300 39,000 37,300
150 x 150 x 12 38,800 29,000 31,000 36,300 35,300 35,500 37,400
Channel 75 x 40 37,200 29,000 31,000 36,500 34,600 35,500 36,600
100 x 50 36,100 29,000 31,000 36,500 34,300 36,000 36,100
125 x 65 36,800 30,700 30,000 37,300 34,600 36,000 35,400
150 x 75 36,800 30,700 31,000 37,300 34,600 36,000 35,400
200 x 75 37,400 31,500 31,000 38,500 34,800 36,500 35,100
300 x 90 38,900 32,100 31,000 39,500 35,200 39,000 36,800
400 x 100 39,600 32,100 31,000 41,000 35,400 NA 32,000
Beams 125 x 70 36,300 29,700 33,000 38,500 36,600 36,500 33,800
150 x 75 36,600 29,000 33,000 37,300 36,000 36,500 33,800
200 x 100 37,100 32,300 33,000 38,000 35,900 37,000 34,600
250 x 125 37,600 32,000 31,000 38,500 35,900 37,500 34,100
300 x 140 38,400 29,700 31,000 39,200 35,700 38,000 34,600
400 x 140 39,900 29,700 32,000 40,500 36,200 38,000 33,300
450 x 150 40,500 32,000 36,000 41,500 36,200 40,500 34,600
500 x 180 41,400 31,000 34,700 43,500 36,200 41,500 35,400
600 x 210 42,400 32,000 36,000 43,500 36,200 42,000 37,600
Plates 5-12 mm 39,700 34,800 41,000 41,800 NA 43,000 37,500
12-20 mm 39,600 31,800 42,000 40,800 NA 44,000 37,600
21-40 mm 38,600 33,000 43,000 41,800 NA 44,000 41,100
18 per cent GST extra (applicable for Mumbai) Mumbai: Sunil Nagori, Viswanathan Iyer, Sansui Steels. Tel: 022-2867 3673. Mobile: (0) 98211 13673, (0) 98211 10010. Pune: Ashish Kasat, Manish Industrial Corporation. Tel: 020-2566 8682, 2612 4182. Mobile: (0) 94220 15212. Chennai: Kunal Maheshwari, Kapil Metal Processing Agencies. Tel: 044-2522 5443. Mobile: (0) 95000 95902. (Ravi Sanker). Hyderabad: Sushil Kumar, Sanjay Agarwal, Tulja Bhavani Ispat. Mobile: (0) 92477 85403, 98480 14420. Bengaluru: Umang Agarwal, Kaushalesh Steels. Mobile: (0) 98450 22217. Ahmedabad: Ankit Mehta, Shree Mallinath Steel Traders. Tel: 079-6524 7800. Mobile: (0) 99254 60170. *Figures are approximate and subject to change
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BIG BAGGER PNC Infratech is making news. The company, under the leadership of its Managing Director Yogesh Kumar Jain has recently bagged orders worth `35.82 billion from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) for widening of road projects in Uttar Pradesh. In a BSE filing, the company said that it has received a Letter of Award (LoA) for the four-laning of the Aligarh-Kanpur section from 356 km to 414 km, under Package-V of the Mitrasen-Kanpur section of NH-91 in the state. It has also received a LoA for the four-laning of the Jagdishpur-Faizabad section from 47.93 km to 107.68 km of NH-330A in the state. Both these projects have been bagged under the Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM) under the Bharatmala Pariyojana initiative of the government. Indeed, addition of these two projects will bring immense cheer to the company's order book position.
NOTABLE ACQUIRER Under the leadership of its Chairman & Managing Director PK Gupta, NBCC (India) has received an approval from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to acquire bankrupt real estate developer Jaypee Infratech. Notably, about 20,000 homebuyers in Jaypee’s residential projects in Noida and Greater Noida will be relieved with the resolution of its bankruptcy case. As reported, the NCLT has ordered that the `7.50-billion that Jaypee’s parent company, Jaiprakash Associates, had deposited with the Supreme Court registry would be part of the resolution plan. Further, two SPVs are reportedly to be formed to complete construction work, which is expected to commence in six months. In December, Jaypee Infratech’s Committee of Creditors (CoC) selected NBCC, which won over Suraksha Realty, to acquire the firm with 97.36 per cent of the votes. We wish Gupta good luck in the company’s new endeavour to bring relief to 20,000 homebuyers.
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