World's tallest statue of 182 m unveiled!

December 2018

The Statue of Unity, at 182 m, was recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat. Twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty in New Yor...

Tags: Statue of Unity, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, L&T, EPC, LIDAR survey, BMS, Shresta Bharat Bhavan, Narendra Modi

An expanding material palette for façades promises to revolutionise the visual and comfort quotient of buildings in India. Here's more!

October 2018

The Indian façade industry is a happening sector, 'developing rapidly with the increasing emphasis on delivering world-class architecture,' says Piyu...

Tags: Façade, Schueco India, Piyush Srivastava, Rohit Sharma, Innovators Façade Systems, Rajeev Jain, Varghese PV, ACP, Infosys software development blocks, GK Venkatesh, SageGlass, Glass Future, Saint-Gobain, BMS, Manish Sisodia

Consolidated bridge management system

August 2018

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has launched BMS for meaningful assimilation, analysis and dissemination of information related to various activities a...

Tags: Piyush Goyal, BMS, Railway, Bridge Management System, Bridges

Sterling and Wilson integrates its MEP business, targets close to Rs 3,000 crore by 2020

May 2018

In the last few years, India has seen a rising demand for infrastructural development, in particular, owing to the increasing urban population of the...

Tags: Infrastructure, MEP services, Data centres, Renewables, Diesel generators, Cogeneration, Storage, Hybrid solutions, Transmission, Distribution verticals, IBMS, Electrical, HVAC, TP Prakasan, Electrical

Here's how bamboo can serve as a promising construction material in earthquake-prone areas!

March 2018

In India and many bamboo-rich countries, bamboo continues to be used in traditional and rural areas as a cost-effective housing material. However, it...

Tags: Bamboo, Brick, Steel, Concrete, National Building Code of India, Hardwood, Concrete materials, KFRI, IWST, IPIRTI-TRADA housing system, CPRI, Dr Jagadish Vengala, BMSIT&M, BMSCE, Innovation Centre

ACREX India 2018

January 2018

The Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE) is gearing up for the 19th edition of ACREX India to be held fro...

Tags: Indian Society of Heating, ISHRAE, BIEC, ACREX India, Nirmal Ram, UNEP, HVAC&R industry, ACREX India 2018, Shamila Nair-Bedouelle, OzonAction-Montreal Protocol, BMS, Stephen Yurek

Robbins Slurry TBM ramps up for Mumbai Metro Line 3

September 2017

The first of two Slurry TBMs, a rebuilt 6.65 m (21.8 ft) diameter machine, passed its factory acceptance on September 4, 2017 in Singapore. The machi...

Tags: Slurry TBMs, Diameter machine, DV Raju, Tamay Sayin, DSJV, Mumbai Metro, MMRC, Robbins India, XRE machines

TERRATEC supplies new TBMs to Mumbai Metro

September 2017

The Australian Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) manufacturer, TERRATEC, celebrated the delivery of the first two of a number of new TBMs destined for the ...

Tags: Terratec, TBMs, Mumbai Metro, Tunnel boring