What’s Mumbai’s priority – Bullet trains or better drains?

September 2017

Barely a few hours into the prime time celebration of India’s inaugural Bullet Train dream, a shooting concern resurfaced in my thoughts. ...

Tags: Bullet Train dream, Elevated railway corridor, Old drainage system, BRIMSTOWAD, Gulam Zia, Knight Frank India

Genie SX-150 telescopic boom lift comes to India

September 2017

ABC Infra Equipment has taken delivery of India’s first Genie® SX-150 boom lift with platform height of 46.33 m (152 ft) and lifting capacity of 340 ...

Tags: Genie, ABC Infra, Boom lift, Construction, Maintenance

CREDAI helps resolve complaints of NCR homebuyers suffering delivery delays

September 2017

CREDAI has stepped in to resolve the woes of homebuyers who are suffering delays in delivery of flats and are now faced with losing out to secured cr...

Tags: CREDAI, Jaxay Shah, RERA, Getamber Anand, Homebuyers, Hardeep Puri

Canadian investors approach developers for tie-ups in Bengaluru

September 2017

Instead of developers approaching investors, many Canadian investors, including CPPIB, have reportedly been approaching several developers in south I...

Tags: Canadian investors, CPPIB, RMZ, DivyaSree Developers, Prestige Estates, Colliers International

New prototype models developed for building ambitious healthcare projects

September 2017

In tune with the Central Government’s initiative to assist states in setting up ambitious healthcare facilities, HLL Infra Tech Services (HITES), a s...

Tags: HITES, HLL Lifecare, Hospital architecture, Infrastructure, CK Mishra, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, RP Khandelwal, HLL, SN Sathu, NHM, Executing Agency of the Health, Family Welfare Ministry

RILEM Conference on construction materials for the first time in India

September 2017

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) hosted a major International Conference on Construction Materials and Systems as part of RILEM...

Tags: Indian Institute of Technology Madras, RILEM, Dr Ravindra Gettu, Dr Manu Santhanam, Construction material

Collaboration for developing co-working spaces, business centres in India

September 2017

VERBIND, one of India’s leading integrated trade facilitation company, has joined hands with Instaoffice, a co-working and business center provider. ...

Tags: VERBIND, WTC, Khair-Ull-Nissa Sheikh, World Trade Center Noida, Trade Facilitation, Business Management Services, Vikas Lakhani

With continuous structural breakdowns in India, here’s a ‘Crash' course on building collapses

September 2017

Over the last few years, there have been continuous incidents of collapsing old constructions in India. As per data by the National Crime Record Bure...

Tags: NCRB, Old constructions, Mud mortar, Galvanised pipe plumbing systems, CIDC, Durocrete Construction Quality Rating Agency, Planning Commission