NBCC diversifies into highway construction; gets contract to build 50-km four-lane highway in Uttarakhand

April 2018

NBCC (India), the Navratna CPSE under Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, has added yet another aspect to its expanding business by diversifying i...

Tags: Navratna CPSE, NBCC, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, EDCUL, Anup Malik, Harak Singh Rawat, Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, PMGSY, Jim Corbett National Park, Garhwal, Kumaon Mandals, Navratna CPSE

Building green: Trends in building blocks, glazing, insulation, HVAC, elevators, lighting, and BMS

April 2018

In 2001, India had just one building conforming to the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) green building rating, spanning 20,000 sq ft. Today, the ...

Tags: IGBC, LEED, Egis India Consulting Engineers, GRIHA, Srinivas S, LED lighting, Waterless urinals, HVAC technologies, photovoltaic cells, TERI, Monnanda Appaiah, Wienerberger India, Rajiv Balaggan, Pilkington Glass India, Façade

The Big Infra Opportunity

March 2018

Stakeholders harp on the government's infrastructure push and expect construction orders of Rs.18 trillion in the next six years. This order inflow v...

Tags: Stakeholders harp, Infrastructure, CPSEs, Vivek Sharma, Anand Madhavan, CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory, PPP, CAGR, PWD, Bharatmala, CAGR, Smart Cities, Housing for All, NHAI, Railway electrification

Foundation stone laid for redevelopment of Gomti Nagar and Charbagh railway stations in Lucknow

March 2018

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh recently laid the foundation stone for redevelopment of Gomti Nagar and Charbagh railway stations in Lucknow. ...

Tags: Rajnath Singh, MoHUA, Dr Anoop Kumar Mittal, NBCC, Navratna CPSE, Green building, Energy, Budget Hotels

Where is the Money?

November 2017

Policy actions to revive stalled projects, expedite approvals, introduce hybrid annuity and toll-operate-transfer (TOT) models in highways, and susta...

Tags: Renewable capacity, Infrastructure, GDP, Power, Roads, Telecom, Irrigation and Railways, TOT, Saubhagya scheme, CRISIL, Vivek Sharma, Anand Madhavan, Commercial bank, RBI, Vinayak Chatterjee

How focussed are your safety measures in high-rise buildings?

October 2017

With several property developers in our metros developing skyscrapers of 150-250 m and more, an increasingly pressing question being asked by propert...

Tags: Earthquakes, Building collapses, Infrastructure, RERA, Anuj Puri, Anarock Property Consultants

The entire proceeds of the IPO have gone to the Government of India

June 2017

In the current scenario, the HUDCO IPO was subscribed by 80 times and received applications for around Rs 97,000 crore. It was the first IPO in the p...

Tags: HUDCO IPO, CPSE, Dr M Ravi Kanth, DIPAM, EWS, LIG housing projects, Drinking water supply, Sanitation, Solid waste management, Roads, Highways, Healthcare, Smart cities, Government of India

Haldia Port tops list in ranking on sanitation parameters

April 2017

The Shipping Ministry has taken initiatives for sustainable, environment friendly, long-term development of ports during the ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ sche...

Tags: Shipping Ministry, Swachhta Pakhwada, QCI, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Narendra Modi, PSE