Reaching out to infra needs

January 2019

Government's high spending on infrastructure projects drives the demand for construction equipment while earthmoving equipment being the largest used...

Tags: Construction, Mining, Earthmoving equipment, Infrastructure, CME, Urbanisation, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company, Volvo Construction Equipment, Coal Mining, LiuGong India, Komatsu, Mahindra Construction Equipment, Backhoe loaders, Smart Cities, CASE India

Dholera is industry 4.0 ready, focussing on newer technologies, says Jaiprakash Shivahare, MD, Dholera SIR

December 2018

One of India's largest greenfield smart cities and industrial corridor projects under the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), Dholera Special In...

Tags: Greenfield smart cities, Industrial corridor projects, DMIC, SIR, Jaiprakash Shivahare, Adhiya River Bunding, Power T&D, ABCD, Wi-Fi, SCADA system, Dholera Industrial City, ICT technologies, DICDL, NICDIT Trust, Government of Gujarat

Over 200 affordable housing projects planned under Smart City in Karnataka

November 2018

CBRE South Asia has announced the findings of its report titled ‘Powerhouse Karnataka – The Harbinger of India’s Economic Revolution’. The report b...

Tags: Smart Cities, CBRE South Asia, DIPP, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, World Bank Group, BMEC, Smart City

The whole concept of digital cities has been steadily gaining traction, believe Santanu Das, Senior and Phil Christensen, Bentley Systems

November 2018

While Santanu Das, Senior Vice President, Design and Simulation, Bentley Systems, manages global sales, marketing, development and services of the co...

Tags: Santanu Das, Phil Christensen, Bentley Systems, Digital India missions, Smart Cities, PPP, R&D, Metro sector

How important is Project Management for New India

October 2018

In another ten years, India is expected to have the second largest number of project management jobs in the world after China. Phenomenal growth in p...

Tags: Infrastructure, Make in India, Skill Development, Digital India, Smart Cities, Start-up Infrastructure, PMI, Digital transformation, Raj Kalady

We are implementing smart cities projects worth Rs.510 billion

October 2018

Urban transport and development is a state subject. With the Centre and the State coming together to fight the decade-old urban issue for a few and a...

Tags: Urban transport and development, Durga Shankar Mishra, MoHUA, DMRC, RRT, MRT, Make in India, Electrical systems, PPP, 100 smart cities, ICCC

Know how the earthmoving equipment segment is witnessing record sales and a growing market for larger models

October 2018

According to the Off-Highway Research Indian Annual Review 2018, construction equipment sales in India grew 17 per cent in 2017-18, building on the 3...

Tags: Earthmoving equipment, Ajay Aneja, Nischal Mehrotra, LiuGong India, Infrastructure, JCB India, CAGR, Smart Cities, Bharatmala, Sagarmala projects, Dedicated Freight Corridor, Bullet, Metro-rail projects, UDAN, JCB excavators

Executing in time would mean using skilled labour and technology

October 2018

We are living in an age of disruption'a and technology is leading this disruption. Disruption is caused by factors that challenge the normal....

Tags: PRATAP PADODE, CW, FIRST Construction Council, BIM, GPS, RERA, GST, Smart Cities mission, Global Smart Cities Council