http://www.InfrastructureToday.co.inGet the latest Infrastructure Today News from ASAPP Media Information GroupCopyright:(C) 2012 ASAPP Media Information Group, http://www.ASAPPMedia.comwebmaster@constructionupdate.com (Admin)#Toshiba JSW Turbine and Generator, a joint venture between Japan-based Toshiba Corporation and India’s #JSW Group, is planning to double capacity of its super critical steam turbine and generator manufacturing facility in #Chennai to 6,000 mw by the financial year 2015.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=zQ1O2q8k+kxNeNrLmDY/bA==&NewsType=Toshiba-JSW-to-up-capacity--India-Sector5/22/2012Fast-tracking the campaign to position #Kerala as a thriving industrial state and hotbed for investments, Chief Minister #Oommen Chandy today made an impassioned plea to top guns of the industry and corporatehttp://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=NYlGAnEYVdl431ho5ZbGjQ==&NewsType=Emerging-Kerala-2012:-Business-Meet-India-Sector5/22/2012There are many ways in which private developers and contractors can (and do) jeopardise their own balance sheets. But given that the #private sector works on profits and viability, it depends on the #government in #PPPhttp://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=3+2Pm4s4I2ukNWoqbQ42qA==&NewsType=The-Predictability-Issue-India-Sector5/22/2012A ninety-three-year-old #Union Bank of India just got a new head honcho. The genial CMD is a sleeves-rolled-up leader much of whose experience has been in operations, and will lead a lending portfolio of Rs 27,000 crore to infrastructurehttp://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=OyAcOfJ95fksf3JzlNDsNw==&NewsType=Our-infra-lending-will-be-cautious-this-year,-based....--India-Sector5/22/2012Nearly a fifth of the country’s land is rich in commercially viable mineral deposits, but without proper prospecting policies, mining has not always been scientific. The government is now wooing foreign players into prospecting and mining in India,http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=V0GwzIDzsHy81Q+GOaXfZQ==&NewsType=Divining-intervention-India-Sector5/22/2012#GIS mapping taps the criticality of location and then helps in accurate troubleshooting through the four stages of an #infrastructure project, says Dominic McNeillis.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=0L8GR0hpIUl3yfmKUwUPlA==&NewsType=Soon-to-be-indispensable-India-Sector5/22/20128 Projects of 1144 kms were on bid on the 28th and 30th of March 2012. Seven projects got premium and in the remaining one case, the quoted amount was much lower than the expected bid. These bids gave a #NPV saving of Rs 6451 Crores.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=TY8pMdHqZTMZ9Ve31ZVQWQ==&NewsType=6,500-km-road-contract-awarded-by-NHAI-during-FY2011-12-India-Sector5/22/2012#Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (#JNPT) plans to develop the world’s best #logistics park in collaboration with #Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) and has engaged a consultant for this purpose.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=Zvqx+S8vaxF/Ge+mI5ojVw==&NewsType=JNPT-to-join-hands-with-DFC-for-logistics-park-India-Sector5/22/2012Without #investment in #exploration leading to discovery of mineral deposits, no #investment would be forthcoming in mining, India is a densely populated country with an ancient heritage of mining and #metallurgy.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=HztOJGJvDe0a77wxq8Y9jA==&NewsType=Tax-money-and-high-risk-prospecting-India-Sector5/22/2012Exploration companies have frequently found that governments in mineral-rich countries and states promise much higher yields than are actually available, writes A Shivkamal, and explains how #GIS mapping can help with accuracy and also stem #illegal #mining.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=hHGgFnRl3ZC99h5AiNOrhQ==&NewsType=Following-the-wrong-map--India-Sector5/22/2012Credit quality pressures have intensified for India’s corporates in 2011-12 (refers to financial year April 1 to March 31). Instances of default by #CRISIL-rated entities increased to 188, the highest for any year.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=CM3PFzmBJrJ1UsF3SA17uA==&NewsType=Default-rate-at-ten-year-high-of-3.4-per-cent:-CRISIL-India-Sector5/22/2012#PPP should not use public enterprise investments, says #Mahesh PS Gandhi, who advocates a modified model for clean and effective financing and implem­entation of #infrastructure projects.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=eltrp1moeJC3VAvxOpuzMQ==&NewsType=Modified-PPP-model:--Bringing-in-capabilities-India-Sector5/22/2012For a multi-sector company, an integrating mapping, warning and decision-making system enables safety and #cost reduction. Prashun K Dutta describes how his infra company takes advantage of GIS.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=ZBKGe0mAWtKXIgvATBM3ew==&NewsType=A-multi-tasking-tool-India-Sector5/22/2012As #NHAI attracts yet another round of #premium bids, a report says that #toll road projects in first-year traffic was below projections by up to 45 per cent.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=xtFx17BfG/tDB8q3/RvBXw==&NewsType=Traffic-underperformance-is-key-risk-India-Sector5/22/2012#HCC-Laing – Sadbhav consortium has won a Rs 835 crore road project from National Highways Authority of India (#NHAI).http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=IfHHty8bwXCgloLvLoisrw==&NewsType=HCC-consortium-bags-Rs-835-cr-NHAI-project-India-Sector5/22/2012#Adani Enterprises, India's largest coal importer and part of the Adani Group, a global integrated #infrastructure player, has signed five agreements for supply of imported coal with #NTPC Ltd, the country's largest power generation company.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=0y5EP5bts3U3r9ToP2lqaA==&NewsType=Adani-Enterprises-to-supply-coal-to-NTPC-India-Sector5/22/2012When completed, the #Chenab rail bridge will be nearly 1,315 m, with an approach bridge which is 530 m long and an arch bridge which is 785 m long. A 467 m long steel arch (one of the longest in the world) supports the arch deck.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=oYzSWKheTL6s1tNywc1ASQ==&NewsType=Model-aids-tallest-rail-bridge--India-Sector5/22/2012The new #Mining Bill encourages private players to enter prospecting. However, if the result is zero after the recce, who will compensate them? So far, prospecting in India has been a business of the #government, and has been happening at a much slower pace than required,http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=M/sW958WRqzuWXMUj1qIiw==&NewsType=The-element-of-certainty-India-Sector5/22/2012#GIS maps play a critical role in #asset management in the infra sector—from land records to fixing faulty bridges. By combining layers of information about a geographical area—spatial data describing the topography and non-spatial data such as builthttp://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=LWyr9UBoeRRxH2wSCcO9SQ==&NewsType=The-underused-infrastructure-tool-India-Sector5/22/2012Gammon Infrastructure Projects (#GIPL) has bagged a Rs 1,684 crore project from National Highways Authority of India (#NHAI) for widening #Vijaywada-Gundugolanu section of National Highway in Andhra Pradesh. #GIPL has got the order on #BOT (Toll) mode.The project will be built on design, build, finance,operate and transfer basis.http://www.constructionupdate.com/News.aspx?nId=0L658QzSsGx3y0MEcpQ9tw==&NewsType=Gammon-gets-NHAI-project--India-Sector5/22/2012