Funding Not a Constraint for Road Building Programmes

March 2018

In an exclusive interview to INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, Debjani Chakrabarti, Director Highways, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) elucidates s...

Tags: Debjani Chakrabarti, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Roads building programme, EPFO, LIC, PPP, BOT, Hybrid Annuity Mode, EPC, NHDP, PCU, Construction, NHIDCL, NHAI, NIIF

India represents a $3.1 trillion climate investment opportunity

March 2018

At the outset, Aditi Maheshwari, Climate Change Policy Specialist at the Washington DC-based International Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Ban...

Tags: Aditi Maheshwari, Climate Change Policy Specialist, Renewable energy, transport, Green buildings, Municipal solid waste management, Smart urban, Electric vehicles, PPP, Instruments, SEBI, SBN, Indian Banks Association, Nationally Determined Contributions, Manish Pant

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

11 experts discuss the future of the workplace in terms of planning and design. Find out what they have to say!

March 2018

Workplaces today are becoming more collaborative and open, fertile ground for interaction and ideation, and increasingly connected through Internet o...

Tags: Falguni Padode, RoI, HCL, Technology, Mahindra Tower, Jaimin Desai, Mahindra Lifespace Developers, Genpact, MNC, Interiors, Building façade, lighting, Materials, ASHRAE, GRIHA

Building Smart

March 2018

According to McKinsey, construction holds the dubious honour of having the lowest productivity gains of any industry. The reasons attributed to this ...

Tags: McKinsey, Construction, Technology, 3D printing, Procurement, Engineering, Architecture, MIVAN, IoT devices, GPS systems, RFID, digital systems, advanced CCTV, Wi-Fi, Waste-to-energy management

Our commitment is to building the nation,' says Sandeep Singh, MD, Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company

March 2018

When I joined the company, I spent three months to understand the company, people, dealers, vendors, etc. I first identified the pain areas and major...

Tags: Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company, SUDHEER VATHIYATH, JV, Chalo Desh Banaye, Infrastructure development, Excavators, Equipment, Electricity Building roads, SHINRAI

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

Founder Samir Jasuja buys back PropEquity from US hedge fund, eyes $100 million IPO in two years

February 2018

PropEquity’s founder Samir Jasuja has bought back the complete stake from its US based hedge fund investor and now completely owns PE Analytics, whic...

Tags: PropEquity, Samir Jasuja, Collateral Risk Assesment vertical, SBI, ICICI, HDFC, Axis bank, Retail and Commerical buildings, EBIDTA, Ministry of Housing