Northeast could feed India up to 1,100 MW of power by year-end

January 2017

The north-eastern region, with its huge energy potential — 50,000 MW, by some estimates — could soon become the “powerhouse” of India. Taking a small...

Tags: Huge energy potential, Powerhouse, NEEPCO, Union Ministry of Power

Engineers India bags orders worth Rs 2,500 crore from HPCL

January 2017

Engineers India has bagged orders from HPCL for execution of the Vizag Refinery Modernisation Project (VRMP). EIL will execute the project contract u...

Tags: HPCL, Engineers India, Vizag Refinery Modernisation Project, EIL, PMC Services, Mechanical, EPC contractor Completion, petroleum refining, petrochemicals, pipelines, Oil, Gas terminals, Storages, Fertilizers, Mining

NHAI unlikely to meet the award and execution target for FY2017

January 2017

In August 2016, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had authorised the NHAI to monetise public funded National Highway (NH) projects, wh...

Tags: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, National Highway, K Ravichandran, ICRA, NHAI, Shubham Jain, EPC projects, MoRTH

With the conducive environment, investor confidence will go up

January 2017

Infrastructure is the backbone of any economy. But good infrastructure development needs good planning. Lack of planning is the biggest problem. Chin...

Tags: Infrastructure, Backbone, Subrat Nath, Talgo, EU, Waste management, Narendra Modi, SCADA, Smart meters, Energy Management, PwC, FDI, PPP, EPC, Transportation

Making Indian Infra Work

January 2017

Though Public-Private Partnership contracts are the mainstay of infra projects, evidence of PPP performance in terms of value-for-money and efficienc...

Tags: Public-Private Partnership, Sangeeta Lakhi, Rajani Associates, Warm and fuzzy, Highways, Airports, Urban transit systems, Ports, Infrastructure sector, Masala bonds, REITs, InvITs, NBFC, Construction, NHDP

By 2050, 60percent of India´s population will reside in towns

January 2017

Western economies like Europe and the USA are already quite advanced when it comes to infrastructure development compared to the developing countries...

Tags: Infrastructure Development, Ashish Tandon, Egis in India, Finance management, Engineering, UN Habitat, Smart Cities plan, AMRUT, Narendra Modi, PwC, Procurement, Design, Operations, PPP, EPC

Sunil Hitech bags EPC project worth Rs.434 crore

January 2017

Sunil Hitech Engineers has been awarded an order worth Rs 434 crore in Arunachal Pradesh for National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporati...

Tags: Sunil Hitech Engineers, National Highways, Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, EPC, Road Project, SARDP-NE, Special Accelerated Road Development Programme

Bouquets, Brickbats and a Wishlist

January 2017

2016 promises to be remembered as the year of demonetisation. Certainly, the initiative has slowed project execution and the growth momentum. Contrac...

Tags: CW, Concrete, Real Estate Act, Santosh Rai, HCC, Vinod Agarwal, GR Infra Projects, NHAI, Bharatmala Paryojana Scheme, Vinod Agarwal, EPC project, MoRTH, Hybrid, SMART CITIES project, Smart City Mission