Mayday! Mayday!

May 2017

Misinterpretation of Supreme Court BS III ban has brought the construction equipment and tractor industry on its knees....

Tags: Supreme Court, Construction equipment, Schwing Stetter, Ministry of Road, Transport, Highways, Union Budget, 4th Equipment India Awards, Mayday

The Road to India's Longest Expressway

May 2017

On November 21, 2016, the nation watched in awe as eight of them touched down and whizzed past on India's longest access-controlled expressway: The...

Tags: Agra-Lucknow Expressway, UPEIDA, National Highways, Akhil Kumar Gupta, PERI formwork, Construction, Ganga bridge, L&T Construction

ON THE MOVE

May 2017

Off-the-road (OTR) tyres are largely used in vehicles, equipment and machinery employed in agriculture, mining, construction and industrial sectors. ...

Tags: Off-the-road, Vehicles, Equipment, Agriculture, Mining, Construction, OTR tyre, Apollo, BKT, CEAT, Material handling equipment, Roads, Highways, Airports, Ports

Indian Private Equity takes off!

May 2017

Private Equity (PE) in India is still in its nascent stage, accounting for roughly 1 per cent of GDP. This is in contrast to almost 3 per cent in the...

Tags: Private Equity, GDP, MAHESH SINGHI, Energy, Retail, Infrastructure, Generation, Distribution, Transmission, Equipment, PSU, Renewables, Highways, Railway PPP projects, PE investments

Construction Challenges

April 2017

The Indian road sector has undergone phenomenal growth over the last decade and is growing exponentially now due to the new government's focus on the...

Tags: Ben W James, Global Road Technology, Defence, Construction, CIPR, Cement, lime, polymer, Equipment, GSB, AUSTROADS, CTB, National Highways Authority of India

Dilip Buildcon bags Rs 700-crore EPC orders from Transport Ministry

April 2017

Highway developer Dilip Buildcon has said that it has bagged two EPC road projects worth about Rs 700 crore in Maharashtra from the Road Transport an...

Tags: Dilip Buildcon, Highway developer, MoRTH, BSE, EPC, Rehabilitation, Upgradation, Road Transport, Highways Ministry

Nitin Gadkari wants more powers to NHAI to fast-track projects

April 2017

A proposal to enhance National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) powers has already been sent to the Cabinet for approval. Reportedly, while Union M...

Tags: National Highways Authority of India, Nitin Gadkari, Power, MoRTH, Cabinet approval

India's Longest Road Tunnel Linking Kashmir Valley With Jammu inaugurated

April 2017

The country's longest road tunnel – the Chenani–Nashri Tunnel – has been recently inaugurated. The 9-km-long tunnel links Kashmir Valley with Jammu b...

Tags: Chenani–Nashri Tunnel, Kashmir Valley, Evacuation Broadcast System, Entrance Detection Control System, Electrical Fire Signalling System, Ministry Of Road, Transport and Highways