Vertical Growth

August 2018

Tower crane market is now on revival path, which was going through a lull period till recently. Going forward, a steady growth of real estate market ...

Tags: Tower crane, Real estate, VG Sakthikumar, Liebherr India, Krishna Kumar, Tower cranes, Mivan, Doka, Tunnel formwork, GST, RERA, B L Kashyap, Sons sees India, Luffing crane, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojna

Schwing Stetter launches premium transit mixer range

August 2018

Schwing Stetter India announced its partnership with Mahindra Powerol to launch its new premium variant of concrete truck mixer series, 'Super Six'. ...

Tags: Schwing Stetter India, Mahindra Powerol, Concrete truck mixer, Anand Sundaresan, Sachin Nijhawan, IoT, Smart truck mixers

How overseas contractors working in the country and updated govt norms could boost the adoption of advanced tunnelling technologies in India

August 2018

Tunnelling in India has seen some huge successes with hectic metro-rail construction in congested cities, the creation of traffic tunnels in the Nort...

Tags: Metro-rail construction, Puneet Narula, Normet India, Prabhat Mittal, Sandvik Mining, Rock Technology, Manoj Garg, Herrenknecht India, Amitava Paul, Punj Lloyd, HDD, Equipment

Know how advanced technologies are gradually finding acceptance in India's elevators market

August 2018

Industry estimates suggest that India has a market for 48,000 to 54,000 new elevators against China's demand for about 500,000 units a year. In fact,...

Tags: Vincent Pinto, Escalators, Amit Gossain, KONE Elevator India, Sebi Joseph, Otis India, Architect Indrajit Kembhavi, Kembhavi Architects, FSI, Charu Bahri, Affordable housing

Underground construction is the largest application for shotcrete, says VG Sakthikumar, MD, Schwing Stetter Sales and Services

August 2018

Underground construction is the largest application for shotcrete and this trend is projected to continue in the next five years owing to increase in...

Tags: Construction, VG Sakthikumar, Schwing Stetter Sales and Services, Convenor, ICEMA, Builders Association of India, Afcons, Concrete pump

Constructible BIM will make construction more efficient, more global and more connected, writes Paul Wallett, Regional Director, Trimble Solutions India and Middle East

August 2018

The continuing march of technology in the modern age has impacted the construction industry in many more ways than meets the eye. For an industry tha...

Tags: Technology, Paul Wallett, Trimble Solutions India, Constructible BIM, Tekla Authorised Training Centre, Larsen & Toubro

India is Sri Lanka's No. 1 trading partner, says Upekkha Samaratunga, Minister (Commercial), High Commission of Sri Lanka in India

August 2018

Economic relations between India and Sri Lanka have a long history dating back centuries. India, with a vibrant and growing economy, is Sri Lanka's b...

Tags: Generator, Upekkha Samaratunga, India Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, Building, Construction, Infrastructure, CIDA

World's largest WAMS commissioned

August 2018

GE Power has commissioned the first phase of the world's largest Wide Area Monitoring System (WAMS) for Power Grid Corporation of India for the North...

Tags: GE Power, Wide Area Monitoring System, Power Grid Corporation of India, Northern Grid