Realty@75 - Reformed, Regulated, Reinvented & Responsible
Over the last 75 years of India’s Independence, the real estate sector has come a long way from an unorganised, unregulated family business to a corporatized, well-regulated, reformed, transparent, responsible, and future-ready industry. Vinod Behl
Growth & Trends Across All Real Estate Segments
Real estate investments register strong capital inflows, reach USD 3.4 billion in H1 2022. Foreign investors accounted for over 67% of total investment volume in Q2 2022. Office sector dominated investment activity with a share of about 57%
Land Monetization Promises & Pitfalls
A mega land monetisation plan through sale of surplus government and PSUs’ land is a part of Modi government’s ambitious National Monetisation Programme (NMP) to generate Rs 6 lakh crore of revenue over FY 2022-25. The success of this programme will depend
Making Urban India Sustainable Through Green Buildings
Buildings offer a huge opportunity to minimize energy consumption by merely changing the manner in which they are planned, constructed and operated. Jit Kumar Gupta, Retired Urban Planner, Advisor Town Planning, Punjab Urban Development Authority
Road Ahead for Real Estate Prospects & Challenges
The recent headwinds in the form of higher cost of construction and interest rates may only have some short-term impact on the recovery of the real estate sector, post-covid. The mid to long-term growth prospects, however, remain intact due to strong fundamentals
Infrastructure Development in India 2023 & Beyond
India’s infrastructure outlook over the next decade presents a bright picture. It is lined with attractive government schemes and a pipeline of major projects - supported by significant funding and financing. For construction equipment manufacturers
Real Estate On the Road to Recovery
Anshuman Magazine, Chairman & CEO - India, South-East Asia, Middle East & Africa, CBRE, elaborates on what is re-igniting the growth of India’s real estate industry, which is being driven by demand in the residential, commercial, and warehousing space
CREDAI Supporting Real Estate’s Growth Momentum
In FY 23, strong and favourable developments are anticipated to continue in the Indian real estate market, supported by a strong structural base, increased demand, and decreased house loan rates, says Harsh Vardhan Patodia, National President, CREDAI
India’s Real Estate Sector Making a Strong Comeback
Increasing demand across residential, commercial, warehouse and office spaces, is driving sales, even as developers contend with the upsurge in construction costs due to the hike in raw material costs. Developers are also going digital - from project conceptualisation and designing
Cost Escalation Threatens Realty Recovery & Growth
The real estate sector, especially the residential segment, which showed great resilience against the Covid pandemic to register a smart recovery, is now facing a double whammy. The long-drawn Ukraine-Russia war has led to a sharp increase in
Evolution of Smart Cities
Cities are a product of interactive life forms; they have multi-pronged dimensions involving people and other life forms, with dynamic interactions. Due to such dynamics and the complexity of ever-changing interactions, smart cities cannot be
The Indian Fort - A Structural Engineering Marvel
Er. Vivek Abhyankar writes on the amazing architecture and planning, structural design, and performance, of many forts in India, along with their brief history, type, components, functioning, planning, and construction methodology
Road Ahead for Construction Finance
Real Estate and infrastructure are the major drivers of the economy with their significant contribution to the country’s GDP. As such, the construction finance is critical to ensure that real estate and infrastructure development
Realty in Recovery Mode
The Real Estate sector is on a recovery path, paving the way for sustainable growth in the coming years. With the receding pandemic, fast recovering economy, and a thriving job market, there are signs of promising times
The Landport Passenger Terminal Building Dera Baba Nanak, Kartarpur Corridor, Punjab, India
The Kartarpur Corridor between India and Pakistan connects the historic gurdwaras of Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur District of Punjab (India) with Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, Kartarpur, in the Narowal District of Punjab (Pakistan)
Drowning of Infrastructure Causes, Effects & Remedies
Authors Er. Vivek Abhyankar, Founder of SGAWings Civil Engineering Consultant and Advisor (OPC), Mumbai & Dr. N. Subramanian, an award-winning author, consultant, and researcher, based at Maryland, USA, present a brief review
National Monetisation Plan: Paving the Road for Sustainable Financing Towards Infrastructure Development
The Modi government’s ambitious and aggressive ₹6 trillion National Monetisation Plan (NMP), high on intent with enabling framework, holds the promise of success, notwithstanding various challenges on
Need to Look Beyond Boundaries
34-InfraDespite their relatively small markets, Bhutan and Maldives provide Indian construction companies a dynamic space for infra development with an appreciable degree of social and cultural familiarity
Aquatic Gallery - Science City, Ahmedabad
Very few places in our world are more educational than museums. Museums are storehouses of knowledge and help us understand our world better. As institutions at the heart of society, museums have the power to define
Future of Real Estate Investing
Investors are looking to hedge their risks by diversifying their portfolios with Alternative Investments such as Commercial Real Estate. An alternative investment is one which is outside the traditional
India’s Smart Cities Mission Hits & Misses
Notwithstanding some bright spots, the flagship Smart Cities Mission (SCM), which marked its 6th anniversary on June 25, is yet to live up to its tall promises. Their sub-optimal performance, precipitated by
Need to Look Beyond Boundaries
Indian construction companies and equipment manufacturers should explore opportunities outside the country as India has the potential to become a global manufacturing hub. Reports Saeeduddin Faridi
Transferable Development Rights - Challenges & Prospects for Urban Infra Transition
TDR policy faces many constraints and challenges and several reformative steps are needed at the policy level to bring momentum to it. Though the concept of TDR (Transferable Development Rights), largely aimed
Futuristic Construction - A tectonic shift needed in the way Indian construction industry thinks and acts.
With the launch of Digital Roof 4.0 (DR4.0), a new day has dawned in the Indian construction sector. Digital Roof 4.0 is a multi-faceted engineering and management company set up with the avowed intention
Unlocking PSU Assets for Infrastructure Financing
Focusing on infrastructure as a key driver of economic growth, the government is embarking on a massive PSEs asset monetisation programme as part of Infrastructure Vision 2025. This ambitious programme is meant
PMRDA - Ensuing Planned, Sustainable Growth In and Around Pune
Cities all over the world are rapidly changing and expanding, and proper urban planning is now more important than ever before. Singapore 'urban model' is a classic example of highly targeted urban planning which has transformed Singapore's
Where is the Construction Industry headed?
In terms of its contribution to the global economy, the construction industry is at the forefront with a staggering annual share of 11- 12 trillion dollars. It is a large employer with more than 300 million people
AI: Construction’s new frontier of digital enablement
For years, construction has lagged behind other industries regarding technological advancement, disruption and digital automation. Finally, this is starting to change. The reducing cost of digital enablement
Transformative Technologies Boosting Real Estate & Construction
At a time when India is undergoing rapid urbanisation, integrating technologies like AI and IoT will help in faster and better planning and designing of smart, tech-enabled cities. Technology is transforming the real
How Technology Changed Civil Engineering for The Better
The rapid pace of technological advancement is changing every single aspect of our lives — and all of the industries and sectors in which we work. Consequently, civil engineering is not an exception here. For instance
