Life Cycle Assessment of Construction Projects to Enhance Sustainability

Cost optimisation is critical to any construction project, whether concrete or steel buildings. These buildings require considerable resources, time, and efforts to design and build, and optimising their costs can ensure that the project

Vivek Singh, Founder, BuildStreet Project Management Services, explores how effective storage practices align with and contribute to the quality objectives of construction projects, ensuring long-term success and sustainability.

Construction projects are growing in number and becoming more complex, leading to long construction times, and involvement of many stakeholders. Projects today require highly specialized designs, detailed plans and specifications

The construction industry is a complex and ever-evolving sector that plays a vital role in shaping our infrastructure and communities, however, it is also fraught with challenges that can arise unexpectedly, from unpredictable weather

Construction, particularly of critical infrastructure projects like dams, barrages, and tunnels, require due diligence and technical audits for identifying risks, ensuring regulatory compliance, and optimizing project execution.

Brought out by BMTPC, the Vulnerability Atlas of India, is the only document to tabulate damage risk to housing stock across regions of India. It highlights areas prone to natural hazards like earthquakes, high winds, cyclones

Accurate identification of the root causes of project delays and the allocation of responsibility among the parties involved, is crucial for effective project management. By adopting best practices and conducting detailed analyses

The key to rapid construction project speed & overcoming delays lies in transitioning from project management to flow management for effective collaboration amongst all the stakeholders.

Automation creates efficiency by optimising and not replacing, human effort and should therefore be welcomed by organisations seeking to improve their project delivery record. Varghese Daniel, Co-Founder & CEO Wrench Solutions

Megaprojects are large-scale, complex ventures that take many years to develop and build, involve public and private stakeholders, and transform the area in which they are located. They have a higher value, a higher level of aspiration, longer lead

While materials count for a considerable amount of construction costs, the way materials are managed seems to be improvised rather than approached methodically. In the construction industry, one of the common challenges people face

With an ambition of providing housing for all citizens in India, the drive towards resource efficiency building operations is all-time high given the constraints in allocation of resources and their utilization, writes Mamta Rawat of Conserve

During the past couple of years, India has enjoyed the privilege of being amongst the most favored investment destinations of the world. With the sharp vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and compelling

In a significant development for Indian arbitration law, the President of India has formally adopted the Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance 2015 (the "Ordinance"), which will bring about major and long-awaited reforms to arbitration in India. The Ordinance amends Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 and seeks in particular to eliminate

In the last two decades, India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. According to a Citi group report, following the reforms undertaken by Government of India, the GDP is

The increasing levels of competition and the introduction of manufacturing concepts within the industry led to specialization. Such specialization led to the separation of design and construction facilities. The increasing complexity of many projects makes it more and more difficult for the designers to be fully aware of all the implications of their

With growing standards, advanced technologies, and owner-desired additions and changes, construction projects are becoming more and more complex, while the successful completion of projects has been thought to depend mainly

Construction contracts usually contain notice-of-claim provisions. The contractor must, within a stated period of time, notify the project owner in writing of any occurrence which may give rise to a claim for additional compensation under the contract. The policy behind these requirements is sound. Owners should have the opportunity to respond to