Managing Construction Risks: Ways to Ensure Timely Project Delivery

The theft of 900 engines from the Kia plant in Andhra Pradesh underscores that quality management is inseparable from risk management, and neglect in either area can have far-reaching consequences.

Vivek Singh, Proprietor and Pradeep Kumar Pathak, Director-EHS & ESG, BuildStreet Project Management Services, elaborate on elements that collectively enhance safety frameworks, making them compliant and resilient.

Cloud-based construction management systems are revolutionizing the Construction Industry by creating a unified platform where stakeholders can collaborate effortlessly. Unlike traditional tools, cloud platforms centralize

Vivek Singh, Proprietor, BuildStreet (Project Management Services) and Deepak Gupta, expert in Quality Management explore the essential components of a quality-assured safety system, emphasizing the importance of leadership

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

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.

An evaluation of the environmental impacts associated with a project across its entire lifecycle - from raw material extraction and processing to construction, operation, and maintenance, enables stakeholders to identify opportunities

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