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Infra Development: The Way Forward

Although the Indian economy has been facing macro-economic ups and down due to global economic gloom, it has managed to remain stable, recording moderate growth rate consistently. Braving all the problems beyond its control, it has improved Read More...

Choose an Application-Specific Construction Tire

The old saying ‘time is money’ rings particularly true when thinking of today’s construction industry. With an abundance of work and a shortage of labor, construction business owners need to make the most of every moment to maximize profits Read More...

LINNHOFF and GMMCO Enter Exclusive Distribution Alliance

In a strategic marketing alliance, LINNHOFF India, a leading manufacturer of asphalt mixing, has formed a dealership alliance with GMMCO, a leader in infrastructure development. Under the partnership, GMMCO will undertake exclusive sales Read More...

Volvo Trucks Command Center Preventing Downtime

The new centralized Volvo Trucks Uptime Center in Bangalore is rendering end-to-end services for ensuring higher availability of its trucks by reducing incidences of breakdowns. P.P. Basistha visits the state-of-the-art facility to see firsthand Read More...

Cat launches financial arm in India; opens up business opportunities for customers

Caterpillar, a global major manufacturer of earthmoving equipment, is committed to offer financial and extended protection services and solutions to its customers. Towards this end, it has launched its financial arm in India – the company Read More...

CTBUH India Challenges in Elevatoring in India

CTBUH India, the country chapter of CTBUH – a not-for-profit organization with headquarters in Shanghai, Venice, and Chicago, recently organized a conference on the challenges and opportunities of elevatoring in the Indian context Read More...

DBIN Hosts Financiers Meet

The sale of Compact Construction Equipment is gaining momentum in India and, therefore, easy availability of financing options for customers is inevitable. Doosan Bobcat India (DBIN), the Indian subsidiary of the global leader in compact Read More...

Precast Construction to the Rescue

Precast construction meets the expectation of cost in building structures and has proven to be the most suitable technology for India. It is also the most effective when there is a large volume of construction that requires a balanced Read More...

Offsite Manufacturing is the Future of Construction

Across the globe, Data Driven Design, Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), Modular Construction, Offsite Manufacturing, Intelligent Buildings and Construction Software are gaining prominence as they enable faster construction Read More...

PROGRESS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT GMBH + STABOS - Software for big data, networking and maintenance in precast concrete plants

Progress Software Development, part of the PROGRESS GROUP, develops software solutions for the precast concrete and reinforcement industries. The high-performance products include MES systems for the planning, controlling Read More...

Accelerated Pavement Testing

Accelerated Pavement Testing images/Road-Pavements/40594-APTtesting.jpg The Indian road network is mainly built with flexible pavements, because of ease of construction and low initial cost as compared to concrete pavements. The flexible pavements are designed as per Indian Roads Congress Read More...

Pavement Maintenance Management System

An efficient road transportation system is of vital importance to the economy of a nation. Road transport occupies a dominant position in the overall transportation system of India due to its advantages in terms of easy availability, flexibility Read More...

Cement Grouted Bituminous Mix for Flexible Pavements

India has the second largest road network with heterogeneous traffic conditions. Although the road construction in India has improved a lot in the last two decades, at times, it is observed that the pavements, especially in urban areas Read More...

Whitetopping Durable and Cost-effective Solution for City Roads

Concrete is a very durable material for the construction of roads and highways. Cement concrete has been used for the construction of new roads, highways and also for the rehabilitation of existing distressed bituminous pavements Read More...

Utilisation of Waste Materials in Road Construction

The Road sector has been receiving a lot of attention by the central as well as state governments during the last two decades. As a result, new roads are being constructed and existing ones are being upgraded to meet the traffic demand Read More...

Construction of Sustainable Pavements Through Recycling

Increased connectivity and improved road infrastructure developed in the country in the recent past has resulted in significant increase in the growth of traffic in terms of the number of vehicles and axle loads. However, the increased Read More...

“Nal Se Jal” - SPML Infra Playing Key Role in Developing Water Infrastructure in India

SPML Infra Limited, India’s leading water management company will play a key role in the development of sustainable water infrastructure to realize the vision of “Nal Se Jal”. This ambitious scheme announced by the Finance Minister during Read More...

World of Concrete Asia 2019 unfolding new segmentation & participating brands

World of Concrete Asia - a leading concrete and masonry industry exhibition, will be held on December 11-13, 2019 in Shanghai New International Expo Center. The show will be visited by domestic and foreign contractors, subcontractors, real estate Read More...

Conference on Technological Advances in Concrete Pavements & Bridges Organised by ICI (Hyderabad) Telangana Centre

Indian Concrete Institute (Hyd) Telangana Center had organized a one-day national conference on “Technological Advances in Concrete Pavements & Bridges” on 6 July 2019 at Hotel Best Western Ashoka, Hyderabad. It was inaugured Read More...

CII Excon 2019 Biggest Festival of Construction Equipment Industry

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has announced the 10th edition of EXCON - South Asia’s largest construction equipment trade fair, to be held in Bengaluru from December 10-14, 2019. The flagship initiative of CII in the construction Read More...

Turning Plastic Waste into Eco-friendly Building Materials & Products

Since the past 65 years, about 8.3 billion tons of plastics have been produced worldwide, which is equivalent to 10,000 Eiffel Towers or 35,000 Empire State Buildings. But only 9 percent of all plastics gets recycled, while the rest ends up as trash Read More...

Lessons from Warfare to Manage Complex Marketing Projects

The fundamental definition of warfare is to compete and win over enemies with limited resources. Interestingly, it is fundamental to running a marketing function in a corporate company. My fellow marketing heads will agree that it is imperative Read More...

Exposed Reckli Finish Retaining Wall

The Reckli Finish Exposed Retaining Wall at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, using a 9m high Exposed Retaining Wall with a textured finish, and outer face using Formliner Formwork (known as Reckli), has grabbed the eyes of the world. Besides Read More...

Delhi Metro Terminal 1 IGI Airport Terminal

One of the great benefits of Delhi Metro Phase 3 is that the domestic terminals of the Indira Gandhi Intl’ Airport have got Metro connectivity - a boon to the city’s domestic air passengers. While the Airport Express Link provides Read More...

Technocom's Ba‎ttery Mould produces noise control wall panel

BGC Precast, belonging to BGC Group and based in Kwinana, Western Australia, has invested in a battery mould from Tecnocom, Italy, a company belonging to the PROGRESS GROUP, which is one of the leading groups in ma- chinery and solutions Read More...

Precast Concrete Construction Technologies for Metro Projects in India

The most dramatic development in the field of urban infrastructure in recent times has undoubtedly been the introduction of the metro as a public transportation system. Apart from providing the predominant mode of travel, the metro has been Read More...

Liberty ‘Warrior’ Construction Shoes for Safety, Comfort & Durability

For a construction worker, the most important safety equipment is probably “a good pair of working shoes”. This, in fact, is a necessity as he is on his feet for long hours of the day and even at night, and quite often in dangerous site conditions such Read More...

Indian Aviation on a Growth Path

The Aviation Industry in India has emerged as one of the fastest growing industries in the country, especially so during the last three years. Introduction of low-cost carriers, FDI in domestic airlines, advanced information technologies Read More...

Redefining Urbanity with international transport system

Creative Group presents a new vision for Chandni Chowk (a very congested area in Old Delhi) with re-planned interconnectivity, intermodality, and green spaces, that release the current stress above the ground and create opportunities to restore Read More...

Rapid Transit System in India Making inroads

To quote Mark Walport, “Industrialisation, Mass Transit, and the Internet are technological revolutions that have reshaped lives, nations, and the planet.” The Indian economy is poised to grow at over 7% in the coming years, placing it Read More...

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