The tagline says it all: 'Born to Achieve'! Meet Montecarlo, a private-sector construction company that started its journey in 1995 with a small team and a big dream: To be recognised as the most reliable engineering and infrastructure company in India, known for its excellence in quality and performance.

The Government has recognised that the economy is suffering and needs a strong booster dose - placebos just won't work. Today, all the ministers are brainstorming over revitalising the economy.

L&T Construction's Metallurgical & Material handling Business has bagged an order for manufacturing and supply of material handling equipment for multiple customers.

To provide further impetus to the government’s ambitious ‘Housing for All 2022’ mission, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (MHUPA) has announced a public-private partnership (PPP) policy, segregated into eight models, to promote private investment in affordable housing.

NHAI has awarded an EPC project in Myanmar to the Punj Lloyd-Varaha (JV), which is also its first international project. This will involve upgrading the Yagyi-Kalewa division of Myanmar to a two-lane with ear-ten shoulder on the engineering.

Dilip Buildcon has recently announced the sale of 24 road assets with a project value of Rs 10,500 crore. The transaction will reportedly be done with Chhatwal Group Trust that runs Shrem in Mumbai. The sale is anticipated to be around Rs 1,600 crore.

KEC International (KEC), a global infrastructure EPC major, an RPG Group company, has partnered with SAP India for its organisation-wide digital transformation process.

This January, Dharamshala was declared the second capital of Himachal Pradesh. What's more, the city, also renowned for being the residence of the Dalai Lama, has been selected as one of the 100 Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under the government's mission.

The Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) garnered a favourable response from both the EPC and the BOT players with intense competition till January 2017. HAM has become the most preferred mode of awarding projects by the NHAI now – around 53 per cent of the awards in FY2017 were made through the HAM route when compared to 8 per cent in FY2016. This is likely to increase further in FY2018.