<span style="font-weight: bold;">KNK Construction, a pioneer in fast-track construction, has delivered a wide variety of sustainable projects in the country.</span> <p></p> <p> The construction industry contributes to 7.7 per cent of India's GDP - the Q2 performance of Rs 2,339.19 billion reaching an all time high since 2011- hereby, opening up a plethora of opportunities in this sector and seeing an exponential influx of construction companies into the market. &quot;Hence, it is imperative that a world-class construction corporation becomes the need of the hour to stand out amid competition in achieving customer delight,' says <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ashish Krishnaswamy, Managing Director, KNK Construction.</span> The company was established in 1978 by KNK Swamy, a graduate from the National Institute of Engineering, Mysore. </p> <p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Making India proud!</span><br /> When a Japanese multinational wanted to set up its new facility in Bengaluru, they were looking for a construction partner who would agree upon a 150-days timeline to complete the project in all respects including air-conditioning and landscaping. The contract was to be awarded under stringent penalty clauses, and delay was absolutely unacceptable. There were a few takers for the contract. KNK bid for the project and, in that era, when ready mix concrete, tower cranes and system formworks were not available, it delivered the project on time and earned accolades. KNK made India proud when it delivered a complex new facility in an unbelievable timeline of 150 days.</p> <p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Front-runner</span><br /> KNK continued to invest heavily into technology, enabling delivery of projects ahead of time. After a series of initiatives with their highly motivated team, study tours abroad and technology absorption, KNK has now emerged as a front-runner whenever any organisation has to make a choice of contractor. KNK has thereafter grown at 31 per cent CAGR YoY during the last decade.</p> <p>Trust is earned when words turn into actions. Over years of progress and success, KNK is now a pan-India company, a pioneer in fast-track construction, delivering a wide variety of sustainable projects in commercial and industrial. It is an ISO 9001:2008 certified company and a member of IGBC. Quality is the watchword of KNK; safety and delivery are the cornerstones on which they have built their brand. For KNK, safety is first and business is next. They have been proactive and action-oriented in implementing high standards of safety while committing to making workplaces safe.</p> <p> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Quality with safety assured</span><br /> Two decades later, having completed few projects like the new corporate office for Titan, the large volume (10 billion tabs per annum) manufacturing plant for Apotex Pharma, Camry factory for Toyota, Japanese-owned SAKRA World Hospital and several other projects for ABB, Baxter, Cipla, DuPont and other corporates; KNK has currently bagged orders for TERI University - upcoming campus in Hyderabad , Krishi Bhavan at Tripura including Design and Build and an R&amp;D Centre for Geological Survey of India at Bengaluru. </p> <p><span style="font-weight: bold;"> A capsule</span><br /> The Titan Corporate office at Bengaluru with a built-up area of 4.1 lakh sq ft is a unique and aesthetic structure. The complexity of this structure involves concrete walls in varying shapes at different levels, floating office space, landscaping at all levels, bio lakes and so on, making it a highly sustainable structure with Platinum certified by GRIHA. The project was executed with a tight schedule involving 351 piles, 30,000 cu m of concrete with 3,600 MT of RI steel and the latest waterproofing technology.</p> <p> (Communication by the management of the company)</p>