The Statue of Unity, the world’s tallest statue of 182 m, was recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Modi in Gujarat. Twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty in New York, the statute is dedicated to the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who integrated 565 princely states into one nation. Completed in a record 33 months at an estimated Rs 30 billion, L&T is the EPC contractor of the project, and Turner, the Project Management Consultant.  Situated on the Sadhu Island, near Sardar Sarovar Dam, the statue is divided into three main components namely, the statue, statue base housing the exhibition hall, and the area around the statue base with a fire lane and emergency exit. Including the statue site, the memorial and visitor’s centre and Shresta Bharat Bhavan (an administrative complex and a three star-rated hotel) are spread across 20,000 sq m. At the chest level at 135 m (443 ft), the viewing gallery can accommodate up to 200 visitors at one go. The structure has two vertical cores, each housing a high-speed passenger elevator and emergency exit. The vertical cores support the steel frames to which about 6,500 bronze panels are clad.  Connected by a 277-km-long bridge, the project has made use of 210,000 cu m of concrete, 70,000 MT of cement and 18,500 MT of reinforced steel; 6,500 MT structural steel has been used to form the support structure, while 1,700 MT bronze panels (6,500 nos) forms the outermost layer. The bronze, which is put in bands around the statue, has been pre-assembled at the six offside yards. The statue has been reportedly engineered to withstand wind speeds of up to 50 m per second and can survive earthquake measuring up to 6.5 on the Richter scale, at a depth of 10 km and within a radius of 12 km of the statue. A hydrolic study had been conducted so that the statue could stand above the highest flood level recorded over a 100-year period.  LIDAR survey and drone photography has been used for monitoring the site of the project. While the statue orientation has been undertaken through shadow analysis, satellite imagery for construction topographic model of all its site for wind tunnel testing has been used. Besides, other digital initiatives such as panelisation, virtual reality for visualisation and review, smart drawings, material tracking, and Building Management System (BMS) on safety and BMS on operations has also been used.