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28 Apr 2026 CW Team

Reimagining construction through a ‘War on Waste’, Circato founders T Paul Koshy, Sushma Joseph and Praveen Crasta speak to CW on turning single-use plastic into high-performance building systems – demonstrated at Bengaluru International Airport with a 16-ft wall installed in just 48 hours.

What specific gap in the construction ecosystem led to the creation of Circato?

Sushma Joseph: We felt the industry had normalised inefficiency. In construction, timelines, costs and outcomes often remain uncertain, yet that is widely accepted. We wanted to show that inefficiencies can be measured and that there is a simpler, more efficient way to build. At its core, Circato is about ‘War on Waste’ – not only waste plastic, but also inefficiencies in construction...

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Infrastructure Transport

15 May 2026

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