1.India is our second most important market for our Structures business

The $10-trillion construction sector is expected to become the third largest market by 2030, contributing around 15 per cent to GDP and achievingthe highest employability after the agriculture sector.

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2.Inaugurates its first fully-integrated off-site manufacturing plant in Hyderabad

Katerra, a leading design and technology driven global construction company, broke ground on its first fully integrated off-site manufacturing plant at Hyderabad recently. Projected to get completed by March 2020, the factory will deliver 8 million sq ft of building components every year through robotic assembly line production.

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3.Retrofitting existing buildings for safety

No property is inherently protected against the elements of nature

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4.Tips for India to build safe buildings

CW records a few suggestions from the industry on changes required

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5.The Platinum Hit!

Ashok Leyland bags LEED v4.1 Platinum certification for sustainable features

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6.The design-build model is best suited for the affordable housing programme

Given land prices and other constraints in the urban areas and metropolitan cities of India, building high-rise residential towers for affordable housing becomes imperative.

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7.Design-build is best suited for the affordable housing programme

Given land prices and other constraints in the urban areas and metropolitan cities of India

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8.Tenders should mandate 30-40% use of precast, prefab structural components

With the aim to construct 1.2 crore homes to ensure Housing for All by 2022

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9.MEP Infrastructure achieves financial closure for three HAM projects

MEP Infrastructure Developers has announced the successful financial closure of three of its hybrid annuity projects in Maharashtra.

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10.NAREDCO supports Construction Technology Year, initiates iDAC

Apex real estate body NAREDCO, along with Nova Exhibitions & Conferences, has introduced iDAC, an initiative in lines with our Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of coining the year April 2019-March 2020 as the ‘year of construction technology’.

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