Contracts, Corridors and Cash Flows

28 Apr 2026 CW Team

India’s roads sector enters 2026 at a decisive junction, where the conversation is no longer about kilometres alone but contracts that allocate risk wisely, corridors that unlock economic value, and cash flows that remain credible over the long term. After more than a decade of relentless expansion, India’s road-building ecosystem is moving into a phase of maturity – where engineering complexity, financial discipline and institutional coordination matter more than sheer scale.

Between 2014 and 2024, India built highways at a pace few nations have ever matched. National Highway length expanded from roughly 91,000 km to over 146,000 km. The Bharatmala Phase 1 programme redefined long-haul logistics, reduced freight travel time and integrated ports, industrial nodes and consumption centres into a single transport logic...

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Real Estate

28 Apr 2026

The Walled Garden

I am not suggesting Indian architects are inadequate. The profession has produced extraordinary work – from Charles Correa's quiet humanism to Balkrishna Doshi's Nobel-recognised genius. However, the regulatory barriers meant to protect the profession are holding it back. It is time for an honest conversation about this.The Architects Act of 1972 established the Council of Architecture (COA) as the statutory body regulating architecture practice in India. Its founding logic was sound: to ensure those calling themselves architects meet a minimum standard of competence and to protect the publi..

We completed a 1BHK home on a private island in 7 days!

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..

Engineering the Envelope

At Sunteck Pinnacle in Goregaon, developed by Sunteck Realty, the façade plays a critical role in defining both architectural identity and building performance. With design by Sandeep Shikre, Founding Principal + CEO, LEED AP, SSA Architects and with façade systems by Alumil, with insights from Theodoros Axouristos, Managing Director, Alumil Systems India, the project demonstrates how advanced aluminium solutions can enable high-rise developments to balance aesthetics, durability and efficiency.What façade and aluminium system solutions has Alumil supplied for Sunteck Pi..