In China, a 7 km long bridge is currently being constructed over the Yangtze River. The ChongQi bridge will eventually connect Chongming Island - an island in Shanghai - and the city of Qidong in Jiangsu. For the project, 12 main elements made of steel for the bridge central tract had to be transported from the assembly site to the place of destination, the Yangtse River. With self-propelled transport vehicles from the French vehicle manufacturer NICOLAS Industrie SAS, a total of 25,500 tonnes of steel were moved
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‘Winning The Decade’, is the focal theme of the fourth edition of GIREM, Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment and Management, the flagship urban development and real estate conference being held in Goa between September 29th and October 1st.
Simon Meester is the new president of Sandvik Mining and Construction in India. Commenting on the potential of Indian market he said, “In the mining sector sustainable growth is obviously imperative to run the country’s budget and trade deficit down and fulfil the local energy needs but needs to be up to environmental standards”
In the April 2011 issue of this magazine we published a detail update on the Mumbai Metro. Here, V B Gadgil, chief executive and managing director of L&T Metro Rail (Hyderabad) gives an overview of the upcoming metro project in Hyderabad. It is set to be a jewel of southern-India
This will impact the growth of the IT sector, which contributes 50% of the office space demand in India. We are looking at a potential reduction in the expected levels of demand for IT-centric office spaces by next year. In the current year, we will not see a significant reduction in demand since it will continue to be driven by existing contracts -Anuj Puri, Chairman & Country Head, Jones Lang LaSalle India
From creating skyscrapers to addressing the issues of Indian architects not being allowed to practice overseas to challenging the government over policy guidelines, Architect HAFEEZ CONTRACTOR raises his concerns about housing the future population. Edited excerpt from his interview with Subhajit Roy
It was a rare opportunity for us sharing few moments with
Architect Karan Grover - one of the pioneers in sustainable building designing. From the basic of architecture to the influence of modern technology in today’s living: the master of ‘green’ architecture has inimitable views and opinions on every topic discussed. ‘Believe in yourself’ is his mantra for gen-next architects. Excerpts from his interview with Relin Hedly
