Today, the “Green Building” concept is the need of the hour and with so many tangible and intangible benefits, the way ahead for green buildings is certainly very promising. Living in a certified green home will ensure a healthier lifestyle, free of the large amounts of allergens and toxins that are present in traditional homes.
Saugata Maitra writes on the connect between announcement of infrastructure projects and value appreciation of properties. It is an established fact that announcement of infrastructure projects will tend to increase the value of properties, in the adjoining areas. This occurs because the infrastructure project becomes a part of USP for the developers or property owners.
Will the CRZ notification, 2011, fast-track the real estate development in coastal areas? Subhajit Roy does a realty check. The new coastal regulation zone (CRZ) norms are sure to open up huge development potential for real estate sector across the country, as it allows slum development and a floor space index (FSI) of 2.5, in costal areas.
If the conclusions arrived at the conference on infrastructure projects in India is any indication, the construction equipment industry in the country is expected to grow at a faster rate to become a $15 billion market in the next decade.
India doesn’t have any history of skyscrapers. There hasn’t been any demand for it in the past, as high-rise apartment buildings were costly to build and expensive to buy. There are also fundamental challenges because of the high seismicity. So, what we are seeing now is developers pushing the boundaries to go higher and higher. A lot of skyscraper records are going to be broken, says Dr Hossein Rezai-Jorabi, Group Director of Web Structures.
Widely respected as a modern visionary and innovative thinker in the fields of architecture, product design and innovation, James Law has coined the term Cybertecture to refer to the use of new materials, technologies and the melding of real and virtual worlds to re-engineer the planet to provide innovative and sustainable spaces and products for the twenty-first century. In an interview with Subhajit Roy; James Law - the founder and Chief Cybertect at James Law Cybertecture International, comments, “We not just making buildings, but hope to make ‘super buildings’ that live, breath and think for and with the people that inhabit it”.
Armsel MHE offers total lifting solutions in the Indian market. Recently, the Company became subsidiary of Kito Corporation, Japan. In 2011, the Company targets to introduce Kito products in the Indian market. Preet Heri, Managing Director & CEO of Armsel MHE Pvt. Ltd. speaks about his plans for 2011.
“The year 2010 has been instrumental in the history of Terex in India. Our new TLB Backhoe Loader range has been a resounding success in the Indian market and has got positive reviews from our customers….. Till 2015, TEPL plans for quadrupling its top line from present levels”, says an ambitious Executive Director of Terex Equipment, Vijay Sharma.
“Lured by infrastructure opportunity, India is likely to witness in 2011 many foreign original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) making a beeline for India. Leveraging our market leadership position, we would like to forge strategic collaborations with them which will further expand our business and benefit those players as well”, says DK Vyas, CEO, Srei BNP Paribas.
Most bulk materials have been stored in open stockpiles which have lot of negative impacts on our environment. Today’s stringent environmental regulations being adopted by governing agencies across the globe prohibits such practices and increases demand for environment friendly aluminum domes. Nishant Jain, Director, Temcor Rollwell Domes Pvt. Ltd. describes.
