Design Café has launched its first experiential studio which uses virtual reality to give its customers a complete 360-degree experience of what their dream home will ultimately look like. Located at R City Mall, Ghatkopar in Mumbai the store is spread over 15,000 sq ft and offers cutting-edge materials, finishes, designs and styles to help […]
GSBS 4th Edition & #Time2Leap Awards concludes successfully in Pune
18th July 2019: The fourth edition of GSBS & #Time2Leap Awards Co-Sponsored by Scheinder Electric & Co-Organized by PMI – (Pune Deccan Chapter) concluded successfully. The full day event was held in the Istana Ballroom, Ground Floor at the Hyatt Kalyaninagar, Pune, India. Registration began at 9.30 am and was followed by Welcome Speech delivered […]
Constructive demand for high-rise buildings
The concept of tall or high-rise buildings featuring strong in diverse geography of India. Perhaps, it is gaining popularity and striding space with India’s increasing role in global economic growth as large multinationals are setting up offices in India. With intermittent urbanisation and migration of population towards metro cities, most of them are now in […]
Regional climatology has a bearing on the orientation of the building and its design facade
High rise projects pose different challenges in terms of safety viz. high wind speeds, fear of heights amongst workmen, edge protection, fall from heights of men and material, etc, says M V Satish, Whole Time Director & Senior Executive Vice President (Buildings, Minerals & Metals) L&T, in an interaction with ACE Update. L&T has credit […]
Real Estate vs Environment – Who’s Winning in India?
India, with its massive and ever-growing population, is witnessing rapid economic growth. Large infrastructure and industrial projects, including highways, rural road network and SEZs, are obviously a necessity to accommodate this growth. However, they also raise threats to biodiversity, as cities and townships are expanding at the cost of agriculture, which in turn relies on […]
‘Elevating’ the lift experience
High speed and special ride comfort needs are essential for elevator systems of high-rise. Usability, reliability and maintainability play a vital role for builders to select the right specification of the elevator. With the real estate industry facing a shortage of land, skyscrapers or high-rises are being seen as the solution to decongest metropolitan cities. […]
Tekla Structures helps to gain efficiency in Combined Cycle Power Project
L&T-S&L, an engineering and consultancy firm in the power sector, brings together the strengths of construction conglomerate Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) and Sargent & Lundy LLC – USA, a global consulting firm in power industry. This synergy has enabled the company to consistently deliver technically sound and operationally efficient solutions like project management consultancy, […]
Pressing call for eco-friendly doors and windows
Well-designed windows and doors are indispensable in making a structure look alluring as is having eco-friendly doors and windows for maintaining habitable conditions. The rising population is a challenge for a country like India, where limited land is a problem. Horizontal expansion is limited, so vertical expansion is the only possibility and if we look […]
Energy-efficient windows minimise heat leakage
Technologically advanced windows and doors can help reduce the dependence on power for maintaining habitable conditions in a room. An increasing trend in the rise in the construction of high rises has automatically demanded a pressing call for doors and windows which would be accommodating with the environment by being energy-efficient and minimise heat loss, […]
Green Manufacturing: A Step Towards Low Carbon Future
Manufacturing companies in India are leveraging green chemistry in the manufacturing process which proves to be less harmful for the environment. Every other day the world witnesses a sad calamity, with every passing minute we move a step closer to global warming. As per a study by IQAir AirVisual and Greenpeace, 7 of the world’s […]