India has a total road network of over 5.8 million km comprising national highways, state highways, expressways, and urban and rural roads. The total length of highways constructed during 2018-19 was 10,855 km, as against […]
Infrastructure is a key driver of economic growth and development. Increasingly, India and other emerging market economies are realising this fact and are taking up numerous infrastructure projects. That said, properly planned and impeccably implemented […]
Arbitration is one of the most commonly used methods for dispute resolution. For many years now, it has been used in India for the settlement of various disputes, especially commercial disputes. The country’s arbitration environment […]
Construction projects across the globe are faced with disputes. These disputes may arise due to a number of factors such as delays in project implementation and the failure to comply with preset project standards. The […]
The Indian road sector has witnessed a major turnaround in activity during the past four to five years. The length of the projects awarded and constructed increased at a compound annual growth rate of over […]
Construction activity has picked up pace in infrastructure sectors, and the airport sector is no exception. The increased pace of project execution, enabled by easing of pre-construction bottlenecks, has driven construction activity. India currently has […]
Increased infrastructure activity across sectors has paved the way for more tunnel construction in the country. Positive breakthroughs have been witnessed in the past few years with important tunnels such as the Zojila tunnel, the […]
The affordable housing sector has seen rapid growth in the past three years in terms of policy and regulations, incentives and schemes, and project uptake. Under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Urban (PMAY [U]), […]
The adoption of ready mix concrete (RMC) in the country is gaining pace, albeit slowly. The concept of RMC was introduced in India in the 1950s but remained limited to major construction projects such as […]
One of the leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) players in the infrastructure space, Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) Limited has an engineering heritage of nearly 100 years. It has executed the majority of the country’s […]
Brigadier Amit Kathpalia, Chief Engineer, Andaman Public Works Department Construction projects across the world are riddled with disputes. These disputes occur due to a variety of reasons such as long gestation periods, changes in the […]
India’s construction sector is one of the major contributors to financial stress on bank books. While banks are responding to the situation by invoking various debt conversion schemes, construction players are shifting their business models […]
Countries across the globe are focusing on developing smart and efficient infrastructure, and India is no exception. A significant contributor to this has been technological innovations that have succeeded in bringing products, projects and best […]
Construction activity, which lies at the core of infrastructure development, has been cyclical at best for the past few years. Stymied by a host of factors such as regulatory bottlenecks, land-related issues, difficulties in financing, […]
Earthmoving equipment is typically classified into two large groups – for construction and infrastructure, and for mining. These industries in India have been in a state of flux as the regulatory environment has seen transformational […]
Earthmoving equipment constitutes 20-25 per cent of the cost of a construction project. […]
India is emerging as one of the largest markets for earthmoving and construction equipment (ECE) in the world. […]
The central government is serious about improving the pace of infrastructure development in the country. […]
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