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Going forward, digital technology will play a key role

Deepak Shetty, CEO and Managing Director, JCB India, speaks on the key demand drivers for backhoe loaders in India, and its dealership and product service

Going forward, digital technology will play a key role

Deepak Shetty, CEO and Managing Director, JCB India, speaks on the key demand drivers for backhoe loaders in India, and its dealership and product service.

Soaring high!

Demand for construction hoists in India is expected to continue growing, as the country invests in infrastructure projects and the construction of commercial and residential buildings continues to expand.

Lifting up!

The hoist market is expected to grow at a CAGR of up to 7.3 per cent till 2025.

Reaching new heights

In India, construction hoists have become very popular in the past decade. They are usually used for high-rise towers of height 70 m or more undergoing construction or renovation.

HCC Group to receive Rs 1,259 cr from NHAI BOT conciliations

HCC Concessions (HCON), the infrastructure development arm of HCC Group, concluded its conciliation with NHAI for all disputes concerning Baharampore-Farakka Highways Ltd (BFHL) and Farakka-Raiganj Highways Ltd (FRHL).

How NIP has set the tracks for growth

Recently during an interaction with the Union Minister of Roads Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari, the Minister reiterated that he was proud to have launched a CNG based equipment model of JCB.

HCC completes first tunnel for Mumbai Metro III project

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) completed the south-bound tunnel between CSMT and Mumbai Central stations on August 2, 2019. With this, HCC became the first contractor among all packages to complete the entire length of a tunnel.

We have completed training of 2,000 operators till last year

Schwing Stetter India started the training department in the second year of its operations in 2000.

Steering Growth

Growing urbanisation and mechanisation of manual jobs are driving the demand for compact equipment such as skid-steer loaders in India.

Managing Complexities in Himalayas

HCC rescued a tunnel boring machine (TBM) stuck in Himalayas, refurbished and put back into operation to construct a head race tunnel for an NTPC hydro power project.

HCC completes first tunnel for Mumbai Metro III project

In a significant milestone for the city?s metro network, Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) completed the south-bound tunnel between CSMT and Mumbai Central stations on August 2, 2019.

HCC-AL FARA?A JV bags Pune metro contract

Hindustan Construction Company?s (HCC) joint venture (JV) with AL FARA?A has been awarded the Rs 484 crore contract by the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation, for Pune Metro Rail Project. The contract is for construction of eight elevated metro rail stations on line II (E-W Corridor) of Pune Metro Rail project.

Versova-Bandra sea link gets state nod

The Rs 7,502-crore Versova-Bandra sea link project was given the green signal by the the infrastructure committee headed by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

India to accelerate $ 200 billion smart cities projects

When the 60 winning cities (with proposals worth over Rs 1.31 lakh crore) become smart, it is expected to positively impact the lives of 72 crore urban population. While Rs 1.05 lakh crore will be spent on area-based development plans, Rs 26,141 crore will be spent on pan-city solutions in the next five years.

HCC bags Rs 369-crore IRCON contract

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has bagged a Rs 368.6 crore contract from IRCON International for construction of the cable stayed bridge including its approaches across river Anji Khad in Jammu & Kashmir. The project is to be completed in 36 months.

HCC bags Rs 369-crore IRCON contract

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has bagged a Rs 368.6 crore contract from IRCON International for construction of the cable stayed bridge including its approaches across river Anji Khad in Jammu & Kashmir.

HCC-VCCL JV bags Rs 368-cr contract in Manipur

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) in joint venture (JV) with VCCL has been awarded Rs 367.72 crore contract by the Northeast Frontier Railway to construct a safety tunnel between Tupul and Imphal in Manipur state.

HCC-VCCL JV bags Rs 368-crore contract in Manipur

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) in joint venture (JV) with VCCL has been awarded Rs 367.72 crore contract by the Northeast Frontier Railway to construct a safety tunnel between Tupul and Imphal in Manipur state. This is part of the new railway line project being constructed between Jiribam and Imphal of Northeast Frontier Railway. The project is to be completed in four years.

HCC-MMS JV bags Mumbai Metro III contract

Infrastructure major, Hindustan Construction Company Ltd (HCC) as a lead partner in the joint venture with MMS of Russia

HCC bags orders worth Rs 623 crore

Infrastructure firm HCC has bagged two orders worth Rs 623 crore in the hydropower and tunnelling sectors. The first order worth Rs 456 crore, by Tangsibji Hydro Energy of Bhutan, is for constructing the 118 MW Nikachhu Hydropower project and it is to be completed in 48 months.

Touching The Next Level

The demand for concrete equipment and ready mix concrete (RMC) is charting an upward trend on the back of momentum in infrastructure development and to a lesser extent, real estate.

196-m RCC Dam in 196 days196-m RCC Dam in 196 days

The complexity of infrastructure projects is increasing day by day. At the same time, the speed at which you build any infrastructure project is becoming critical. Various technological and methodological improvements have enabled us to optimise the speed and efficiency of the construction process.

Long Distance Concrete Pumping

HCC is executing Sainj Hydroelectric Project which is a run of the river development on river Sainj - a tributary of River Beas in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh

BWSL: A Triumph of Precision Engineering

Bandra-Worli Sea Link (BWSL) is the first-of-its-kind civil engineering marvel on Mumbai?s coastline. With its cable-stayed towers soaring gracefully skywards, the sea link is a reflection of the modern infrastructure that Mumbai added in its progress towards becoming a world-class city.

Concrete Paving to Flourish

Renewed thrust on building new concrete roads by Indian government spells a boom for concrete paving equipment industry in India. Most of the highway network in USA was built with concrete roads and some

L1 bidders for seven Mumbai Metro rail blocks

Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) has received 31 bids from nine consortia to develop seven sections of the Colaba-Bandra-Seepz corridor and seven consortia have emerged as L1 bidders. Larsen & Toubro (in partnership with Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Co) emerged the lowest bidder for two sections (Cuffe Parade to Flora Fountain and Marol to Seepz) of the 33.5-km corridor.

Helekar?s Defensive Driving Advisors

Equipment driving skill development is an ongoing activity at construction sites and transport hubs. Helekar?s Defensive Driving Advisors specialises in providing onsite training to operators, drivers, technicians and conducting train

Gaining Traction

With a major thrust on infrastructure development by the government, coupled with the ?Make in India? programme, the Indian telehandler industry is poised for an unprecedented and exponential growth.

HCC bags Rs 785-cr contract

HCC has been awarded a Rs 785 crore contract by Northeast Frontier Railway in joint venture with Coastal Projects Ltd.

Safety in Construction Hoist

Safety is paramount in construction equipment and their users. Following the international trend of according utmost importance to safety consciousness lead by DuPont and others many reputed Indian companies like L&T, HCC, etc.

Batching Solutions

With the influx of fresh initiatives by the government there is a renewed focus on infrastructure development which offers big opportunities of growth for the concrete equipment industry. EQUIPMENT INDIA tracks the development in batching plants.

HCC wins govt contract

Hindustan Construction Co (HCC) has bagged a contract worth Rs 392 crore from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway for 4-laning of a road.

The Customer is King!

The takeaway was simple. Every Equipment India (EI) Award winner had one person to thank above all: the customer. Dedicating the Equipment India Person of the Year award to over 1,500 employees, over 8,000 customers,

Self-made success

Vipul Vora is the CEO of My Port Services India (MPSI), a Mumbai-based company catering to safety and advanced warning systems for mobile equipment in off-road industries like mines, construction, ports and allied industries.

Making more for vishal earthmovers

Vishal Earthmovers has 20 excavators, out of which four are Cat? 320D, deployed at various project sites. Mumbai, India's commercial capital, is fast living up to its stature with the boom in infrastructure projects.

We will continue to enter the market with revolutionary, fuel-efficient products

LiuGong firmly believes in adopting a customer focused approach in business. Any product enhancement/up gradation is always based on the customer's feedback or requirement,

Tunnel Mucking System

ElectroMech has developed a unique and cost effective bulk material handling system for the extraction and disposal of overburden generated during construction of tunnels.

Making of the Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel

One of the challenging and marvelous projects in Indian civil engineering history the pir panjal railway tunnel, India?s first longest Railway Tunnel (10.96 km) for transportation, was executed by HCC.

The Anupam-Alfa Cranes

Anupam Industries, in association with the leading European tower crane manufacturing company Alfa, part of the Finalfa group, Italy, provides world- class tower cranes apart from its own range of gantry cranes.

Sandvik's Jumbo Drill at Work

Four Sandvik DT 820 underground drill rigs have virtually completed drill and blast duties on more than 6 km of tunnelling for Hindustan Construction (HCC), producing in excess of 1.8 million tonne of rock spoil on the country's first crude oil storage caverns at Vizag.

CSE: Cleaner & Safer?

The crushing equipment segment has come of age in terms of technology, capacity, and safety features. As per Central Pollution Control Board of India reports, the stone crushing industry has an annual turnover of Rs 5,000 crore, equivalent to over $1 billion.

Sandvik Jumbos on the Job

Indian contractor Hindustan Construction Company is using four Sandvik DT820 underground drill rigs to construct the country's first underground crude oil storage cavern at Vizag, Andhra Pradesh.

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