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- Vol.25-28,No.1-12,Jan.-Mar.2020,Jan.2021-Dec.2022 .
Contents
2020
Vol.25,No.7,January 2020
Industry News
Infra Development 20
Roads & Highways 22
Metros & Rails 24
Tunnels & Bridges 30
Real Estate 32
Interview 40
He Qing Hua, Chairman
Sunward Intelligent Equipment Group
Report
Highlights of EXCON 2019 42
JCB India launches all new backhoe loader, excavators, telehandlers ... 52
ACE unveils its latest and best-in-class products .... 56
SANY launches new product line 58
Terex brands on display with new products 60
Puzzolana focusing on speed & mobility and hybrid Power 64
CASE India launches CX220C crawler excavator 68
Two new launches by Tata Hitachi 70
Atlas Copco unveils next-gen portable air compressors 72
CDE Asia launches smart mobile washing plant 76
Komatsu, L&T and Scania display technological strengths & service capabilities 78
JK Tyre Launches new 23.1-26 Size V-compact tyre 80
8900 backhoe loader from Doosan Bobcat unveiled 82
Doosan Bobcat India launches Volvo Penta powered air compressor 84
Liebherr showcases latest technology, products and tailor-made solutions 88
Leeboy launches new series of compact motor graders 90
Schwing Stetter launches 22 new products 92
TIL launches two new cranes 94
KYB Conmat launches new equipment 96
Hyundai CE India launches 5 new excavators & forklift range 100
GS Caltex showcases BSVI product portfolio; wins award 102
Caterpillar expands product portfolio for Indian market 104
Putzmeister and Sany concrete present expanded product range and live demos 106
New range of track screens from Marsman 107
AJAX showcases next-gen products along with 8 new launches 108
Mahindra showcases 5 new construction equipment products 112
Spartan launches new range of hoists & concreting solutions 114
Neptune introduces next-gen lightweight aggregates 116
Sharp Ply introduces ECP doors & window frames based
on the concept of WPC 118
TWF offers safety shoring equipment & mobile road system for sale, rental & leasing 120
JREW Engineering showcases range of attachments 124
PERl India launches HANDSET Alpha- a lightweight panel formwork system 126
Safari launches Safari MAX range of self-loading concrete mixers 128
New road rehabilitation techniques from Neha Infra Services 130
Ruby Enterprises showcases fully automatic compact paver 132
INNOMAC displays complete range of products 136
Kiswire to broaden market presence in CRANE business 136
Pavement preservation, restoration and drainage solutions from AIC Infrastructures 138
Debtronics showcases concrete mixing control panels 140
Axle Shaft India launches range of heavy excavator parts 142
Nova Formworks showcases its Nova brand of plastic formworks 142
Fire Safety
Fire safety and its management by Jaspal Singh 150
GAP
Effect of load obliquity on pull-out capacity of granular anchor pile in cohesionless soil by Jaswant Singh 154
Sustainable Const.
Sustainable construction at no extra cost by Manoj Didwania 164
Green Energy
CPWD installs solar trees for net energy plus campus by Dr KM Soni 176
Ordinary Portland Cement
Emerging alternative cements for construction industry by Dr Rakesh Kumar 182
Controlled Demolition
Building implosion challenges, strategies & safety practices by Siddesh Pai 192
Events
liT Hyderabad to hold conference on structural steel 28
Warrior completes 20 glorious years of providing safety and comfort 32
First promotional show of CICEE 2021 worldwide held at Excon19 in Bengaluru 34 CCMA holds BICES 2021 press conference in Bengaluru 144
WIRTGEN GROUP celebrates 25 years of success and growth in India 148
Ouest for Green Roads 198
Subscription Form 169
Advertiser’s Index 170
Vol.25,No.8,February 2020
Budget 2020 - 21
A Blueprint for $5-trillion economy by 2025 22
Interaction
Liebherr places superior product offerings and services over pricing 44
Next Gen Compressors and Light Towers from Atlas Copco 48
GHH to widen product offering, strengthen brand positioning 50
Vibrant ventures into concrete batch plants 52
Speco to promote asphalt batch plants in India 54
Kubota to build expertise in compact engines 56
PMP offering complete package of solutions to OEMs 60
MOD SCAFF Scaffolding & Formwork Systems 62
Srons Engineers receives order from Mumbai Metro 62
GS Caltex celebrates 10'" Anniversary in India 64
ACE celebrates 25 years of Lifting India's Growth 66
NORD drivesystems expands production capacity in Pune 68
Bonfigliori scaling up productivity with smarter solutions 72
Nadhi: Enabling Technology for Project Control 76
EPIROC Celebrating 60 years of building a stronger India 188
Wirtgen group Machines Driving Construction of New Istanbul Airport 36 Terex MPS Plant Aids Limestone Production for JSW Cement in Middle East 42
Malaysian developer Gamuda adds three Potain MCT 385 cranes to fleet 74
Repair & Rehabilitation
Unified Vision of Indian Nation for Concrete Protection, Strengthening and Repair Industry- Vision 2030 by S. K. Manjrekar 84
ACI 562 Code Requirements for Assessment , Repair, and ehabilitation of Concrete Structures and Commentary by Keith Kesner 96
Fire Damage of Concrete Structures- Assessment and Repair by Pericles C. Stivaros 102
Concrete Repair Bonding Agents: Panacea or Snake Oil? By Clyde Porter Jr 120
Condition Evaluation of Fire Exposed Concrete Foundation by Ashok Kakade 132
Repair and Maintenance Techniques for Building Facades by Sunny Surfaker 144
Construction Chemicals in Repair and Rehabilitation of Structures 150 Concrete Precast
Precast- Rethinking Repaving by Malt Wermer 152
DECAST Ltd invests in self-stressing casting bed from Tecnocom in Italy
Eco-friendly Paver Block By S.P. Ahirao 157
Experimental analysis for evaluation of shear properties of High Strength SFRC beams by Babita Saini 164
Smart Elevatoring Solutions
KONE's Smart Solutions for Smooth People Flow 168
thyssenkrupp sets the Tech Trends and Highlights for 2020 172
Toshiba Johnson Elevators Committed to safe & efficient vertical transportation 176
Otis: The next level of elevatoring will be digitalization 182
ISEE 2020: By the Industry, of the Industry, for of the Industry 186
Subscription Form 161
Advertisers' Index 162
Vol.25,No.9,March 2020
Industry News
Infra Development 20
Roads & Highways 22
Metros & Rails 24
Tunnels & Bridges 26
Real Estate 30
Equipment 32
Asphalt Pavers
Doing More with Less 36
Interaction
Neil Woodfin and Raunak Varma , CNH 48
Feqerico Ferazzutti, PMP Industries Group 54
Sandeep Singh, Tata Hitachi 56
Premraj Kashyap, KYB Conmat 62
Vatsal Patel, Ashitech Equipments 66
Jerry Andersson, Epiroc Mining India 100
Roger Aim, Volvo Trucks 150
Senarat Jayasekera, Wacker Neuson Equipment 152
Roads & Bridges
A Transformative Approach to Highway Construction 68
Characterisation of Foundry Sand Waste Material for Road Construction by A. K. Sinha 74
Thin White Topping Cement Concrete Overlays on Bituminous Pavements by Dr. S.S. Seehra 86
Art & Science of Bridge Engineering: A World Scenario by Vinay Gupta 116
K6murhan Bridge- How Doka is literally putting the 'Y' in Turkey 140
WIRTGEN Cold Recycler & Soil Stabilizer WR 240 : Rehabilitated 22 Km Road Near Hapur 146
Slope erosion protection of bridge embankment by Strata 182
Tunneling
Through Challenges by Kshitish Nadgauda, Louis Berger 90
GHH's MK-A35- First Dump Truck in its class with Ultra-clean Stage V 98
CRCHI TBMs used in Under River Tunnel Project of Yuan River in Changde in Hunan Province, China, for customer CRCC 14'h Bureau Group 104
GREG 15.8m Slurry TBM Solution for Chunfeng Tunnel in Shenzhen 110
Cranes
Comansa launches 21CM750- the largest crane manufactured at its plant in Hangzhou 114
Reports
Ashok Leyland delivers first of its kind Modular Platform Vehicles with BS VI Technology 32
7'" International Conference on Construction Chemicals 159
India's Green Building Future Takes Shape 162
National Workshop on Advances in Waterproofing Technologies, Goa 163
iCEMA Conclave Discusses Measures to Make Finance Support More Viable 164
GCCA India announces first Chair and Co-chair of CEO Committee of member companies 173
Members of VDMA Construction Equipment looking to the future with confidence 174
World of Concrete 2020 180
KONE inaugurates new warehouse in Mumbai 181
Disruptive Technology
New and Emerging Technologies in Construction Industry by Argenio Antao 156
Modern Sanitation
Digital Solutions for Sanitation Related Infrastructure 172
Subscription Form 177
Advertisers' Index 178
2021
Vol.26,No.7,Jan.2021
News
Infra Development 16
Airport & Port 16
Road & Highway 18
Metro & Rail 20
Tunnel & Bridge 22
Real Estate 26
Equipment 94
Viewpoint: Infrastructure
Survival Challenges for Construction Companies by Vinod Behl 28
Will it be Springtime for the CE Sector? S.K. Khanna 99
Tunnelling - Opportunities & Technologies
India's Tunnelling Industry driven by robust pipeline Of projects & investment by Sunil Sharma 32
MMC Gamuda successfully completes its tunnels on Putrajaya Line in Malaysia by Joyce Shamini 40
Sandvik DT 821 C Tunneling Jumbo: Setting a New Standard in Speed & Precision 48
German manufacturer GHH brings special Shotcreting Machine to help complete Mumbai Nagpur Expressway 50
CRCHl's EPB TBM 'Victory' Achieves New Records in Construction of Moscow Metro 52
Epiroc: Tunneling Opportunities on the Rise in India by Anirban Sen 54
Real Estate
Real Estate Year End 2020: Review & Outlook 2021 60
Emerging Segments & Trends 66
Portable Multipurpose Reusable Living Units (PMRLU) for Onsite Workers 70
B.E. Billimoria builds Maharashtra Police Housing project using Precast Technology 72
Sustainable Design for Affordable Housing in Warm-Humid Climate Regions by S. K. Singh 88
Equipment & Machinery
CASE launches CX220C Crawler Excavator in India 76
The Wirtgen Group: New Generation of Material Feeders from VOGELE 78
Liebherr unveils three new Machines and one new Design 80
Customer Engagement
Time to change the thought process of service providers by Bhaskarudu Peddakotla 82
Worke’s Safety
How Equipment and Machine Health Impact Worker's Safety by Bryan Christiansen 84
Events
IEE Expo 2022: Connecting the Entire Value Chain of Elevators and Escalators in India 98
CII Announces EXCON 2021 100
Minister of Road Transport & Highways and MSME unveils
iCEMA's Vision Plan 2030 for Construction Equipment Industry
Advertisers’ Index 10
Vol.26,No.8,Feb.2021
Reports
Crushing & screening market seeing renewed Focus on customization, quality and services 42
Tipper trucks - customer support key to profitability 92
M-sand
CDE command center to power combo m-sand plants 34
C&d waste
Recycled C&D waste materials 70
Interviews
Dr. Hans-Friedrich Peters Ammann on sustainable asphalt Production 36
Gajanan Gandhe
Dana India on vehicle electrification 98
Equipment & machinery
AJAX earmarks Rs.100 crores to build new manufacturing
Facility and design centre in Karnataka 74
Hyundai construction equipment India launches new excavator fleet 76
Surelia engineering offers 2 variants of walk behind vibratory rollers 80
Precast
Spanish company Hormipresa counts on beam moulds from Italy-based tecnocom - a progress group company 78
Advantages of precast concrete technology in metro project (Line-06 Mumbai metro) -a case study by A.S.Salunkhe 82
Concrete protective liner
Concrete protective liner by Russian company hydropolymer by Yastrebov Danila 102
Foundation stability
Foundation stability of existing buildings near upcoming structures by Dr. N. Subramanian 104
Insights
Fractional ownership: new investment opportunity for retail investors 109
Infrastructure sector: growth challenges & prospects in 2021by Vinod Behl 111
Advertisers’ index 110
Vol. 26,No.9,March 2021
Infra Development 20
Road & Highway 20
Metro & Rail 24
Airport & Port 26
Tunnel & Bridge 34
Real Estate 36
Project Reports
Patel Infrastructure Sets World Record for Laying Pavement Quality Concrete for a 2,580-m long, four-lane highway 38
Ashoka Buildcon creating history with India’s First 8 - Lane Extradosed Bridge 46
IJM India Sets a Record by laying a 25.54-km lane in 17:45 hour 52
Interview 54
Daniel Chan, Chairman, Lintec & Linnhoff
sees strong opportunities in India and discusses his plans to steadily xpand the company’s presence here
Ready Mix Concrete 58
Helping the Construction Industry Achieve Sustainable Development
Roads & Highways
Tweaking of Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) a Positive for Road Sector by
Vipula Sharma 84
Waste Plastic Roads by Dr. Ambika Behl 92
Higher Percentage of RAP - Is it Challenging? By Sridhar Raju 98
Pavement Rehabilitation Design is Not New Pavement Design by
Anna-Carin Brink 106
Equipment & Machinery
Elgi Compressors - Driving Concrete Batching Plants to Deliver Right Quality Concrete Mix 80
CDE Command Center to power Combo M-Sand Plants 82
Chicago Pneumatic India launches Permanent Magnet Motor Compressors in 10 to 100 HP range 86
Dynapac’s latest SD range of Pavers designed to perform and built to last 86
VOGELE MT 3000-2 OFFSET Power Feeder paving roads for the future 88
Wacker Neuson introduces DPU6555 Hech Reversible Plate Compactor in India 90
Alpha Mobile Tower Crane Model SP453: Fast, Efficient & Economical 90
CASE Plant in Pithampur, India Awarded for Lean Manufacturing 118
ACC RMX introduces ECOPact- the Green Concrete 118
bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2021 cancelled 118
Advertisers' Index 120
Vol. 26,No.10,April 2021
News
Infra Development 18
Road & Highway 20
Tunnel & Bridge 26
Metro & Rail 28
Airport & Port 30
Real Estate 32
Report
Self-Loading Concrete Mixers: Packing a Punch 40
Where is the Construction Industry headed? 48
Al: Construction's new frontier of digital enablement 50
Transformative Technologies Boosting Real Estate & Const.60
Highrise & Precast Projects
Infosys Pune: A multi-purpose precast highrise structure 64
The National Bank of Kuwait Tower: An Iconic Engineering Marvel 72
Elevatoring: Opportunities, Challenges & Innovations
Amit Gossain, Managing Director, KONE Elevator India on elevator safety, technology and innovation 76
Manish Mehan, CEO, TK Elevator India on challenges & opportunities in India's vertical transportation 78
Shakir Ahmed, Managing Director, Fujitec India on India's rapidly modernizing E&E industry 83
Katsuhiko Sato, Managing Director, Toshiba Johnson Elevator (India) on developing products that support modern life and society 88
New Equipment, Products & Technology
Caterpillar® celebrates 50 years of manufacturing in India 34
Tata Hitachi launches EX 215LCQ Super+ series quarry excavator 36
L& T records highest sales of Komatsu PC210-1OMO 38
JCB India introduces new range of CEV Stage IV Backhoe Loaders 62
Tyre Experts offers solutions with Trelleborg Brawler solid tyres 92
Mesh Welding system of HPBS leads to considerable savings 90
WIRTGEN GROUP: Driving excellence on greenfield projects with innovative machines 94
CMAC: Bringing Quality to Indian Manufacturing 96
Lintec & Linnhoff terminates partnership with Ardent; to finalize new manufacturing partnership in India 101
Interview
95 Jignesh Patel, MD, Dynemix India 95
Case Study
CONTAKT Smart Solution for Planning, Monitoring and Documentation 98
Overview: Off-Highway Vehicle Sector
Post-Covid rebound predicted for Off-Highway Vehicle Sector; increase in Electrification forecast for Smaller Machinery 102
Vol. 26,No.10,May 2021
News
Infra Development 18
Road & Highway 20
Metro & Rail 24
Tunnel & Bridge 26
Real Estate 28
Equipment 30
Reports
Mini Excavator: Small Footprint, Big Scope 34
Mobile Cranes: Catering to Major Projects 66
Metro Construction
India's Metro-Rail Industry Expanding Fast 44
Lucknow Metro: The Fastest Built Metro-Rail Project 48
Precast Concrete Construction in Metro Projects 54
Futuristic Construction
A tectonic shift needed in the way Indian construction industry thinks and acts 74
Equipment & Machinery
New options for proven Terex MPS screen modules 30
Sicoma Mixers India implements TUV SUD ISO procedures 32
Escorts CE records highest ever monthly sales 32
Revolutionary COE Engineering: All-in-one mobile solution 76
Kleemann Screening Plants: Global product with versatile applications and excellent service support 78
PRO: Are you looking for a geotechnical drilling rig? 80
New Liebherr R 928 G8 crawler excavator - the new addition to the Generation 8 family 96
Specialized Steel
SSAB: Ensure personal safety and higher productivity with Hardox® wear plate 98
Industry 4.0
SKF: Manufacturing 4.0 harnessing the power of Industry 4.0 99
Repairs
Repair Strategy of Stoplog Sill Beams During Operation Stage of 510 MW Teesta-V Power Station in Sikkim 82
Thermal Power Plant
Future of Thermal Power Plants 88
Ropeways
Ropeways: Alternative Mobility Solution in Urban India 92
Real Estate
MPowered: Promising Great Returns 94
Infra Financing
Unlocking PSU Assets for Infrastructure Financing 100
Events
Abhiroop Gupta appointed as MD of GIGO Technologies 18
Framework Plan of CICEE 2021 Hunan, China 32
Riten Choudhury, MD, Tata Bluescope Steel, receives Business Leader of the Year award 75
Advertisers’ Index 12
Vol. 26,No.11,June 2021
News
Infra Development 16
Road & Highway 16
Metro & Rail 18
Real Estate 20
Tunnel & Bridge 22
Airport & Port 24
Industry News 24
Expressways
Ashoka Buildcon Achieves New Milestones at Bundelkhand Expressway 32
Purvanchal Expressway Package-3: A Case Study 36
Tunnelling
Chardham Tunnel Project: Equipment with cutting-edge technologies is making tunnelling smoother at RVNL's Mega Railway Project and helping Contractors Overcome Geological Complexities 54
Recycling of C&D Waste
Construction & Demolition Waste as Aggregates for Rigid Pavement Applications 62
Iron and Steel Slags are Environmentally & Economically Viable for Road & Civil Construction 76
Equipment & Machinery
Lakshmi Road Metal Industries installs COE Combo X70 plant to Produce Washed M-Sand from Black Basalt 48
Terex MPS Plant Chosen for Laos Dam Project 52
Sany Embraces New Emission Norms; Launches 4 New Truck Cranes 80
Latest Drive Technology for Vogele SUPER 1400i Paver 81
Manitou's New, Dedicated Solutions for Construction 82
Precast
'Line Detection' Technology Enables Highest Precision in Production of Hollow Core Slabs 86
Equipment Rental
Time for Rental Companies to Adapt, Consolidate & Perform 91
Repair & Rehabilitation
Repair and Rehabilitation of a Minor Bridge in Shravasti District (UP) 94
Understanding & Preventing Corrosion in RC Structures 98
Faircoat Anti-Carbonation Coating Protects Concrete
Structures Like Flyovers, Bridges & Buildings 100
TDR
Transferable Development Rights; Challenges & Prospects for Urban Infra Transition 101
Advertisers’ Index 10
Vol. 26,No.12,July 2021
Outlook
Indian Construction Equipment Market in 2022 & Beyond 20
Insight
India's Smart Cities Mission Hits & Misses 33
Need to Look Beyond Boundaries 36
Cover Story: Technology to the Rescue
Leading OEMs, builders, contractors, and technology solution providers share their views on how technology adoption has become a game changer in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
JCB India: Deepak Shetty, CEO and Managing Director 48
Tata Hitachi: Sandeep Singh, Managing Director 54
Larsen & Toubro: Arvind K Garg, Executive Vice-President and Head Construction & Mining Machinery Business 58
Puzzolana: Abhijeet Pai, President 64
Gayatri Projects: Sandeep Reddy, Managing Director 68
Terex Materials Processing India: Jaideep Shekhar, Managing Director (Asia & EMEAR) 70
Ashoka Buildcon : Sanjay Londhe, Director & CEO – Projects 74
Sandvik India: Manojit Haldar, Managing Director 76
Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corp: Kumar Keshav, Managing Director 80
Escorts Construction Equipment: Ajay Mandahr, CEO 84
CDE Asia: Manish Bhartia, Promoter & Managing Director 90
DICDL: Dilip Brahmbhatt, General Manager 94
ACE: Sorab Agarwal, Executive Director 100
Ammann India: Anand Sundaresan, Managing Director 104
Louis Berger: Kshitish Nadgauda, Senior VP & MD Asia 108
DYNAPAC India: Abhijit Som, MD, Equipment Division 112
Sterling Developers: Ramani Sastri, Chairman & Managing Director 114
Propel Industries: V. Senthilkumar, Managing Director 116
Prestige Constructions: V. Gopal, Executive Director - Projects & Planning 120
KYB Conmat: Premraj Keshyep, Managing Director 122
Schwing Stetter India: V.G. Sakthikumar, Managing Director 124
Sany India: Dheeraj Panda, Director - Sales, Marketing & Customer Support 126
SOBHA Limited: Raghu Balan, Executive Vice President & Head QST 132
CASE: Sandeep Mathur, Brand Leader - India & SAARC 134
Aparna Constructions & Estates: Rakesh Reddy, Director 136
Pacific Group: Abhishek Bansal, Executive Director 142
House of Hiranandani: Prashin Jhobalia, VP Marketing Strategy 146
ILC Group: Rehan Huck, VP-Retail 152
Spectrum Metro: Sagar Saxena, Project Head 155
MJ Shah Group: Shreyans Shah, Managing Director 156
Bentley Systems India: Kaushik Chakraborty, Vice President,Southeast Asia & India, Kalyan Vaidyanathan, Director – Admixture Business Development 159
Bennet & Bernard Group: Lindsay Bernard Rodrigues, Co-Founder and Director 160
Trimble Solutions: Paul Wallett, Regional Director 174
Highbar Technocrat Limited: Ashok Wani, Head of Technology & Innovation 177
Tactive Software Systems: Devarajan Chinnusamy, CMD 178
DRIL: Aditya Chamaria, Managing Director 181
Interaction
Mahindra: Driving Prosperity 140
Neptune: Providing Turnkey Projects and Equipment for Building Material Industry 144
Everest Engineering Anti-Collision & Zone Protection Systems for Tower Cranes 154
GS Caltex: Overcoming All Odds 162
Agrani Enterprises: Following Sound Practices 164
Apollo Techno: Driving Precision and Sustainability 170
Elgi Equipments: Developing Breakthrough Technologies 172
Equipment & Machinery
Macons MST-4 Self-Loading Concrete Mixer 150
Spartan: A Name To Reckon With 166
Apollo lnffratech Group forms JV with UK's Parker Plant 182
Alltech Group Equipments, Technologies, and Innovative Solutions Deployed by MKC Infrastructure . . .186
Admixture
FAIRMATE offers new-gen admixture based on modified polycarboxylic ether for application in high performance concrete 151
Advertisers Index 12
Vol. 27,No.1,Aug.2021
News
Infra Development 18
Road & Highway 18
Tunnel & Bridge 22
Metro & Rail 24
Industry Update 24
Real Estate 26
Airport & Port 26
C&D Waste
Recycling of Construction Demolition Waste 30
Case Study
CDE's M-Sand Plant deployed in Bhutan by SMCL 52
Special Feature
Construction Equipment Industry Manufacturers Upgrade Machines to BS IV 56
JCB India: Deepak Shetty, CEO & MD 58
Schwing Stetler India: V.G. Sakthikumar, MD 60
ACE: Sorab Agarwal, Executive Director 62
Wirtgen India: Ramesh Palagiri, MD & CEO 64
Dynapac India: Abhijit Som, MD 66
Tata Hitachi: Rahul Shorey, National Head – Construction 67
LiuGong India: A. Krishnakumar, President 68
AJAX Engineering: Ajay Aneja, Chief Marketing Officer 70
Escorts Construction Equipment: Abhijit R. Shinde, Head - Sales & Marketing 71
KYB-Conmat: Sailaj Verma, Senior VP 72
CASE Construction Equipment: Sandeep Mathur, Brand Leader India & SAARC 74
Mahindra Construction Equipment: Jalaj Gupta, Business Head - Commercial Vehicles 76
Manitou Group: Optimizing Performance, Reliability & Convenience of its Machines 78
Precast
Elematic India & Aurobindo Realty: Developing Value-for-Money Projects 80
ECHO Precast Engineering: How to Boost a Hollow Core Plant 86
Green Concrete
Green Concrete and its Scope in India 88
Concrete Coating
FAIRMATE FAIRCURE WC - White Pigmented Concrete Curing Aid 97
Feature
Asphalt Batch Mix Plants: Strengthening Country's Roads & Highways 98
Equipment & Machinery
New Ammann Wheeled Paver AFW 500 ideal for Highway Projects 107
GMMCO and Caterpillar Launch Hindustan 2021 E BS IV
compliant Wheel Loader108 108
Wirtgen Launches Hamm HD 99i and HD 109i Tandem Rollers 110
Liebherr to present its latest Mining innovations at MINExpo 2021 112
Updates
Dimitrov Krishnan takes over as President of iCEMA 28
Elevator Industry's 'OOH Campaign' for Mechanics 28
CICEE 2021 sets record with a sprawling 300,000 sqm exhibition space at Changsha, China 114
GHH India and subsidiary GHH Bumi Mining Service awarded 'Best Performing Business Partner' 118
Advertisers’ Index 12
Vol. 27,No.2,Sep.2021
News
Infra Development 20
Airport 20
Road & Highway 22
Tunnel & Bridge 24
Real Estate 29
Metro & Rail 29
Equipment 29
National Monetisation Plan
Paving the Road for Sustainable Financing Towards Infrastructure Development 30
Roads & Highways
India's Road Construction Sector: Issues and Challenges 34
Practical Recommendations for Construction of Longitudinal Joints in Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Pavements 40
Plants and Equipment Determine Quality of Road Construction 54
New Road Technologies & Smart Roads 60
Maximizing Ash Usage in Road Construction 72
Jharkhand State Road Project-1 by Rodic Consultants - Case Study 78
Repairing Potholes During Rainy Season & Throughout the Year 80
Dow Sealants for Sustainable Road Infrastructure 90
FRCM for Structural Strengthening of Bridges & Cable Grout for Ultimate Protection of Tendons 94
Mobile Cranes
Fresh Wave of Demand 102
Launches
New Special Attachments by Hyundai 110
New Cat® 424 Backhoe Loader 111
Hamm HC Series: Advanced Engine Technology and Best
Compaction for Earthworks 112
Atlas Copco introduces Pneumatech in India 113
Volvo GE's New Pavers, Compactors, Rollers and Wheel Loaders 114
Precast
Successful Installation of Mesh Welding Plant in Australia during Pandemic by Progress Maschinen & Automation 96
Insight
Infra Development opportunities in Bhutan and Maldives 98
Lubricant
Mobil™ Lubricants Ease Operational Challenges at AB Rock Products 116
Concrete
FAIRMATE offers New-Gen Admixtures for Application in High Performance Concrete 92
Studies on Durability of High Volume GGBS Concrete Used
in Marine Structures 117
Durable Aluminium Reinforced Environmentally - Friendly Concrete Construction (DARE2C) 120
Advertisers’ Index 14
Vol. 27,No.3,Oct.2021
News
Infra Development 20
Road & Highway 20
Tunnel & Bridge 24
Metro & Rail 28
Real Estate 30
Supertech Case 32
Cover Story
Terex India Success Story 60
From Crushing & Screening to Lifting
Special Feature 74
Tower Cranes: In Demand for Higher & Heavier Lifting
White Paper 90
Digital Twin: The Age of Aquarius in Construction and Real Estate
Interview
Rodic Consultants: Shaping the Trajectory of Urban Development,
Raj Kumar, CMD 54
Vermeer: HOD Machines Giving Precision to Underground Installations,
Aditya Gund, Segment Manager – Utility and Pipeline 86
AJAX Engineering: An Atmanirbhar Bharat company, helping build a Modern India Jagadish Bhat, MD & CEO 88
Case Study
The Landport Passenger Terminal Building Dera Baba Nanak, Kartarpur Corridor, Punjab, India 40
New Launch
Tata Hitachi unveils CEV-4 compliant Wheel Loader TL340H Prime 36
Schwing Stelter India launches nextgen SLM 4600 with CEV-4 Engine 38
Atlas Copco introduces Hilight V5+ LED Light Towers 38
Liugong India: Expanding & upgrading product range for Greater Applications 68
M-Sand
Combo X70 Powers M-Sand Production in Warangal 85
Study
Drowning of Infrastructure: Causes, Effects & Remedies 104
Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) of Flat Slab Structures 112
Advertisers’ Index 14
Vol. 27,No.4,Nov.2021
News
Infra Development
Road & Highway 22
Tunnel & Bridge 22
Metro & Rail 24
Real Estate 28
Port & Airport 28
Infra Development
Gati Shakti National Master Plan: Fast-Tracking Infra Development 20
Roads & Highways: Pandemic shocks notwithstanding, government's thrust on infrastructure to ensure execution momentum continues in FY22 34
Roads and Railways Boost Awards; Overall tendering grew 5% YoY during H1 FY22; awarding activity grew at a 2-year CAGR of 22% in H1 FY22, Infrastructure credit near all-time highs 42
Equipment Reports
iCEMA: CE Industry Records 47% Growth in 2nd Quarter of FY 21-22 30
Off-Highway Electrified Equipment Market 52
Piling Rigs: A Buoyant Market Revives Demand 110
Underground Construction & Tunnelling Technologies
Tunnelling in Himalayas: Where Uncertainty is Highly Certain 60
Epiroc: Intelligent Face Drilling 86
Construction of Head Race Tunnel for Sewa Hydroelectric Project (Stage-II) LOT SW-1 Case Study 72
Strabag AG Builds Tunnel Systems Using Progress Machines 98
Lochweidli Tunnel, Switzerland: Engineering, on-site services using DokaMT -a rentable tunnel system 102
CRCHI Urja Becomes First TBM to Complete Tunnelling in Phase-2 of Bangalore Metro 104
CREG High-Pressure Hydro-Coupling TBM Constructing Hard Rock Tunnels 108
Interaction
New Bitumen Pressure Distributor Order from Bangladesh Fuels Ashitech's Export Business Ambitions Vatsal Patel, Director, Ashitech Equipment 121
AJAX Guided by its Customer-First Philosophy Jagadish Bhat, MD & CEO, AJAX Engineering 137
Equipment & Machinery
JCB India Launches its Access Range of Electric Machines 32
CDE Asia's Pioneering Quartz Washing Technology successfully installed in Rajasthan 120
Terex India Launches Powerscreen Pulse™ Telematics Solution 123
ApolloCarmix Self-Loading Concrete Mixers now in a Smart New-Age Avtar 124
Atlas Copco Innovating for Smart Onsite Solutions 134
German Shotcreting Machine helps speed up construction of Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway 138
Sustainable Concrete
Micro Fibres Increasing Life of Concrete 126
Sustainability in Cement and Concrete 128
Study
Technological Improvements in Construction 129
Events
DFII Offers Unique Model for Enhancing Execution of Infrastructure Projects 116
bauma CONEXPO India's Meet & Greet Event 140
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News
Infra Development 20
Road & Highway 22
Tunnel & Bridge 24
Port & Airport 24
Metro & Rail 28
Real Estate 30
Equipment 30
Industry 32
Concrete Equipment
Rising Demand Driving Upgradations 48
Precast
Masa: India is Ready for Quality Concrete Products with German Engineering 38
Progress Group: Megawide is Building Trust with Prefabricated Precast Elements 62
Interaction
Ritesh Patel, Director Kroma Paints 44
Case Study: High-Rise
SALSETTE 27: Another Attractive Landmark 54
SOBHA Winchester: A Towering Inspiration 68
Prestige Trade Tower: Challenges in Construction of a
High-Rise Building in CBD Bangalore 74
The Elevator
From high-rises to superstructures, elevator systems are
rising to the demand for a great ride experience that includes
Speed, Safety, Hygiene, and Aesthetic Interiors. 78
• KONE Future Proofing Buildings with Market-Leading
Elevator Technology P 79
• TK Elevator Game-Changing Solutions Take User
Experience to Next Level P 84
• Toshiba Elevators Focusing on Sustainability,
Technology & Safety Standards P 88
Car Parking
Smart, Automated Car Parking System 90
Equipment & Machinery
With the launch of two new 14-ton variants of Hydraulic
Excavators, Kobelco completes its Generation 10 Line-Up in India 34
Comansa overcomes logistical challenges of a historic
project of the Indian railways 42
Wirtgen SP 1600 slipform paver sets four world records
during concrete paving on the major Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway project 100
CDE Asia initiates Greenfield customer into M-Sand Production with Combo X70 installation 102
Escorts Limited & Kubota Corporation reinforce long-standing partnership 122
Lubricant
ExxonMobil: Superior solutions to simplify construction operations 104
Study
Planting Trees Precautions and Care 106
Retrofitting RCC Grid by Jacketing 116
Real Estate
Realty in Recovery Mode 114
Cement
White Cement in India: Scope for Wider Application Areas and the Demand Drivers 120
Event
Sany India inaugurates Branch Office of dealer RS Infra Equipments at Gandhidham, Gujarat 36
Tata Hitachi Celebrates 60 Years of Operations 43
Innovation and Adoption of Sustainable Technologies for Better Road Construction Conference by Rex Fuels and CSIR-CRRI 124
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Vol.27,No.7,Jan.2022
News
Infra Development 18
Port & Airport 18
Road & Highway 20
Tunnel & Bridge 22
Real Estate 22
Metro & Rail 24
Equipment 28
Road & Bridge Construction
Constructing Bowstring Girder ROBs on Purvanchal Expressway 36
Use of Extruded Polystyrene Sheets for Zojila Approach Road Const. 52
Construction of Foundation & Sub-Structure of Bogibeel Rail-Cum
Road Bridge Over River Brahmaputra 94
Interviews
Egis India Focused on Sustainable Infra Development,Sandeep Gulati, MD 44
Descon Infrastructures Helping Drive Infra Development, Sanjeev Goel, MD & Pranjal Goel, Director Operations 58
JCB India Providing AWP Machines of Global Standards,Deepak Shetty, CEO & MD 64
ICEMA's 'Vision 2030' - Aligned with Government's Ambitious Plan to Build a New India, Dimitrov Krishnan, President 68
IESC Developing & Expanding the Skill Ecosystem for Benefit of
Infrastructure Equipment Industry, H. S. Mohan, CEO 77
APL Apollo Breaking the Mould, Sanjay Gupta, CMD 82
Sany India On the Next Level of Development, Dheeraj Panda, COO (Sales, Marketing & Customer Support) 89
AJAX Engineering Innovating & lndigenizing,Ajay Aneja, Chief Marketing Officer 90
Equipment & Machinery
L&T Promotes & Distributes Kemroc's cutting-edge products in India 28
Wirtgen's Bio Mining, a Sustainable Solution for Waste Management Using Kleemann Mobile Screens 92
Mahindra's Hello Machine, a Reliable Business Partner for Rental Equipment 93
Atlas Copco suggests Ways to Reduce Compressed Air Energy Costs 114
Events
Sandvik receives CSR Leadership Award for Environment Conservation 28
CERA Seeks Reforms in NHAl's Tendering Process 30
Certificate Handover Ceremony held for First Batch of Tata Hitachi Japan-India Institute of Manufacturing (JIM) 32
MYCRANE Expands with New Franchisee in India 34
Mverman's Short Course on Tunnelling with TBMs 34
Ferrocement Society holds 6'h National Convention on Precast Ferrocement Technology in Pune 115
CICEE presents a Window to Global Innovations & Advanced Manufacturing 116
Gamuda Engineering, a Malaysian Tunneller, Clean Sweeps
Global Tunnelling Awards in 2021 120
Study
Earthquake-Resistant Construction 122
EPS Geofoam Blocks for Light Weight Steps 125
Vol.27,No.8,Feb.2022
Budget 2022-23
Blueprint for Infra Sector Growth 26
Report
Road Ahead for Construction Finance 32
Indian Construction Equipment Industry Growth Slumps in Q3 FY22: ICEMA 36
Perspective Story
Rent-A-Machine: An Attractive Option 40
Satin Sachdeva, Founder & Secretary General CERA (Construction Equipment Rental Association)
Premal Thaker, President, Crane Owners Association of India (COAOI)
Meghraj Singh, President, Aerial Platform Association of India (APAOI)
Rishi Sanghvi, MD, Sanghvi Movers
Rakesh Gandhi, Director, Express Equipment Rental & Logistics
Deepak Shetty, CEO & MD, JCB India
Vivek Hajela, Vice-President & Head-CEB, L& T
Rajeshwar Singh, MD, GHH Group
Sandeep Mathur, Brand Leader, CASE New Holland
Construction Equipment
E. Moses, Vice President - Division & National Head
Kobelco Construction Equipment India
Suhail Shaikh, Chairman & MD, Sahil Freight Express & service provider of MYCRANE in India
Feature
Operator Training: When Even More is Less 70
Deepak Shetty, CEO & MD, JCB India
Dimitrov Krishnan, President, ICEMA & MD, Volvo CE India
Suresh Nair, AVP, Institutional Business and Key Accounts, Tata Hitachi
KA Sravan Kumar, Head-Product Support, L& T
E. Moses, Vice President, Division & National Head Kobelco Construction Equipment India
Rajeshwar Singh, MD, GHH Group
Sandeep Mathur, Brand Leader, CASE New Holland
Construction Equipment
Equipment & Machinery
Kleemann Mobile Screen for Coarse Elements MOB I SCREEN
MSS 802(1) EVO 96
Gmmco launches Workshop-on-Wheels (WoW) to serve customers in remote locations 99
G&J Industries boosts production of hollow slabs with Extruder X-Liner® 100
Tata Hitachi launches EX70 Prime Series Hydraulic Excavators 124
Interview
Upgrading & Aligning Products for Indian Market 98
Wu Song, MD, Liugong India
Insight
Professional Engineer Certification Practices in India vis-a-vis USA 108
Highrise Construction
Stability of Tall Buildings 111
Bamboo Fibre
Reinforcement Material in Concrete 114
Safety Management
Accident or Accidental 118
Book Launch
Building Bridges: Shaping the Future 120
Event
CERA Organizes Workshop on CE Rental Management 122
CVF - Off Highway Conference cum Exhibition to be held on 10 March 2022 in New Delhi 124
Potential of Biodiesel as an Alternate Fuel in CE Vehicles 125
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News
Infra Development 18
Road & Highway 18
Port & Airport 20
Tunnel & Bridge 22
Metro & Rail 24
Real Estate 24
Industry News 28
Backhoe Loader
Manufacturers Focusing on 3Ps Power, Productivity, Performance for Good ROI 34
Roads & Highways
Perpetual Pavement: Way Forward from Design to Quality Construction by Atasi Das, GR lnfraprojects 56
Performance of Curing Compounds in Development of Strengths in Concrete Mix to be used in Construction of Rigid Pavements by Rakesh Kumar & Pankaj Goel, CRRI 68
Road Making in Excessive Cold Conditions by Vivek Singh, Founder, BuildStreet 80
Ashoka Buildcon sets another Milestone at Bundelkhand Expressway 86
Industry Updates
Franna appoints Alpha Services as its first Authorized Dealer in India 30
Schwing Stetter organizes Technovation 2022 An Experiential Platform for Customers and Vendors 96
Moglix: Providing End-to-End Solutions to Infra Companies 100
Workshop on Safety, Ownership & Leadership in Industrial Workplaces 132
Features
Evolution of Smart Cities by Prabhat Khare, KK Consultants 114
The Indian Fort: A Structural Engineering Marvel by Er Vivek G. Abhyankar, SGAWings Consultants 130
Flooring
Laser Tech for Creating Heavy-Duty Warehouse Flooring 130
Concrete
Ferrochrome Ash Based Geopolymer Concrete 136
138 Use of Industrial Byproducts in Concrete Production
Achieves Lower co, Emission Lopamudra Sengupta, JSW Cement 138
Vol.27,No.10,April 2022
Excon 2021 - Positioning India as a Global Construction Equipment Manufacturing Hub
Interview- Deepak Shetty, Chairman, EXCON CEO & MD, JCB India 22
Construction Industry Views 30
List of Exhibitors 42
Nirmaana 2022 - International Conference on Tunnelling & Underground Construction
Interview - Er. Guru raj TS, Chairman Conference, B.A Madhukar,Chairman, Organizing Committee, Er. Ravishankar M, Secretary General, Dr. Manamohan Kalgal, Chairman, Technical Committee, Dr. Bharathi Ganesh, Technical Committee, Dr. L.R. Manjunatha,
Chairman - Media & Publicity 54
Underground Construction
Tunnelling & Underground Projects: Sharing Risks & Responsibilities by Rakesh Kumar KhaIi 60
Recovery & Recycling of Excavated Tunnel Waste 76
Making Safety at Construction Site a Priority 78
Kim Abrams, Co-Founder & CEO, Petra Speaks on Building Underground Utility Infrastructure Robotically 80
Tony Van Herbruggen, General Manager, Atlas Copco on Compressors and Light Towers for Tunnelling and Mining Projects 86
Construction of JP (West) to Krishna Park Tunnel using Earth Pressure Balance TBM - A Case Study 90
UP Metro Rail Corporation Ltd - Underground Construction - A Case Study 100
Building a Gas Based Economy through Trenchless Technology 106
DOKA Formwork for Skarholmen Tunnel project 110
Precast
Progress Group: Modernland Subsidiary Building Earthquake Safe Houses in Indonesia using Precast Concrete Elements 114
Elematic: Understanding Concept Design Prior to Adopting
Precast Technology 118
Interviews
Indian Multinational BKT Tires enters Mining Sector 122
Arvind Poddar, CMD
Rajiv Poddar, Joint MD
DTSC: Providing Holistic Services to Construction Industry 132
K Srinivasa Reddy, MD
Event Report
Sharp Ply Celebrates 21 Years of Success 125
ICEMA: Catalyzing Finance for CE Industry 126
Panel Discussions on CVF Off Highway Throw Up New Information & Insights 128
News
Infra Development 140
Road & Highway 140
Port & Airport 142
Metro & Rail 144
Tunnel & Bridge 146
Real Estate 146
Industry News 148
Vol.27,No.11,May 2022
Construction Equipment Annual Report
India's Construction Equipment Industry registers 8% volume degrowth in FY22 despite exports growing at 60%: ICEMA 34
EXCON - Building India For a New World 46
NBM&CW interviewed the heads of around 100 companies to elicit information on the high-tech products they plan to exhibit, their innovative features and application capabilities.
Deepak Shetty, JCB India 48
Sandeep Singh, Tata Hitachi 52
Deepak Garg, Sany Heavy Industries 58
Sorab Agarwal, ACE 62
Hafeez Khan, Manitou 70
Abhijeet Pai, Puzzolana 74
Sanjeev Bajaj, Escorts Construction Equipment 76
Jaideep Shekhar, Terex MPS 82
Anand Sundaresan, Ammann India 88
V.G. Sakthikumar, Schwing Stetter India 100
Manish Bhartia, CDE Asia 104
Gurunath Kulkarni, Weichai India 32
E. Moses, Kobelco 112
Abhijit Som, DYNAPAC India 116
V. Senthil Kumar, Propel 122
Ramesh Palagiri, Wirtgen India 126
Swaminathan Dhandapani, Etrack Crushers 130
Prashant Suryawanshi, Manitowoc136
Premraj Keshyep, KYB Conmat 140
Rajiv Chaturvedi, Hyundai 146
Dimitrov Krishnan, Volvo CE India 150
Jalaj Gupta, Mahindra 154
Mitul Patel, Apollo lnflratech Group 160
Dr. Xiangyang Jiang, Putzmeister 164
Dharmesh Surelia, Macons 170
Alok Jha, CASE 172
Vivek Hajela, Larsen & Toubro 176
Debasis Bhattacharya, AJAX 182
Gopi Krishna More, Torsa Machines 194
Kennady V Kaippally, Bonfiglioli India 196
Chandrashekar V, GMMCO 200
Mahesh Gupta, Shri Ram Panels 206
Kranthi Kumar Ravuri, Vibran 208
Paras Kumar Chowatia, Sharp Ply (India) 210
Jayanta Ray, GS Caltex 212
Williams RJ, Hailstone Innovations 218
Himanshu Agarwal, Tarachand 220
T.T. Paranthaman, PRD Rigs India 222
Rajiv Poddar, BKT 226
Miron Thoms, Volvo Penta India 230
R.B. Panchal, Neptune Industries 232
R.B. Patel, Electro Magnetic Industries 234
Ritesh Patel, Kroma Paints 236
Manoj Kumar Pillai, Armix Machinery 238
Prashanth Kumar, Sicoma Mixers India 244
Sajin Noorjahan, Simem India 245
Vinesh Bhatia, Burner India 246
Saumil Shah, Coninfra Machinery 248
Vatsal Patel, Ashitech Equipments 250
P.V. Ramdev, Everest Engineering 254
Shridhar Rao, Elematic India 256
Neeraj Shah, Kaushik Engineering 258
Amarnath Ramachandran, ARX Mining & CE 260
R. S. Raghavan, PROMAN 262
Ashvin Patel, Siddhivinayak 266
Jignesh Patel, Dynemix India 268
Dr. Vikram Mehta, Spartan Engineering Industries 269
Umesh Punjabi, Alpha Services 272
Hardik T. Shah, INGECO Gears 278
Vishvaroop Anand, Titan Crushing Equipment 280
Jitendra Jain, Nakoda Machinery – TRUECOMP 281
Rahul Deshmukh, RD Infra Equipments 282
Arunachalam Radhakrishnan, Esskay 284
Kamlesh Jain, Nakoda - INDUS 286
Satish Patel, Fortune Panel Systems (India) 290
Tejas Patel, Venus Techno Equipment 292
Ramesh Babbar, Columbia 293
Bhavesh Patel, Atlas Technologies 294
Kunal Vadgasiya, Fluid Tech Systems 296
Akshay Patel, Waken Multitech 297
Ashish Sharma, Pappu Sharma, R-TECHNO 298
Sanjay Sureliya, Uniter Engineering Products 300
Ajay Tripathi, Nilang Asphalt Equipments 301
Amit Panchal, Gayatri Engimech 302
Shatish Panchal, AEW Group 304
Vasim Pradhan, Ashar Locker 310
Hardik Solanki, Nilkanth 318
Ramesh Jayaram, Parijatha Machinery 321
Equipment & Machinery
AESHA a leading manufacturer of sand making, washing plant & silica sand processing plants 305
Wacker Neuson to demonstrate an 8 Ton Force Heavy Duty Remote Controlled Reversible Plate Compactor and other Light Construction Equipment at Excon 306
Atlas Copco offers complete range of 45KW to 132KW electric portable compressors in India 313
Alltech Group driving excellence on Ahmednagar Bypass Road
with a fleet of advanced machines 314
TH Company enables better washing, higher capacity, and smaller
footprint at VRG Blue Metals' new Sand Washing Plant in Karur 316
BEML bags order from Coal India for 20 Cu.M Electric Rope Shovel 270
CE Rental
Urgent reforms needed for Equipment Rental Industry 320
Tunnelling Jumbo Drills
The Next-Gen Sandvik Tunnelling Jumbo Drills offer best-in-class operator comfort and safety 186
Concrete Precast
Progress Group: Special prefabricated elements specialist Klaus relies on fully individualised automation solutions 308
Innovation easy, effective and economical tool for asset creation
Maheshkumar Jogani, Jogani lmpex 322
Event: CONEXPO INDIA
Interview of Bhupinder Singh, CEO, bauma CON EXPO INDIA 334
Tipper Trucks
Raring to Go 328
Vol.27,No.12,June 2022
News
Infra Development 18
Road & Highway 18
Tunnel & Bridge 24
Metro, Rail & Real Estate 24
Real Estate
Cost Escalation Threatens Realty Recovery & Growth Vinod Behl 28
Underground & Tunnel Construction in India: Challenges and Advancements
Tunnelling in the Himalayas by G. B. Nagendra 36
Readily Biodegradable Soil Conditioning Foaming Agents by Mike A. Sposetti 54
Creating Zero-Carbon Tunnels Er. Vasileios (Bill) Paoulos 64
Hydraulic Heave Failure Mitigation During Construction of
Deepest Metro Ventilation and Egress Shaft in India by Dr. Lakshmana Rao Mantri 74
Cut & Cover Metro Stations & Other Underground Structures by Vinay Gupta 94
Importance of Pre-Injections Before Tunnel Front Advancement by
Zoheb Mistry 100
Report: EXCON
11th Edition Concludes with High Business Volume 110
Major Exhibitors
JCB India Introduces Industry's First Fully Electric Construction Equipment 112
Tata Hitachi Commemorates 60 Years and Reinforces Commitment to Nation Building 116
L& T, Komatsu & Scania Showcase Biofuel Compatible Equipment 118
Schwing Stetler India Launches 14 New Products 120
Escorts CE Unveils India's First Hybrid Pick-n-Carry Crane and Mono Chassis Safe Crane 121
Volvo CE India Displays New Block Handler, Excavator, Vibro Ripper, Soil Compactor, Track Paver, and Asphalt Compactor 122
Caterpillar Presents Next-Gen Products and Integrated Solutions 124
CDE Asia Showcases Breakthroughs in M-Sand Technology 128
ACE Exhibits New Range of Crawler, Lattice Boom Cranes & Backhoe Loaders 129
Hyundai India Showcases HX-Series High-Capacity Excavators 130
Terex India Unveils 8 Brand New Products of Franna, Powerscreen,
Finlay, MPS, TWS, and EvoQuip 132
Sany Strengthens its Technology Line with 22 New Launches 136
Puzzolana Unveils Paver and Milling Machine; Displays Crusher, Screen & Dry classifier 138
Ammann Exhibits its Wide Range of Equipment & Plants 140
Mahindra Unveils Brand New G75 Smart Motor Grader 142
GS Caltex Showcases the Latest Lubricant Product Solutions 144
Propel Displays More Than 20 Products; Launches 6 New 145
Hailstone Launches MOBILITY Crushing & Screening Solutions 146
Ashar Locker Introduces Anti-Clogging & Next-Gen Tufflex Screens 147
JK Tyre Launches 4 New OTR Tyres 148
AJAX Launches SLCM with Dual Engine, Self-Propelled Boom Pump, Slip Form Paver, Concrete Pump with Electric Drive 150
CASE India Celebrates 180'h Anniversary; Launches New Equipment 151
BKT Showcases its Finest Tires & Introduces Rubber Tracks 152
Potain India Displays New MCT 135 HS Top Tower Cranes 154
Macons Presents Concrete Batching, Mixing Plant, and Socage Aerial Platforms 155
Epiroc Mining India Discusses the Growing Business Opportunities in India 156
Lintec & Linnhoff and Gainwell Sign New Manufacturing Partnership for Make in India 158
Columbia Showcases Machine with Design Flexibility of Concrete Tiles & Blocks 160
Everest Engineering Equipment Launches GJJ Passenger Hoist and CNC Stirrup Bender 161
PMP Showcases loT Enabled Smart Products 162
Torsa Introduces New, Smart Crushers 163
Nakoda Launches Next-Gen Air Compressor 164
BEML Displays Heli-Portable Dozer and Equipment with Latest Technologies 166
COBO Group Launches ECO HE Instrument Cluster 167
Ashitech Presents Star Models of its Asphalt Mixing Plants 168
SDLG Launches L975F Wheel Loader, Displays Excavators, Wheel loaders & Motor Graders 170
Event
CICEE 2023 to promote Globalization and Specialization 172
Vol.28,No.1,July 2022
Report
Infrastructure Development in India in 2023 & Beyond 20
Construction Equipment Industry Stable Despite Multiple Headwinds 32
Infra Const. Companies: Q&A
Rajpath lnfracon: Jagdish Kadam, Chairman & Managing Director 36
KNR Constructions: K. Jalandhar Reddy, Executive Director 42
Ashoka Buildcon: Satish Parakh, Managing Director 50
APCO lnfratech: Amit Singh, Associate Director 54
Maccaferri India: Vikramjiet Roy, Managing Director 60
Real Estate
Outlook, Challenges, Trends & Technologies 64
• CBRE: Anshuman Magazine, Chairman & CEO - India, South-East Asia, Middle East & Africa
• CREDAI: Harsh Vardhan Patadia, National President
Perspective: India's Real Estate Sector Making a Strong Comeback 78
• Prestige Group: Praveer Srivastava, Senior VP& Head - Residential Sales
• Sterling Developers: Ramani Sastri, Chairman & Managing Director
• The Bennet and Bernard Company: Lindsay Bernard Rodrigues
CEO & Co-Founder
Interaction: CE & Component Manufacturers
JCB India at the forefront of technology 96
Volvo introducing biodiesel compatible machines 100
Caterpillar offering tailormade & customized solutions 102
Tata Hitachi focused on sales target 108
CASE expands range of its road construction equipment 112
Terex ready to increase manufacturing capacity to meet demand 114
Strong demand to drive Manitou's long-term investments in India 116
Ajax Engineering expands range of concreting solutions 122
Propel Industries widens product portfolio with more advanced machines 124
Sany Bharat leads CE Industry with its biodiesel compliant machines 126
ACE widens cranes portfolio; introduces new backhoe loaders 128
KYB Conmat eyes the growing concrete self-loading mixer segment 134
Vibrant introduces 180 tph plant for road construction 134
Marsman India developing products in sync with market demand 136
SDLG develops new range of wheel loaders and motor graders 138
PRO offers new blast hole rig for aggregates and granite quarrying 144
Proman broadens its mineral processing services 146
Alkraft cooling systems for construction equipment 146
Bonfiglioli providing integrated solutions 156
Kraft Curing Systems GmbH offers advanced concrete curing systems 151
Taurian expands and upgrades range with high-quality products 152
Kubota ready with engines that can run on alternate fuels 154
Trelleborg offers solutions to lower equipment downtime and maintenance 155
Titan Crushing introduces 50-100-150 TPH plants with low operating cost 156
Wacker Neuson launches large plates for heavy-duty applications 160
Flexiflow Industries an established manufacturer of Screening Media 164
Siddhi Equipments introduces industrial aggregate stone crusher metal detector 166
Hamm HC Series offers advanced engine technology and best compaction for earthworks 168
R. D Infra Equipments increasing production capacity to meet demand 169
Atlas Copco India makes technology interventions in manufacturing 170
NBC is OEMs load-bearing partner 172
GHH ships first Load Haul Dumper LF-7 to India 176
Dynapac machines reconstruct runway of Shah Amanat International Airport 178
Liebherr presents new Multi-tine Grab 194
Lubricant
Gulf Oil Lubricants India Marks a Strong Presence 140
ExxonMobil 's superior lubrication solutions for profitable construction operations 162
Concrete & Precast
DEXTRA: Use of Headed Bars in Reinforced Concrete Design 90
Progress Group: LARGO & ECHO Precast to set up production site for prefab elements 158
Event Report
Tunnelling Asia 2022: International Conference on Underground Space 180
News 184
Vol.28,No.2,August 2022
News
Infra Development 20
Road & Highway 22
Port & Airport 24
Metro & Rail 28
Tunnel & Bridge 30
Real Estate 30
Report
Indian CE industry QoQ growth drops 14% in 01 FY 2022-23 18
Real Estate: Segmental Growth & Trends 34
Land Monetization: Promises & Pitfalls 38
NATCON 2022: Giving Shape to the Future of Infra. Const.42
Sustainable Infra Development New Techniques, Technologies, Methodologies
Making Urban India Sustainable through Green Buildings 44
Terrace Waterproofing Solutions for Energy-Efficient Buildings 54
Innovative Steel Plate Girders with Corrugated Webs for Bridge Const. 60
Trimble Digital Technology fast tracks delivery of unique const. projects 72
AHCT's Smart Casting Solutions 76
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation finalizes Alignment Design for Phase IV Expansion Project with the help of Bentley's Rail Design Application 120
Bhavan Domes Technology 123
M-Sand: COE Asia facilitating 5% of India's total sand requirement through a sustainable ecosystem 78
Recycled Coarse Aggregate: Properties, Applications and Drawbacks 82
Worker Safety at Height: Why the primary MEWP operator must always control the machine from the platform 94
Signature Bridge: From Concept to Completion 98
Precast: Echo Precast Engineering helps modernize Pruksa's Precast Plants 118
H-Beams: Sharp Ply keeping ready stock of H-Beams at Warehouses across India 122
Construction Equipment & Machinery
Tata Hitachi launches 5-ton made-in-India wheel loader with Japanese technology 126
Volvo 's new EC550E excavator gives up to 35% higher productivity 127
Spartan installs special elevator to reach national emblem atop
Parliament building 128
Laterite quarry owners switch to MB Crusher screening unit to obtain M-Sand 130
INGECO custom-made gears for a wide spectrum of applications 131
Dongyue gearing up to meet rising demand for AAC bricks in India 134
Topcon Sokkia automation solutions for heavy machineries 136
Debtronics concrete mixing control panels 138
Gessmann India multi-access controllers, joysticks, and associated products 138
Aadhar Equipments to expand its scaffolding solutions across India 140
Gamzen Infrastructure specialized beach cleaning machines and TMMs for a niche market 142
Qualimark Machines plans expansion in other states across India 143
Sunbeam innovative concrete equipment 144
Rental Industry
Viewpoint: CE Industry Needs to Find a Balance 132
Event
Report: Annual Session of ICEMA'22 146
Vol.28,No.3,September 2022
News
Infra Development 18
Tunnels & Bridges 18
Roads & Highways 20
Metros & Rails 22
Industry News 28
Real Estate
Realty@75: Reformed, Regulated, Reinvented & Responsible 36
Wheel Loaders: Promising Demand Ahead 40
• Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery
BKR Prasad, Head Marketing & Product Development
• L&T Construction & Mining Machinery
Vivek Hajela, VP & Head, CEB
• JCB India: Deepak Shetty, CEO & MD
• LiuGong India: A Krishnakumar, President
• Schwing Stetler - XCMG: V.G. Sakthi Kumar, MD
• Volvo CE India: Dimitrov Krishnan, MD
• SDLG India: Surat Mehta, Business Head
Geotechnical Investigation & Deep Foundation Technologies
Why infra projects suffer time & cost overruns by Amol Shingarey, MD, Geotech Services 60
Proper site characterisation can eliminate risks in the design
and construction of pile foundation: Dr Parthasarathy
CMD, Sarathy Geotech & Engineering Services 68
Helical Screw Piles Methodology for efficient foundation
construction: Mohan Ramanathan, MD, Advanced
Construction Technologies 84
Implementing global best practices and technologies in
geotechnical & foundation construction: G. Venkat Prasad
Director Operations, DFII 116
Interviews
Anirudhan IV, Chairperson DFI India 56
Y. Hari Krishna, MD Keller India 74
Harvinder Manocha, MD 88
Bauer Engineering India
T. Srinivasan, Head & CEO 94
L&T Geo Structure
Theresa Engler, ED 100
Deep Foundations Institute
P. V. Ramdev, MD 118
Everest Engineering
Arvind Jolly, CMD 126
Jolly board Limited
Foundation & Piling Rigs: Market Report 100
• Casagrande Piling & Geotechnical Equipment India
Rakesh Raina, Country Manager
• Sany India: Dheeraj Panda, Chief Operating Officer
• Schwing Stetler India: V.G. Sakthikumar, MD
• Action Construction Equipments
Manoj Agarwal, Head Sales & Marketing - HED
Lubricant
Exxon Mobil: Construction operations simplified with
superior lubrication solutions 120
Kliiber Lubrication: Meeting value-based demand Hitendra Bhargava, CEO & Kanakaraju T, CTO 124
Precast
Sardinian industry leader invests in automated mould
from Progress Group 128
Safety Shoes
Liberty: Why one needs ESD Footwear in Electrical Environments 28
Mobile Compressor
Atlas Copco Launches X-Air 850-290 Mobile Compressor 30
M-Sand
CDE Asia: Proud contributor to the Gigantic 701-km
Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway Project 32
Roads & Bridges
Load Testing of various types of Bridge Superstructures
Er. Vivek Abhyankar 130
Economization of Road Subgrade Material by Mechanical
Stabilization - Case Study: Vivek Singh 146
Vol.28,No.4,October 2022
Reports
National Logistics Policy - An Economic Booster 18
Upward Momentum Continues in Real Estate: CBRE- CII 22
Only One-Fourth of Road Assets Moved Out of Rough Patch,
Post Default: ICRA 52
Compaction Technology
The Making of Intelligent Compactors 36
Tech-Talk
How Off-Highway OEMs Can Improve Efficiencies by Reducing Machine Weight 54
Altrad RMD Kwikform Recommends Ground Shoring Equipment for Excavations to Combat Steel Price Hikes 60
Insight
InvlTs: Why You Need to Include Them in Your Investment Portfolio 30
Roads & Highways
Upgradation of PMGSY Road Using Full Depth Reclamation Process in Nagaland Dr.Ambika Behl 62
Erosion Control for Green Highway Construction by Namrata Bichewar 72
Stone Matrix Asphalt is Enabling Durable and Maintenance-Free Roads in India by Porus Bhatt 76
Climate Change Effects on Flexible Pavements by Dr. Abhishek Mittal 82
Latest Technologies and Mechanization for Sustainable Road Construction & Maintenance of Pavements by Anjaneyappa 88
AEW's Dr. Road: Doing Away with Potholes Instantly 96
Paving-Grade Asphalt Binders Amma Wakefield by Amma Wakefield 100
India's Road Construction Sector Needs an Ecosystem of Safety: Rex Conferences 128
Colored Asphalt: The Changing Face of Road Const. in India 133
Cranes
Franna Hosts Open Day at Hosur Facility; Showcases FR 17 Pick-n-Carry Cranes and a New Prototype 32
Liebherr Cranes Promise Total Cost of Ownership 146
Lubricants
KIOber Lubricant's State-of-the-Art Production Facility 116
ExxonMobil Showcases New-Age Fluid and Digital Solutions at MMMM 2022 118
Equipment & Machinery
BKT to Present Latest Technology to Mining Sector At IMME 2022 58
Wirtgen Group at Bauma: The Future in Road building 119
Trelleborg: No-Leak Solutions for Tough Jobsite Conditions 121
SICOMA Launches Twin Shaft Mixer with Skip Hoist 122
Dynapac Unveils Light Compaction Range 122
Atlas Copco India Launches X-Air 850-290 Mobile Compressor 124
Qualimark Machines Plans Expansion Across India 124
Schwing Stetter India Introduces XCMG Hydraulic Excavators & Wheel Loaders; Opens Service Centres 126
Sir Meccanica Service India Offers Portable Machines to Reduce Machine Downtime 127
Plaksa Solutions Revolutionizing Plastering with Italian Mortar Pumps 127
MB Crusher Operating at Great Heights 129
Real Estate
Festive Realty Top Ten Trends to Drive Home Sales 142
News 132
Vol.28,No.5,November 2022
Report
One Year of PM Gati Shakti: Expanding Frontiers 20
Asset Monetization picks pace; Fastag toll collections continue upswing: Motilal Oswal 22
Construction Equipment sales grew 8% YoY in 02 Y 2022-23: ICEMA 28
Excavator Market of India Touching New Heights 30
JCB India
Tata Hitachi
Kobelco
Sany
L&T
Schwing Stetler India
SDLG
Kubota
Escalating Demand for Crushing & Screening Plants 54
Terex MPS
Puzzolana
Sandvik
Propel
Etrack
PROMAN
Torsa
Hailstone
Shakti Mining
Interview
ExxonMobil Lubricants Making Value Developments 80
Deepak Miglani, General Manager - Industrial Lubricants
Manitou: The Multitasking Telehandler 162
Hafeez Khan, Managing Director, Manitou South Asia
Underground Construction & Tunnelling Technology
The Genesis of Underground Engineering 84
Harald Wagner, CEO, DHW Pte.Ltd. Bangkok/Vienna Managing Geological Complexity in BVC and PAC of Tehri PSP, India 92
A. Rakesh Kumar Khali, GR lnfraprojects
TBM Driving Under Low Overburden by Adopting Innovative Methodology: Debasis Barman, Amberg India 120
Tunnel Ventilation - Basic Concepts and Designing Principles: Brijesh Wala, NHIDCL 108
CRCHI Mega Slurry TBM 'Jinghua' Assists the First Tunnel Section Breakthrough of Beijing East Sixth Ring Road Reconstruction Project 136
TERRATEC EPBMs Ready to Tackle Kanpur Metro's 1st Underground Section in India 138
Safety Training at Height
Bridging the Gap: Jason Woods, IPAF Middle East & South Asia Regional Manager 148
Products & Technologies
Geogrid Reinforced Soil Walls: Construction of GTI GX Wall as Dump Wall for Mining 140
Precast: A Stellar Modernization of Construction with Precast in NCR, India 142
M-Sand: NCC Limited partners with COE Asia for Samruddhi Mahamarg Project 150
Bucket Crushing: Recycling Waste in a Few Simple Steps by MB Crusher 152
Asphalt Plants: Apollo lnfratech JV with Parker Plant to offer Power Packed Asphalt Batch Plants 154
Tyre: JK Tyre & Industries - Pioneers of Radial Technology 156
News 165
Vol.28,No.6,December 2022
News
Infra Development 18
Roads & Highways 20
Tunnels & Bridges 22
Metros & Rails 24
Real Estate 28
Ports & Airports 28
Industry News 30
Curtain Raiser
Bauma Conexpo India 2023
Interview
Bhupinder Singh, CEO bauma Conexpo India Realty Trend 2022 34
Dimitrov Krishnan, President,ICEMA & MD, Volvo CE India 40
Satin Sachdeva Founder, CERA 46
Real Estate in Resurgent Mode 52
Rise of Small Cities 56
Robots in Construction
Robots can help Maintain Productivity at a time when fewer
people are pursuing a career in the industry: GlobalData 72
Advanced Road Construction Solutions
Prestressed Precast Concrete Pavement 60
More Efficient Roads with iROADS Asset Management 66
Patel Aggregates LLP commissions CDE Asia's latest Combo X150 plant 70
Building new Mumbai-Pune Expressway with Emission Free Atlas Copco E-Air Compressors 80
Focus
The Bolter Miner: A Technology Revolution for Roadway Development in Underground Coal Mining 76
Predictive Analytics at the heart of Digital Transformation in the Energy Industry 82
Concrete Equipment set to see long-term demand 90
Report
Easing rubber and crude oil prices to support tyre companies' margin recovery in H2 FY2023 88
Company Update
Caterpillar showcases latest range of Mining Technology Solutions at IMME 2022 32
Key Handover Ceremony of first Franna Crane in Delhi by Alpha Services 32
Kobelco brings ultra-high reach Demolition Excavator to Europe 160
Event Report: bauma Germany 2022 102
Wirtgen Group making sustainable road construction tangible 108
Alltech presents asphalt plant UNI BLACK; unveils paver Unisurface 112
CRCHI emerges as provider of total underground engineering
equipment and solutions 114
CDE's latest wet processing & waste recycling solutions 116
Yanmar introduces e-powertrain strategy 116
Keestrack shifts via e-drive to ZERO drive 118
World premiere of Goldhofer FT Series 120
Wacker Neuson Group highlights zero emission, digitization and innovation 122
MB Crusher brings out new Padding Bucket for Loaders & Skid Steers 124
Vita lndustrial's load stabilization technology to increase efficiency and profitability of crane companies 124
Tesmec presents products and solutions under the banner of Digital Transformation 126
New product concept Rototill Control makes a strong impression 128
Liebherr showcases first Flat-Top Crane & Luffing Jib Crane with Fibre Rope Technology 130
Kassbohrer presents Power Bully range of dump trucks 132
Kubota reveals breakthrough in Fuels for entire engine range 134
Kohler presents new road map for a more sustainable future 136
Doka upgrades Framax Xlife plus; 3.00-m height added to next-gen tie system 138
FPT Industrial exhibits full range of Const. Equipment Engines140
Putzmeister showcases innovations in Concrete Equipment 142
Manitowoc's total lifting solutions for serving the infrastructure
alternative energy, and industrial end-markets 146
Comansa presents new Hydraulic Luffing Jib Crane and Crane Mates digital solution for fleet management 146
MTA displays Control Panels & Smart Electric Center for off-highway application 148
Danfoss technology powering new fully electric crawler crane 150
Herrenknecht AG wins bauma Innovation Award 2022 for development of continuous tunnelling 152
PERI presents innovative technologies for Material Efficient Project Management 154
Continental presents loT suite for pits, mines, and construction sites 156
Epiroc presents solutions for smarter working 158
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2020
Vol.25,No.7,January 2020
Industry News
Infra Development 20
Roads & Highways 22
Metros & Rails 24
Tunnels & Bridges 30
Real Estate 32
Interview 40
He Qing Hua, Chairman
Sunward Intelligent Equipment Group
Report
Highlights of EXCON 2019 42
JCB India launches all new backhoe loader, excavators, telehandlers ... 52
ACE unveils its latest and best-in-class products .... 56
SANY launches new product line 58
Terex brands on display with new products 60
Puzzolana focusing on speed & mobility and hybrid Power 64
CASE India launches CX220C crawler excavator 68
Two new launches by Tata Hitachi 70
Atlas Copco unveils next-gen portable air compressors 72
CDE Asia launches smart mobile washing plant 76
Komatsu, L&T and Scania display technological strengths & service capabilities 78
JK Tyre Launches new 23.1-26 Size V-compact tyre 80
8900 backhoe loader from Doosan Bobcat unveiled 82
Doosan Bobcat India launches Volvo Penta powered air compressor 84
Liebherr showcases latest technology, products and tailor-made solutions 88
Leeboy launches new series of compact motor graders 90
Schwing Stetter launches 22 new products 92
TIL launches two new cranes 94
KYB Conmat launches new equipment 96
Hyundai CE India launches 5 new excavators & forklift range 100
GS Caltex showcases BSVI product portfolio; wins award 102
Caterpillar expands product portfolio for Indian market 104
Putzmeister and Sany concrete present expanded product range and live demos 106
New range of track screens from Marsman 107
AJAX showcases next-gen products along with 8 new launches 108
Mahindra showcases 5 new construction equipment products 112
Spartan launches new range of hoists & concreting solutions 114
Neptune introduces next-gen lightweight aggregates 116
Sharp Ply introduces ECP doors & window frames based
on the concept of WPC 118
TWF offers safety shoring equipment & mobile road system for sale, rental & leasing 120
JREW Engineering showcases range of attachments 124
PERl India launches HANDSET Alpha- a lightweight panel formwork system 126
Safari launches Safari MAX range of self-loading concrete mixers 128
New road rehabilitation techniques from Neha Infra Services 130
Ruby Enterprises showcases fully automatic compact paver 132
INNOMAC displays complete range of products 136
Kiswire to broaden market presence in CRANE business 136
Pavement preservation, restoration and drainage solutions from AIC Infrastructures 138
Debtronics showcases concrete mixing control panels 140
Axle Shaft India launches range of heavy excavator parts 142
Nova Formworks showcases its Nova brand of plastic formworks 142
Fire Safety
Fire safety and its management by Jaspal Singh 150
GAP
Effect of load obliquity on pull-out capacity of granular anchor pile in cohesionless soil by Jaswant Singh 154
Sustainable Const.
Sustainable construction at no extra cost by Manoj Didwania 164
Green Energy
CPWD installs solar trees for net energy plus campus by Dr KM Soni 176
Ordinary Portland Cement
Emerging alternative cements for construction industry by Dr Rakesh Kumar 182
Controlled Demolition
Building implosion challenges, strategies & safety practices by Siddesh Pai 192
Events
liT Hyderabad to hold conference on structural steel 28
Warrior completes 20 glorious years of providing safety and comfort 32
First promotional show of CICEE 2021 worldwide held at Excon19 in Bengaluru 34 CCMA holds BICES 2021 press conference in Bengaluru 144
WIRTGEN GROUP celebrates 25 years of success and growth in India 148
Ouest for Green Roads 198
Subscription Form 169
Advertiser’s Index 170
Vol.25,No.8,February 2020
Budget 2020 - 21
A Blueprint for $5-trillion economy by 2025 22
Interaction
Liebherr places superior product offerings and services over pricing 44
Next Gen Compressors and Light Towers from Atlas Copco 48
GHH to widen product offering, strengthen brand positioning 50
Vibrant ventures into concrete batch plants 52
Speco to promote asphalt batch plants in India 54
Kubota to build expertise in compact engines 56
PMP offering complete package of solutions to OEMs 60
MOD SCAFF Scaffolding & Formwork Systems 62
Srons Engineers receives order from Mumbai Metro 62
GS Caltex celebrates 10'" Anniversary in India 64
ACE celebrates 25 years of Lifting India's Growth 66
NORD drivesystems expands production capacity in Pune 68
Bonfigliori scaling up productivity with smarter solutions 72
Nadhi: Enabling Technology for Project Control 76
EPIROC Celebrating 60 years of building a stronger India 188
Wirtgen group Machines Driving Construction of New Istanbul Airport 36 Terex MPS Plant Aids Limestone Production for JSW Cement in Middle East 42
Malaysian developer Gamuda adds three Potain MCT 385 cranes to fleet 74
Repair & Rehabilitation
Unified Vision of Indian Nation for Concrete Protection, Strengthening and Repair Industry- Vision 2030 by S. K. Manjrekar 84
ACI 562 Code Requirements for Assessment , Repair, and ehabilitation of Concrete Structures and Commentary by Keith Kesner 96
Fire Damage of Concrete Structures- Assessment and Repair by Pericles C. Stivaros 102
Concrete Repair Bonding Agents: Panacea or Snake Oil? By Clyde Porter Jr 120
Condition Evaluation of Fire Exposed Concrete Foundation by Ashok Kakade 132
Repair and Maintenance Techniques for Building Facades by Sunny Surfaker 144
Construction Chemicals in Repair and Rehabilitation of Structures 150 Concrete Precast
Precast- Rethinking Repaving by Malt Wermer 152
DECAST Ltd invests in self-stressing casting bed from Tecnocom in Italy
Eco-friendly Paver Block By S.P. Ahirao 157
Experimental analysis for evaluation of shear properties of High Strength SFRC beams by Babita Saini 164
Smart Elevatoring Solutions
KONE's Smart Solutions for Smooth People Flow 168
thyssenkrupp sets the Tech Trends and Highlights for 2020 172
Toshiba Johnson Elevators Committed to safe & efficient vertical transportation 176
Otis: The next level of elevatoring will be digitalization 182
ISEE 2020: By the Industry, of the Industry, for of the Industry 186
Subscription Form 161
Advertisers' Index 162
Vol.25,No.9,March 2020
Industry News
Infra Development 20
Roads & Highways 22
Metros & Rails 24
Tunnels & Bridges 26
Real Estate 30
Equipment 32
Asphalt Pavers
Doing More with Less 36
Interaction
Neil Woodfin and Raunak Varma , CNH 48
Feqerico Ferazzutti, PMP Industries Group 54
Sandeep Singh, Tata Hitachi 56
Premraj Kashyap, KYB Conmat 62
Vatsal Patel, Ashitech Equipments 66
Jerry Andersson, Epiroc Mining India 100
Roger Aim, Volvo Trucks 150
Senarat Jayasekera, Wacker Neuson Equipment 152
Roads & Bridges
A Transformative Approach to Highway Construction 68
Characterisation of Foundry Sand Waste Material for Road Construction by A. K. Sinha 74
Thin White Topping Cement Concrete Overlays on Bituminous Pavements by Dr. S.S. Seehra 86
Art & Science of Bridge Engineering: A World Scenario by Vinay Gupta 116
K6murhan Bridge- How Doka is literally putting the 'Y' in Turkey 140
WIRTGEN Cold Recycler & Soil Stabilizer WR 240 : Rehabilitated 22 Km Road Near Hapur 146
Slope erosion protection of bridge embankment by Strata 182
Tunneling
Through Challenges by Kshitish Nadgauda, Louis Berger 90
GHH's MK-A35- First Dump Truck in its class with Ultra-clean Stage V 98
CRCHI TBMs used in Under River Tunnel Project of Yuan River in Changde in Hunan Province, China, for customer CRCC 14'h Bureau Group 104
GREG 15.8m Slurry TBM Solution for Chunfeng Tunnel in Shenzhen 110
Cranes
Comansa launches 21CM750- the largest crane manufactured at its plant in Hangzhou 114
Reports
Ashok Leyland delivers first of its kind Modular Platform Vehicles with BS VI Technology 32
7'" International Conference on Construction Chemicals 159
India's Green Building Future Takes Shape 162
National Workshop on Advances in Waterproofing Technologies, Goa 163
iCEMA Conclave Discusses Measures to Make Finance Support More Viable 164
GCCA India announces first Chair and Co-chair of CEO Committee of member companies 173
Members of VDMA Construction Equipment looking to the future with confidence 174
World of Concrete 2020 180
KONE inaugurates new warehouse in Mumbai 181
Disruptive Technology
New and Emerging Technologies in Construction Industry by Argenio Antao 156
Modern Sanitation
Digital Solutions for Sanitation Related Infrastructure 172
Subscription Form 177
Advertisers' Index 178
2021
Vol.26,No.7,Jan.2021
News
Infra Development 16
Airport & Port 16
Road & Highway 18
Metro & Rail 20
Tunnel & Bridge 22
Real Estate 26
Equipment 94
Viewpoint: Infrastructure
Survival Challenges for Construction Companies by Vinod Behl 28
Will it be Springtime for the CE Sector? S.K. Khanna 99
Tunnelling - Opportunities & Technologies
India's Tunnelling Industry driven by robust pipeline Of projects & investment by Sunil Sharma 32
MMC Gamuda successfully completes its tunnels on Putrajaya Line in Malaysia by Joyce Shamini 40
Sandvik DT 821 C Tunneling Jumbo: Setting a New Standard in Speed & Precision 48
German manufacturer GHH brings special Shotcreting Machine to help complete Mumbai Nagpur Expressway 50
CRCHl's EPB TBM 'Victory' Achieves New Records in Construction of Moscow Metro 52
Epiroc: Tunneling Opportunities on the Rise in India by Anirban Sen 54
Real Estate
Real Estate Year End 2020: Review & Outlook 2021 60
Emerging Segments & Trends 66
Portable Multipurpose Reusable Living Units (PMRLU) for Onsite Workers 70
B.E. Billimoria builds Maharashtra Police Housing project using Precast Technology 72
Sustainable Design for Affordable Housing in Warm-Humid Climate Regions by S. K. Singh 88
Equipment & Machinery
CASE launches CX220C Crawler Excavator in India 76
The Wirtgen Group: New Generation of Material Feeders from VOGELE 78
Liebherr unveils three new Machines and one new Design 80
Customer Engagement
Time to change the thought process of service providers by Bhaskarudu Peddakotla 82
Worke’s Safety
How Equipment and Machine Health Impact Worker's Safety by Bryan Christiansen 84
Events
IEE Expo 2022: Connecting the Entire Value Chain of Elevators and Escalators in India 98
CII Announces EXCON 2021 100
Minister of Road Transport & Highways and MSME unveils
iCEMA's Vision Plan 2030 for Construction Equipment Industry
Advertisers’ Index 10
Vol.26,No.8,Feb.2021
Reports
Crushing & screening market seeing renewed Focus on customization, quality and services 42
Tipper trucks - customer support key to profitability 92
M-sand
CDE command center to power combo m-sand plants 34
C&d waste
Recycled C&D waste materials 70
Interviews
Dr. Hans-Friedrich Peters Ammann on sustainable asphalt Production 36
Gajanan Gandhe
Dana India on vehicle electrification 98
Equipment & machinery
AJAX earmarks Rs.100 crores to build new manufacturing
Facility and design centre in Karnataka 74
Hyundai construction equipment India launches new excavator fleet 76
Surelia engineering offers 2 variants of walk behind vibratory rollers 80
Precast
Spanish company Hormipresa counts on beam moulds from Italy-based tecnocom - a progress group company 78
Advantages of precast concrete technology in metro project (Line-06 Mumbai metro) -a case study by A.S.Salunkhe 82
Concrete protective liner
Concrete protective liner by Russian company hydropolymer by Yastrebov Danila 102
Foundation stability
Foundation stability of existing buildings near upcoming structures by Dr. N. Subramanian 104
Insights
Fractional ownership: new investment opportunity for retail investors 109
Infrastructure sector: growth challenges & prospects in 2021by Vinod Behl 111
Advertisers’ index 110
Vol. 26,No.9,March 2021
Infra Development 20
Road & Highway 20
Metro & Rail 24
Airport & Port 26
Tunnel & Bridge 34
Real Estate 36
Project Reports
Patel Infrastructure Sets World Record for Laying Pavement Quality Concrete for a 2,580-m long, four-lane highway 38
Ashoka Buildcon creating history with India’s First 8 - Lane Extradosed Bridge 46
IJM India Sets a Record by laying a 25.54-km lane in 17:45 hour 52
Interview 54
Daniel Chan, Chairman, Lintec & Linnhoff
sees strong opportunities in India and discusses his plans to steadily xpand the company’s presence here
Ready Mix Concrete 58
Helping the Construction Industry Achieve Sustainable Development
Roads & Highways
Tweaking of Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) a Positive for Road Sector by
Vipula Sharma 84
Waste Plastic Roads by Dr. Ambika Behl 92
Higher Percentage of RAP - Is it Challenging? By Sridhar Raju 98
Pavement Rehabilitation Design is Not New Pavement Design by
Anna-Carin Brink 106
Equipment & Machinery
Elgi Compressors - Driving Concrete Batching Plants to Deliver Right Quality Concrete Mix 80
CDE Command Center to power Combo M-Sand Plants 82
Chicago Pneumatic India launches Permanent Magnet Motor Compressors in 10 to 100 HP range 86
Dynapac’s latest SD range of Pavers designed to perform and built to last 86
VOGELE MT 3000-2 OFFSET Power Feeder paving roads for the future 88
Wacker Neuson introduces DPU6555 Hech Reversible Plate Compactor in India 90
Alpha Mobile Tower Crane Model SP453: Fast, Efficient & Economical 90
CASE Plant in Pithampur, India Awarded for Lean Manufacturing 118
ACC RMX introduces ECOPact- the Green Concrete 118
bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2021 cancelled 118
Advertisers' Index 120
Vol. 26,No.10,April 2021
News
Infra Development 18
Road & Highway 20
Tunnel & Bridge 26
Metro & Rail 28
Airport & Port 30
Real Estate 32
Report
Self-Loading Concrete Mixers: Packing a Punch 40
Where is the Construction Industry headed? 48
Al: Construction's new frontier of digital enablement 50
Transformative Technologies Boosting Real Estate & Const.60
Highrise & Precast Projects
Infosys Pune: A multi-purpose precast highrise structure 64
The National Bank of Kuwait Tower: An Iconic Engineering Marvel 72
Elevatoring: Opportunities, Challenges & Innovations
Amit Gossain, Managing Director, KONE Elevator India on elevator safety, technology and innovation 76
Manish Mehan, CEO, TK Elevator India on challenges & opportunities in India's vertical transportation 78
Shakir Ahmed, Managing Director, Fujitec India on India's rapidly modernizing E&E industry 83
Katsuhiko Sato, Managing Director, Toshiba Johnson Elevator (India) on developing products that support modern life and society 88
New Equipment, Products & Technology
Caterpillar® celebrates 50 years of manufacturing in India 34
Tata Hitachi launches EX 215LCQ Super+ series quarry excavator 36
L& T records highest sales of Komatsu PC210-1OMO 38
JCB India introduces new range of CEV Stage IV Backhoe Loaders 62
Tyre Experts offers solutions with Trelleborg Brawler solid tyres 92
Mesh Welding system of HPBS leads to considerable savings 90
WIRTGEN GROUP: Driving excellence on greenfield projects with innovative machines 94
CMAC: Bringing Quality to Indian Manufacturing 96
Lintec & Linnhoff terminates partnership with Ardent; to finalize new manufacturing partnership in India 101
Interview
95 Jignesh Patel, MD, Dynemix India 95
Case Study
CONTAKT Smart Solution for Planning, Monitoring and Documentation 98
Overview: Off-Highway Vehicle Sector
Post-Covid rebound predicted for Off-Highway Vehicle Sector; increase in Electrification forecast for Smaller Machinery 102
Vol. 26,No.10,May 2021
News
Infra Development 18
Road & Highway 20
Metro & Rail 24
Tunnel & Bridge 26
Real Estate 28
Equipment 30
Reports
Mini Excavator: Small Footprint, Big Scope 34
Mobile Cranes: Catering to Major Projects 66
Metro Construction
India's Metro-Rail Industry Expanding Fast 44
Lucknow Metro: The Fastest Built Metro-Rail Project 48
Precast Concrete Construction in Metro Projects 54
Futuristic Construction
A tectonic shift needed in the way Indian construction industry thinks and acts 74
Equipment & Machinery
New options for proven Terex MPS screen modules 30
Sicoma Mixers India implements TUV SUD ISO procedures 32
Escorts CE records highest ever monthly sales 32
Revolutionary COE Engineering: All-in-one mobile solution 76
Kleemann Screening Plants: Global product with versatile applications and excellent service support 78
PRO: Are you looking for a geotechnical drilling rig? 80
New Liebherr R 928 G8 crawler excavator - the new addition to the Generation 8 family 96
Specialized Steel
SSAB: Ensure personal safety and higher productivity with Hardox® wear plate 98
Industry 4.0
SKF: Manufacturing 4.0 harnessing the power of Industry 4.0 99
Repairs
Repair Strategy of Stoplog Sill Beams During Operation Stage of 510 MW Teesta-V Power Station in Sikkim 82
Thermal Power Plant
Future of Thermal Power Plants 88
Ropeways
Ropeways: Alternative Mobility Solution in Urban India 92
Real Estate
MPowered: Promising Great Returns 94
Infra Financing
Unlocking PSU Assets for Infrastructure Financing 100
Events
Abhiroop Gupta appointed as MD of GIGO Technologies 18
Framework Plan of CICEE 2021 Hunan, China 32
Riten Choudhury, MD, Tata Bluescope Steel, receives Business Leader of the Year award 75
Advertisers’ Index 12
Vol. 26,No.11,June 2021
News
Infra Development 16
Road & Highway 16
Metro & Rail 18
Real Estate 20
Tunnel & Bridge 22
Airport & Port 24
Industry News 24
Expressways
Ashoka Buildcon Achieves New Milestones at Bundelkhand Expressway 32
Purvanchal Expressway Package-3: A Case Study 36
Tunnelling
Chardham Tunnel Project: Equipment with cutting-edge technologies is making tunnelling smoother at RVNL's Mega Railway Project and helping Contractors Overcome Geological Complexities 54
Recycling of C&D Waste
Construction & Demolition Waste as Aggregates for Rigid Pavement Applications 62
Iron and Steel Slags are Environmentally & Economically Viable for Road & Civil Construction 76
Equipment & Machinery
Lakshmi Road Metal Industries installs COE Combo X70 plant to Produce Washed M-Sand from Black Basalt 48
Terex MPS Plant Chosen for Laos Dam Project 52
Sany Embraces New Emission Norms; Launches 4 New Truck Cranes 80
Latest Drive Technology for Vogele SUPER 1400i Paver 81
Manitou's New, Dedicated Solutions for Construction 82
Precast
'Line Detection' Technology Enables Highest Precision in Production of Hollow Core Slabs 86
Equipment Rental
Time for Rental Companies to Adapt, Consolidate & Perform 91
Repair & Rehabilitation
Repair and Rehabilitation of a Minor Bridge in Shravasti District (UP) 94
Understanding & Preventing Corrosion in RC Structures 98
Faircoat Anti-Carbonation Coating Protects Concrete
Structures Like Flyovers, Bridges & Buildings 100
TDR
Transferable Development Rights; Challenges & Prospects for Urban Infra Transition 101
Advertisers’ Index 10
Vol. 26,No.12,July 2021
Outlook
Indian Construction Equipment Market in 2022 & Beyond 20
Insight
India's Smart Cities Mission Hits & Misses 33
Need to Look Beyond Boundaries 36
Cover Story: Technology to the Rescue
Leading OEMs, builders, contractors, and technology solution providers share their views on how technology adoption has become a game changer in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic.
JCB India: Deepak Shetty, CEO and Managing Director 48
Tata Hitachi: Sandeep Singh, Managing Director 54
Larsen & Toubro: Arvind K Garg, Executive Vice-President and Head Construction & Mining Machinery Business 58
Puzzolana: Abhijeet Pai, President 64
Gayatri Projects: Sandeep Reddy, Managing Director 68
Terex Materials Processing India: Jaideep Shekhar, Managing Director (Asia & EMEAR) 70
Ashoka Buildcon : Sanjay Londhe, Director & CEO – Projects 74
Sandvik India: Manojit Haldar, Managing Director 76
Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corp: Kumar Keshav, Managing Director 80
Escorts Construction Equipment: Ajay Mandahr, CEO 84
CDE Asia: Manish Bhartia, Promoter & Managing Director 90
DICDL: Dilip Brahmbhatt, General Manager 94
ACE: Sorab Agarwal, Executive Director 100
Ammann India: Anand Sundaresan, Managing Director 104
Louis Berger: Kshitish Nadgauda, Senior VP & MD Asia 108
DYNAPAC India: Abhijit Som, MD, Equipment Division 112
Sterling Developers: Ramani Sastri, Chairman & Managing Director 114
Propel Industries: V. Senthilkumar, Managing Director 116
Prestige Constructions: V. Gopal, Executive Director - Projects & Planning 120
KYB Conmat: Premraj Keshyep, Managing Director 122
Schwing Stetter India: V.G. Sakthikumar, Managing Director 124
Sany India: Dheeraj Panda, Director - Sales, Marketing & Customer Support 126
SOBHA Limited: Raghu Balan, Executive Vice President & Head QST 132
CASE: Sandeep Mathur, Brand Leader - India & SAARC 134
Aparna Constructions & Estates: Rakesh Reddy, Director 136
Pacific Group: Abhishek Bansal, Executive Director 142
House of Hiranandani: Prashin Jhobalia, VP Marketing Strategy 146
ILC Group: Rehan Huck, VP-Retail 152
Spectrum Metro: Sagar Saxena, Project Head 155
MJ Shah Group: Shreyans Shah, Managing Director 156
Bentley Systems India: Kaushik Chakraborty, Vice President,Southeast Asia & India, Kalyan Vaidyanathan, Director – Admixture Business Development 159
Bennet & Bernard Group: Lindsay Bernard Rodrigues, Co-Founder and Director 160
Trimble Solutions: Paul Wallett, Regional Director 174
Highbar Technocrat Limited: Ashok Wani, Head of Technology & Innovation 177
Tactive Software Systems: Devarajan Chinnusamy, CMD 178
DRIL: Aditya Chamaria, Managing Director 181
Interaction
Mahindra: Driving Prosperity 140
Neptune: Providing Turnkey Projects and Equipment for Building Material Industry 144
Everest Engineering Anti-Collision & Zone Protection Systems for Tower Cranes 154
GS Caltex: Overcoming All Odds 162
Agrani Enterprises: Following Sound Practices 164
Apollo Techno: Driving Precision and Sustainability 170
Elgi Equipments: Developing Breakthrough Technologies 172
Equipment & Machinery
Macons MST-4 Self-Loading Concrete Mixer 150
Spartan: A Name To Reckon With 166
Apollo lnffratech Group forms JV with UK's Parker Plant 182
Alltech Group Equipments, Technologies, and Innovative Solutions Deployed by MKC Infrastructure . . .186
Admixture
FAIRMATE offers new-gen admixture based on modified polycarboxylic ether for application in high performance concrete 151
Advertisers Index 12
Vol. 27,No.1,Aug.2021
News
Infra Development 18
Road & Highway 18
Tunnel & Bridge 22
Metro & Rail 24
Industry Update 24
Real Estate 26
Airport & Port 26
C&D Waste
Recycling of Construction Demolition Waste 30
Case Study
CDE's M-Sand Plant deployed in Bhutan by SMCL 52
Special Feature
Construction Equipment Industry Manufacturers Upgrade Machines to BS IV 56
JCB India: Deepak Shetty, CEO & MD 58
Schwing Stetler India: V.G. Sakthikumar, MD 60
ACE: Sorab Agarwal, Executive Director 62
Wirtgen India: Ramesh Palagiri, MD & CEO 64
Dynapac India: Abhijit Som, MD 66
Tata Hitachi: Rahul Shorey, National Head – Construction 67
LiuGong India: A. Krishnakumar, President 68
AJAX Engineering: Ajay Aneja, Chief Marketing Officer 70
Escorts Construction Equipment: Abhijit R. Shinde, Head - Sales & Marketing 71
KYB-Conmat: Sailaj Verma, Senior VP 72
CASE Construction Equipment: Sandeep Mathur, Brand Leader India & SAARC 74
Mahindra Construction Equipment: Jalaj Gupta, Business Head - Commercial Vehicles 76
Manitou Group: Optimizing Performance, Reliability & Convenience of its Machines 78
Precast
Elematic India & Aurobindo Realty: Developing Value-for-Money Projects 80
ECHO Precast Engineering: How to Boost a Hollow Core Plant 86
Green Concrete
Green Concrete and its Scope in India 88
Concrete Coating
FAIRMATE FAIRCURE WC - White Pigmented Concrete Curing Aid 97
Feature
Asphalt Batch Mix Plants: Strengthening Country's Roads & Highways 98
Equipment & Machinery
New Ammann Wheeled Paver AFW 500 ideal for Highway Projects 107
GMMCO and Caterpillar Launch Hindustan 2021 E BS IV
compliant Wheel Loader108 108
Wirtgen Launches Hamm HD 99i and HD 109i Tandem Rollers 110
Liebherr to present its latest Mining innovations at MINExpo 2021 112
Updates
Dimitrov Krishnan takes over as President of iCEMA 28
Elevator Industry's 'OOH Campaign' for Mechanics 28
CICEE 2021 sets record with a sprawling 300,000 sqm exhibition space at Changsha, China 114
GHH India and subsidiary GHH Bumi Mining Service awarded 'Best Performing Business Partner' 118
Advertisers’ Index 12
Vol. 27,No.2,Sep.2021
News
Infra Development 20
Airport 20
Road & Highway 22
Tunnel & Bridge 24
Real Estate 29
Metro & Rail 29
Equipment 29
National Monetisation Plan
Paving the Road for Sustainable Financing Towards Infrastructure Development 30
Roads & Highways
India's Road Construction Sector: Issues and Challenges 34
Practical Recommendations for Construction of Longitudinal Joints in Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA) Pavements 40
Plants and Equipment Determine Quality of Road Construction 54
New Road Technologies & Smart Roads 60
Maximizing Ash Usage in Road Construction 72
Jharkhand State Road Project-1 by Rodic Consultants - Case Study 78
Repairing Potholes During Rainy Season & Throughout the Year 80
Dow Sealants for Sustainable Road Infrastructure 90
FRCM for Structural Strengthening of Bridges & Cable Grout for Ultimate Protection of Tendons 94
Mobile Cranes
Fresh Wave of Demand 102
Launches
New Special Attachments by Hyundai 110
New Cat® 424 Backhoe Loader 111
Hamm HC Series: Advanced Engine Technology and Best
Compaction for Earthworks 112
Atlas Copco introduces Pneumatech in India 113
Volvo GE's New Pavers, Compactors, Rollers and Wheel Loaders 114
Precast
Successful Installation of Mesh Welding Plant in Australia during Pandemic by Progress Maschinen & Automation 96
Insight
Infra Development opportunities in Bhutan and Maldives 98
Lubricant
Mobil™ Lubricants Ease Operational Challenges at AB Rock Products 116
Concrete
FAIRMATE offers New-Gen Admixtures for Application in High Performance Concrete 92
Studies on Durability of High Volume GGBS Concrete Used
in Marine Structures 117
Durable Aluminium Reinforced Environmentally - Friendly Concrete Construction (DARE2C) 120
Advertisers’ Index 14
Vol. 27,No.3,Oct.2021
News
Infra Development 20
Road & Highway 20
Tunnel & Bridge 24
Metro & Rail 28
Real Estate 30
Supertech Case 32
Cover Story
Terex India Success Story 60
From Crushing & Screening to Lifting
Special Feature 74
Tower Cranes: In Demand for Higher & Heavier Lifting
White Paper 90
Digital Twin: The Age of Aquarius in Construction and Real Estate
Interview
Rodic Consultants: Shaping the Trajectory of Urban Development,
Raj Kumar, CMD 54
Vermeer: HOD Machines Giving Precision to Underground Installations,
Aditya Gund, Segment Manager – Utility and Pipeline 86
AJAX Engineering: An Atmanirbhar Bharat company, helping build a Modern India Jagadish Bhat, MD & CEO 88
Case Study
The Landport Passenger Terminal Building Dera Baba Nanak, Kartarpur Corridor, Punjab, India 40
New Launch
Tata Hitachi unveils CEV-4 compliant Wheel Loader TL340H Prime 36
Schwing Stelter India launches nextgen SLM 4600 with CEV-4 Engine 38
Atlas Copco introduces Hilight V5+ LED Light Towers 38
Liugong India: Expanding & upgrading product range for Greater Applications 68
M-Sand
Combo X70 Powers M-Sand Production in Warangal 85
Study
Drowning of Infrastructure: Causes, Effects & Remedies 104
Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) of Flat Slab Structures 112
Advertisers’ Index 14
Vol. 27,No.4,Nov.2021
News
Infra Development
Road & Highway 22
Tunnel & Bridge 22
Metro & Rail 24
Real Estate 28
Port & Airport 28
Infra Development
Gati Shakti National Master Plan: Fast-Tracking Infra Development 20
Roads & Highways: Pandemic shocks notwithstanding, government's thrust on infrastructure to ensure execution momentum continues in FY22 34
Roads and Railways Boost Awards; Overall tendering grew 5% YoY during H1 FY22; awarding activity grew at a 2-year CAGR of 22% in H1 FY22, Infrastructure credit near all-time highs 42
Equipment Reports
iCEMA: CE Industry Records 47% Growth in 2nd Quarter of FY 21-22 30
Off-Highway Electrified Equipment Market 52
Piling Rigs: A Buoyant Market Revives Demand 110
Underground Construction & Tunnelling Technologies
Tunnelling in Himalayas: Where Uncertainty is Highly Certain 60
Epiroc: Intelligent Face Drilling 86
Construction of Head Race Tunnel for Sewa Hydroelectric Project (Stage-II) LOT SW-1 Case Study 72
Strabag AG Builds Tunnel Systems Using Progress Machines 98
Lochweidli Tunnel, Switzerland: Engineering, on-site services using DokaMT -a rentable tunnel system 102
CRCHI Urja Becomes First TBM to Complete Tunnelling in Phase-2 of Bangalore Metro 104
CREG High-Pressure Hydro-Coupling TBM Constructing Hard Rock Tunnels 108
Interaction
New Bitumen Pressure Distributor Order from Bangladesh Fuels Ashitech's Export Business Ambitions Vatsal Patel, Director, Ashitech Equipment 121
AJAX Guided by its Customer-First Philosophy Jagadish Bhat, MD & CEO, AJAX Engineering 137
Equipment & Machinery
JCB India Launches its Access Range of Electric Machines 32
CDE Asia's Pioneering Quartz Washing Technology successfully installed in Rajasthan 120
Terex India Launches Powerscreen Pulse™ Telematics Solution 123
ApolloCarmix Self-Loading Concrete Mixers now in a Smart New-Age Avtar 124
Atlas Copco Innovating for Smart Onsite Solutions 134
German Shotcreting Machine helps speed up construction of Mumbai-Nagpur Expressway 138
Sustainable Concrete
Micro Fibres Increasing Life of Concrete 126
Sustainability in Cement and Concrete 128
Study
Technological Improvements in Construction 129
Events
DFII Offers Unique Model for Enhancing Execution of Infrastructure Projects 116
bauma CONEXPO India's Meet & Greet Event 140
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Vol. 27,No.6,Dec.2021
News
Infra Development 20
Road & Highway 22
Tunnel & Bridge 24
Port & Airport 24
Metro & Rail 28
Real Estate 30
Equipment 30
Industry 32
Concrete Equipment
Rising Demand Driving Upgradations 48
Precast
Masa: India is Ready for Quality Concrete Products with German Engineering 38
Progress Group: Megawide is Building Trust with Prefabricated Precast Elements 62
Interaction
Ritesh Patel, Director Kroma Paints 44
Case Study: High-Rise
SALSETTE 27: Another Attractive Landmark 54
SOBHA Winchester: A Towering Inspiration 68
Prestige Trade Tower: Challenges in Construction of a
High-Rise Building in CBD Bangalore 74
The Elevator
From high-rises to superstructures, elevator systems are
rising to the demand for a great ride experience that includes
Speed, Safety, Hygiene, and Aesthetic Interiors. 78
• KONE Future Proofing Buildings with Market-Leading
Elevator Technology P 79
• TK Elevator Game-Changing Solutions Take User
Experience to Next Level P 84
• Toshiba Elevators Focusing on Sustainability,
Technology & Safety Standards P 88
Car Parking
Smart, Automated Car Parking System 90
Equipment & Machinery
With the launch of two new 14-ton variants of Hydraulic
Excavators, Kobelco completes its Generation 10 Line-Up in India 34
Comansa overcomes logistical challenges of a historic
project of the Indian railways 42
Wirtgen SP 1600 slipform paver sets four world records
during concrete paving on the major Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway project 100
CDE Asia initiates Greenfield customer into M-Sand Production with Combo X70 installation 102
Escorts Limited & Kubota Corporation reinforce long-standing partnership 122
Lubricant
ExxonMobil: Superior solutions to simplify construction operations 104
Study
Planting Trees Precautions and Care 106
Retrofitting RCC Grid by Jacketing 116
Real Estate
Realty in Recovery Mode 114
Cement
White Cement in India: Scope for Wider Application Areas and the Demand Drivers 120
Event
Sany India inaugurates Branch Office of dealer RS Infra Equipments at Gandhidham, Gujarat 36
Tata Hitachi Celebrates 60 Years of Operations 43
Innovation and Adoption of Sustainable Technologies for Better Road Construction Conference by Rex Fuels and CSIR-CRRI 124
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2022
Vol.27,No.7,Jan.2022
News
Infra Development 18
Port & Airport 18
Road & Highway 20
Tunnel & Bridge 22
Real Estate 22
Metro & Rail 24
Equipment 28
Road & Bridge Construction
Constructing Bowstring Girder ROBs on Purvanchal Expressway 36
Use of Extruded Polystyrene Sheets for Zojila Approach Road Const. 52
Construction of Foundation & Sub-Structure of Bogibeel Rail-Cum
Road Bridge Over River Brahmaputra 94
Interviews
Egis India Focused on Sustainable Infra Development,Sandeep Gulati, MD 44
Descon Infrastructures Helping Drive Infra Development, Sanjeev Goel, MD & Pranjal Goel, Director Operations 58
JCB India Providing AWP Machines of Global Standards,Deepak Shetty, CEO & MD 64
ICEMA's 'Vision 2030' - Aligned with Government's Ambitious Plan to Build a New India, Dimitrov Krishnan, President 68
IESC Developing & Expanding the Skill Ecosystem for Benefit of
Infrastructure Equipment Industry, H. S. Mohan, CEO 77
APL Apollo Breaking the Mould, Sanjay Gupta, CMD 82
Sany India On the Next Level of Development, Dheeraj Panda, COO (Sales, Marketing & Customer Support) 89
AJAX Engineering Innovating & lndigenizing,Ajay Aneja, Chief Marketing Officer 90
Equipment & Machinery
L&T Promotes & Distributes Kemroc's cutting-edge products in India 28
Wirtgen's Bio Mining, a Sustainable Solution for Waste Management Using Kleemann Mobile Screens 92
Mahindra's Hello Machine, a Reliable Business Partner for Rental Equipment 93
Atlas Copco suggests Ways to Reduce Compressed Air Energy Costs 114
Events
Sandvik receives CSR Leadership Award for Environment Conservation 28
CERA Seeks Reforms in NHAl's Tendering Process 30
Certificate Handover Ceremony held for First Batch of Tata Hitachi Japan-India Institute of Manufacturing (JIM) 32
MYCRANE Expands with New Franchisee in India 34
Mverman's Short Course on Tunnelling with TBMs 34
Ferrocement Society holds 6'h National Convention on Precast Ferrocement Technology in Pune 115
CICEE presents a Window to Global Innovations & Advanced Manufacturing 116
Gamuda Engineering, a Malaysian Tunneller, Clean Sweeps
Global Tunnelling Awards in 2021 120
Study
Earthquake-Resistant Construction 122
EPS Geofoam Blocks for Light Weight Steps 125
Vol.27,No.8,Feb.2022
Budget 2022-23
Blueprint for Infra Sector Growth 26
Report
Road Ahead for Construction Finance 32
Indian Construction Equipment Industry Growth Slumps in Q3 FY22: ICEMA 36
Perspective Story
Rent-A-Machine: An Attractive Option 40
Satin Sachdeva, Founder & Secretary General CERA (Construction Equipment Rental Association)
Premal Thaker, President, Crane Owners Association of India (COAOI)
Meghraj Singh, President, Aerial Platform Association of India (APAOI)
Rishi Sanghvi, MD, Sanghvi Movers
Rakesh Gandhi, Director, Express Equipment Rental & Logistics
Deepak Shetty, CEO & MD, JCB India
Vivek Hajela, Vice-President & Head-CEB, L& T
Rajeshwar Singh, MD, GHH Group
Sandeep Mathur, Brand Leader, CASE New Holland
Construction Equipment
E. Moses, Vice President - Division & National Head
Kobelco Construction Equipment India
Suhail Shaikh, Chairman & MD, Sahil Freight Express & service provider of MYCRANE in India
Feature
Operator Training: When Even More is Less 70
Deepak Shetty, CEO & MD, JCB India
Dimitrov Krishnan, President, ICEMA & MD, Volvo CE India
Suresh Nair, AVP, Institutional Business and Key Accounts, Tata Hitachi
KA Sravan Kumar, Head-Product Support, L& T
E. Moses, Vice President, Division & National Head Kobelco Construction Equipment India
Rajeshwar Singh, MD, GHH Group
Sandeep Mathur, Brand Leader, CASE New Holland
Construction Equipment
Equipment & Machinery
Kleemann Mobile Screen for Coarse Elements MOB I SCREEN
MSS 802(1) EVO 96
Gmmco launches Workshop-on-Wheels (WoW) to serve customers in remote locations 99
G&J Industries boosts production of hollow slabs with Extruder X-Liner® 100
Tata Hitachi launches EX70 Prime Series Hydraulic Excavators 124
Interview
Upgrading & Aligning Products for Indian Market 98
Wu Song, MD, Liugong India
Insight
Professional Engineer Certification Practices in India vis-a-vis USA 108
Highrise Construction
Stability of Tall Buildings 111
Bamboo Fibre
Reinforcement Material in Concrete 114
Safety Management
Accident or Accidental 118
Book Launch
Building Bridges: Shaping the Future 120
Event
CERA Organizes Workshop on CE Rental Management 122
CVF - Off Highway Conference cum Exhibition to be held on 10 March 2022 in New Delhi 124
Potential of Biodiesel as an Alternate Fuel in CE Vehicles 125
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Vol.27,No.9,Mar.2022
News
Infra Development 18
Road & Highway 18
Port & Airport 20
Tunnel & Bridge 22
Metro & Rail 24
Real Estate 24
Industry News 28
Backhoe Loader
Manufacturers Focusing on 3Ps Power, Productivity, Performance for Good ROI 34
Roads & Highways
Perpetual Pavement: Way Forward from Design to Quality Construction by Atasi Das, GR lnfraprojects 56
Performance of Curing Compounds in Development of Strengths in Concrete Mix to be used in Construction of Rigid Pavements by Rakesh Kumar & Pankaj Goel, CRRI 68
Road Making in Excessive Cold Conditions by Vivek Singh, Founder, BuildStreet 80
Ashoka Buildcon sets another Milestone at Bundelkhand Expressway 86
Industry Updates
Franna appoints Alpha Services as its first Authorized Dealer in India 30
Schwing Stetter organizes Technovation 2022 An Experiential Platform for Customers and Vendors 96
Moglix: Providing End-to-End Solutions to Infra Companies 100
Workshop on Safety, Ownership & Leadership in Industrial Workplaces 132
Features
Evolution of Smart Cities by Prabhat Khare, KK Consultants 114
The Indian Fort: A Structural Engineering Marvel by Er Vivek G. Abhyankar, SGAWings Consultants 130
Flooring
Laser Tech for Creating Heavy-Duty Warehouse Flooring 130
Concrete
Ferrochrome Ash Based Geopolymer Concrete 136
138 Use of Industrial Byproducts in Concrete Production
Achieves Lower co, Emission Lopamudra Sengupta, JSW Cement 138
Vol.27,No.10,April 2022
Excon 2021 - Positioning India as a Global Construction Equipment Manufacturing Hub
Interview- Deepak Shetty, Chairman, EXCON CEO & MD, JCB India 22
Construction Industry Views 30
List of Exhibitors 42
Nirmaana 2022 - International Conference on Tunnelling & Underground Construction
Interview - Er. Guru raj TS, Chairman Conference, B.A Madhukar,Chairman, Organizing Committee, Er. Ravishankar M, Secretary General, Dr. Manamohan Kalgal, Chairman, Technical Committee, Dr. Bharathi Ganesh, Technical Committee, Dr. L.R. Manjunatha,
Chairman - Media & Publicity 54
Underground Construction
Tunnelling & Underground Projects: Sharing Risks & Responsibilities by Rakesh Kumar KhaIi 60
Recovery & Recycling of Excavated Tunnel Waste 76
Making Safety at Construction Site a Priority 78
Kim Abrams, Co-Founder & CEO, Petra Speaks on Building Underground Utility Infrastructure Robotically 80
Tony Van Herbruggen, General Manager, Atlas Copco on Compressors and Light Towers for Tunnelling and Mining Projects 86
Construction of JP (West) to Krishna Park Tunnel using Earth Pressure Balance TBM - A Case Study 90
UP Metro Rail Corporation Ltd - Underground Construction - A Case Study 100
Building a Gas Based Economy through Trenchless Technology 106
DOKA Formwork for Skarholmen Tunnel project 110
Precast
Progress Group: Modernland Subsidiary Building Earthquake Safe Houses in Indonesia using Precast Concrete Elements 114
Elematic: Understanding Concept Design Prior to Adopting
Precast Technology 118
Interviews
Indian Multinational BKT Tires enters Mining Sector 122
Arvind Poddar, CMD
Rajiv Poddar, Joint MD
DTSC: Providing Holistic Services to Construction Industry 132
K Srinivasa Reddy, MD
Event Report
Sharp Ply Celebrates 21 Years of Success 125
ICEMA: Catalyzing Finance for CE Industry 126
Panel Discussions on CVF Off Highway Throw Up New Information & Insights 128
News
Infra Development 140
Road & Highway 140
Port & Airport 142
Metro & Rail 144
Tunnel & Bridge 146
Real Estate 146
Industry News 148
Vol.27,No.11,May 2022
Construction Equipment Annual Report
India's Construction Equipment Industry registers 8% volume degrowth in FY22 despite exports growing at 60%: ICEMA 34
EXCON - Building India For a New World 46
NBM&CW interviewed the heads of around 100 companies to elicit information on the high-tech products they plan to exhibit, their innovative features and application capabilities.
Deepak Shetty, JCB India 48
Sandeep Singh, Tata Hitachi 52
Deepak Garg, Sany Heavy Industries 58
Sorab Agarwal, ACE 62
Hafeez Khan, Manitou 70
Abhijeet Pai, Puzzolana 74
Sanjeev Bajaj, Escorts Construction Equipment 76
Jaideep Shekhar, Terex MPS 82
Anand Sundaresan, Ammann India 88
V.G. Sakthikumar, Schwing Stetter India 100
Manish Bhartia, CDE Asia 104
Gurunath Kulkarni, Weichai India 32
E. Moses, Kobelco 112
Abhijit Som, DYNAPAC India 116
V. Senthil Kumar, Propel 122
Ramesh Palagiri, Wirtgen India 126
Swaminathan Dhandapani, Etrack Crushers 130
Prashant Suryawanshi, Manitowoc136
Premraj Keshyep, KYB Conmat 140
Rajiv Chaturvedi, Hyundai 146
Dimitrov Krishnan, Volvo CE India 150
Jalaj Gupta, Mahindra 154
Mitul Patel, Apollo lnflratech Group 160
Dr. Xiangyang Jiang, Putzmeister 164
Dharmesh Surelia, Macons 170
Alok Jha, CASE 172
Vivek Hajela, Larsen & Toubro 176
Debasis Bhattacharya, AJAX 182
Gopi Krishna More, Torsa Machines 194
Kennady V Kaippally, Bonfiglioli India 196
Chandrashekar V, GMMCO 200
Mahesh Gupta, Shri Ram Panels 206
Kranthi Kumar Ravuri, Vibran 208
Paras Kumar Chowatia, Sharp Ply (India) 210
Jayanta Ray, GS Caltex 212
Williams RJ, Hailstone Innovations 218
Himanshu Agarwal, Tarachand 220
T.T. Paranthaman, PRD Rigs India 222
Rajiv Poddar, BKT 226
Miron Thoms, Volvo Penta India 230
R.B. Panchal, Neptune Industries 232
R.B. Patel, Electro Magnetic Industries 234
Ritesh Patel, Kroma Paints 236
Manoj Kumar Pillai, Armix Machinery 238
Prashanth Kumar, Sicoma Mixers India 244
Sajin Noorjahan, Simem India 245
Vinesh Bhatia, Burner India 246
Saumil Shah, Coninfra Machinery 248
Vatsal Patel, Ashitech Equipments 250
P.V. Ramdev, Everest Engineering 254
Shridhar Rao, Elematic India 256
Neeraj Shah, Kaushik Engineering 258
Amarnath Ramachandran, ARX Mining & CE 260
R. S. Raghavan, PROMAN 262
Ashvin Patel, Siddhivinayak 266
Jignesh Patel, Dynemix India 268
Dr. Vikram Mehta, Spartan Engineering Industries 269
Umesh Punjabi, Alpha Services 272
Hardik T. Shah, INGECO Gears 278
Vishvaroop Anand, Titan Crushing Equipment 280
Jitendra Jain, Nakoda Machinery – TRUECOMP 281
Rahul Deshmukh, RD Infra Equipments 282
Arunachalam Radhakrishnan, Esskay 284
Kamlesh Jain, Nakoda - INDUS 286
Satish Patel, Fortune Panel Systems (India) 290
Tejas Patel, Venus Techno Equipment 292
Ramesh Babbar, Columbia 293
Bhavesh Patel, Atlas Technologies 294
Kunal Vadgasiya, Fluid Tech Systems 296
Akshay Patel, Waken Multitech 297
Ashish Sharma, Pappu Sharma, R-TECHNO 298
Sanjay Sureliya, Uniter Engineering Products 300
Ajay Tripathi, Nilang Asphalt Equipments 301
Amit Panchal, Gayatri Engimech 302
Shatish Panchal, AEW Group 304
Vasim Pradhan, Ashar Locker 310
Hardik Solanki, Nilkanth 318
Ramesh Jayaram, Parijatha Machinery 321
Equipment & Machinery
AESHA a leading manufacturer of sand making, washing plant & silica sand processing plants 305
Wacker Neuson to demonstrate an 8 Ton Force Heavy Duty Remote Controlled Reversible Plate Compactor and other Light Construction Equipment at Excon 306
Atlas Copco offers complete range of 45KW to 132KW electric portable compressors in India 313
Alltech Group driving excellence on Ahmednagar Bypass Road
with a fleet of advanced machines 314
TH Company enables better washing, higher capacity, and smaller
footprint at VRG Blue Metals' new Sand Washing Plant in Karur 316
BEML bags order from Coal India for 20 Cu.M Electric Rope Shovel 270
CE Rental
Urgent reforms needed for Equipment Rental Industry 320
Tunnelling Jumbo Drills
The Next-Gen Sandvik Tunnelling Jumbo Drills offer best-in-class operator comfort and safety 186
Concrete Precast
Progress Group: Special prefabricated elements specialist Klaus relies on fully individualised automation solutions 308
Innovation easy, effective and economical tool for asset creation
Maheshkumar Jogani, Jogani lmpex 322
Event: CONEXPO INDIA
Interview of Bhupinder Singh, CEO, bauma CON EXPO INDIA 334
Tipper Trucks
Raring to Go 328
Vol.27,No.12,June 2022
News
Infra Development 18
Road & Highway 18
Tunnel & Bridge 24
Metro, Rail & Real Estate 24
Real Estate
Cost Escalation Threatens Realty Recovery & Growth Vinod Behl 28
Underground & Tunnel Construction in India: Challenges and Advancements
Tunnelling in the Himalayas by G. B. Nagendra 36
Readily Biodegradable Soil Conditioning Foaming Agents by Mike A. Sposetti 54
Creating Zero-Carbon Tunnels Er. Vasileios (Bill) Paoulos 64
Hydraulic Heave Failure Mitigation During Construction of
Deepest Metro Ventilation and Egress Shaft in India by Dr. Lakshmana Rao Mantri 74
Cut & Cover Metro Stations & Other Underground Structures by Vinay Gupta 94
Importance of Pre-Injections Before Tunnel Front Advancement by
Zoheb Mistry 100
Report: EXCON
11th Edition Concludes with High Business Volume 110
Major Exhibitors
JCB India Introduces Industry's First Fully Electric Construction Equipment 112
Tata Hitachi Commemorates 60 Years and Reinforces Commitment to Nation Building 116
L& T, Komatsu & Scania Showcase Biofuel Compatible Equipment 118
Schwing Stetler India Launches 14 New Products 120
Escorts CE Unveils India's First Hybrid Pick-n-Carry Crane and Mono Chassis Safe Crane 121
Volvo CE India Displays New Block Handler, Excavator, Vibro Ripper, Soil Compactor, Track Paver, and Asphalt Compactor 122
Caterpillar Presents Next-Gen Products and Integrated Solutions 124
CDE Asia Showcases Breakthroughs in M-Sand Technology 128
ACE Exhibits New Range of Crawler, Lattice Boom Cranes & Backhoe Loaders 129
Hyundai India Showcases HX-Series High-Capacity Excavators 130
Terex India Unveils 8 Brand New Products of Franna, Powerscreen,
Finlay, MPS, TWS, and EvoQuip 132
Sany Strengthens its Technology Line with 22 New Launches 136
Puzzolana Unveils Paver and Milling Machine; Displays Crusher, Screen & Dry classifier 138
Ammann Exhibits its Wide Range of Equipment & Plants 140
Mahindra Unveils Brand New G75 Smart Motor Grader 142
GS Caltex Showcases the Latest Lubricant Product Solutions 144
Propel Displays More Than 20 Products; Launches 6 New 145
Hailstone Launches MOBILITY Crushing & Screening Solutions 146
Ashar Locker Introduces Anti-Clogging & Next-Gen Tufflex Screens 147
JK Tyre Launches 4 New OTR Tyres 148
AJAX Launches SLCM with Dual Engine, Self-Propelled Boom Pump, Slip Form Paver, Concrete Pump with Electric Drive 150
CASE India Celebrates 180'h Anniversary; Launches New Equipment 151
BKT Showcases its Finest Tires & Introduces Rubber Tracks 152
Potain India Displays New MCT 135 HS Top Tower Cranes 154
Macons Presents Concrete Batching, Mixing Plant, and Socage Aerial Platforms 155
Epiroc Mining India Discusses the Growing Business Opportunities in India 156
Lintec & Linnhoff and Gainwell Sign New Manufacturing Partnership for Make in India 158
Columbia Showcases Machine with Design Flexibility of Concrete Tiles & Blocks 160
Everest Engineering Equipment Launches GJJ Passenger Hoist and CNC Stirrup Bender 161
PMP Showcases loT Enabled Smart Products 162
Torsa Introduces New, Smart Crushers 163
Nakoda Launches Next-Gen Air Compressor 164
BEML Displays Heli-Portable Dozer and Equipment with Latest Technologies 166
COBO Group Launches ECO HE Instrument Cluster 167
Ashitech Presents Star Models of its Asphalt Mixing Plants 168
SDLG Launches L975F Wheel Loader, Displays Excavators, Wheel loaders & Motor Graders 170
Event
CICEE 2023 to promote Globalization and Specialization 172
Vol.28,No.1,July 2022
Report
Infrastructure Development in India in 2023 & Beyond 20
Construction Equipment Industry Stable Despite Multiple Headwinds 32
Infra Const. Companies: Q&A
Rajpath lnfracon: Jagdish Kadam, Chairman & Managing Director 36
KNR Constructions: K. Jalandhar Reddy, Executive Director 42
Ashoka Buildcon: Satish Parakh, Managing Director 50
APCO lnfratech: Amit Singh, Associate Director 54
Maccaferri India: Vikramjiet Roy, Managing Director 60
Real Estate
Outlook, Challenges, Trends & Technologies 64
• CBRE: Anshuman Magazine, Chairman & CEO - India, South-East Asia, Middle East & Africa
• CREDAI: Harsh Vardhan Patadia, National President
Perspective: India's Real Estate Sector Making a Strong Comeback 78
• Prestige Group: Praveer Srivastava, Senior VP& Head - Residential Sales
• Sterling Developers: Ramani Sastri, Chairman & Managing Director
• The Bennet and Bernard Company: Lindsay Bernard Rodrigues
CEO & Co-Founder
Interaction: CE & Component Manufacturers
JCB India at the forefront of technology 96
Volvo introducing biodiesel compatible machines 100
Caterpillar offering tailormade & customized solutions 102
Tata Hitachi focused on sales target 108
CASE expands range of its road construction equipment 112
Terex ready to increase manufacturing capacity to meet demand 114
Strong demand to drive Manitou's long-term investments in India 116
Ajax Engineering expands range of concreting solutions 122
Propel Industries widens product portfolio with more advanced machines 124
Sany Bharat leads CE Industry with its biodiesel compliant machines 126
ACE widens cranes portfolio; introduces new backhoe loaders 128
KYB Conmat eyes the growing concrete self-loading mixer segment 134
Vibrant introduces 180 tph plant for road construction 134
Marsman India developing products in sync with market demand 136
SDLG develops new range of wheel loaders and motor graders 138
PRO offers new blast hole rig for aggregates and granite quarrying 144
Proman broadens its mineral processing services 146
Alkraft cooling systems for construction equipment 146
Bonfiglioli providing integrated solutions 156
Kraft Curing Systems GmbH offers advanced concrete curing systems 151
Taurian expands and upgrades range with high-quality products 152
Kubota ready with engines that can run on alternate fuels 154
Trelleborg offers solutions to lower equipment downtime and maintenance 155
Titan Crushing introduces 50-100-150 TPH plants with low operating cost 156
Wacker Neuson launches large plates for heavy-duty applications 160
Flexiflow Industries an established manufacturer of Screening Media 164
Siddhi Equipments introduces industrial aggregate stone crusher metal detector 166
Hamm HC Series offers advanced engine technology and best compaction for earthworks 168
R. D Infra Equipments increasing production capacity to meet demand 169
Atlas Copco India makes technology interventions in manufacturing 170
NBC is OEMs load-bearing partner 172
GHH ships first Load Haul Dumper LF-7 to India 176
Dynapac machines reconstruct runway of Shah Amanat International Airport 178
Liebherr presents new Multi-tine Grab 194
Lubricant
Gulf Oil Lubricants India Marks a Strong Presence 140
ExxonMobil 's superior lubrication solutions for profitable construction operations 162
Concrete & Precast
DEXTRA: Use of Headed Bars in Reinforced Concrete Design 90
Progress Group: LARGO & ECHO Precast to set up production site for prefab elements 158
Event Report
Tunnelling Asia 2022: International Conference on Underground Space 180
News 184
Vol.28,No.2,August 2022
News
Infra Development 20
Road & Highway 22
Port & Airport 24
Metro & Rail 28
Tunnel & Bridge 30
Real Estate 30
Report
Indian CE industry QoQ growth drops 14% in 01 FY 2022-23 18
Real Estate: Segmental Growth & Trends 34
Land Monetization: Promises & Pitfalls 38
NATCON 2022: Giving Shape to the Future of Infra. Const.42
Sustainable Infra Development New Techniques, Technologies, Methodologies
Making Urban India Sustainable through Green Buildings 44
Terrace Waterproofing Solutions for Energy-Efficient Buildings 54
Innovative Steel Plate Girders with Corrugated Webs for Bridge Const. 60
Trimble Digital Technology fast tracks delivery of unique const. projects 72
AHCT's Smart Casting Solutions 76
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation finalizes Alignment Design for Phase IV Expansion Project with the help of Bentley's Rail Design Application 120
Bhavan Domes Technology 123
M-Sand: COE Asia facilitating 5% of India's total sand requirement through a sustainable ecosystem 78
Recycled Coarse Aggregate: Properties, Applications and Drawbacks 82
Worker Safety at Height: Why the primary MEWP operator must always control the machine from the platform 94
Signature Bridge: From Concept to Completion 98
Precast: Echo Precast Engineering helps modernize Pruksa's Precast Plants 118
H-Beams: Sharp Ply keeping ready stock of H-Beams at Warehouses across India 122
Construction Equipment & Machinery
Tata Hitachi launches 5-ton made-in-India wheel loader with Japanese technology 126
Volvo 's new EC550E excavator gives up to 35% higher productivity 127
Spartan installs special elevator to reach national emblem atop
Parliament building 128
Laterite quarry owners switch to MB Crusher screening unit to obtain M-Sand 130
INGECO custom-made gears for a wide spectrum of applications 131
Dongyue gearing up to meet rising demand for AAC bricks in India 134
Topcon Sokkia automation solutions for heavy machineries 136
Debtronics concrete mixing control panels 138
Gessmann India multi-access controllers, joysticks, and associated products 138
Aadhar Equipments to expand its scaffolding solutions across India 140
Gamzen Infrastructure specialized beach cleaning machines and TMMs for a niche market 142
Qualimark Machines plans expansion in other states across India 143
Sunbeam innovative concrete equipment 144
Rental Industry
Viewpoint: CE Industry Needs to Find a Balance 132
Event
Report: Annual Session of ICEMA'22 146
Vol.28,No.3,September 2022
News
Infra Development 18
Tunnels & Bridges 18
Roads & Highways 20
Metros & Rails 22
Industry News 28
Real Estate
Realty@75: Reformed, Regulated, Reinvented & Responsible 36
Wheel Loaders: Promising Demand Ahead 40
• Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery
BKR Prasad, Head Marketing & Product Development
• L&T Construction & Mining Machinery
Vivek Hajela, VP & Head, CEB
• JCB India: Deepak Shetty, CEO & MD
• LiuGong India: A Krishnakumar, President
• Schwing Stetler - XCMG: V.G. Sakthi Kumar, MD
• Volvo CE India: Dimitrov Krishnan, MD
• SDLG India: Surat Mehta, Business Head
Geotechnical Investigation & Deep Foundation Technologies
Why infra projects suffer time & cost overruns by Amol Shingarey, MD, Geotech Services 60
Proper site characterisation can eliminate risks in the design
and construction of pile foundation: Dr Parthasarathy
CMD, Sarathy Geotech & Engineering Services 68
Helical Screw Piles Methodology for efficient foundation
construction: Mohan Ramanathan, MD, Advanced
Construction Technologies 84
Implementing global best practices and technologies in
geotechnical & foundation construction: G. Venkat Prasad
Director Operations, DFII 116
Interviews
Anirudhan IV, Chairperson DFI India 56
Y. Hari Krishna, MD Keller India 74
Harvinder Manocha, MD 88
Bauer Engineering India
T. Srinivasan, Head & CEO 94
L&T Geo Structure
Theresa Engler, ED 100
Deep Foundations Institute
P. V. Ramdev, MD 118
Everest Engineering
Arvind Jolly, CMD 126
Jolly board Limited
Foundation & Piling Rigs: Market Report 100
• Casagrande Piling & Geotechnical Equipment India
Rakesh Raina, Country Manager
• Sany India: Dheeraj Panda, Chief Operating Officer
• Schwing Stetler India: V.G. Sakthikumar, MD
• Action Construction Equipments
Manoj Agarwal, Head Sales & Marketing - HED
Lubricant
Exxon Mobil: Construction operations simplified with
superior lubrication solutions 120
Kliiber Lubrication: Meeting value-based demand Hitendra Bhargava, CEO & Kanakaraju T, CTO 124
Precast
Sardinian industry leader invests in automated mould
from Progress Group 128
Safety Shoes
Liberty: Why one needs ESD Footwear in Electrical Environments 28
Mobile Compressor
Atlas Copco Launches X-Air 850-290 Mobile Compressor 30
M-Sand
CDE Asia: Proud contributor to the Gigantic 701-km
Samruddhi Mahamarg Expressway Project 32
Roads & Bridges
Load Testing of various types of Bridge Superstructures
Er. Vivek Abhyankar 130
Economization of Road Subgrade Material by Mechanical
Stabilization - Case Study: Vivek Singh 146
Vol.28,No.4,October 2022
Reports
National Logistics Policy - An Economic Booster 18
Upward Momentum Continues in Real Estate: CBRE- CII 22
Only One-Fourth of Road Assets Moved Out of Rough Patch,
Post Default: ICRA 52
Compaction Technology
The Making of Intelligent Compactors 36
Tech-Talk
How Off-Highway OEMs Can Improve Efficiencies by Reducing Machine Weight 54
Altrad RMD Kwikform Recommends Ground Shoring Equipment for Excavations to Combat Steel Price Hikes 60
Insight
InvlTs: Why You Need to Include Them in Your Investment Portfolio 30
Roads & Highways
Upgradation of PMGSY Road Using Full Depth Reclamation Process in Nagaland Dr.Ambika Behl 62
Erosion Control for Green Highway Construction by Namrata Bichewar 72
Stone Matrix Asphalt is Enabling Durable and Maintenance-Free Roads in India by Porus Bhatt 76
Climate Change Effects on Flexible Pavements by Dr. Abhishek Mittal 82
Latest Technologies and Mechanization for Sustainable Road Construction & Maintenance of Pavements by Anjaneyappa 88
AEW's Dr. Road: Doing Away with Potholes Instantly 96
Paving-Grade Asphalt Binders Amma Wakefield by Amma Wakefield 100
India's Road Construction Sector Needs an Ecosystem of Safety: Rex Conferences 128
Colored Asphalt: The Changing Face of Road Const. in India 133
Cranes
Franna Hosts Open Day at Hosur Facility; Showcases FR 17 Pick-n-Carry Cranes and a New Prototype 32
Liebherr Cranes Promise Total Cost of Ownership 146
Lubricants
KIOber Lubricant's State-of-the-Art Production Facility 116
ExxonMobil Showcases New-Age Fluid and Digital Solutions at MMMM 2022 118
Equipment & Machinery
BKT to Present Latest Technology to Mining Sector At IMME 2022 58
Wirtgen Group at Bauma: The Future in Road building 119
Trelleborg: No-Leak Solutions for Tough Jobsite Conditions 121
SICOMA Launches Twin Shaft Mixer with Skip Hoist 122
Dynapac Unveils Light Compaction Range 122
Atlas Copco India Launches X-Air 850-290 Mobile Compressor 124
Qualimark Machines Plans Expansion Across India 124
Schwing Stetter India Introduces XCMG Hydraulic Excavators & Wheel Loaders; Opens Service Centres 126
Sir Meccanica Service India Offers Portable Machines to Reduce Machine Downtime 127
Plaksa Solutions Revolutionizing Plastering with Italian Mortar Pumps 127
MB Crusher Operating at Great Heights 129
Real Estate
Festive Realty Top Ten Trends to Drive Home Sales 142
News 132
Vol.28,No.5,November 2022
Report
One Year of PM Gati Shakti: Expanding Frontiers 20
Asset Monetization picks pace; Fastag toll collections continue upswing: Motilal Oswal 22
Construction Equipment sales grew 8% YoY in 02 Y 2022-23: ICEMA 28
Excavator Market of India Touching New Heights 30
JCB India
Tata Hitachi
Kobelco
Sany
L&T
Schwing Stetler India
SDLG
Kubota
Escalating Demand for Crushing & Screening Plants 54
Terex MPS
Puzzolana
Sandvik
Propel
Etrack
PROMAN
Torsa
Hailstone
Shakti Mining
Interview
ExxonMobil Lubricants Making Value Developments 80
Deepak Miglani, General Manager - Industrial Lubricants
Manitou: The Multitasking Telehandler 162
Hafeez Khan, Managing Director, Manitou South Asia
Underground Construction & Tunnelling Technology
The Genesis of Underground Engineering 84
Harald Wagner, CEO, DHW Pte.Ltd. Bangkok/Vienna Managing Geological Complexity in BVC and PAC of Tehri PSP, India 92
A. Rakesh Kumar Khali, GR lnfraprojects
TBM Driving Under Low Overburden by Adopting Innovative Methodology: Debasis Barman, Amberg India 120
Tunnel Ventilation - Basic Concepts and Designing Principles: Brijesh Wala, NHIDCL 108
CRCHI Mega Slurry TBM 'Jinghua' Assists the First Tunnel Section Breakthrough of Beijing East Sixth Ring Road Reconstruction Project 136
TERRATEC EPBMs Ready to Tackle Kanpur Metro's 1st Underground Section in India 138
Safety Training at Height
Bridging the Gap: Jason Woods, IPAF Middle East & South Asia Regional Manager 148
Products & Technologies
Geogrid Reinforced Soil Walls: Construction of GTI GX Wall as Dump Wall for Mining 140
Precast: A Stellar Modernization of Construction with Precast in NCR, India 142
M-Sand: NCC Limited partners with COE Asia for Samruddhi Mahamarg Project 150
Bucket Crushing: Recycling Waste in a Few Simple Steps by MB Crusher 152
Asphalt Plants: Apollo lnfratech JV with Parker Plant to offer Power Packed Asphalt Batch Plants 154
Tyre: JK Tyre & Industries - Pioneers of Radial Technology 156
News 165
Vol.28,No.6,December 2022
News
Infra Development 18
Roads & Highways 20
Tunnels & Bridges 22
Metros & Rails 24
Real Estate 28
Ports & Airports 28
Industry News 30
Curtain Raiser
Bauma Conexpo India 2023
Interview
Bhupinder Singh, CEO bauma Conexpo India Realty Trend 2022 34
Dimitrov Krishnan, President,ICEMA & MD, Volvo CE India 40
Satin Sachdeva Founder, CERA 46
Real Estate in Resurgent Mode 52
Rise of Small Cities 56
Robots in Construction
Robots can help Maintain Productivity at a time when fewer
people are pursuing a career in the industry: GlobalData 72
Advanced Road Construction Solutions
Prestressed Precast Concrete Pavement 60
More Efficient Roads with iROADS Asset Management 66
Patel Aggregates LLP commissions CDE Asia's latest Combo X150 plant 70
Building new Mumbai-Pune Expressway with Emission Free Atlas Copco E-Air Compressors 80
Focus
The Bolter Miner: A Technology Revolution for Roadway Development in Underground Coal Mining 76
Predictive Analytics at the heart of Digital Transformation in the Energy Industry 82
Concrete Equipment set to see long-term demand 90
Report
Easing rubber and crude oil prices to support tyre companies' margin recovery in H2 FY2023 88
Company Update
Caterpillar showcases latest range of Mining Technology Solutions at IMME 2022 32
Key Handover Ceremony of first Franna Crane in Delhi by Alpha Services 32
Kobelco brings ultra-high reach Demolition Excavator to Europe 160
Event Report: bauma Germany 2022 102
Wirtgen Group making sustainable road construction tangible 108
Alltech presents asphalt plant UNI BLACK; unveils paver Unisurface 112
CRCHI emerges as provider of total underground engineering
equipment and solutions 114
CDE's latest wet processing & waste recycling solutions 116
Yanmar introduces e-powertrain strategy 116
Keestrack shifts via e-drive to ZERO drive 118
World premiere of Goldhofer FT Series 120
Wacker Neuson Group highlights zero emission, digitization and innovation 122
MB Crusher brings out new Padding Bucket for Loaders & Skid Steers 124
Vita lndustrial's load stabilization technology to increase efficiency and profitability of crane companies 124
Tesmec presents products and solutions under the banner of Digital Transformation 126
New product concept Rototill Control makes a strong impression 128
Liebherr showcases first Flat-Top Crane & Luffing Jib Crane with Fibre Rope Technology 130
Kassbohrer presents Power Bully range of dump trucks 132
Kubota reveals breakthrough in Fuels for entire engine range 134
Kohler presents new road map for a more sustainable future 136
Doka upgrades Framax Xlife plus; 3.00-m height added to next-gen tie system 138
FPT Industrial exhibits full range of Const. Equipment Engines140
Putzmeister showcases innovations in Concrete Equipment 142
Manitowoc's total lifting solutions for serving the infrastructure
alternative energy, and industrial end-markets 146
Comansa presents new Hydraulic Luffing Jib Crane and Crane Mates digital solution for fleet management 146
MTA displays Control Panels & Smart Electric Center for off-highway application 148
Danfoss technology powering new fully electric crawler crane 150
Herrenknecht AG wins bauma Innovation Award 2022 for development of continuous tunnelling 152
PERI presents innovative technologies for Material Efficient Project Management 154
Continental presents loT suite for pits, mines, and construction sites 156
Epiroc presents solutions for smarter working 158
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