TY - BOOK AU - Sharma, P. C. Ed. TI - New Building Materials and Construction World SN - 09730591 CY - New Delhi PB - NBM Media Pvt. Ltd. N1 - Contents Vol.23,No.7,Jan.2018 Project Brief Infra Development 20 Port & Airport 24 Road & Highway 28 Metro & Rail 30 News Companies in Limelight 32 Real Estate 34 Precast Construction Staying SAFE with Precast by Mark Crawford 36 Design Related Advantages for adapting Precast Framing System for the Superstructure by Er. Kapilesh Bhate 46 KEF Infra to Prefabricate KMCH's New College Hospital in Coimbatore 56 Elematic 's great products, reliable serv ice and world reputation persuaded BSBK to switch to precast 60 Interviews Dhirup Roy Chaudhary, HIL 52 Nick Muller Polymer Pavements 206 Concrete Block Wall Minimization of heat ingress using insulated Hollow Concrete Block wall in buildings by Dr. B. M. Suman 68 Report Excon positions India as global CE manufacturing hub 80 JCB Introduces world's first Backhoe Loader AMT & largest Made in India Excavator 82 Epiroc showcases mining and drilling tools 84 Puzzolona showcases 12 new products in mineral processing, concreting, and road construction 88 Caterpillar announces new products for the Indian market 90 CASE unveils Vibratory Tandem Compactor,Pro Series Backhoe Loader, and Only Loader 92 SANY India showcases new technological capabilities 96 Mahindra expands backhoe loaded range 100 Wirtgen presents 5 Indian premieres 102 Kobelco showcases its new Gen-10 series of excavators 102 Tata Hitachi unveilis new backhoe loaded ‘Shinrai’ 104 L&T unveils 3 new machines for Road construction 106 Escorts Construction Equipment unveils India's safest Pick-n-Carry Crane 108 Tadano India To Bank On Higher Product Reliability 110 Atlas Copco w idens offerings for road & infrastructure construction 112 TIL launches new cranes & reach stacker 114 Unipave showcases Sensor Paver Finishers and upcoming Tractor Grader Attachment 116 Liugong India widens product portfolio, presence in road equipment 120 KYB-CONMAT displays 4 new products and upgraded versions 122 BKT's special construction machinery tires demonstrated 124 Eicher enhances customer service with its Think 100% Uptime program 126 ACE focuses on road construction and earthmov ing equipment 128 Construct ion Tools and Machines from Husqvarna 130 Bonfiglioli strengthens R&D capabilities 130 Tata Motors will keep launching new products & services and expanding its global presence on the back of its new-generat ion range 132 Apollo lnffratech displays range of concrete construction equipment 136 Tata Technologies to work on turnkey projects in Off-highway CE business 136 LeeBoy launches largest graders to date and CRDI vers ions of graders and excavators 140 Ajax Fiori Launches series of concreting equipment 142 The New EC200D Excavator joins a host of other Volvo CE machinery 146 Hyundai's SMART techno logical prowess 146 Advanced hoisting solutions from Everest Engineering 148 SDLG launches new wheel loader 148 ExxonMobil™ focuses on high performance products 150 Elgi Equipments ' new trolley mounted diesel-powered compressor 152 Vibrant forays i nto concrete batch mix plants business 154 Thyssenkrupp work ing on value engineering 154 Casagrande showcases advanced technology and innovations in Ground Engineering 156 New aggregate and sand solutions from Proman 160 Sicoma introduces Twin Shaft Mixer MA01125/750 160 Kubota unveils new 3 and 5-ton excavators 160 AVTEC launches 1200 hp Heavy-Duty transm ission for Mining and Oil Field Appl ications 162 Sharp Ply enters construct ion formwork industry 164 Alltech Industries launches European-design Asphalt Batch Mix Plant 164 Mtandt broadens product offerings 166 New & safer hoist ing solutions from Spartan 166 Volvo Penta broadens business horizon 168 Kaushik Unveils Concrete Batching Plant 168 Parijatha launches latest block machine 'Block Star’ 170 Propel ventures into track plants business 172 I-Quippo launches new online platform 172 Columbia Machine Engineering offers Italian Vortex Hydra tile-making machine 174 Laxmi En-Fab showcases tech-rich equipment 180 Attivo signs MoU with Telangana Govt to set up infrastructure equipment manufacturing park 181 Quest Informatics offers advantages of BOT engagement 182 Haulotte's HA 26 RTJ Pro articulated boom keeps pace with productivity and operators demand 184 Parth Rubber Tech presents wide range of track pads 212 Equipment & Machinery NFT expands Potain fleet in Kuwait with high-profile deals 186 Management of Successful & Safe Operation of Suspended Working Platform 188 Liebherr Duty Cycle Crawler Crane Deployed for Port Expans ion in India 190 Skill Development IESC: Transforming the skill landscape by H.S. Mohan 192 Study FE Analysis of Fireworks Work-Room for Blast loading -A Prametric Study by Mr. Jayveersinh Chauhan 196 Road Development Watershed Developments in the highway Ecosystem during 2017 by S.K. Khanna 210 Events CDE organizes customer meet, presents advanced sand washing technologies 78 CERA Shows the Right Way to the Equipment & Cranes Rental Industry Subscription Form 177 Advertisers' Index 178 Vol.23,No.8,Feb.2018 Budget 2018-19 20 A Trail-blazer for road, rail & rural infrastructure 20 Project Brief Infra Development 34 Road & Highway 36 Airport & Port 38 Metro & Rail 38 News Companies in Limelight 40 Real Estate 40 Industry News 42 Elevators & Escalators Manufacturers focus on Expansion, Technology & Service 92 Bird's Eye View KEF Infra One Industrial Park Offsite Manufacturing Unit 104 Events Liugong India's long-term business preparedness 50 PEPSCON 2018 160 Financing Equipment Financing & Leasing-market overview emerging trends, challenges, and way forward 54 Real Estate 66 Real Estate 2018 - Era of RERA, GST and REIT 66 2017: The Year of RERA - What is the present STATE 84 Interviews 44 Jerry Andersson, Epiroc Mining India 44 B R Viswanatha, Mining & construction, BEML 62 Sandeep Chaudhry, SNP ConRepair 138 Hicham Abel, BASF Construction Chemicals 144 Equipment & Machinery KYB-Conmat's high-tech equipment has led to greater efficiency in road construction 88 Potain launches its first hydraulic topless lulling jib crane 114 CB Construction calls in Potain for Malaysia’s largest mail 116 Atlas Copco's HiLight V5+ wins best design award for India's most eco-friendly light tower 118 Rural Road Stabilization Smart Materials for Rural Roads - SoilTech Mk. IlI Polymer Stabilizers 120 Repair & Rehabilitation Concrete Repair: Principles from EN 1504 and Practical Considerations by Sunny Suralker 126 Repair & Rehabilitation: STP Ltd by Hassan Rizvi 140 Repair & Rehabilitation to improve lifespan of buildings by Dr.Sanjay Bahadur 150 Long lasting waterproofing solution with Epoxy and PU 142 Anchors' Seismic Design Seismic Design Concept for Non-Structural Connections using Post-installed Anchors by Kamalika Kundu Subscription form 129 Advertiser’s index 130 Vol.23,No.9,Mar.2018 Project Brief Infra Development 20 Road & Highway 22 Metro & Rail 24 Airport & Port 28 News Real Estate 30 Companies in Limelight 32 Events 36 Road Const. Eqpt. Road Equipment Manufacturers Strengthen Service & Support 38 Components Component Manufacturing : Winning OEMs 60 Elesa+Ganter Launches New Column Level lndicators 72 Transmission Solutions AVTEC The Off-highway Transmissions Expert 68 Interviews Shefali Saxena Louis Berger 84 Pinaki Niyogi TIL Limited 88 Bhupinder Singh bauma CONEXPO India 98 Plant Visit Elgi equipments : leaving no room to evaluate competitors 94 Flexible pavement Emerging methodologies & technologies for construction of flexible pavement by M.N. Nagabhushana 74 Concrete Road Influence of surface scaling on the performance of cement concrete roads by Dr. Rakesh Kumar 102 Insight Why do many roads constructed in India fail prematurely by Prof. Prithvi Singh Kandhal 112 Bridges World’s most amazing bridges 116 Precast Singapore promotes precast concrete elements 120 Crane Kriger construction finds new grove GRT8100 ideal for bridge work 133 Study-Concrete Strength Non-destructive testing for determining the strength of concrete by Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Verma 134 Case study Insitu investigation of cinder mound for building construction by A. K. Sinha 144 Subscription form 129 Advertisers Index 130 Vol.23,No.10,April 2018 Project Brief Infra Development 20 Road & Highway 22 Bridge & Tunnel 28 Metro & Rail 30 Ports 39 News Industry News 32 Real Estate 36 Companies in Limelight 38 Crushing & Screening Leveraging productivity – a report 40 Optimization with TEREX warrior screens 52 MB Crusher consolidates position in India 56 Bhajjanka Ispat – innovation & customization for aggregates & sand washing plants 58 Keestrack strengthens India plans : sets up subsidiary in Delhi 60 Vertical Const. Equipment Vertical construction Equipment manufactures meeting demand effectively 62 High-rise construction 2017 sets records for geographical diversity, number and height skyscrapers by Daniel Safanik 82 Composite Construction Unpacking composite construction : global trends by Terri Meyer Boake 98 Elevator KONE India launches new elevators for the mid-range segment 110 Case study-Scaffolding Zaha Hadid’s dunes for the desert in UAE’s eastern district 114 SNP : waterproofing challenges in high-rise and suggested remedial measures 124 STP Ltd : waterproofing & construction chemicals 128 Techny Chemy : waterproofing methods 132 Fosroc chemicals Pvt. Ltd. : solution for podium slab waterproofing 136 BASF India Ltd : making wet areas watertight 140 Atul Ltd. Epoxy and PU offer long-lasting waterproofing solutions 146 Road – Soil Stabillizer Faster & better road construction is possible 142 Event Reports bauma CONEXPO Africa attracts over 50 exhibitions from India 147 The 6th edition of concrete show India to catalyse the bullish construction & infra market 148 Equipment & Machinery Potain 270LVF 100 frequency-controlled winch is biggest ever from Manitowoc 150 Linden comansa’s CUBE cab for tower crane wins prestigious award 152 Subscription form 121 Advertisers Index 122 Vol.23,No.11,May 2018 Project Brief Infra Development 20 Road & Highway 22 Metro & Rail 32 Tunnel & Bridge 34 News Real Estate 36 Equipment News 42 Report Backhoe Loaders- Enhancing Productivity withMore Features Tunnel Const. Tunnelling Through the Ages 68 Events Ammann Apollo Technology Holds Global Meet 48 Wirtgen Group Showcases Specialized Solutions for Road Construction during Road Technology Days 52 Interviews Jan Petzold & Rajeshwar Singh, GHH 78 Manoj Garg Herrenknecht India 84 Kshitish V Nadgauda Louis Berger 96 Sandeep Chaudhary & Dixit Bajaj, Waterproofers Association of India (WAI) 122 Faizal E Kottikollon KEF Infra 104 Nandish Surelia Maxmech 139 Policy Research RERA: Law of the Land? By Dr. Samantak Das 90 Precast Tecnocom of Progress Group Supplies Mould System for the Longest Road Bridge in Colombia 112 Elematic Helps B. G. Shirke Execute Mass Projects 116 PEB Tata BlueScope Steel PEB Solutions for Boeing -TATA Aerospace Facility in Hyderabad 126 Seismic Retrofitting Seismic Vulnerability Assessment and Strengthening of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings by Dr. Rajeev Goel 140 Equipment & Machinery KYB Conmat Stationary Concrete Batching plant Ensuring High Quality Construction of 700-ft High Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir at Mathura in UP 130 Manitowoc releases free diagnostic mobile app to increase crane uptime for customers 132 New Age Construction Equipment Innovates with round Shaped Suspended Platform for Client in Tamil Nadu 133 Volvo's premier service package for its EC480DL delivers 90% uptime in a Dhanbad mine run by Hilltop Hirise 134 Study An Experimental Investigation on Utilizations of marble Dust as Partial Replacement of Cement in Concrete by Gurucharan Singh 151 Subscription Form 137 Advertisers' Index 138 Vol.23,No.12,June 2018 Project Brief Infra Development 20 Road & Highway 20 Metro & Rail 28 Tunnel & Bridge 30 Aviation 32 News Real Estate 32 Companies in Limelight 34 Insight Bharatmala to Boost Real Estate Activity by Pradeep Misra 38 Case Study : The Fast Lane to Growth - Louis Berger's Work on the Vijayawada-Chilakaluripet Highway Resulted in a Thoroughfare to Meet India's Booming Development. 42 BHAI Concrete Batch Mix Plant Working at Asia's Largest Logistics Waste-water Treatment Plant 96 Apollo ValueTec Plant Gives Competitive Edge to Rana Builders 104 Report : Motor Graders: Manufacturers With Business Dexterity 50 Future Technology : The New 'Information Superhighway' by Shari Held 56 Precast Bridge : Banking on Precast by Mark Crawford 64 Soil Stabilizer SoiiTech: Road Engineering , Design & construction 72 Logistics FTWZs Transforming India's business canvas lndranil Dasgupta, Attivo Economic Zones 76 New Launch Macons lndigenizing Yet Another New Product­ Aerial Work Platforms 80 Equipment & Machinery JCB India Expands Compaction Range 106 106Escorts Construction Ties Up with Doosan lnfracore of Korea; Strengthens Product Portfolio 108 Linden Comansa at the Top of Bangkok 112 Products & Technology New age products in demand for durability performance and efficiency 114 Report-Internet 2018 China: Leading Machinery production & service 120 Manufacturers Showcasing innovation & Technical Know-How 132 Manitowoc 134 Liebherr 136 Keestrack 138 MB Crusher 139 Haulotte 140 Goldhofer 142 Wirtgen 144 Wacker Neuson 146 Volvo 147 Kubota 148 Maeda 148 Events Excon Awarded 'Top 828 Exhibition in India 116 National Roads and Highways summit-2018 150 Tyre Community Converging at Tyrexpo, New Delhi 152 WorldBuild India 2018 Ends on a high note 154 Concrete Show India Draws and August Gathering 156 CERA Calls for Building Strong relationship between Equipment Rental Industry, manufactures and financers 158 Vol.24,No.1,July 2018 Project Brief Infra Development 20 Road & Highway 20 Metro & Rail 24 Port & Airport 28 Bridge & Tunnel 29 News Industry News 29 Companies in Limelight 34 Real Estate 36 Regulatory Reforms Infrastructure Creation in India­ The Next Generation of Reforms 38 Diversifying for Growth : In a move to broaden their market presence, many leading companies are entering into the other Infrastructure sectors, which is currently the prime focus of the government 42 Anju Chaudhary Stone Crushers Partner with thyssenkrupp for Efficient Aggregat e crushing solutions 106 PEBs COLORBONO® Steel - Changing the face of Infrastructure Landscape in India 138 Equipment & Machinery Atlas Copco's Portable Air Compressor delivers assured Performance at Navi Mumbai Inti' Airport 88 Ram Kumar Contractor Selects BHAI concrete batching Plant for Improvement of Dhaula Kuan airport corridor Project Assigned by NHAI 110 Ammann Asphalt-Mixing Plant- Turning waste into profit 114 Interviews Dr. A.K .Mittal NBCC 52 Satish Parakh Ashoka Buildcon 58 S.V Patel Sadbhav Engineering 64 K. J. Reddy KNR Construction 70 Parveen Jain Tulip lnfratech 76 Topor Basu Keestrack 102 Shivraj Kundu KCC Buildcon 90 Ajay Mandahr ECE 94 Piero Guizzetti MB India 130 Rishi Sanghvi, Sanghvi Movers Sanghvi Movers Constantly Adding Hi-tech Equipment to its Fleet Rishi Sanghvi, the second-generation promoter of crane rental company Sanghvi Movers Limited, reveals the company's growth strategy and why they decided to include the JCB Loadall in their fleet, during an interview with Maria R.82 L&T uses Potain Cranes of Manitowoc to Build 182-m Statue of Unity in Gujarat 120 HAULOTTE Telehandlers : Lifting Stronger & Higher 122 Ammann Compactors Achieve High Productivity 126 Everest Engineering Foremost Provider of Tower Cranes 128 Getzner Mitigates Vibration of Deep-seated Foundations in Heavy Industrial Plants 124 PERl India: Proving its Mettle Time & Again 136 Layher Protect System for Temporary Dustproof Wall 180 Smart cities Planning & Implementation by Harish Sharma 144 Case Study Making of a Green Data Centre by Mamta Rawat 150 Indira Paryavaran Bhawan- First On-site zero Net Energy Building of India by K. M. Soni 168 Technology, Automation & Robotics Driving the Future of Industrial & Logistics zones by Indranil Dasgupta 156 Lightweight Concrete Methodology Low-Cost House Casting Technology 160 Study Comparative Study of Concrete Mix Design using IS and ACI Methods With and Without super-plasticizer by Pratibha Aggrawal 186 Events International Fair on Architecture, Building materials, Construction, Engineering & Machinery 200 ASEAN Construction Industry to Meet in Sept.2018 202 Subscription Form 175 Advertiser’s Index 176 Vol.24,No.2,August 2018 Project Brief Infra Development 20 Road & Highway 22 Metro & Rail 28 Port & Airport 29 Bridge & Tunnel 29 News Industry News 30 companies in Limelight 30 Real Estate 32 Equipment News 34 Airport India's Booming Aviation Sector Will Boost CE Industry With India's aviation market expanding at a fast pace, plans are afoot to increase the number of airports which will open up huge business opportunities for the construction sector 38 Resurrecting Real Estate Company Heads of Hiranandani Group , Supertech Limited, Transcon Developers, Spenta Corporation, and Aparna Constructions, disclose the impact of the Government policies and regulatory changes on their business, their commitment to comply with the regulatory changes, and their anticipation of a resurgence in residential, real estate, retail, logistics and warehousing retail sectors, all of which bodes well for the Construction Equipment industry 44 Metro Meeting the Urban Transport Challenges 58 Reports Wheel Loaders: Seeing Stronger Demand 64 Tipper Trucks: More stable, lighter and productive 76 Interviews Nitin Lall Atlas Copco India 86 Rakesh Verma Simon India 92 T. P. Prakasan Sterling & Wilson 100 Antonio Strafallaci O.L.C.I. Engineering 146 Equipment & Machinery AVTEC: Customers want feature-rich products and genuine innovation in Wheel Loaders and Tippers 74 Terex washing systems bring latest technological advancements 106 Ammann Introduces Apollo ValueTec Asphalt Plants 110 Hitachi Construction Machinery Announces New EX-7 Series Mining Excavators 112 KYB-Conmat: Raising the Benchmark 114 Tarun Construction reposes faith in BHAI's batching plants for all construction work in Cement and Power sector 120 Doosan's Portable Compresso and Light Towers 124 Manitowoc scales up productivity in Asia with new tower crane factory in India 126 New Age Construction: Role of Customized Suspended Platforms in Vertical Transport Solutions 128 Alpha Services : Looking at Strategic partnerships 132 Kaushik ramping up manufacturing capacity for producing higher capacity plants 138 SoiiTechMk. Ill designed roads reduce construction time and costs 140 HPC : Aesthetical Integration in High for Infra Construction for infra construction by Ar.Nilesh Gandhi 142 Cable Car : Aerial Rope Transit (Cable Car) for public transport by Pawan Kumar 150 Railways : Urgent Course Correction Imperative for Indian Railways by Raghu Dayal 156 Seismic-Resistant Design : Importance of Cold-Formed Steel in Seismic-Resistant Design of Structures by N.Munirudrappa 162 Events Roads & Highways Summit 2018 : PIayers upbeat over exemplary performance of Highway sector 170 Bangladesh Buildcon: 4th Edition of Inti' Tradeshow on Building & Construction, Green Architecture & Woodworking concludes successfully in Dhaka 174 Subscription Form 135 Advertisers' Index 136 Vol.24,No.3,September 2018 Project Brief Infra Development 20 Road & Highway 20 Metro & Rail 24 Bridge & Tunnel 28 Airport 28 News Industries 30 Companies in Limelight 32 Real Estate 34 Equipment 36 A Tribute to (Late) Raja n Nanda, CMD, Escorts Limited 38 Escorts & Tadano Sign JV to Manufacture Higher Capacity Mobile Cranes in India 39 Manitou Equipment India Launches 1700R Skid Steer Loader 40 Interviews Mahendra K. Agarwal G R lnfraprojects 42 Dheeraj Panda Sany India 48 Asphalt Batch Mix Plants Modifications & Upgradations for Better Output 52 Equipment & Machinery Volvo EC210Ds Save Costs forTrans-Sumatra Highway Project 72 Roads & Bridges Durable and Economical Technology for Bituminous Surfacing of Rural Roads by Prof. Prithvi Singh Kandhal 74 Pervious Concrete Technology-Sustainable Solution to Mitigate Waterlogging and Flashfloods in Urban Conglomerates by Krishna Prapooma Billgiri 86 Geocells For Pavement Reinforcement by Shahrokh Bagli 98 Experimental Study on Tunnel Excavation Muck for Road Construction by U. K. Guruvittal 100 Performance Management for Durable Pavements by Sohail Nazarian 108 Long-life Pavements - European & American Perspectives by Prof. Laszlo Gaspar 122 Advantages of Precast Concrete in Constructing Highways & Bridges by Radan Tomek 136 Innovation in Bridges - Components and Materials by Dr. N. Subramanian 142 Road Sealant What Makes 'AsphaiTech' Road Seals a Smart Material 140 Mining Compressor Doosan Portable Mining Compressors Deliver Optimum Performance 164 Material Handling Potain Cranes Lead Construction on Vietnam's Tallest Building 160 New Age's Mini Lift: An Economic Choice for Material Lifting 168 Subscription Form 129 Advertiser’s Index 130 Vol.24,No.4,October 2018 Reports New Launches Caterpillar Launches Next Gen 20-ton Excavators 68 Komatsu and L&T Launch PC300LC-8MO & PC350LC-8MO Excavators 72 Terex India Celebrates Open Day, Launches TWS FM120 Conexus Washing System 74 Epiroc Launches Minetruck 436B for Mining and Construction Operations 84 Escorts Launches Autonomous Farming Solutions at Esclusive 2018 88 Excavators On a Bull Run 48 M-Sand: The Best Alternative 92 Combo X150- The Newest High-tech invention 90 Tire BKT to set up Greenfield Projects in USA and Waluj and New Line in Bhuj 42 Transit System Transit Oriented Development Challenges and Proposed Regulatory Framework by Vishnu P. Sudarsan & Tanvi Trivedi 120 DMRC- Ashram Metro Station-An engineering Masterpiece by Anuj Dayal 130 lntermodality & Last Mile Connectivity creating Smart Walkable Spaces by Ar. Gurpreet Shah 136 Interviews Ranjit Patil, M.T. Patil Builders & Contractors 102 T Chandra Sekhar Aparna Enterprises 106 Radhika Markan India Chapter of ACI 112 A;K. Bal, Viraj Projects 144 Case Study Atlas Copco Portable Air Compressors Deployed at Metro Project Near the Famous Siddhivinayak Temple Contributes to Ease Traffic Woes in Mumbai 126 Equipment & Machinery NSC Projects Orders BHAI Batching Plants for Jaipur, Ratnagiri and Tirupati Balaji projects 44 Ajax Fiori: Providing Total Concreting Solution 80 Indonesian Developer PT Modernland Opens German-made Precast Concrete Factory 116 Potain MCH 125 Debuts in Thailand 150 BHAI Pumpcrete Appoints IRTA Construction & Mining Equipments as Authorized Distributor for Chhattisgarh 166 Polymer Liners Kaveri's Latest Offering for Tippers 170 Road Rehabilitation Rehabilitation of Overstressed Rigid Pavements by M.D.Apte 168 Events Close to 200 Customers Attend Meet organized by Case Construction Equipment 76 Gujarat Dy. Chief Minister Nitin Patel inaugurates new Production Facility of Apollo lnffratech's newly formed ApolloZenith Concrete Technolo gies 78 ASEAN INTERMAT 2018 171 VDMA to Enhance Manufacturing, Distribution and Standardization in Products with 'lndustrie 4.0’ 172 Swedish Group Atlas Copco has been making in India for 60 Years 174 CERA Pledges Greater Standardization of CE Rental Industry 175 Modernity in planning & construction BHAI Pumpcrete Appoints IRTA Construction & Mining 156 National Institute of Securities Markets- A new Approach of Modernity in Planning & construction by KM Soni 156 Subscription Form 153 Advertisers' Index 154 Vol.24,No.5,November 2018 Project Brief Infra Development 22 Road & Highway 204 Metro & Rail 30 Bridge & Tunnel 32 Airport 34 News Real Estate 36 Companies in Limelight 40 Industries 42 Equipment 44 lnterivews Bhupinder Singh bauma CONEXPO India 46 Mahathi Parashuram Grundfos Asia Pacific Region 130 Pavers & Compactors Road Surfacing -Advancements in Road Surfaces 64 Concrete Batch Mix Plants Manufacturers drive Product Innovation 82 TBM CREG - TBM Behemoth 154 Tunneling to Prosperity India's Infra development across sectors is seeing growing demand for innovative tunneling solutions, equipment and technologies 138 Kishanganga Hydro Power project A New Power House 150 Material Handling Four more Grove GMK41OOL cranes for Indonesian dealer 104 Rope Suspended Platforms- the best solution for external works at heights 106 COMANSA to launch 2 new luffing-jib cranes at bauma China 248 Events CASE inaugurates first company-owned showroom in India 94 Hitachi Koki (re-branded HiKOKI) announces aggressive business plans for India 96 Volvo Trucks launches new trucks with world-class features 100 Bonfiglioli sets up new facility in Chennai 102 CICEE- The China (Changsha) International Construction Equipment Exhibition May 15- 18, 2019 232 Products & Technologies ELGi launches oil-free air-compressor range 44 BKT AGRIMAX Tires fitted onto Escorts' first driverless Tractor 114 Kubota to sell engines in India through KAI 116 ExxonMobil: Importance of regimented relubrication program 118 GS Caltex: Fully integrated oil company 120 SGO's next-gen products improve productivity 124 Polymer Liners: Kaveri's latest offering for tippers 126 New Atlas Copco ZT 90-160 air compressor comes with more energy-efficient compressor elements and improved monitoring system 128 Precast Earthquake-Proof Construction - New house constructed from precast concrete elements withstands even the millennium earthquake 108 Elevated Corridors for Metro & Road connectivity by Vijay Gupta 176 The 3D Monolithic Volumetric Precast by S.J.Vijay 202 Concrete Construction Green, Sustainable Construction : Solutions for Affordable Housing by Samir Surlaker 212 Life-Cycle Management of Concrete Structures by Hiroshi Yokota 222 Subscription Form 225 Advertisers' Index 226 Vol.24,No.6,December 2018 Indian CE Industry Seeing Unprecedented Growth & lntelligentization 24 Preview- bauma CONEXPO INDIA 2018 36 Voice of Industry Vipin Sondhi, JCB India 38 Jasmeet Singh, JCB India 44 Sandeep Singh, Tata Hitachi 46 Arvind K. Garg, Larsen & Toubro 54 Vikram Sharma, Kobelco India 58 Abhijeet Pai, Puzzolana 62 Jaideep Shekhar, TEREX MPS 66 Ajay Mandahr, ECE 72 Deepak Garg, SANY India 78 Sorab Agarwal, ACE 84 Ajay Aneja, CASE Construction 88 Hafeez Khan, Manitou South Asia 94 Nischal Mehrotra, LiuGong India 98 Ramesh Palagiri, Wirtgeh India 102 Vinod Aggarwal, Dinakar B, Volvo Truck India 108 Dimitrov Krishnan, Volvo CE India 114 Rajiv Poddar ,BKT 120 Nitin Lall, Atlas Copco India 122 P Royston, Epiroc Mining India 126 Sunil Sapru, Ammann India 132 Swapan Das, Topor Basu, Keestrack 134 Mitul A. Patel, Apollo lnffratech 142 Tushar Mehendale, ElectroMech India 146 Dharmesh Surelia, Macons Equipments 150 Sailaj Verma, KYB Conmat 156 N Ramachandran , Doosan Compressors 160 Anup Nair, Hyundai India 166 Joakim Frisk, Husqvarna 168 Souma Ray, Haulotte India 172 Wilfried Theissen , Putzmeister India 178 Raj Shrivastav, TIL 182 Tomoaki Moro, Dattatraya Joshi and Takeo Tamagawa, HiKOKl 184 Jayanta Ray, GS Caltex India 194 lmtiaz Ahmed, ExxonMobil™ Lubricants 198 Manish Arora, Mahindra Construction Equipment 204 Anoop Jena, Bhai Pumpcrete 208 Munish Taneja, lndiaBulls Store One 210 Jayesh Vadukiya, New Age Canst. Eqpt. 214 Saumil Shah, Kaushik Engineering Works 216 Prashanth Kumar, Sicoma Mixers India 220 Stefano Scapin and Mitesh Chitkara, COBO 222 Kranthi Kumar Ravuri, Vibrant Canst. Eqpt. 228 R S Raghavan, PROMAN 230 Thampan K S, Sunbeam Infra 234 Surat Mehta, SDLG 238 Randhir Venugopal, Dillinger 240 Manoj Pillai, Forest Press Machines 242 . Sanjay Khanna, Mtandt Rentals 246 Paras Kumar, Sharp Ply (India) 250 Rakesh Raina, Casagrande India 252 Ajay Varma , Marsman India 254 Shashank Agarwa l, Speedcrafts Ltd. 256 Ramesh Babbar, Columbia Machine 258 Vinesh Bhatia, Burner India 260 Ronak Surelia, Surelia Engineers 261 Paresh Patel, Alltech Industries 262 Pankaj Gupta, JLG India 270 Vishal Surelia, Unipave Engineering 271 Gurvinder Singh, VMT Industries 272 Samay Mehta, Mehta Earthmovers 274 Keshab Chopra, DOKA 278 Rambabu Cherevu, CMAC 280 Tejas Patel, Venus Equipment 282 Ashok Mandai, AB Infra Solution 284 Ritesh Prajapati, FAB India 286 Subhasis Das, Sandvik 287 Vikas Mittal, NOVA Formwork 288 Tim Andrews, Arrow Machinery 290 Meghraj Singh, Rentease 291 Taran Sethi, Zeal International 292 Kapil Bhati, Robbins India 294 Piero Guizzetti, MB India 296 Satin Sachdeva, CERA 298 Mithilesh Kumar, Layher Scaffolding Systems 310 Devendra Kumar Vyas, Srei Eqpt. Finance Ltd. 324 Kiran Pandya, Capious Roadtech 328 Hitesh Patel, Laxmi EnFab 330 Rajendra Nagapurkar , ATG Tire 331 Jitendra Jain, Indus Rock Tool 332 M-Sand To wash or not to wash? That really should not be the question- CDE Asia 186 Disruptive Innovation in M-Sand Manufacturing Plants by Propel 196 Shotcreting GHH adds Shotcreting Machine to its Tunneling Equipment Solutions 302 Cranes Liebherr MK series of 2-in-1 Mobile Construction Crane 303 New 21 LC1050 from COMANSA 304 JJC & Dragados chooses 4 Potain cranes to build new police hospital in Peru 308 Truck & Trailer Sinotruk Heavy-Duty Trucks Improving Mining Operations 264 Rainer Auerbacher, Member of Goldhofer Board & Head of Transport Technology 314 Precast Indonesian Property Developer Sets New Construction Standards - New Precast Plant From EBAWE 316 Engine Engines: Manufacturers Take Innovations to Newer Highs 320 Subscription Form 267 Advertisers' Index 268 ER -