UNDERTAKING 3
APPROVAL 5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 7
ABSTRACT 9
INDEX OF TABLES 12
INDEX OF FIGURES 13
ABBREVIATIONS 14
CHAPTER - 1: INTRODUCTION 15
1.01 BACKGROUND 15
1.02 NEED FOR THE STUDY 15
1.03 SCOPE THE WORK 16
1.04 OBJECTIVES 16
1.05 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 16
1.06 EXPECTED OUTCOME 17
1.07 RESEARCH SCHEDULE 17
CHAPTER - 2: LITERATURE STUDY 19
2.01 REINFORCEMENT FABRICATION PROCESS 19
2.01.01 On-Site Fabrication Process 19
2.01.02 Automated Fabrication Process 20
CHAPTER - 3: DATA COLLECTION 23
3.01 RESEARCH STRATEGY 23
3.01.01 Case Study Selection Criteria 23
3.02 CASE STUDY-1: ELECTROTHERM (INDIA) LTD. 24
3.02.01 Introduction 24
3.02.02 ET Cut & Bend Plant layout 25
3.02.03 Automated Cut and bend process 26
3.02.04 Equipment Details 27
3.02.05 Observations 29
3.02.06 Owning and Operating Cost 30
3.02.07 Rate Analysis 31
3.03 CASE STUDY - 2: SACHI STEEL SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.- TATA TISCON READYBUILD 32
3.03.01 Introduction 32
3.03.02 TMT Cut & Bend Plant layout 33
3.03.03 Automated Cut and bend process 34
3.03.04 Equipment Details 35
3.03.05 Observations 37
3.03.06 Owning and Operating Cost of Equipment 38
3.03.07 Rate analysis 39
3.04 CASE STUDY - 3: SHALIGRAM SQUARE, AHMEDABAD 40
3.04.01 Introduction 40
3.04.02 On-site Reinforcement Yard Layout 40
3.04.03 On-site Reinforcement Fabrication Process 40
3.04.04 Equipment details 41
3.04.05 Observations 42
3.04.06 Owning and operating cost 43
3.04.07 Rate analysis 44
3.05 CASE STUDY - 3: SHAIVAL IMPERIA 45
3.05.01 Introduction 45
3.05.02 On-site Reinforcement Yard Layout 45
3.05.03 Reinforcement fabrication process On-site 46
3.05.04 Equipment Details 46
3.05.05 Observations 47
3.05.06 Owning and operating cost 48
3.05.07 Rate Analysis 49
CHAPTER - 4: ANALYSIS 51
4.01 Comparison 51
4.02 Impact on whole project if cut & bend rebars is used on-site 51
4.03 Inference 52
CHAPTER - 5: CONCLUSION 57
5.01 CONCLUSION 57
5.02 FUTURE SCOPE OF STUDY 58
References 59