Building construction
After much discussion of redevelopment of government flats in Delhi’s Moti Bagh, the public sector company, National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) is focusing to rebuild at least three government housing projects worth Rs 5,000-6,000 crore in other parts of the country. The company is also searching the chances to expand its market in Africa and [...] Continue Reading »
As per a new construction technology, panels made of gypsum reinforced with glass fibre can be used as load-bearing walls replacing brick in a multi-storied building. They can also be used as floor/roof in place of reinforced cement concrete (RCC) slab and these slabs are earthquake resistant too. Rapidwall Building Systems, Australia, has developed a [...] Continue Reading »
Delhi-NCR: Owing to abrupt increase in brick rates, pricing of houses are likely to increase. It is time for those who are planning to buy their dream homes to rethink on the decision. The price of thousand bricks has increased to Rs 6,200 from Rs 3,600, which is double the previous rate. The rise in [...] Continue Reading »
The Delhi High Court has allowed the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) to ‘implement’ their decision to remove the illegal construction at the site in Subhash Park. ASI has asked the civic agency to immediately remove unauthorized construction from public land in a letter, failing which the heritage body [...] Continue Reading »
In the recent 2012 annual budget, Rs 20,231.04 lakh was approved to Varanasi Development Authority (VDA). With the follow up of this, the vice chairman of VDA RP Goswami declared saying that Rs 17 crore aide will be given by state government for selling plots and buildings. Also, during the year 2011 VDA had planned [...] Continue Reading »
The debt list of the builders is pretty huge! With a drastic slowdown in the realty sector sales for past over a year, building construction, sale had been paused by 70 percent! Now, its high time that the unsold flats and apartments need to be pushed! The only aim of real estate companies across India [...] Continue Reading »
A four-storeyed building near Uttam Nagar Metro Station collapsed in west Delhi recently. It has been learnt that three people have been killed and around four persons were rescued in the building collapse. One of the senior police who reported to the incident immediately said that the families were surviving in one part of building [...] Continue Reading »
Its been a fortnight since Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has stopped construction of civic works in Bangalore. BBMP projects in the city have been badly affected with the strikes upheld by the truckers in the city. The sand lorry owners in the state stayed away from work, meanwhile BBMP continued its works with the [...] Continue Reading »
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is on a high alert and are busy on the thorough check over the prevalence of unauthorized buildings in Hyderabad. Commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu reported over the same issue saying that they are ahead to stop spread of unauthorized buildings that are still under construction. He also said that there [...] Continue Reading »
