Demand for Grade-A Warehousing surges to 163 msf; supply lags behind by 1.4 times

Demand for Grade-A Warehousing surges to 163 msf; supply lags behind by 1.4 times

According to a joint report by CREDAI and CRE Matrix, the warehousing sector has garnered much interest among industry stakeholders due to its rapid evolution. The segment has witnessed immense sectoral demand, outgrowing supply by 1.4 times

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Massive demand for Grade A warehousing in Tier 2 & 3 cities

Massive demand for Grade A warehousing in Tier 2 & 3 cities

A joint report by US-based Binswanger Commercial Real Estate Services and the ANAROCK group has emphasized the high-intensity focus on making India a global manufacturing hub, which has led to the rapid expansion of warehousing clusters beyond the top

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Invest Wisely in Storage

Invest Wisely in Storage

Choosing the right storage solution is a strategic decision that can impact your business's efficiency, reputation, and bottom line. Prioritize safety, timeliness, tech-enabled solutions, and added services, think long-term, and consider your business's growth potential

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eTRANS expands reach with RANET4U acquisition

eTRANS expands reach with RANET4U acquisition

eTrans Solutions, a leading e-logistics and fleet management company, has acquired Bengaluru-based Telematics and IoT company, Ranet4u, previously a subsidiary of Rane Holdings. Ranet4u is now a part of eTrans and is renamed eTrans t4u. “The combined

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Evaluating Lateral Bracing Code Requirements for Large Diameter Foundations

Evaluating Lateral Bracing Code Requirements for Large Diameter Foundations

In the design of deep foundations for a structure, a single deep foundation element (structural pile) may be used to support a building column. The most common element used in such cases is a drilled shaft (also called a drilled pier, caisson or bored pile

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Bringing Positive Change Through A Professional Approach

Bringing Positive Change Through A Professional Approach

As a civil engineer with firsthand experience, I have witnessed projects being awarded based on low bid and personal connections, rather than professional expertise. It is disheartening to see deserving agencies and professionals who have invested their time

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Why Construction Industry Needs to Raise the Salary Bar of Civil Engineers

Why Construction Industry Needs to Raise the Salary Bar of Civil Engineers

C.A. Prasad, President, PSI Hyderabad, and Director, Metey Engineering & Consultancy, presents the basic core fields of engineering viz. Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical, and gives reasons why there is hardly any demand in colleges for these fields of study by

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Making Dreams Come True Contributing to Country’s Development

Making Dreams Come True Contributing to Country’s Development

Mitul Patel Managing Director, Apollo Inffratech Group began his professional journey when he was in his early 20s to become the youngest entrepreneur in the construction equipment industry of India. After finishing his B.E. in Electronics from the Pennsylvania

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Modern Corporate Office with Sustainable Design

Modern Corporate Office with Sustainable Design

Satin Creditcare Corporate office in Gurugram, Haryana, is a zero-energy building due to features like highly efficient HVAC systems, water recycling, daylight harnessing, and low energy task lighting. The building consists of two basements + Stilt + 8F structure

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Need For Construction Safety Measures in Modern Day Constructions

Need For Construction Safety Measures in Modern Day Constructions

The various accident causation models outline the importance and need for scientific preventive methods. An accident is caused by a combination of a series of factors and gives sufficient warning signals before one actually occurs. Workers and people

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Cement, Steel, Paint Companies on Expansion Overdrive

Cement, Steel, Paint Companies on Expansion Overdrive

Riding on the strong demand from infrastructure, construction, and housing sectors, building material companies like cement, steel, and paints, are charting fast-faced expansion plans, especially as the pre-election year of 2023 is seeing higher fund

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Nurturing Future Leaders of Indian Construction Industry

Nurturing Future Leaders of Indian Construction Industry

There is a big gap in meeting industry demand through formal skill training programs for construction workmen and practical training for students pursuing engineering courses. This status quo can be changed by replicating successful global models

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Uncovering the Hidden Profit for EPC Companies

Uncovering the Hidden Profit for EPC Companies

Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) companies engaged in development of power infrastructure networks, very often find that their realized margin at the end of a project is significantly lower than the budgeted margin envisaged

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Engineering Design Consultancy Fees

Engineering Design Consultancy Fees

Vivek G. Abhyankar, Structural Engineer, elaborates on the various aspects of Engineering Design Consultancy Fees, the agreements, do’s and don’ts, Indian as well as foreign consultancy practices, along with case studies, for the benefit of

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How to Save Construction Cost

How to Save Construction Cost

If the homebuilding exercise is carried out with proper planning and smart execution, it would lead to a significant reduction in cost. Nidhi Aggarwal, Founder, SpaceMantra, offers 7 tips to save costs while constructing a house.

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Bhavan Domes Technology

Bhavan Domes Technology

This Innovative and economical Construction System of Geodesic Domes minimizes the geometrical complexities of construction and engineering difficulties. N G Bhagavan, Retired Scientist, Center for Innovative Building Technologies (CIBTech)

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C-PC Polymer Composites Based Civil & Structural Engineering Applications

C-PC Polymer Composites Based Civil & Structural Engineering Applications

The construction industry is always evolving with new techniques and methodologies. With the global industrial communities setting their sustainability goals for a better future, any new trends and technological advancements appearing within the construction

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Safety, Ownership & Leadership in Industrial Workplaces

Safety, Ownership & Leadership in Industrial Workplaces

The Workshop on creating Ownership of Safety and Safety Leadership for safety culture transformation is designed to address the ‘ought to be’ and ‘ought not to be’ factors associated with the promotion and improvement of safety performance

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Professional Engineer Certification Practices in India vis-à-vis USA

Professional Engineer Certification Practices in India vis-à-vis USA

G. Venkata Prasad, Director of Operations, Deep Foundations of India, & Dr. Putcha Sastry, Vice President, Smart Structures, Florida, USA, compare a Professional Engineer’s practices in India with that in the USA, and highlight

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Accident Or Accidental

Accident Or Accidental

Should one set safety priorities by Choice or by Chance? In my opinion, fatalities ought to be classified as ‘by chance’ which can be controlled or contained by proactive planning. On the other hand, safety cannot happen by accident

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Building Bridges: Shaping the Future

Building Bridges: Shaping the Future

‘Building Bridges’ is a technical book that reads like a novel, and acts like a reference point and a guide, with its systematic compilation of information on bridges across India. It presents the world’s first fully digitalized bridge

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Earthquake-Resistant Construction

Earthquake-Resistant Construction

It is now an accepted fact that all the countries on the earth are liable to earthquakes. Lands can only be grouped into 5 zones (Zone I where the event is active at its highest to Zone V where it is the least active) depending upon the frequency

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EPS Geofoam Blocks for Light Weight Steps

EPS Geofoam Blocks for Light Weight Steps

Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Geofoam blocks are normally used with soil in the applications of slope utilization, lateral load reduction in retaining structures, and buried utility protection etc. In buildings, the blocks can be used in stairs

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Smart, Automated Car Parking System

Smart, Automated Car Parking System

Despite the fact that in the last few decades India’s Automobile sector grew at an unprecedented pace, the Indian mobility system has turned a blind eye to the critical issue of automotive parking systems.

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Planting Trees Precautions and Care

Planting Trees Precautions and Care

Trees form an integral part of our ecological system and are a god-given gift to humanity. Trees or plants can’t move but still are the most dynamic and self-dependent systems. Often civil engineers learn about concrete

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Retrofitting RCC Grid by Jacketing

Retrofitting RCC Grid by Jacketing

Retrofitting of RCC structural members is carried out to regain the strength of deteriorated structural concrete elements and to prevent further distress in concrete. This case study gives a quick and easy reference on the effective

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Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) of Flat Slab Structures

Incremental Dynamic Analysis (IDA) of Flat Slab Structures

A new methodology is essential to understand the response of structure when subjected to nonlinear dynamic loadings like earthquake, tsunami, hurricanes etc. Incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) is the powerful tool which will enable

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Intelligent Fire Alarm Systems for New Age Smart Buildings

Intelligent Fire Alarm Systems for New Age Smart Buildings

Fire alarm systems are only effective if they can generate reliable and fast fire alerts with exact location of fire. There is a direct correlation between the amount of damage caused by fire and interventions

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Future of Thermal Power Plants

Future of Thermal Power Plants

In India, the major source of power generation is thermal energy. Over 65% of electric power is made by thermal plants in India. The country has a huge store of coal (about 170 billion tons) – the fifth largest in the world

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Future of Thermal Power Plants

Future of Thermal Power Plants

In India, the major source of power generation is thermal energy. Over 65% of electric power is made by thermal plants in India. The country has a huge store of coal (about 170 billion tons) – the fifth largest in the world

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