Quay Quarter Tower – first ‘upcycled’ skyscraper in the world
The world’s first “upcycled skyscraper,” Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney, Australia, has been named the World Building of the Year 2022 at the World Architecture Festival in Portugal. The transformational architecture was conceptualized and brought to life by Danish architectural…
Nitin Gadkari inaugurates highway projects worth Rs 6,800 crore in Madhya Pradesh
Union minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated highway projects worth Rs 6,800 crore in Orchha, Madhya Pradesh. The 28 national highway projects has a total length of 550 km. Gadkari, the minister for road transport and highways, said that the construction of…
GCDA to launch software based system for rent collection
In a first, Greater Cochin Development Authority (GCDA) will soon launch a software-based system for collecting and managing rents of its shops and building complexes. Rent collection of GCDA has been a mess over these years and according to some of the officials, there…
BMRCL planning Bengaluru metro to Challaghatta
Mass transport connectivity on Nelamangala and Mysuru roads are set to get a boost as metro work for the same is nearing completion. According to a Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) newsletter, the stretch between Manjunath Nagar to Madavara (BIEC) is now 87.81…
India begins work on 135km Ladakh road to link key locations
India has started building a strategic road along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh that will, in the most part, trace the Indus and mirror a blacktop surface link on the Chinese side. The road will plug a vital…
K Raheja Corp & Modern India ink pact to develop 1-million-sq-ft project
K Raheja Corp’s residential development arm K Raheja Corp Homes has entered into an agreement to develop a 1-million-sq-ft luxury housing project spread over 3-acre prime land parcel in South Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi locality. The project will be developed through an agreement for sale…
Anti – Carbonation Coatings advantages and applications
Concrete structures deteriorate with time and deterioration is much faster in extreme environments associated with high humidity, chlorides and CO2 in the atmosphere. Ingress of moistures and deleterious substances such as chloride ions, CO2 and other chemicals take place through the pores…
Over one lakh illegal buildings in Hyderabad sit on tinderbox
Twenty days into the new year and the city has already seen two major accidents pertaining to illegally constructed buildings. The first was the January 7 slab collapse of an under-construction building in Kukatpally, which killed two workers. The latest…
Decide on pending green nod pleas for realty projects in eight weeks
In a major relief to large number of real estate projects stuck for long as the State authority has been deferring pleas for environmental clearance (EC) citing a September 2022 NGT order, Bombay high court on Friday directed State Environment…
Urban development department to probe BUDA scam
District minister said the alleged scam of Belagavi Urban Development Authority(BUDA) in auctioning sites will be probed by the senior officials of the urban development department. Addressing the press conference after hoisting the tricolour at the district stadium here on…