The UDAAN Art Festival got off to a rollicking start on 21 March 2014 at the Airports Authority of India Officers Institute (AAIOI) near Safdarjung Airport. The art festival was inaugurated by Alok Sinha, Chairman, AAI in the gracious presence of renowned artist Renuka Sondhi Gulati, senior photographer RK Paul, Director, PSA Membership: Indian Sub-Continent (Bangladesh/India/Sri Lanka).
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Expansion joints-a must
The Supreme Industries Ltd Construction Accessories Division has developed customised solutions specifically for the construction requirement of various sectors. Supreme's DURAboardHD100, DURArods and DURAsilstrip are the three aces which cater the need of building or road structure, assuring the structure with a great bonding. To start with, Supreme's DURAboardHD100 is a cross-linked, pre-moulded, high performance joint filler board which is readily compressible and ensures low load transfer.
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Modular housing technology
Suroj Modular Housing is promoted by a team of young dynamic engineering professionals engaged in construction activities for nearly 25 years. From their experience in construction, they observed that construction industry needs a good hygienic and decent solution for labour housing and project offices at sites with a principle of quick to procure, easy to install and remove and at affordable cost.
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Seawater cooling
One environmental concern sometimes raised about seawater cooling is that it becomes a thermal pollutant. While this is likely true for once-through cooling systems, by using an open recirculation cooling system, you change the heat sink from the ocean to the atmosphere.
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Matching the mismatch
IDFs play a vital role as investment vehicles that can be sponsored by NBFCs and commercial banks in India. Shrikanth S writes on how IDFs are correcting the asset-liability mismatch, and also help advance loans for fresh infrastructure projects. The urgent need to improve infrastructure prompted the Indian Planning Commission to estimate infrastructure spending in the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17).
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Finally the Cure?
Long term financing has been ailing the infrastructure sector making alternate non-banking financing options like Infrastructure Debt Funds (IDFs) more viable. Rahul Kamat and Garima Pant explore the IDF environment in India. The yawning infrastructure gap in the country is seeking closure to unleash its locked growth potential.
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Breaking The Inertia
Amid the anxiety and the anticipation awaiting the next Union government, as the country goes into polling mode, the infrastructure sector got some news to cheer about. The decision of the Planning Commission to propose the setting up of a Cabinet committee on transport, a move that could lead to speedy decision making in the sector, is a welcome move.
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Moisture-resistant roads
Bitumen consumption in India was 4.5 million tonne in 2011-12 costing Rs 18,000 crore (current value). Nearly 80 per cent valued at Rs 14,400 crore used for resurfacing, is the annual binder loss from the existing roads due to leaching and stripping of the bitumen binder.
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Caution! Danger ahead
Despite efforts to ensure road safety, road deaths and accidents continue to climb creating a question mark on the efforts being put in ensuring safe road infrastructure. Infrastructure Today looks to understand the constraints in ensuring safe road infrastructure.
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Have better infrastructure, maintain it properly and monitor continuously: Experts
The need for consistent and predictable behaviour while on the road is important otherwise each one using the road will not realise the other road users actions and reactions. So the first issue on behaviour, and which in Indian cities is quite unpredictable and undisciplined. The second factor is about the road design itself. This covers not just the road and traffic.