The new EPC framework is a great beginning and incorporates some very good ideas. If MoRTH and NHAI can address the administrative deficiencies that have been afflicting the regulatory and project management systems of the highways sector
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Category: Roads & Highways
Commitment needed on both sides of EPC: Experts
Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects do have certain advantages which amount to lesser amount of risk for the private company. While a successful EPC road project
City structures as urban sculptures
The idea of quantifying a design participation in an engineered infrastructural solution expresses the lack of understanding of the same. One needs to promote collaborative design solutions between engineers and architects to bring this faculty of design to its logical position
A difficult environment like now is time to take fewer risks
When times are tough, it's time to soften up. But while banks need to be supportive to the industry in difficult times, they are not geared up to involve themselves at a pre-project stage, says RK Dubey
Signature Bridge
After being put on the backburner for some time, the Signature Bridge will come up over Yamuna river. Now a Chinese company, Jiangsu Steel Structure, a sub-contractor of Gammon-Construtora- Tensacciai JV, has been given the task of fabricating the 15,000 tonne steel pylon and deck girders.
The price of PPP
Everything about public-private partnership (PPP) in infrastructure is mega-scale, including the concession period, the commitment period, and the price of a failed project.
A PPP expert
Pranab Majumdar, the General Manager and Head-BOOT Business Segment, VATech Wabag, is currently assigned as General Manager and Business Head of BOOT/PPP Segment in Water and Waste Water India and Global.
ADB Lends $300 m for Highway Project in Bihar
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Central Government signed an agreement for $300 million in additional loan to upgrade 254 km of severely deteriorated highways in northern and southern Bihar.
Timor-Leste to Develop Port
The Government of Timor-Leste (GoTL) is seeking to develop Tibar Bay Port. It is planning to invite private sector participation to enter into a PPP arrangement for the project.
NHAI cancels road projects due to delay
The board of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) cancelled three road projects which have seen no progress in implementation despite being awarded. The authority decided to cancel at least five such projects including the above three projects.


