The Arch Bridge An arch has been recognized as a safe, durable, economical, and aesthetic structure form for centuries and many such structures are still in existence. Till stone and brick masonry were common building materials, the arch form was regularly adopted, even for bridges carrying heavy loads.
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Towards a Safer Future
JSPL is dedicated to transform the dream of safe and high speed trains into reality
Covering 65,000 kilometres, carrying 25 million passengers and over 2.8 million tonne of freight daily, Indian Railways is the important means of transport in India today.
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RenXSol installs 400 KW project
Bengaluru-based solar solutions enterprise and solar consultants RenXSol Ecotech Private Limited, announced that the 400 KW rooftop power plant at Karnataka State Cricket Association´s M Chinnaswamy Stadium was successfully installed to BESCOM grid, post CEIG approvals.
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Boost in GSM mobile subscribers in March
The GSM cellular subscribers´ base rose by 1.17 per cent in March to reach 70.52 crore with mobile operators adding 81.9 lakh users during the month, industry body COAI said.
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Delhi first driverless Metro line by June.
The upcoming Line 8 of Delhi MetroÂ’s Phase-III with advance metro signaling system will be operated without drivers and its operations will begin June. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) awarded Japan based Nippon Signal Co Ltd, a contract worth around 3.7 million JPY for the signaling system.
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Construction Project Failures Weigh on Industry Despite Advances in Planning and Controls, Finds KPMG Survey
Over half of construction project owners experienced one or more under performing projects in the previous year, despite confidence in project planning and controls, according to KPMG InternationalÂ’s 2015 Global Construction Project OwnerÂ’s Survey: Climbing the Curve.
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Volvo Trucks present new Volvo FH Series
19 YEARS. That is how long it is since Volvo Trucks last launched an entirely new truck generation. It was 1993 and the trucks were the Volvo FH12 and FH16. The series was an immediate success and, one year later, it was chosen as the prestigious Truck of the Year.
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The sum & substance
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, at the recent CII AGM could not resist bringing in the travails of the land law during the address. ´The land law of 2013 is detrimental to rural India,´ he stated in alarm.
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Piping hot
During the Eleventh Plan period (2007-2012), domestic players exceeded the planned capital expenditure outlay. They invested Rs 2,751.6 billion, 120 per cent of the planned target of Rs 2,289.9 billion.
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Wirtgen India inaugurates new plant
The Wirtgen Group, world market leader in mobile road building and road rehabilitation technologies, recently completed 20 years of operations in India.