India will need $1.5 trillion of investment in infrastructure over the next 10 years. Of this nearly $10 billion is required in sewage treatment plants. Similarly, about $8 billion is required to be invested in ensuring regular drinking water supply.

Though Public-Private Partnership contracts are the mainstay of infra projects, evidence of PPP performance in terms of value-for-money and efficiency is mixed and often unavailable, says Sangeeta Lakhi, Senior Partner, Rajani Associates.

Bentley Systems Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for advancing infrastructure, has announced the winners of the 2016 Be Inspired Awards.

ReNew Power, a renewable energy company, has placed a 50 MW turnkey project order to Gamesa. The order will be likely be commissioned by March 2017. Gamesa will supply 25 units of G114 - 2.0MW T106 turbines which will be set up at Amba, Madhya Pradesh.

ReNew Power, a renewable energy company, has placed a 50 MW turnkey project order to Gamesa. The order will be commissioned by March 2017. Gamesa will supply 25 units of G114 – 2.0MW T106 turbines which will be set up at Amba, Madhya Pradesh.

Industry experts and global thought-leaders shared best practices and defined the future of infrastructure project delivery and asset performance at the ´Year in Infrastructure 2016´ conference in London, showcased by Bentley Systems. SUMIT BANERJEE takes a look at the proceedings.

Mortgage lender HDFC has said that it has raised Rs 500 crore through rupee-denominated bonds from overseas investors. “The corporation has completed the fourth issue of rupee denominated-bonds to overseas investors of issue size Rs 500 crore,” HDFC said in a regulatory filing to stock exchanges.

Ducon Technologies (I) Pvt Ltd has announced that the company has secured a prestigious pet coke pipe conveyor contract from Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, for its Guwahati Refinery, through a national competitive bidding process.

Infrablaze 2016, a flagship event of the Symbiosis Centre for Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD), witnessed an audience made up of students and equally enthusiastic academicians.