Articles for Construction Quality

Pay over ₹11 lakh to kin of man who died in balcony collapse: Delhi HC to DDA
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Pay over ₹11 lakh to kin of man who died in balcony collapse: Delhi HC to DDA

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court has awarded over ₹11 lakh as compensation to the family of a 45-year-old man who died after the balcony of their second-floor DDA apartment collapsed in July 2000. Pay over ₹ 11 lakh to kin of man who died in balcony collapse: Delhi HC to DDA Justice Dharmesh Sharma observed that negligence of the …

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Shandong Harbor Engineering Group Co Ltd
8 months ago

Shandong Harbor Engineering Group Co Ltd

China Daily  

As a unit directly under Shandong Port Group, Shandong Harbor Engineering Group Ltd Co Ltd has a clear business definition, a definite strategy and scientific management. The company covers port and waterway engineering, construction engineering, municipal engineering, mechanical and electrical installations, prefabricated components, concrete products, construction equipment leasing, earth and stone work, mining, design and consultancy and test detection. The …

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Delhi restricts construction, schools advised to go online as air quality worsens
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi restricts construction, schools advised to go online as air quality worsens

India Today  

With the worsening air quality in Delhi, a ban has been imposed on all non-essential construction work and demolition work in the city. At a meeting to review the air quality of Delhi-NCR, the CAQM said that the pollution levels are only "expected to increase further" owing to unfavourable meteorological and climatic conditions. Every year, Delhi experiences peak pollution from …

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Greater Noida second most polluted city in India
1 year, 2 months ago

Greater Noida second most polluted city in India

Hindustan Times  

Greater Noida became the second most polluted city in the country with an Air Quality Index of 299 on Monday afternoon, an improvement over the previous day’s AQI of 354. According to the daily bulletin released by the Central Pollution Control Board, the major pollutant in Greater Noida on Monday was PM2.5. “Ongoing construction works in Greater Noida, especially around …

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Karnataka High Court Upholds State Corporation's Decision To Encash Bank Guarantee Furnished By Private Contractor Over "Shoddy Construction"
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka High Court Upholds State Corporation's Decision To Encash Bank Guarantee Furnished By Private Contractor Over "Shoddy Construction"

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition filed by a private contractor seeking refund of bank guarantee encashed by the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation for carrying out "shoddy construction" of police quarters. It is also indicative of the fact that repeated calls made to the petitioner by the Corporation have all been deliberately ignored and …

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Bihar bridge collapse | construction company gets show cause notice; engineer suspended
1 year, 7 months ago

Bihar bridge collapse | construction company gets show cause notice; engineer suspended

The Hindu  

Taking a grim view of the bridge collapse in Bihar‘s Bhagalpur two days ago, the State government has slapped a show cause notice on the construction company concerned, a top official said on June 6. Pratyay Amrit, the Additional Chief Secretary for the road construction department, also said that the executive engineer concerned has been suspended. "The Haryana-based company, which …

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GRAP stage III invoked in Delhi-NCR, non-essential construction work banned
2 years ago

GRAP stage III invoked in Delhi-NCR, non-essential construction work banned

India Today  

Amid a sudden spike in air pollution due to foggy weather, the Centre's air quality panel on Friday directed implementation of curbs under stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan in Delhi-NCR, including a ban on non-essential construction and demolition work. It directed authorities in Delhi-NCR to invoke curbs under stage III of the anti-pollution plan with immediate effect. …

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Delhi-NCR air pollution: GRAP stage III re-invoked, non essential construction work banned
2 years ago

Delhi-NCR air pollution: GRAP stage III re-invoked, non essential construction work banned

India TV News  

Delhi-NCR air pollution : As the temperatures drop and the quality of air deteriorates in the national capital, the Centre's air quality panel re-invoked the Stage III of the Graded Response Action Plan in Delhi-NCR. It is to be noted that Delhi's 24-hour average air quality index stood at 400 on Friday, just a notch below the severe category. If …

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Delhi's air quality to improve further but remain within upper end of Poor category as curbs end
2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi's air quality to improve further but remain within upper end of Poor category as curbs end

India Today  

Even as Delhi’s air quality improved slightly on Tuesday, it is likely to remain within ‘Very poor’ or upper end of Poor till Wednesday. The air quality will remain within the upper end of Poor category due to weak upper-level wind flow, reduction in local emissions, and moderate dispersion of pollutants leading to dilution of near-surface pollution, the SAFAR forecast …

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CM inspects Secretariat construction works
2 years, 4 months ago

CM inspects Secretariat construction works

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao directed roads and buildings minister V. Prashant Reddy and department officials to complete construction of the Secretariat complex early but without compromising on quality. Rao instructed officials to create greenery and landscaping on the two-acre free space inside the premises. The Chief Minister enquired about the quality of grills, red stone and drainage construction …

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Gurugram building collapse: From structural audits, concrete quality checks to safety norms, here's what homeowners should keep in mind
2 years, 10 months ago

Gurugram building collapse: From structural audits, concrete quality checks to safety norms, here's what homeowners should keep in mind

Firstpost  

The ceiling of a sixth-floor Gurugram apartment, where renovation work was underway, collapsed, causing the floors underneath the flat to cave in. There were a series of building collapses in other parts of the Delhi-National Capital Region — Greater Noida and Ghaziabad — a few years ago that were blamed on poor construction quality and weak foundations. We have seen …

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False ceiling caves in at state Assembly building, no one hurt
3 years, 7 months ago

False ceiling caves in at state Assembly building, no one hurt

Hindustan Times  

A portion of false ceiling on first floor of newly constructed Jharkhand assembly building collapsed on Friday evening reportedly due to leakage in the roof, raising questions over quality of construction of the building. The capital city received record rainfall due to the recently passed cyclone Yaas, and the false ceiling at the assembly building collapsed on Friday. In August …

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Agra Smart City work mired in complaints of shoddy workmanship
4 years, 1 month ago

Agra Smart City work mired in complaints of shoddy workmanship

India Today  

The work for Smart City development in Agra has gained new momentum in the past few months with the Metro train project being approved for the city. Smart City Advisory Committee member Puran Dawar said that quality issues are being repeatedly found in the Smart City construction work. When India Today contacted Agra Smart City Ltd. official Anand Menon, he …

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