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Silhouettes that are talllll…………….

By Pallavii Pitale Mumbai’s skyline soon shall see a remarkable difference. It will be dominated by huge skyscrapers at various places in and around the city with heights competing the skies. Space is one of the most precious issues in cities... (Continue reading)

Urbanization and Health

By A.N. Khan* Rapid urbanization and the increase in the population of cities are recognized as being among the major challenges of health development. Between 1990 and 2025, the total urban population in developing countries is projected to increase threefold to... (Continue reading)

Construction & Building Material mgt.

By Mahesh Mudda Compared to other branches of engineering, civil engineering has seen relatively lesser advances in both methods of construction as well as the building material that goes into its construction. If we have to track these changes from the... (Continue reading)

Intelligent Buildings

Though the article requested was on ‘Intelligent Buildings and & Steel in Construction’, the scope of just Intelligent Buildings is so vast that it is felt appropriate to keep the scope of this article restricted to Intelligent Buildings only. For... (Continue reading)

Dharavi : A milking cow and game of land grabing competition

Dharavi : A milking cow and game of land grabing competition By Dr Sanjay Chaturvedi Asia’s largest and Mumbai’s pride Dharavi have seen many prime ministers and grants with allocation for rehabilitation but it stand tall in the heart of politicians and... (Continue reading)

Residential Rental VS. Ownership

RESIDENTIAL RENTAL VS. OWNERSHIP – A MUMBAI PERSPECTIVE Abhishek Kiran Gupta, Head – Research, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj Rental – Mumbai is a city with population of 20 million plus, and a major proportion of this population is constituted by a... (Continue reading)

BKC Car parking

MMRDA extends date to file bids to operate and maintain multi-storey Car-Park The Car-Park offers 800 ‘paid car-rests’ in ‘G’ Block of BKC The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has extended the date to file bids to operate and maintain... (Continue reading)

Navi Mumbai land auction prices rise, more to follow

The sale of two land parcels by City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Ltd (CIDCO) in Navi Mumbai has fetched higher prices than three months ago, signalling a revival of interest in a market that has largely been frozen... (Continue reading)

Phoenix Hospitality inks pact with Marriott International

Phoenix Hospitality Company, announced the signing of a long-term management agreement with Marriott International for hotel projects at Mumbai and Agra. To be built at a cumulative project cost of about Rs 320 crore, the hotels are part of mixed-use, retail-led... (Continue reading)

Technopark Phase 3, Kollam get SEZ status

The Centre has notified Technopark Phase-3 at Thiruvananthapuram and Technopark Kollam as Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Technopark Phase-I, spread across 31 acres, and Phase-II on 86 acres have already been notified as SEZs. Phase-3 will be developed over 92 acres... (Continue reading)

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