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Section of Al Wakrah Bypass Opens to Traffic Months Ahead of Schedule
An expansive view of the section of Al Wakrah Bypass recently opened to traffic.
L&T’s Al Wakrah Bypass Expressway Road Project (Qatar) achieved a major milestone by opening one of the main carriageways and associated ancillary highways to traffic, full 3 months ahead of schedule. The carriageway was opened to traffic in the early hours of Monday on July 3, 2017.
As the lifeline of Qatar, the expressway connects the Hamad Port - the newest and the biggest port of the country – to Doha. Along with the main carriageway, ancillary roads at IC 12 and IC 11 were also opened easing traffic flow to and from Al Wakrah and Al Wukair localities.
The main carriageway is a 12 km long, 6 lane expressway, while the length of other roads opened to traffic measures 7 km of 2 lanes. The project team achieved this feat despite a challenging environment and the stringent specification requirements coupled with the current diplomatic crisis in the GCC region.
Al Wakrah Bypass Road Project is an expressway project owned by Ashghal, the Public Works Authority of Qatar, consisting of 11.5 km of 6-lane dual carriageway, with 900 km of various utility lines and 26 bridges constituting 5 interchanges. The project bypasses Al Wakrah, a busy sub-urban locality, South of Doha, to establish connectivity between the new port and Doha.
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GARC Test Tracks Inaugurated
The Test track features steering pad of 100 m maximum radius assessed and certified by M/s. IDIADA, Spain.
Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Mr. Anant G. Geete, along with Mr. Babul Supriyo, Hon’ble Minister of State, Ministry of HI & PE, Mr. M.C. Sampath, Minister for Industries, Govt. of Tamil Nadu and Thiru. K.N. Ramachandran, MP, Sriperumbudur Constituency in the presence of Mr. Sanjay Bandopadhyaya, CEO & PD, NATRiP and M.V. Ramachandran, Site Head, GARC, inaugurated Buildings & Factories’ Global Automotive Research Centre (GARC) Test Tracks at Oragadam near Chennai, on May 18, 2017. Mr. Sanjay Bandopadhyaya commended team L&T for completing the test tracks in time adhering to stringent quality standards against a tight schedule. Highlights of the Test Tracks include: Steering pad of 100 m maximum radius, assessed and certified by M/s. IDIADA, Spain External noise track of 661 m length, assessed and certified by M/s. TUV Rheinland for compliance to ISO 10844:2014 Test hills track, 4 tracks of 28%, 18%, 12% & 6-8% gradients, assessed and certified by M/s. TUV Rheinland Braking surfaces track, 3 tracks of Ceramic, Basalt & Asphalt, each of 250 m length, including, Arrester pit, Vehicle preparation shed, Pump & Sump house High speed/Oval track of 4,468.6 m length
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5 MTPA Coal Handling Plant Commissioned at Nigahi
The central section of the 5 MPTA Coal Handling Plant (CHP) for Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL) at Nigahi was inaugurated by Mr. Susheel Kumar, Secretary, Minister of Coal along with Mr. Tapas Kumar Nag, CMD, NCL Singrauli in the presence of other delegates from NCL on July 23, 2017.
Mr. Susheel Kumar appreciated team L&T on the excellent quality of works and urged them to complete the 2nd stream and other additional tasks by the financial year end of 2018 to enable the plant operate at its full capacity of 15 MTPA.
L&T’s scope of work included planning, design, engineering, construction, fabrication, supply, erection, trial-run, commissioning and testing of the Phase-III Coal Handling Plant. The quantum of work ranged across civil, structural, electrical and mechanical areas along with other accessories and facilities installation on a turnkey basis. The equipment scope covered installation of an imported gyratory crusher 32m below ground while the second phase would involve installation of two roll crushers in structures that are 23m below the surface.
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MFF-Hazira Bags Two Awards at NAMC
Mr. Anil Bontadka & Mr. Prakash Patel receiving the NAMC Gold Medal and the Special Award for Transformational Leadership.
L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering’s Modular Fabrication Facility at Hazira won two prestigious awards at the recently concluded National Awards for Manufacturing Competitiveness (NAMC) 2016-17. MFF Hazira won the NAMC Gold Medal and a Special Award for Transformational Leadership at a formal ceremony hosted by the International Research Institute for Manufacturing or IRIM which instituted NAMC in 2013.
NAMC is a unique awards program which recognizes non-conventional approaches and tailor-made strategies of organizations.
After it sent in its entry for the awards, MFF - Hazira was audited by IRIM for two days in June earlier this year. The auditors measured the manufacturing competitiveness of the facility on 10 key parameters including; adaptability to consumer and market requirements; stability in performance in changing external and internal environment; hands-on leadership deployment; planning and implementation of improvement initiatives; data based decision making at all levels; availability of critical information at required stages; ensuring continuous maturation on all processes; ability to map and optimise work flow; maintain challenge of prevailing processes; ability to nurture learning environment and deploy workforce talents; and rated MFF-Hazira as being worthy of its Gold Medal and a special trophy for Transformational Leadership.
Mr. Anil R Bontadka (Head – MFF, Hazira) and Mr. Prakash Patel (Head – D&E) received the trophy for Transformational Leadership and the NAMC Gold Medal at the award ceremony. Mr. Bontadka also briefed those gathered at the ceremony about the LTHE-MFF, Hazira and the factors that led to its success on the occasion.
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LTHE CEO & MD Visits Hasbah-II Onshore Construction Site
Mr. Sarma interacted with workers at the construction site.
Mr. Sarma appreciated the project team for ensuring faster construction than the original schedule.
On September 7, 2017, L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering CEO & MD Mr. Subramanian Sarma visited the onshore construction site of Hasbah – II project to take stock of the progress made on the construction activities.
Hasbah – II is the first project awarded to LTHE by Saudi Aramco under the Long Term Agreement. Under the scope of the project LTHE is expected to set up offshore facilities including two streams of three wellhead platform topsides, one tie-in platform with flare platforms and bridges tied together by 20 km umbilicals and 25 km long in-field pipelines along with two 36” trunk lines to transport produced gas from offshore to Fadhili Gas Plant. The onshore facilities like beach valve station, sectionalizing valve station, four scraper traps and laying of 35 km of fiber optic cable will also be installed as part of the contract.
During his visit, Mr. Sarma interacted with the project team and also with the crew involved in carrying out automatic welding and internal coating using robotic technique. Subsequently, Mr. Sarma interacted with site representatives of Saudi Aramco who appeared pleased with LTHE’s performance.
Mr. Sarma appreciated the efforts of the project team in ensuring that construction activities progressed ahead of schedule and encouraged the members to continue working with similar zeal and enthusiasm throughout the rest of the project.
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Mr. Arvind K. Garg elected ICEMA’s President
Mr. Arvind K. Garg (left) greeting the outgoing President Mr. Anand Sundaresan (Vice-Chairman & Managing Director, Schwing Stetter India Pvt. Ltd.) at the ICEMA AGM.
Mr. Arvind K. Garg, Executive Vice-President & Head - Construction & Mining Machinery, Larsen & Toubro Limited, has been elected as the President of Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers Association (ICEMA) for the term 2017-19. The decision was taken at ICEMA’s Annual General Meeting held in New Delhi recently.
Mr. Garg served as ICEMA’s Vice-President for 2015-17.
Affiliated to Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), ICEMA’s members include leading equipment manufacturers, distributors and finance companies engaged in the Indian Construction & Mining Industry. The body is the leading voice when it comes to engaging with various ministries, national-level institutions and authorities and providing strategic inputs at the apex level on policy matters and technical issues affecting the Construction Equipment industry.
As the new President of ICEMA, Mr. Garg hopes to take it to the global stage for mutually beneficial engagements and encourage induction of environment-friendly technologies amongst the CE manufacturers. He also favours greater advocacy for tax rationalization of the industry. He is also keen on facilitating Indian CE industry representation in international shows like Bauma Munich, Intermat & ConExpo and steer major exhibitions/trade fairs on the domestic front such as Excon 2017, BC India, ConMac & IMME.
Mr. Garg is committed to the journey of transforming ICEMA into a strong industry association. His approach has been to build a strong consensus amongst members and would continue to closely collaborate with them towards this end.
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