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New construction trends to the fore
Posted by Srini Uppala | February 29, 2008 | 634 views
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Loading ...Best of practices, machinery involved in Lanco Hills project, says T. Lalith Singh
Photo Courtesy: The Hindu
Dream project: A model of the Lanco Hills project coming up at Manikonda. Huge cranes and state-of-the art machinery deployed at the construction site. –
Heavy machinery crush boulders to minute particles. Huge cranes dot the entire space. There is an incessant buzz as huge craters are dug to lay foundations. And they will be foundations for what promises to boast of structures rising high to tower the cityscape.
The sprawling 180-acre site of Lanco Hills these days is witness to construction activity that perhaps is first of its kind in the city. And when construction is taken up on such massive scale, complementary technology and appropriate skill is what matters and the developers appear to be in the process of meeting the need.
Project details
The project covering residential, commercial and IT space is coming up as a series of towers in the range of 26 to 34 floors and the most visible part of it would be Signature Tower which will rise high to accommodate 112 floors.
The other features include five and four star hotels, a spacious mall projected as second biggest in the country and 16 screen multiplex. Duplex accommodation with 68 units too is part of the development being taken up here.
Huge cranes and state-of-the art machinery deployed at the construction site. –
Each tower will boast of a dedicated helipad too! And for internal access between zones, four subways are to cut through.
Personnel involved in the construction work inform that best of the practices and machinery was scouted globally to be incorporated for the project. Almost 95 per cent of the excavation work has been completed, they inform.
Speed is the criteria
Flat slab system, shear wall scheme, design suitable for zone-3 with additional reinforcements though seismic categorisation of Deccan as zone-2, use of 60 grade high strength concrete, procedures that enable removal of shuttering within eight to 12 hours and a site laboratory to test the material are some of the features that are part of the construction work. Machinery to pump concrete directly to the floor needed and tower cranes for vertical transmission of material are some more measures to enhance the work speed.
Uninterrupted supply
“To facilitate movement of workers, each of the towers in construction will be equipped with two hoist ways to save time and increase productivity,” explains G. Uthaya Suriyan, General Manager – Projects. Safety nets around the towers are also to come up to provide safety for the personnel involved in the work.
Fully automated plants are in place to offer uninterrupted supply of material and an example is the plant which churns out 15,000 solid blocks per shift. An IT SEZ Incubation is progressing at a brisk pace and the same is expected to be ready for occupancy in two month’s time.
SOURCES:
The Hindu
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