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July - Sept 2010 • Volume-33 • Issue-3

FocusAfter the inauguration of Delhi International Airport, yet another project of national importance – The Dhamra Integrated Seaport built by L&T on EPC basis is ready and all set for commissioning probably in December 2010. Through the bold and pragmatic vision of two major corporate giants – L&T & Tata Steel, the vision of Dhamra Port is a reality today. This is all set to radically change the bulk material handling scenario of India in the North Eastern coast. The Dhamra Port Company Limited which has implemented this path breaking initiative is a joint venture Company of these two corporate giants. This grand new port being in close proximity to the mineral heartland of India, viz. Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal, is expected not only to boost the trade - import of coal and export of iron ore, but also result in substantial cost savings for industries in steel, power and mining sector apart from making the port a potential hub for dry bulk, liquid bulk, break-bulk, containerized, steel and other general cargo.

In this issue of ECC Concord, we bring to you a 20 page special feature on Dhamra Port, which is the culmination of the integrated and concerted efforts of various companies and operating divisions within the Larsen & Toubro conglomerate. To be precise, seven business units and three operating companies from L&T’s Construction Division played a major role in giving shape to the port with all round infrastructure development. Construction of a massive port infrastructure of this kind posed several challenges. The remote location of the project with no proper access and lack of basic site infrastructure posed several logistic problems apart from the scarcity of raw materials and skilled hands. L&T boldly faced these challenges and overcame every obstacle with its meticulous planning and mobilizing the right resources at the right time and completed the project. We are sure you will be delighted to go through the write-ups for more details.

Vizag Steel Plant, the only shore based Indian integrated steel plant recently went ahead with capacity expansion plans and L&T-Paul Wurth consortium was entrusted with the EPC contract for the execution of Blast Furnace # 3. This has been successfully completed by the consortium and the plant is expected to produce 2.5 million tons per annum of liquid steel. A detailed article illustrated with beautiful pictures will provide meat for implementation of the project.

Similarly, a modern IT park has sprung up decking up the skyline of Salt Lake in Kolkata namely “Godrej Waterside” with its imposing structure along a water body. L&T has completed this twin tower structure including the finishing and MEP works.

Hope, you will find these articles interesting along with many other kaleidoscope items.

Happy reading.

- Editor

In this issueJuly - Sept 2010 • Volume-33 • Issue-3

Dhamra Port - all set for commissioning ......3

Construction of Jetty ..............................9

Material handling system ................... 11

Building the Railway Infrastructure .... 13

Railway construction .......................... 15

132 kV switchyard .............................. 19

132 kV transmission line .................... 21

Vizag Steel ................................................ 23

Godrej Waterside ...................................... 33

Kaliedoscope

New Orders ............................................... 40

Inauguration ............................................... 44

Corporate Sustainability ............................. 48

Awards ....................................................... 53

Editor : V. S. Ramana

Editorial team : K. Sridharan | Alex Benjamin

: V. Ramesh Kumar | Gopi Kannan. S

V. Eswar | Ashwin Chand | Mayura. K

Subha Anand

Photography : V.S. Natanavelu

Design & layout : Global Print Design, Chennai

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India’s Deepest All Weather Private Sea Port all set for commissioning @ Dhamra

The Dhamra Port developed by Dhamra Port Company Limited (DPCL) in Orissa is a 50:50

joint venture between Larsen & Toubro and Tata Steel. The Dhamra-Chandbali Port is located near village Dhamra on the North of the river Dhamra, about 68 km from Bhadrak District in Orissa, situated between Haldia and Paradip. This signature port is being developed by DPCL on Build, Own, Operate, Share and Transfer (BOOST) basis and the company has been given a concession to operate the port for a period of 34 years including a period of 4 years for construction.

This is one of the deepest ports in India with a draft of 18 meters and it can accommodate super cape-size

vessels up to 180,000 DWT with a total capacity to handle 25 million tons per annum of cargo. The master plan for the overall port when completed provides for 13 berths, capable of handling more than 100 million tons per annum of dry bulk, liquid bulk, break bulk, containerized and general cargo. The location of Dhamra is in close proximity to the mineral belt of Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal and its deep draft suitable for large vessels will make the port one of the most cost-effective and efficient on the Eastern coast of India.

Integrated Port Project

DPCL entrusted the contract for Phase-I construction of the port

to Larsen & Toubro covering a wide gamut of operations such as civil, mechanical and electrical works as well as construction of the railway network which will connect the port with the Indian Railways’ network at Bhadrak on the Howrah-Bhubaneswar route. Various operating companies (OCs) and Business Units within L&T took up different construction activities under phase-I and completed the same on schedule. Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick India Pvt. Ltd, the Indian arm of the UK-based Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick, has been appointed the project management consultant. L&T’s scope of work for the construction of Dhamra Integrated Port Project included the following facilities:

Overall view of the jetty with its approach

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A fully mechanized jetty 700 meters long

Material handling system with 7.2 km long conveyor network for handling import of coal, limestone and export of iron ore.

Construction of Railway embankment and bridges from Bhadrak to Dhamra

A 65 km railway track with auto- signalling & telecommunication, overhead electrification from Dhamra to Bhadrak/Ranital Link Cabin on the main Howrah-Chennai line.

132 kV switchyard at Bhadrak and Dhamra

132 kV transmission line from Bhadrak to Dhamra

5 mld capacity plant water and effluent treatment system

Township at Dhamra

DPCL achieved Financial Closure for Phase-I of the project in February 2007 with signing of a loan agreement with the consortium of lenders led by Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI). The construction of Phase-I which commenced in April 2007 is completed in all respects by July 31, 2010 and it will be ready for commercial operation by December 2010. The port has received all necessary clearances including environmental clearance from Government of India, consent from Orissa Pollution Control Board and rail traffic clearance from Indian Railways.

Soon Dhamra Port is expected to become an infrastructural hub on the east coast of India and this will boost the industrial and economic development of the region and the country. Moreover, the port will offer its customers the most cost effective

services while maintaining highest standards of safety, environment friendly practices and work ethics through the dedicated efforts of innovative, committed and motivated team of employees. (Please see box for highlights on different activities including salient features of the same)

At the peak of construction more than 250 staff and 5000 workmen were employed at the project and the site clocked more than 26 million injury free man-hours as on May 12, 2010 as safety record, which led to winning the coveted RoSPA gold award for the 2010.

Major Challenges

Apart from braving the waves and cyclonic storms, L&T engineers had to fight against several odds

(Contd. on pg. 6)

Coal conveying system at Dhamra. Inset : coal being conveyed through the conveyor


Dhamra Port - Project Highlights

Deep draught, all weather sea port, capable of handling vessels up to 180,000 DWT.

Berthing of two capesize vessels with facilities for simultaneous discharging and loading operations.

Fully mechanised and efficient cargo handling system, capable of:

Discharging vessels at the rate of 60,000 ¾tons/dayLoading rakes within 1.5 hours ¾Unloading rakes within 3 hours ¾Loading vessels at the rate of 80,000 tons/ ¾day

IT enabled stackyard management system.

Coal Stockpile capacity - 630000 tons

Iron ore stockpile capacity - 712000 tons

Capacity of port - 100 million tons per annum

Stage I Capacity - 21 million tons per annum

Cargo - Exports Iron ore and Imports of Coal & Limestone

JettyLength of the jetty - 700 m

Height of draft - 18.5 m

Navigation Channel - 18.5 m x 17.2 km long

Designed for simultaneous berthing of two ships

Marine Pile - 627 nos.

Precast Element - 3857 nos

Superstructure - 121 span (700 m long)

Material Handling SystemShip Un-Loader for Coal (2800 TPH) - 2 nos

Ship Loader for Iron Ore (5000 TPH) - 1 no

Wagon Tippler (25 tips/hr.) - 1 no

Reclaimer & Stacker Cum Reclaimer for Iron Ore - 2 Nos

(Stacking - 3750 TPH & Reclaiming - 5000 ¾TPH)

Stacker cum Reclaimer for Coal - 2 Nos

(Stacking - 5500 TPH & Reclaiming - 3500 ¾TPH)

Conveyors - 7.24 km (5500/3500 TPH)

Rapid Loading System - 2 Nos.

(One Rake of 58 wagons each approx. 60 ¾MT payload in 1.5 hours)

Rapid Loading Silo - 2 Nos.

Railway Embankment & BridgesTotal length : 62.5 km

Earthwork for Embankment : 52 Lakh cu.m

Blanketing : 5 Lakh cu.m

Major Bridges : 6 nos

Minor Bridges : 229 nos

PVD : 17.6 Lakh m

Railway Track workRailway line from Bhadrak to Port - 62.5 km

Rail - 16000 tons

Sleeper - 210000 nos

Ballast - 300000 cu.m

Railway overhead electrification for total length of 110 Tkm ( 62.5 Rkm)

Signaling & Telecommunication length or nos.

132 KV Transmission Line Length from Bhadrak to Port - 65 km

Number of transmission towers - 261nos

132 KV Switch Yard 1 No at Bhadrak End.

1 No at Dhamra End.

Township E-Type Block - 120 Flats

Bachelor Hostel – 30 Rooms

Wagon Tippler


lighting system was adopted in such a manner that turtles would not get attracted towards source of the project construction lighting. This was a conditional requirement and project authorities including all contractors had to abide by the same in order not to disturb the nesting and hatching habits of Olive Ridley Turtles. For this purpose, sodium vapour lamps with protective covers were used in place of halogen and metal halide lamps

Bulk Materials Scarcity – The project continuously faced bulk materials scarcity throughout its construction phase. Hence alternative materials were constantly tried out. For example, extensive use of Ordinary Portland Cement was replaced with Slag Cement. Crusher dust and weather rocks were used for plant road construction work

A proper Disaster Management Plan was prepared and kept in

place to meet exigencies during cyclonic storm. This envisaged a well-defined evacuation plan for labour, staff and materials and the resources were reinstated at the end of the season.

There was a shortage of skilled manpower too; however, local workmen were trained to mitigate this situation.

Plant & Machinery

Following plant & machinery were deployed for executing the work expeditiously under inclement weather condition on the sea front:

Batching Plant 30 cu.m 1

Boom Placer 1

150 t capacity P&H crane 1

80 t capacity Fushun crane 1

75 ton Cranes 4

18 ton cranes 6

to meet the stringent deadlines set by the client. Following are some of the many constraints they had to face during the period of construction:

Site Access – The most critical problem everyone faced during the construction of the project was the long temporary single lane access road. Since there was a delay in land clearance, settlement and handing over of the land for road construction, everyone had to use this only source, which was a real ordeal for every staff and vendor visiting the site. In order to avoid everyone congesting the road during the day time, it was decided to transport all goods and materials only during night with adequate safety and security measures.

Turtle Friendly Lighting – As per environment protection guidelines issued by IUCN, turtle friendly

Stacker-cum-reclaimer installed at Dhamra


Movax & HPH 200 sheet pile driving Hammer on PC 300 Excavator 1

Integrated Piling rig 1

METCO/BG 15 Piling rig - each 1

BSP Piling Hammer 1

Piling Winches 23

Welding machines 78

Bridge launching girder 1

30 m span gantry 2

Trailer 8

DG Sets – 700 / 250 kVA - each 1/5

Quality

Stringent quality management plans and techniques were implemented during construction of the project and every team leader including his team members had to strictly adhere to the plan and monitor project quality at regular intervals through the following measures:

Inspection and Test Plan (ITP) was introduced as a mandatory requirement in the Project Quality Plan.

Periodical Internal audit was a key factor to steer the Product quality in a proper channel.

Internal Training programs were conducted at the site level periodically to enhance the skills of workmen.

Plant & Machinery were upgraded regularly to improve productivity and quality. Machineries like fully automated Concrete batching plants, Integrated Pile driving Rig, Sheep foot roller, Complete Hydraulic automated Rotary Pile borer, Automatic rail welding machine were sourced and procured for accurate process controlling.

Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) for

every day-to-day activity was carried out in a strict manner.

Vendors were selected in the most competitive manner to maintain excellent quality of materials and work process.

Project Monitoring Techniques

In addition to the above quality plan, following project management techniques were implemented and reviewed on a continuous basis:

Monitoring of the project through monthly review meeting with CEO-DPCL, Lender’s Engineer, Steering committee & Board (L&T and TATA management)

Daily review meeting to monitor site progress

Weekly review meeting with all the Business Unit heads for close co-ordination

5 MLD Plant Water System

The 5 MLD Plant Water system consists of the intake Pump House which sources water from River Mantai and transmits Raw water 13.5 km to the water reservoir (5 MLD cap.) through 457 mm DIA MS pipeline using 200 cu.m/hr (2W+1SB) capacity pumps. From the raw water reservoir, it is then pumped by means of the raw water transfer pumps of 250 cu.m/hr (1W+1SB) capacity to the inlet of the water treatment plant i.e the cascade aerator.

Treatment Philosophy

The Hydraulics of the treatment plant is designed in such a way that water flows by gravity from the cascade aerator (first unit of the WTP) to the clarified water reservoir. From the clarified water reservoir it is then pumped to the pressure sand filters for potable water requirements and also pumped for dust suppression applications at various locations in the Port operation area . The sludge generated from the clariflocculator is then treated through sludge thickener and centrifuges. The final dewatered sludge

from the centrifuge is then collected and disposed in an environment friendly way. The entire water treatment plant is designed for a hydraulic overloading of 20 % and for a turn down capacity of 50%.

Broadly the water treatment scheme comprises Cascade aerator, Parshall flume, Flash mixer, Clariflocculator, Clarified water sump and pump house, Pressure sand filters, Potable water sump and pump house, Sludge Thickener, Centrifuge

19m DIA 800 cu.m capacity clariflocculator


medical check-up of workmen; new joiners were exposed to training and E-learning with respect to usage of personal protective equipment. Specialized safety training was imparted for all staffs and workmen to meet emergency preparedness of all activities. Height pass was provided for all workmen after checking their physical fitness.

In order to monitor safety practices, a committee was formed to review systems and practices. A mobile safety inspection team was formed to visit places and check the safety practices at different locations. In addition, periodical health check, Physical fitness and awareness programme of all job related diseases were conducted among workmen and staff. All these practices led to achieving ROSPA gold award for the year 2010.

The first ship carrying the unloaders reaching the jetty in Feb. 2010 from Shanghai

Front view of the jetty

Safety

Similarly, safety was given the highest priority and everyone had to strictly adhere to all safety practices. This included daily safety pledge and pep talk among all the workmen and staff, 100% screening and daily

Brain storming session for all critical activities with site experts along with Construction Managers and Project Managers

Weekly knowledge sharing session


by March 31, 2010. Executed as a Cost-Plus contract, construction of the project involved Design of the Structure, Detailed Engineering, Procurement and Construction.

Dredging at Dhamra Port was undertaken by International Seaport Dredging Ltd, a joint venture between L&T and Belgium’s Dredging International and the scope of work involved dredging of an 18km long channel and removal of about 65 million cubic metres of dredged spoilt.

Construction

Construction of the jetty involved design and building the Main Jetty-having 600 m long berthing face and 24 m width. In addition to this a100 m long Port craft berth having a width of 37.5 m was built as an extension to the Main Jetty. From on-shore the main jetty is connected

by an Approach Bridge that is 186 m long and 12 m wide supported on an approach trestles – 126 m long and 12 m wide. The berth is provided with two 375 m long structural steel conveyor that is 8 m wide.

Unlike the normal jetties that jut out into the sea perpendicular to the shore, the jetty at Dhamra Port is constructed parallel to the shore in alignment with availability of the deep draft throughout the stretch for better navigation of heavy vessels.

Marine piling was adopted for construction of the substructure for the main jetty which involved 627 piles of 1.4 m and 1.2 m diameter driven to a depth of 48m. A travelling platform carrying a row of conventional piling rigs/winches were used for constructing the bored cast-in-situ piles.

In this method of marine pile construction a travelling platform

Construction of the Jetty

L&T designed and constructed the 700 m long open sea jetty with a draft of 18m depth including a fully dredged and unobstructed navigational channel for 17 km for berthing super cape size vessels up to 180,000 DWT. Since the site selected for the jetty falls within the naturally protected Kanika sand island on the Orissa coast, no breakwater was considered for the construction. However, the orientation of the jetty has been aligned in such a way that the draught of 18m is maintained throughout the year.

L&T Ramboll provided the design for the construction of the jetty supported by IET (Infrastructure Engineering and Technology) for construction methods. Work on the jetty commenced in April 2007 and the entire works were completed

Top view of the jetty with its conveyors


(which is termed as Piling Gantry) would be supported on already completed piles. The Pile Steel liners would be pitched in the next row of piles (also called as bent) followed by boring to the required depth, lowering of reinforcement barge as well as concreting of the piles. The gantry will then move to the next location once all the piles are concreted in the particular bent using winches mounted on the gantry with its anchorage on the already completed piles, ensuring safety of the entire operation.

The platform was used to carry heavy loads of piling rigs/ winches, concrete pipelines, compressor, pumps, DG set etc. By adopting this technique, dependency on floating mode substantially decreased thus optimizing the utilization of resources.

At the peak of construction 12 sets of piling gantries and 20 piling rigs were used for the marine piling operation. On the whole, construction of the jetty consumed 40951 cu.m of pile concrete, 5488 tons of pile reinforcement and 4788 tons of steel liners.

Superstructure

The superstructure works involved erection of pre-cast elements as well as in-situ Construction. Extensive use of precast elements eliminated the cumbersome process of shuttering operations in the sea. Precast elements which were cast at precast yard 2km away from jetty were transported to jetty by trailers and then erected in place using a crane mounted on the completed jetty (as an end-on method) or using a crane barge followed by in-situ

Major items of work

Cement : 25,231 t

Reinforcement : 8,680 t

Structural Steel for Pile Liners : 4,788 t

Concrete : 66,864 cu.m

Boulders : 60,000 cu.m

Earth work : 1,25,000 cu.m

Jetty milestone events

Commencement : 01/04/2007

Approach Jetty Pile Completion : 31/12/2008

Main Jetty pile Completion : 07/02/2010

Superstructure completion : 31/03/2010

Side view of the jetty showing ship loader, unloader, conveyors and transfer point


wagons etc., for transportation to various destinations and so on.

Panorama

What attracts any visitor to Dhamra Port even from a long distance is the most colourful sight of the bright blue structures covered with striking yellow sheet roof meandering its way, turning and twisting through the tall structures and equipment, dazzling amidst vast stretches of sand banks on one side and undisturbed bluish waters of the deep sea on the other.

As one draws closer to the port, the magnificence of the project becomes clear and evident. Like a bolt from the blue, you will see the panorama of the beautiful project in front of your eyes with blue and yellow conveyors snaking around the project connected intermittently with tall blue junction house towers and giant equipment – unloaders at the

jetty, the yellow coloured material handling behemoths - stackers, reclaimers, the tippler house, water treatment plant and many other structures including, Radar Station, housing and other infrastructural facilities. It’s a grand sight to watch the project from good heights and enjoy the green-field project rising up in isolation under the open sky.

For material handling of various cargoes as well as for shipping movements and/or Marine Operation within and outside the Port, a number of equipment are needed to support the services to be rendered to the Port Users - right from entry of the vessel at the port and anchoring at the berth to the exit of the vessel from the port limit. This includes:

Continuous unloading of the raw material at the coal jetty through ship unloaders in the berth

concreting which was done mainly in three stages. This involved erection of 126 different types of precast elements accumulating to 3829 numbers, 7083 cu.m of concrete and 1470 tons of reinforcement including pouring 12445 cu.m of concrete and 1723 tons of reinforcement for in-situ works.

Material Handling System

Dhamra Port is being built as an integrated bulk terminal therefore DPCL has incorporated comprehensive modern facilities for efficient operation and management of the port complete in all respects involving safe berthing, automatic unloading and loading of coal, fuelling the vessel, filling fresh water, boarding & lodging for the crew including many other port infrastructure facilities on shore for stocking, loading into the railway

Close-up view of the jetty, conveyors and ship unloaders


Transportation to stock pile through long conveyors network over the entire length of the stockpile including installation of giant Stacker/Reclaimers equipment, etc.

Loading of Inland transport through rail wagons, with the help of mechanized conveyor system, stacker / reclaimers, open wagon loading system

in the rapid loading system, hopper/bin machines etc.

Similarly separate areas are earmarked for the proper receipt of iron ore from the mines unloading through Wagon Tippler and stocking at the stock pile / reclamation area till it is transported and loaded into the vessels. Following are some of the specific equipment installed

by L&T at Dhamra port including

their Capacities:

Two 2800 tons per hour capacity Ship Un-Loader for Coal

One 5000 tons per hour capacity Ship Loader for Iron Ore

One Wagon Tippler with 25 tips per hour capacity, including, Sidearm charger, Indexer, Apron feeder, etc.,

Two Stacker cum Reclaimers for coal handling having a capacity to stack 5500 tons per hour and reclaim 3500 tons per hour

Two reclaimers and Stacker cum reclaimers for handling iron ore having a capacity to stack 3750 tons per hour and reclaim 5000 tons per hour

Two Conveyors each having a length of 7.24 km with a speed to handle 5500 tons per hour of coal and 3500 tons per hour of iron ore

Two Rapid Wagon Loading System which can load 60 tons

Night view of the conveyor

Yard conveyor with stacker-cum-reclaimer


(One Rake of 58 wagons each with a payload in 1.5 hours)

Two rapid loading silos were constructed using slip form technique of continuous construction.

The port with the mechanized material handling equipment are designed to handle a daily berth throughput of about 60,000 tons for unloading and 70,000 tons for loading so that a large ship of 150,000 to 180,000 tons can be loaded or unloaded within three days.

Building the Railway Infrastructure

As a part of the Dhamra Port development, L&T had to build 62 km long railway embankment from Bhadrak to Dhamra involving construction of 151 minor and 6

major bridges. Since Dhamra Port was located in a remote and isolated place and the nearest town was 62 km away at Bhadrak the Company faced serious land acquisition problems while establishing the railway line alignment to the port.

Though the works commenced in April 2007 and it had to be completed in a period of 36 months, due to delay in firming up route alignment and release of engineering drawings, there was delay in timely execution of the project. Now the entire project is expected to be completed by November 30, 2010.

As most of the railway track traversing in the coastal areas are founded on soft soils and marine deposits, pre-construction by soil stabilization and strengthening had to be done with suitable geotechnical engineering techniques for building the railway

embankment. Soft soils are characterized by low shear strength, high compressibility and low bearing capacity. Due to these factors, construction of railway embankment on these soils posed formidable challenges. Thus, L&T had to use a combination of geotechnical engineering techniques as follows to reinforce the earth embankment:

Ground improvement by sand wick and geotextiles.

Embankment filling by borrowed earth.

Blanketing by murrum.

Construction of Piles, well foundations etc. including

Construction of 151 minor bridges with associated fabrication and erection of steel girders.

This involved 57 lakh cu.m of earthwork excavation, 75000

Railway bridge erected over the National Highway


cu.m of concreting, 6500 tons of reinforcement, 5600 rmt of piling and 1920 tons of steel fabrication for the steel bridges. Nearly 63 staff and 732 workmen were deployed during peak construction for this embankment work.

The entire work of embankment construction including fabrication and erection of structural steel bridges in few locations were executed by L&T as per specifications issued by Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow an unit of Government of India, Ministry of Railways.

A total of 2033 acres of land was acquired for developing the rail road corridor from Bhadrak to Dhamra and the work called for some specialized construction methods and services including

deployment of special equipment as follows:

Well sinking for bridge with crane barge at Mantai river.

1200 mm DIA bored cast in situ pile with BG15 rotary piling rig.

Launching Girder was used for launching Bridges over NH#5 and over Rail track (Howrah Chennai main line).

Sheet Pile Driving with MOVAX & HPH1200 equipment installed on excavator.

Precast Pile driving with Integrated Piling Rig.

BSP Piling Hammer & METCO piling rig for Precast pile driving.

L&T encountered several problems during the course of its execution. Some of these problems and how

the company overcame the same are given below in brief:

Dispute in land acquisition for work front and agitation by local people were managed well with the influence of local administrators and by continuous follow-up with client, addressing every single issue by direct involvement and interaction with villagers and even engaging local people into the jobs wherever they were found suitable.

Delay in release of engineering was addressed by calling for regular meeting with the client / consultant and even extending support from the project site, wherever required.

Scarcity of embankment material lead to Introduction of various alternative materials like corridor

Close-up view of the bridge steel girders for railway


earth, murrum, dredged sand etc. to carry out the operations smoothly. In some places, L&T went ahead with modifying RDSO technical requirement and replaced it with NHAI requirement to meet the exigencies after approval by RDSO.

L&T had to abide by the Stringent RDSO specification for fabrication of steel members by awarding

subcontracts to RDSO approved workshops including supervision delegated to experienced staff hired from outside.

Railway Construction

The port acquired a 125 meter wide and 62 km long corridor from Dhamra to Bhadrakto accommodate two rail tracks and a four lane road along with service lines viz. transmission line and pipe lines. However, during phase-I, DPCL took up the construction of 62 km rail connectivity with a single rail track from Dharma to Bhadrak/Renital Link Cabin on the main Howrah-Chennai line. Trains will run up to Dhamra Terminal Yard (DTY) wherein handing over and taking over of rakes will take place between Indian Railways and DPCL. The railway line will be operated from DTY with the help of

Centralized Traffic Control signaling mechanism. After completion of the embankment works as per specification, the permanent way works including the overhead equipment (OHE) installations for the 25 kV AC traction system commenced as per specifications provided by RDSO Lucknow. This work can be split into four sections as given below:

Track Linking Work: a. Supply, execution, testing & commissioning for 124 TKM (65 RKM) Track Linking work including 26 nos Level Crossings.

OHE & PSI Work: Supply, b. installation, testing & commissioning of 110 TKM (62 RKM) Railway Electrification from Bhadrakh / Ranital Link Cabin (E. Co. Rly) to Dhamra Port (DTY); 132kV / 25kV

Signalling and telecommunication works. Inset : OHE with contact wires


Major items of work

Permanent way works

Rail Linking of 60 kg Rail

: 15000 tons

Primary and secondary ballasting

: 3.4 lakh cu.m

Mono block sleeper laying

: 2.1 lakh nos

Insertion of Point and Crossing

: 99 nos

Insertion of Glued joint

: 525 nos

Flash Butt welding : 13500 nos

Thermit Welding : 4300 nos

Level Crossing with Height Guage

work : 26 nos

OHE Work

Foundation Work (PCC) : 1975 nos or 12000 cu.m

BFB Mast Erection : 1869 nos

Portal Erection : 93 nos

Bracket Erection : 2593 nos

Wiring : 138 Tension Length or 276 Shots

OHE Modification at two station under power block : 22 hrs.

25KV SP Isolator : 22 nos

Section Insulator ( SI ) : 29 nos

AT : 21 nos

Power Supply Arrangement of OHE

TSS : 1 no

Sectioning Post : 1 no

Sub sectioning post : 4nos

Installation of SCADA system

S&T Work

Provision of EI system complete VDU : 4 Stn.

Main Sig. foundation : 91 nos

Shunt Sig. Foundation : 30 nos

Installation of Apparatus Case : 231 nos

Cable trench for Sig. cable : 52 km

Cable laying of Sig. cable : 323 km

Installation of Sig. post : 121 nos

Trenching for telecom cable : 80 km

OFC Cable laying : 79 km

6 Quad cable laying : 91 km

Installation of Emergency socket : 71 Nos.

Completed view of the rail track and OHE. Inset : Railway Station


Traction Sub – Station (TSS) at Gurudaspur; sectioning post (SP) at Bhatatira, subsecting post (SSP) at Bhadrakh, Tihidih, Bansara and DTY; 25kV / 250V auxiliary transformer (AT) and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) system at Khurda road.

c) General Electrical Work: Supply, installation, testing & commissioning for – 6.6 kV / 250 V Interlink Substation at DTY Rail complex; Lighting of residential building and yard including TSS.

d) Signaling & Telecommunication (S&T) Work: Supply, Installation, testing & commissioning for - Electronic Interlocking signaling system (EI) with Visual display unit (VDU) at Ranital Link Cabin, Bhatatira, Tihidi, Gurudaspur, Bansara and EI centralized traffic control (CTC) with VDU at DTY; Rly. control and telecommunication system

for entire section of 65 RKM from Bhadrakh to Portbulb.

The successful execution of the Permanent way (BG Rail Linking work) largely depended on the efficient supply chain management of key materials - procurement and supply of 16000 tons of 60 kg Rail, 2.4 lakh numbers of mono block sleeper and 3 lakh cu.m of Rail Tack Ballast and making it available at site in a very short time on commencement of the project. In fact, arranging these key materials was the main challenge and any delay in this would have led to consequential risks in non-completion of the project on time. Knowing the risks involved L&T took a wise decision to go for importing rail and setting up a captive sleeper manufacturing plant at site, for the first time in the history of Indian Railway and establishing mining and crusher plant near the site.

Accordingly, the entire quantities of materials were made available at site prior to execution ensuring uninterrupted work front. A special store was provided for storing and stacking the rails in the vicinity of project.

A technical and engineering methodology was adopted for handling and stacking of Rails up to 10 layers facilitating the storage of the entire quantity of 16000 tons in one place of 10000 sq.m. area.

Although the work had to be executed under the contractual completion time of 36 months, the actual Railway Construction (RC) activity could start only after an elapse of 19 months, that is, after the completion of the embankment works and construction of bridges. Therefore modern techniques including innovative methodology of execution became inevitable to complete the project in a compressed time frame of the

132 kV switchyard at Bhadrak


remaining16 months. Therefore L&T employed Sleeper Layer and Rail Threader machines for erection of mono block sleeper and rail laying.

OHE work in DPCL project was different in many ways compared to the regular CORE / RVNL railway contract works that L&T executes. This in fact called for advanced techniques in OHE erection methods to mitigate stringent time schedule, working in cess without a track and major P&M like erection crane, tower wagon etc normally supplied by Railways.

The entire 2500 (15000 cu.m) of OHE foundations were cast on cess without having a track or any other facility within a short period of 7 months. A dedicated survey team provided for marking of error free center line to avoid rejection of foundation.

A special gang was engaged for doing foundation using boom pressure in gape location due to delay in cess handover and land dispute. The entire stretch of the railway route was divided in to small sections for advance feeding of required material such as Mast / Portal, Bracket etc. and expediting installation work as soon as the foundations are cast.

Outsourcing of P&M and back-to-back arrangement with specialized agency not only helped to meet the scarcity of captive P&M and staff, but also ensured better quality of work.

For the permanent way construction work both manual and mechanized linking methods were used. In both methods, usage of Hydra Crane for handling of Rail, sleeper, Dumper for ballast spreading, Roller for ballast compaction were employed in addition to the mechanized method

of sleeper laying and rail threading to reduce deployment of workmen substantially.

For Rail joint automatic flash butt welding machines were deployed by subcontractors in addition to departmental and dedicated FB machine. On an average the site achieved a production of 70 Joints per machine per day.

Centre line of track was done on the cess by coordinate for marking the OHE foundation. Thus the problem of non-availability of track was eliminated. Excavation of OHE foundation was done both by manual as well as excavator. Concrete was supplied from site through concrete mixture. In critical area and inconvenient locations Boom placers were used to avoid delay. All mast erection, boom erection was done with Hydra Crane and stringing of contact wire and catenary were

132 kV switchyard at Dhamra


widely done using Rail-cum-road vehicle. Mobile water tanker was also used for concreting work particularly in stretches having water scarcity. Thus thrashing every obstacle, the project was completed in a speedier way by meticulous planning and excellent coordination of resources.

132 kV switchyard

The 132 kV switchyard specially built at Dhamra port, draws its power from Bhadrak substation of Orissa Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) and this meets the complete power requirements of the port electricals. The switchyard consists of the following bays:

One Line feeder

Two 20 MVA 132 / 6.9 kV transformer feeders

One bus transfer

One bus section aliser

Single main transfer scheme is adopted for this 132 kV switchyard wherein the main busbars are rated for 1250 A, 3 phase, 31.5 kA for 1s. The secondary 132 kV transformer is connected to 6.6 kV indoor switchgear through

6.6 kV bus duct. The switchyard consists of the following major equipment:

20 MVA 132 / 6.9 kV YNyn0, ONAN transformer

1250 A SF6 circuit breaker

1250A Isolators

Night view of the switchyard with turtle friendly lighting

Another view of the switchyard at port


4 core Current transformers

2 core Potential transformers

1 core Current transformers for tariff metering

1 core Potential transformers for tariff metering

120 kV, 10 kA Lightning arrestors

6000pF coupling capacitor

800A, 0.5mH Wavetrap

The MCC-1 Building houses the indoor control and relay panels located in a separate control room. This also houses the AC and DC distribution boards, PLCC panels,

48V DC battery, charger and DCDB.

L&T’s scope of works for the switchyard complex involved complete earthing, lighting, light protection and cabling system including civil and structural works. All foundation elements in the switchyard are founded on 350 mm square pre-cast driven piles driven to a depth of 32 to 36 meter.

132 kV Switchyard Extension at Bhadrak End

To cater to the 132 kV feeder at Dhamra Port end L&T also executed

another 132 kV line bay extension at OPTCL Bhadrak substation. This substation is interconnected with the Dhamra 132 kV substation thru 132 kV transmission line.

Illumination

The illumination system implemented at Dhamra Port is designed to ensure the best of environmental practices worldwide. The Lighting management has been identified as one of the key measures to mitigate light pollution from the port lighting system which has an adverse impact on the Olive Ridley turtles, one of the rare species of its kind, prevalent in this part of the world. In principle, L&T is strictly adhering to the Lighting missions advocated by IUCN (The International Union for Conservation of Nature) lighting experts. They have helped DPCL to choose and select the specific lighting fixtures which would minimize light spillage and does not misguide or migrate the turtles.

All the outdoor light fittings are positioned and mounted in such a manner that the beam, ray or any other source of light or any reflective surface of the lighting fixture is not visible from any point on the beach. At the same time all the luminaries, photometry, selected for outdoor areas have a cut off angle, less than 70 Degrees and photometry of these lights are tested and certified as per IUCN parameters.

The objective of this port illumination system is to mitigate the port’s overall lighting impact, if any, on the sea turtle hatchlings on the Gahirmatha beach and Nasi islands which is almost 15 km away from the existing port. This exterior illumination system plan is to minimize adverse impact on the already endangered

132 kV transmission line


and as such, it is considered as the Life Line to Dhamra Port and the entire project was executed in a period of 32 months.

Unlike the normal transmission lines built across plain terrain, the

route for this Bhadrak – Dhamra transmission line mostly passes through fertile agricultural fields, along the Orissa coast. The soil conditions in many places were not suitable for normal open cast foundations and L&T had to build

sea turtles’ nesting/hatching habits on the Gahirmatha beach. Exterior lighting interferes with sea turtle hatching habit as they migrate from the nest to the ocean resulting in disorientation of hatching towards the light source. Development of this plan is made necessary to reduce the incidental take of sea turtle hatching and disturbance of adult nesting turtles. It is also found that Lighting can deter female turtles from nesting.

132 kV Transmission Line Tower Construction

L&T completed the 65 km long 132 kV Transmission Line tower construction work from Grid Substation at Bhadrak to Dhamra and linked it with the 132 kV / 6.6kV Substation at the Port complex. This is the only source of power to this mega port

Transmission lines passing through agricultural fields

132 kV D/C transmission line


them on pile foundations, which came as a real challenge.

Out of the total 260 foundations, 171 were built on pile foundations. Nearly 1316 cast-in-situ piles were cast along the entire stretch accumulating to 23786 m in length. In addition, the topography of the entire stretch of the line was low lying which made the construction all the more difficult, particularly in the monsoon period and the post monsoon months. Water logging continued even beyond the offset of monsoon and the able Site Engineers worked out various innovative approaches to ensure an uninterrupted work schedule at site.

There were protests and agitations by disgruntled local land owners which had an impact on the Right-Of-Way clearance and speedy

movement of operations. However, these issues were amicably settled by the Construction Manager, Site Engineers, Accounts and Administration team right from the commencement of the project.

Being a project on the move, transmission line projects call for proper Stores Management. Keeping stock of good inventory is essential for the progress of the project without any delay. This fact is well known to our engineers, but the greatest challenge was in meticulous planning and keeping stock of inventory at strategic locations to meet the timely requirements of the project. Beating all the odds, our engineers carried out the task in the most efficient manner, thanks to the Project Management Team for their expert planning, mobilization of resource and implementation techniques. Our strict adherence to ISO certified

practices in the store management even at isolated locations attracted the attention of our clients and they acclaimed the same in many forums.

Similarly safety has been accorded the highest priority and accordingly the site clocked one million lost time injury free man-hours upto November 2009 and the project was awarded the certificate of merit for its EHS activities.

Thus the project was successfully commissioned to its rated Voltage on 14th January’ 2010 and was handed over to Orissa Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) during March 2010.

Compiled by

K. Sridharan with inputs from project team – Pabak Mukhopadhyay,

Sutanu Ganguly, Deepak Kumar, Ramkumar, Debashis Ghosh and

Kuntal Pakhira

Another view of 132 kV transmission line


India is one of the most fortunate countries to have an abundance of Iron ore which is the raw

material for making steel. The per-capita consumption of steel in a country is one of the most important barometer for measuring development and economic growth. Steel is crucial to sustain the development and growth of all infrastructural needs, be it construction of roadways, railways, ports, dams, power plants, water supply systems, housing, etc.

Presently in 2010, the steel industry in India is the fifth largest in the world and given the vibrancy with which it is growing, the Steel Ministry estimates that the India is poised to become

the second largest steel producer in the world by the year 2015. Abetted with the growing global demand and the increasing domestic consumption, domestic steel producers are expanding production capacities in order to capitalize on this opportunity.

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), the holding Company of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is also in a similar fray of expansion and has set its mission to attain 16 million ton liquid steel capacity through technological up-gradation, operational efficiency and expansion. The existing capacity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VST) stands at 3.4 million tons per annum.

RashtriyaIspat Nigam Limited - Visakhapatnam Steel Plant

L&T in consortium with Paul Wurth Italia bagged the EPC order for the Blast Furnace # 3 with a Hot metal capacity of 2.5mtpa.Once commissioned, this furnace will fulfill VSP’s phased expansion planned target of liquid metal production. L&T’s scope of work includes complete detail engineering based on basic design and engineering inputs by Paul Wurth and the major portion of indigenous manufacturing and supply, erection of equipment including the associated civil and structural works. Apart from this there

Forging ahead with enhanced production

Vizag Steel Overall Plant View

Vizag Steel


Raw material feeding ¾system to stock house

Stock house ¾

Charging system ¾

Transporting system to ¾transport the burden material to furnace top - conveyor

Discharging system to ¾discharge burden material inside BF – bell less top

Blast Furnace Proper

Blast Furnace Cooling System

Cast House

Slag Granulation Plant

Hot blast system

Blowers to deliver cold ¾blast

Hot Stove to heat up the ¾cold blast

Hot Blast main to carry ¾hot blast from hot stove to furnace

Gas cleaning plant

Dust Catcher for dry dust ¾removal

Wet scrubber ¾

Water Treatment Plant ¾

Top gas recovery turbine

Pulverised Coal Injection

Raw material handling system: To charge raw materials inside the BF there is an elaborate system for receiving and storing of raw materials. It starts with the various receiving systems for individual raw materials. Raw materials are typically received from sinter plants, coke plants, and storage yards. Each type of material is stored in separate bins in the stock house.

The major equipment/heavy lifts in stock house include bunker girders, hoppers and conveyor galleries (in assembled condition). The bunker girders were erected in sequence

a continuous process and tapping of metal and slag from BF is done from time-to-time. However, there are instances of almost continuous tapping of metal and slag in bigger blast furnaces in some parts of the world. The main producing unit along with other auxiliary units of Blast Furnace complex runs continuously.

A typical blast furnace auxiliary includes:

Raw material handling system

was a separate package awarded to L&T for the structural works of Stock House. Paul Wurth’s scope of work includes process design, basic engineering, supply of imported equipment, supervision of erection and commissioning.

Blast Furnace

Blast Furnace (BF) is a counter current reactor based smelting shaft furnace. Unlike steel melting shops, it is a continuous operating plant. Charging to Blast Furnace is also

View of BF area & Charging conveyor

Illustration of a typical Blast Furnace


Technical Features of Blast Furnace

Working Volume : 3,230 cu.m

Inner Volume : 3,814 cu.m

Hearth Diameter : 13 m

Tuyeres : 34 nos

Peak Production : 7,850 tpd

Average Production : 7,150 tpd

Furnace Top Pressure : 2.5 bar g

Fuel Rate : 535 kg/HMt

using DEMAG CC1800-1. The civil works for stock house was handled by RINL through other agencies.

Charging system: The raw materials like coke and iron bearing burden (sinter, lump ore) along with fluxes are carried by conveyor system from raw-material handling yard and Sinter Plant and stored in Stock House bunkers. These are

then screened and weighed as per operator defined charging sequence and transported to the top of the furnace using a conveyor system.

Main Charging Belt Conveyor: Main Charging belt conveyor is divided into two parts MB1 of length 138m (from stock house to transfer tower) and MB2 of length 369.5m (from transfer tower to top of the furnace). The height of trestles for the conveyor varies from 4 to 57m. The conveyor gallery including technological structures in assembled condition of length 54m weighing 130 Mt was erected in single lift using DEMAG CC2800 crane.

Bell-less Top: Most commonly used charging system to discharge and distribute the burden inside the BF is bell-less top. With bell-less charging equipment, the raw materials are charged and distributed into the furnace through a rotating chute

which can change angles allowing more flexibility in precise material distribution inside the furnace.

Blast Furnace Proper: The blast furnace is a tall steel structure with varying shell thickness that is internally lined with refractory. The refractory is cooled by water - cooled metal components called staves, which are embedded between the shell and the refractory.

BF Shell - The furnace body or profile consists of five parts:

1. Hearth, at the bottom of the furnace, which is a straight cylinder

2. Bosh, which tapers inward towards its bottom

3. Belly, which is a straight cylinder

4. Shaft or Stack, which tapers outward from the top

5. Top Cone

Illuminated view of plant


panels which were assembled at ground in order to reduce the number of lifts.

Staves & Refractory: Staves are flat cooling members provided parallel to the furnace shell. This will act as the heat exchanger, and consists of embedded pipes which carry water and are connected to the main cooling circuit of the furnace. Erection of stave and refractory works were taken up simultaneously by providing safety deck at two different levels and one moving platform in-between to facilitate men and material movement.

Carbon blocks which forms the part of Hearth refractory were pushed into the furnace using roller arrangement through a temporary opening made in the shell. The carbon blocks were handled using hoist arrangement fixed to the safety deck and were placed over the leveling grid.

Down comer: Down comer erection of a blast furnace is one of the toughest jobs due to the intricacy involved in terms of the weight to be handled and the configuration. The down comer design at VSP was different from other similar furnace designed by Paul Wurth, as two down comers are provided in the place of one down comer. Down comer connects the furnace to the dust catcher and carries the BF gas to gas cleaning plant. Down comer erection along with the refractory at VSP were completed in a shortest period of two days (including welding) for each down comer. Such complicated erection would normally take many weeks due to the intricacy involved in joint matching.

Blast Furnace Cooling System: In order to keep the furnace refractory in a cooled condition, an elaborate cooling system of soft water and

All the 5 parts mentioned above were supplied by Paul Wurth from China in 22 rings, each ring comprises 6 segments. The circular BF shell rings got erected in 11 lifts.

Normally the fit up of Tuyere holder rings and making the opening for outlet nozzle for off-take pipes are carried out in shop floors due to the criticality of job and level of accuracy required. In VSP, these jobs were carried out successfully at site by developing the necessary templates, jigs and fixtures.

Tower Structure: The blast furnace being a free standing structure, all the platforms and other structures need to be supported on a tower structure which is categorized as Lower, Middle and Upper tower. The lower tower structure was erected in 4 lifts. Erection of middle and upper tower was taken up in

Blast Furnace #3 Cast house floor


Slag Granulation Plant

The main output of BF process is hot metal/liquid iron. During tapping operation, the liquid metal is collected in torpedo ladle through runner system and then sent to steel melt shop for production of steel.

During the process, two by-products are formed, BF Slag & BF Gas. The liquid slag coming out of the BF is quenched by a jet of high velocity of water thereby producing granulated slag. This is mainly used as a raw material in cement industry, and as an additive for concrete.

Slag production : 320 kg/HMt

Slag production (max.) : 2,150 tpd

Max. Slag flow rate : 8 t/min

Peak slag flow rate : 10 t/min

Slag granulation plant is provided with four granulation tanks with two INBA (Ingrid Barbara – Paul Wurth Italia patent name) dewatering drum to segregate slag and water. The granulation tanks are equipped with a

from the iron notch area, skimmer, iron runner, tilting and slag runners is collected from various suction hoods and passed through a duct network, ESP’s (Electro Static Precipitators), ID (Induced Draft) fans and will be finally discharged to atmosphere by means of a stack. The ESP’s are designed to handle an inlet dust load of 1 g/Nm3 of flow rate 13,00,000 m3/hr at operating temperature of 800C to discharge a maximum outlet dust load of 50mg/Nm3.

industrial water system consisting of numerous pumps, heat exchangers and cooling tower, filters, etc., were supplied and erected by L&T.

Cast House

Liquid iron and slag from the tap-hole flow down a deep trench called a “trough”. Set across and inside the trough is a block of refractory, called a “skimmer”, which has a small opening underneath it. The hot metal flows through this skimmer opening, over the “iron dam” and down through the iron runners. Since the slag is less denser than iron, it floats on top while the iron flows down the trough, hits the skimmer and is diverted into the slag runners. The liquid slag flows into slag granulation plant and the liquid iron flows into refractory lined ladles known as “torpedo cars”. These are operated by Pusher Car to control the movement within the cast house.

Cast House Details

No. of cast houses : 2

No. of tap holes : 4

Cast house columns are of structural steel with a floor of heat resistance concrete. The dusty air coming out

Aerial view of Water Cooling system area

View of Granulation system cooling tower & Chimney


common stack to evacuate steam to the atmosphere. The segregated slag is conveyed to slag storage yard through the help of conveyors. BF Gas that is formed as by-product is used in generation of in-house power and in-plant consumption as fuel after necessary cleaning.

Hot Blast System

The Hot Blast System comprises of Cold Blast from Blower, Stoves and Hot Blast Main. Hot Stoves are cylindrical units of 10.7m diameter and height of 45m. The hot stove is a type of heat exchanger in which the heat produced by combustion of the BF gas is retained in the checker chamber, after which cold air is blown through the hot checker to produce the hot air blast. There are internal chambers for combusting

fuel gases for heating up the stove. Three stoves are operated on alternate cycles, providing a

continuous source of hot blast to the furnace. The cold blast which is supplied to stoves from a blower house is at a temperature of 150 to 2500C due to compression of air at blower.

Hot blast flow : 360,000Nm3/h

Hot blast temperature : 12500C

Hot blast pressure : 5.5 bar g

Stoves : 3

Erection of stoves has been carried out using KROLL K-1400 tower crane. The shell was supplied by Paul Wurth from Taiwan in 24 rings and on an average each ring comprises of 4 segments. The circular HS shell rings 1-24 (1170 tons) were erected in 18 lifts. The critical assembly of stove dome portion including stress relieving has been carried out on site.

Overall Plant View

View of Hot Stoves & Hot Blast System


Gas Cleaning Plant (GCP) and Top Gas Recovery Turbine (TRT)

BF is operated with a high top pressure of about 2.5 bar. In order to recover energy from the large volume of high-pressure exhaust BF gas, the BF is equipped (after necessary cleaning of BF Gas by dust catcher, scrubber and demister) with a top-pressure recovery turbine, for generating electric power by converting the mechanical power of escaping high pressure BF Gas to electrical power through turbine and also to control the BF Gas top pressure. The maximum output of turbine generator is 14 MW.

BF gas flow rate (wet) : 550,000Nm3/h

BF gas pressure : 2.5 bar g

GCP comprises of dust catcher, scrubber, demister and water

treatment plant. Erection of dust catcher owing to its weight was carried out in 3 parts whereas for the scrubber and demister, it was carried out in a single lift.

Pulverised Coal Injection (PCI) system

In order to reduce the coke consumption the furnace is provided with Pulverised Coal

View of 6.6KV High-voltage switch gear in Main Electrical Control Building

Water seal at Take over point


Injection (PCI) plant. PCI comprises of two numbers of vertical rollers mill. Non coking coal will be grinded in the mills and will be conveyed pneumatically through pipe line to Tuyeres from where

the same will be injected inside the furnace along with the Hot Blast.

Max. Coal Injection:200 kg/tHM

Avg. Coal Injection:150 kg/tHM

The raw coal and fine coal silos, grinding equipment and injection equipment are housed in a steel structured building of height 60m.

Electrical & Instrumentation

A state-of-the-art electrical system has been installed at VSP, which comprises of HT and LT panels apart from indoor and outdoor transformers. All the substations are automated by means of intelligent control system. The SAS (Sub-station Automation System) co-ordinates with the remaining electrical system in the plant and optimizes the power consumption.

The level 1 of automation system consists of Distributed Control System which centralizes the entire blast furnace operation. This reduces the number of

View of PCI building

Illuminated view of Hot stoves


operators required apart from ensuring enhanced productivity and plant safety.

Weighing system, moisture and density monitoring systems are provided for maintaining the accurate feeding of raw material.

The plant is provided with the latest technology analyzing system, which helps to ensure the required level of oxygen in the iron reduction process. It also estimates the calorific value of the gases and takes corrective action in fuel combustion, measures and ensures required level of CO (Carbon Mono Oxide), SOX and NOX (Sulfur and Nitrogen Oxide) in the waste gas.

In addition to level1 automation, the plant is also provided with level2 automation. Level 2 automation is the blast furnace model based predictive control system. This enables the plant to optimize the production cost of the blast furnace by providing the optimum raw material utilization plan.

Variable Voltage Variable Frequency (VVVF) systems are installed to reduce the power consumption and provide a maintenance free operation.

Intelligent addressable Fire Alarm System integrated with HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) and Clean Agent System has been implemented for enhanced plant safety.

CCTV cameras with Latest technology day/night CCTV system (IP based) are

buildings for stock house, TRT, SGP, PCI and Pump Houses

Servic e rooms, Hydraulic and lubrication rooms in different locations

Chilled water plant, Cooling towers, Air Conditioning & Ventilation systems

Emergency overhead (80m) water tank, Filter press

Fire Fighting System, Fire Alarm System, High Velocity Water Spray (HVWS) system and Clean Gas Agent system

installed at critical locations for continuous monitoring.

All the installation works related with electrical and instrumentation have been completed and presently testing and charging activities are underway.

Auxiliaries

The plant is also provided with the following facilities

Blast Furnace office cum main control room

Different electrical control room

View of Cooling system Piping


Maintenance equipment including EOT cranes, Electrical and mechanical hoists

Plant road, Railways, Sewerage and Drainage system within the battery limit

Spare Stores, Canteen and wash-room blocks

Car park, Cycle & Scooter stand

Environmental, Health, Safety and Quality

Adequate attention is being given to EH Sand quality during construction. Many initiatives such as maintaining greenery around the office is being maintained by planting saplings from time to time. A park is being maintained near the blast furnace # 3 site to help improve the surrounding environment’s aesthetic beauty and as a recreational amenity for the work force.

Health check-up and awareness camps are being organized from time to time at the labour

camp that has been constructed outside the plant boundary to accommodate about 6,000 workmen during peak periods. Proper care is being taken for sanitation and cleanliness at labour camp.

The VSP project site achieved 38.2 Million Accident Free Man hours as on Sept, 2010 and has won the following awards

ROSPA Gold in 2010

ROSPA Silver in 2009

International Safety Awards from British Safety Council 2009

These awards indicate the concern and effort of the project team in maintaining the safety standards at site as per the norms.

A dedicated quality department has been set up to practice and implement all the quality management systems at site. Quality audits are carried out at regular intervals to ensure compliance to plans. Continuous training / induction to engineers

and work force helped in enhancing the knowledge and resulted in better quality of work and customer satisfaction.

Corporate Social Responsibility

L&T’s VSP team has also devoted their time for CSR initiatives by spending time with the under privileged children of a nearby orphanage in Vizag. The team has distributed basic amenities like hygiene kits, sports material, food items, etc., to the children there.

Execution work at VSP project is completed and testing and commissioning of various plant and equipment are underway. The plant is scheduled to undergo production within a couple of months thereby fulfilling VSP’s mission of achieving 6.5 mtpa of liquid steel production.

For L&T, commissioning of Blast Furnace # 3 at VSP has added yet another feather to its cap. This project will further reinforce the belief that “Steel is L&T’s strength and it will continue to play a more significant role in this sector, in the years to come”

Y. S. Srikanth, Project Manager

and A.V.S.S. Surya Srinivas,

Planning Manager

Visit of Hon’ble Minister of Steel at VSP project on 10th May’10 (From Left to Right - Mr. P K Bishnoi – CMD RINL, Mr. Virbhadra Singh - Hon’ble Union Minister of Steel, Mr. A SaiPrathap - Hon’ble union minister of state for Steel, Smt. Daggubati Purandeswari - Minister of State for Human Resource Development (Higher Education)


The IT industry in India has grown amidst global competition like no other industry has. From a

mere US $ 150 million in the early 90’s the IT industry has touched a staggering US $ 60 billion by 2010. A reasonable amount of this growth spurt can be attributed to the creation of world-class IT infrastructure in rapid speed and scale. L&T, in line with its role of being a nation builder has helped the country realize this dream and ride the IT wave to become one of the world’s leading exporter of IT and ITES.

L&T was a pioneer in providing IT infrastructure with unimaginable scale and speed. The firsts of its projects include Hi-tech city at Hyderabad which has revolutionized

the topography to transform the place into ‘Cyberabad’ that is home to almost all leading names in the IT industry. In all major cities L&T has built sprawling IT parks that offer best-in-class amenities to leading IT brands from the world over. One such significant and recent addition to the city of Kolkata is the ‘Godrej Waterside’ an IT park located at Salt Lake in Kolkata. This project is located within the busy IT hub of Salt Lake in Kolkata. The proximity of Salt Lake to the hub of the city and the airport has made it a very promising IT destination. Today Godrej Waterside is surrounded by elite IT companies that adorn the skyline of Salt Lake area of Kolkata.

The Project

Godrej Waterside, as the name rightly suggests, is a breathtakingly imposing structure along a water body on one side and access to a busy road on the other. With a total built-up area of 2.2 million square feet Godrej Waterside comprises two independent towers (G+11 & G+18) over one single podium. This includes two car parking basements with a capacity to park 1300 cars. Once completed, Godrej Waterside is poised to become one of largest building in the precincts of Salt Lake, Kolkata. The scope of work for L&T consists of construction of warm-shell with common area finishing and NSC co-ordination on MEP works. This

A modern IT park rising up in Salt Lake, Kolkata

The two tower blocks of Godrej Waterside with the lake on one side

Godrej Waterside


being L&T’s first business association with GODREJ, the project team was in a higher state of excitement to create a landmark structure that is complete with all amenities and services to suit the requirements of the ever emerging IT industry.

The Godrej Waterside project too was not without its share of challenges during execution. Hurdles such as heavy rain, space constraints, delays, price escalation of resources were all mitigated in the most professional manner to complete the project as designed.

Challenges faced

The Godrej Waterside project began as an item-rate contract, but by virtue of the impressive performance of L&T and strong rapport and confidence building with client, the contract was baptized and converted to Lump Sum Contract with increased scope. Among the various challenges faced, the major one could be stated as the flash floods during basement construction which caused the entire site to get submerged with 2 m deep water due to heavy downpour. This kind of flooding occurred twice in

the same season adding further to the difficulty. In order to alleviate this challenge, about 510 lakh liters of water was dewatered in a period of seven days.

Another critical challenge faced, was the scarcity of skilled manpower in West Bengal. The boom in infrastructure development and real estate added to this scarcity. The Godrej Waterside project required approximately 2000 workmen; mobilizing and retaining skilled workmen was therefore a tough proposition.

Since the project was located in an IT zone, establishing a batching plant was not possible due to locational restrictions. Therefore, the need for concrete was met by procuring ready-mix concrete to the required specification from external RMC agencies. Procuring standardized

Major scope of work

Excavation : 184808 cu.m

Earth disposal : 163800 cu.m

Reinforcement steel : 10710 t

Concrete : 101602 cu.m

Formwork : 344867 sq.m

Masonry : 13961 cu.m

Plastering : 173069 sq.m

Flooring, skirting, dado : 98732 sq.m

Waterproofing : 58272 sq.m

Painting : 216872 sq.m

Front view of the tower block 1


RMC within the stipulated time at optimized costs was another challenge that was mitigated through meticulous planning, constant monitoring and rigorous follow-up.

Table Formwork

The Godrej Waterside project envisaged the creation of expansive double basements to be utilized as parking lots that can accommodate 1300 cars. This apart, the basement would also house all the major building services. The fact that there lies a water body on one side of the project and a busy road on the other, made the project site a critical and tough terrain for constructing the basement which was at a depth of 12m. Each basement measures about 1.75 lakh sq.ft.

The challenge was high until the stage of completion of basements. On reaching ground level, it became

relatively easier to complete the ground-up level as table formwork system was used along with pre-tensioning slab. Through this method and by deploying the right equipment, the slab-to-slab cycle time was reduced to seven days. The table formwork system requires considerable amount of workmen due to the increased material handling need of this methodology of construction. Since mobilizing workmen was difficult due to scarcity of labourers, workmen in the category of ‘khalasi’ were inducted. This apart, trained workmen from CSTI were also inducted to the project in order to mitigate the situation.

Table formwork system was being implemented for the first time in such a project in the Kolkata cluster. The teething trouble included comparatively high (approx. 40-45%) concentration of RCC slab / beam segments along with Pre-Tensioning slabs, preventing the smooth application of Table-form. Another challenge was the lower concrete grade (M35) specified by Client / Consultant that was extending the slab-to-slab cycle time. This in turn

Plant and machinery

Floor mounted Tower Crane, MC205B, Potain : 1 no

Floor climbing Tower Crane, MC85A, Potain : 2 nos

Concrete pump, BP 1800 HDR, Schwing : 2 nos

Power Generator 62.5KVA TO 250 KVA : 7 nos

Hydra, K10, Escorts : 1 no

Passenger Hoist, SCANDO1500, Mekaster : 1 no

Builder Hoist, Jaymac : 5 nos

Ramp and landscape in the front


was delaying the post-tensioning and subsequent de-shuttering activities. Initially the target for using table form was from the typical floor level which is 3rd floor onwards, but due to the acute space constraints at site location for material stacking and for table form fabrication yard, L&T had fabricated the table form units at the site itself and thereby started utilizing the same ahead of schedule from the 1st floor level itself.

Resources

Any project of this scale warrants the requirement of tower cranes which is one of the major equipment used for this type of high-rise and large structure. Initially for the construction of Tower-I two cranes were installed. One floor mounted and another floor climbing. With the rich experience gathered from the progress of Tower-I,

three tower cranes were installed for the construction of Tower-II. This addition of resource greatly improved productivity by reducing slab-to-slab cycle time from 10 days to 8 days even though the plate area of floor slab in both

the Towers are the same. Also, after giving due importance to Safety & Productivity, many new and innovative machinery such as‘ Builder Hoist’ with a height of upto 90m was erected with an ingeniously fabricated support.

MEP Highlights

The power consumption of 14 MVA is the highest among all buildings in the vicinity with 100% power backup facility by nine – 2000KVA DG sets under Electrical HT/LT system

1.7 million sq.ft. of saleable floor area is air-conditioned by 6 Chillers of 850 TR capacity

The basement parking facility is installed with automatic ventilation system without ducts under HVAC system

28high-speed lifts are installed for effective transportation of end- users in both the towers

Hydro pneumatic systems

Sanitary & plumbing system with STP & WTP facilities

Fire protection & detection system

IBMS & PA system

Side view of tower 1


Introduction of this system totally eliminated the cost of hire charges of conventional HD tower thereby resulting in great savings.

NSC Coordination

In addition to the main contract, L&T has also been awarded with the NSC (Nominated Sub-Contractor) coordination work on MEP jobs for Godrej Waterside project where GODREJ has adopted world-class technologies with the implementation of Green Building concepts aimed at GOLD rating. The client entrusted various packages to reputed agencies like Voltas, Godrej & Boyce, SPFAB and Otis.

VoltasHVAC, Intelligent Building Management Systems, Electrical & Diesel Generators

Fire Protection & Fire Fighting System

CCTV Surveillance & Public Address System

Sanitary & Plumbing and STP / WTP System

SPFAB – External Façade

GODREJ & BOYCE – Bus bar

OTIS – Lifts: 28 nos.

The coordination job of single-point responsibility was however with L&T for overall completion of the project including Value Engineering, Project Time Scheduling, Quality and Safety as well as final handing over to

The lift lobby

Entrance lobby


the customer. Therefore, it was a challenging task to interface all the activities that were to be carried out by different organizations under one roof with in the tight completion schedule. Close monitoring and team efforts has made this target

achievable. The main success factor was the confluence of continuous efforts of all project engineers engaged by different agencies, customer, consultants and L&T. This close coordination and project management has helped the team

realize the target with appreciation from all sides.

HSE

To meet the tight construction schedule under a safe working environment, the project team had taken the various safety measures such as:

100% use of PPEs by all

Induction (through e-learning) and screening of workmen working at site

‘Safe for use’ certificate to all construction equipment upon verification

Two tier safety nets for all height works at slab casting level and two floors below

Besides this, the project being vast in nature and being located in a high-profile area, L&T had innovated and implemented various measures

Above and top: Well finished and lit interiors


like full-height door with lockable arrangement in lift shaft opening, floor edge protection (1.2m high) with hard barricading, installation of debris chute, sound-proof Diesel Generator sets, third party periodic pollution control check, etc.

Safety performance at Godrej Waterside was excellent right from the beginning stages. Through this, the site has achieved 8.02 million accident-free safe man-hours from January’2007 to May’2010, which speaks testimony for the safe work methods and the impeccable safety culture established at the site. The site has also received appreciation for “7 million safe man-hours” from Godrej.

Administration - A vital role

To ensure smooth functioning of site operation, ideal liaison with all the

statutory and political agencies is another key activity. Major hindrances have been tackled with initiatives to develop and maintain good rapport with the local community, political and other governmental bodies. Thus, with their co-operation, L&T could manage space constraints by creating and arranging space for labour hutment (to contain 2500 persons), temporary office, material storage and other temporary construction support yards.

Current status

Presently, Tower – 1 is almost completed except some last-mile-connection sand commissioning while Tower-2 is structurally completed. MEP and other finishing works are in progress in Tower – II.

Under current global economic melt-down situation, the customer

has also faced crises, but is undergoing fast recovery. From L&T, all possible support in the form of value engineering in Tower-2 has been implemented to save on resources and costs. Through such impressive and proactive customer support L&T has secured further orders from Godrej that includes Godrej Genesis (IT Park) & Godrej Prakriti (Housing Complex) in Kolkata and other projects at Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad are in the pipeline.

D. Mukhopadhyay Project Manager

Another interior view


N E W O R D E R S

New Orders worth Rs.1025 crore in Buildings & Factories SegmentLarsen & Toubro’s Buildings & Factories Operating Company (B&F-OC) – part of its Construction Division – has secured orders aggregating to Rs. 1025 crore for the construction of two hospital buildings, residential projects in Mumbai and a cement plant from a major cement manufacturer.

These orders further enhance the order book of the B&F-OC, which has already secured major design & build contracts for airports, IT parks and commercial space. L&T has a major market share in these segments.

Rs.1749 Crore Orders from Metallurgical Sector

The Metallurgical Material Handling and Water Operating Company (MMHW-OC) – part of L&T’s Construction Division – has secured a slew of EPC orders aggregating Rs.1749 crore from steel major SAIL and BALCO.

L&T, in consortium with Paul Wurth of Italy, has been awarded the Rs.1627 crore EPC contract to build the 2.8 MTPA Blast Furnace for SAIL-Bhilai Steel Plant. L&T’s share in the contract is Rs.1010 crore.

L&T-Paul Wurth Consortium successfully completed and recently commissioned the upgraded Blast Furnace-2 at Bokaro Steel Plant of SAIL which increased the hot metal production capacity of the plant by 0.5 MTPA. The Consortium also completed a new 2.5 MTPA state-of-the-art Blast Furnace on EPC basis at Vizag Steel Plant for RINL. The same Consortium is constructing similar capacity Blast Furnaces on an EPC basis for Tata Steel and Bhushan Steel Limited.

In another significant development, L&T in consortium with Outotec, GmbH of Germany has been awarded Rs.670.73 crore EPC contract to build a 3.7 MTPA Sinter Plant for SAIL - Bhilai Steel Plant. L&T’s share in the contract is Rs. 538.29 crore.

L&T-Outotec Consortium is presently building three Sinter Plants on an EPC basis. Of these, two are for SAIL at Burnpur for their IISCO Steel Plant and Rourkela Steel Plant, and the third one is for Bhushan Steel plant in Orissa.

L&T with its consortium partners are playing a major role in augmenting the hot metal capacity for the Indian Steel Industry.

In the non-ferrous segment, L&T has bagged an additional order of Rs. 201 crore from BALCO for capacity expansion of its Smelter at Korba. This order is in addition to the large package being executed by L&T for the BALCO expansion project. This involves setting up of 340 k Amps Potline and Carbon Area including Supply, Fabrication, Construction, Erection and Project Monitoring services.

All the above projects have been bagged under stiff competition from multinational companies. Moreover these major projects in the metallurgical space have further strengthened the position of L&T as a leading builder for the Indian Iron & Steel and Non-ferrous Industry in the country.

Rs. 700 Cr Orders from Water & Material Handling Sectors

Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Metallurgical, Material Handling & Water Operating Company – a part of its Construction Division – has secured orders aggregating Rs. 700 crores from various customers.

Water Sector

L&T has bagged an order worth Rs. 375 crores from Jabalpur Municipal Corporation. The scope of work includes the construction of 210 km of underground drains, comprising of RCC pipes and RCC drains for Jabalpur city in Madhya Pradesh. The Project is funded under JNNURM scheme and has to be executed in 30 months.

In an another development, L&T has received orders worth Rs. 165 crores from Haryana State Industrial


and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited for the development of infrastructure facilities like Water supply, Wastewater collection, storm water drainage and associated works for the industrial estates located in Panipat and Rai. This order has to be executed in 21 months.

Material Handling Sector

In Material Handling Sector, L&T has received orders worth Rs. 160 crores from Bhushan Steel Limited for the Design, Engineering, manufacture & supply of Conveyor and auxiliary equipment for the Raw Material Handling System at their ongoing 6 MTPA Integrated Steel Plant at Meramandali, Orissa. The order has to be executed in 16 months.

New Orders worth Rs.1585 Crore from Buildings & Factories Segment

Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Buildings & Factories Operating Company - part of its Construction Division – has secured orders aggregating to Rs.1585 crore in the second quarter for the construction of residential projects, factories, office space, hotel including add on orders from various ongoing projects.

L&T has secured new orders aggregatingRs.435crore for the construction of residential building projects from leading developers.

It has further secured orders worth Rs.781 crore from esteemed clients for construction of hotel, office building and add on orders from its ongoing airport and commercial building projects.

In yet another development, it has bagged Rs.369 crore orders from reputed customers for the construction of factory building projects including add on orders.

These orders further enhance the order book of the company it has already secured for major design & build contracts in Airports, IT Parks and commercial and residential space.

L&T Infra gets Infra NBFC status from RBI

L&T Infrastructure Finance Company (L&T Infra), a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has

received the status of “Infrastructure Finance Company” from the Reserve Bank of India within the overall classification of “Non-Banking Finance Company.”

L&T Infra commenced operations in January 2007 as an NBFC, a part of L&T’s Financial Services Group, to finance infrastructure projects and in a short span of time since its inception, L&T Infra has achieved cumulative approvals of Rs 17,133 crores and cumulative disbursements of Rs 7,615 crores across Energy, Transportation, Telecommunication and other Infra sectors.

L&T General Insurance Company Limited to commence Operations; receives R3 approval from IRDA

L&T General Insurance Company Limited, the general insurance arm of the $9.8 billion Larsen & Toubro (L&T) will commence operations soon. The Company has received the necessary license from the Regulatory Authority for commencing its business operations.

Mr. Y.M. Deosthalee, Whole-time Director & Chief Financial Officer, L&T, said, “Given the size and the opportunity, L&T considers financial services as an important business in its portfolio. Entry into general insurance is part of the overall vision to build a strong financial services business. We have put together a team comprising experienced professionals in insurance and risk management. We are very confident of building a world class insurance business in India”.

Commenting on the R3 approval, Mr. N. Sivaraman, Senior Vice President, L&T, said, “We are very pleased to receive the approval from IRDA and are geared to commence our General Insurance operations in India. As a part of our long term vision, we identified general insurance business as a vital component for profitable growth. Our general insurance venture would help synergise with L&T’s existing Financial Services Business by deepening and widening its services. It will be our focus to ensure world class quality of customer service. We would offer a suite of products, subject to approval of the regulatory authority IRDA, in the coming months.”


Mr.V.B.Gadgil Managing Director - L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail Private Limited (left) shaking hands with Mr.T.S.Appa Rao - Principal Secretary Urban Development (right) in the presence of the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr.K.Rosaiah (Centre – back row)

L&T signs the Concession Agreement for Hyderabad Metro Rail project

L&T signed the Concession Agreement with the Government of Andhra Pradesh on 4th September, 2010 at Hyderabad for the development of Hyderabad Metro Rail project in public private partnership (PPP) mode. This project will be implemented by L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail Private Limited - a special purpose vehicle (SPV) of L&T. To be completed in a span of five years from the appointed date, this project will be executed on a design, build, finance, operateand transfer (DBFOT) basis. The concession period for the project is 35 years which is extendable further by 25 years.

The Agreement was signed by Mr.V.B.Gadgil Managing Director - L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail Private Limited and Mr.T.S.Appa Rao -Principal Secretary Urban Development in the presence of the Chief Minister Dr. K.Rosaiah, Mr.Y.M.Deosthalee- Chief Financial Officer L&T, Municipal Administration Minister Mr. Anam Rama Narayana Reddy, Ministers from the city Mr. D.Nagender, Mr. Mukesh Goud & Mrs. SabitaIndra Reddy along with the Chief Secretary Mr. S.V.Prasad. Also present during this occasion was Mr. K.Venkatesh, Senior Vice President & Head - Developmental Projects, L&T along with senior officials from L&T.

Consisting of three high density corridors, Hyderabad Metro network will cover a total distance of 71.16 km involving 66 ultra-modern station buildings with state-of-the-art depots and complete infrastructure.

Corridor - I Miyapur - LB Nagar (28.87 km - 27 stations)

Corridor - II JBS - Falaknuma (14.78 km - 16 stations)

Corridor - III Nagole -S hilparamam (27.51 km-23 stations)

Salient features

Elevated world-class station buildings at approximately every kilometer.

Connecting major offices, retail and residential areas- The two tracks (up and down lines) pass through the arterial roads of the city

Connects major bus stations at Miyapur, MGBS, Koti, Dilsukhnagar, Charminar and Jubilee Bus Station

Integration with existing rail terminals at Secunderabad, Begumpet and Nampally

Link to MMTS services at Bharatnagar, Begumpet, Khairatabad, Malakpet & Falaknuma

Feeder bus services to stations from different areas of the city by GoAP

Green & Eco friendly mode of travel- reduces carbon emission, reduces fuel consumption, city becomes cleaner and greener

Faster, safer and comfortable air-conditioned travel with reduced travel time

Ultra-modern coaches

High frequency of trains- reducing waiting time (train every 3 to 5 minutes in peak hours)

User-friendly stations with lifts, staircases and facilities for the disabled

Parking facility at 25 different locations along the route

Automatic ticket vending machines-reducing waiting time in queues and counters

Automatic Fare Collection system-hassle free entry and exit from the stations

Essential Facilities at Stations- toilets, public address and information system, telephones and refreshment facilities.


Mr. S. Rajavel, Executive Vice President (Electrical & Gulf Projects OC), L&T excchanging the agreement with Mr. Ravi Desai – Director, Befula Investments (PTY) Ltd. in the presence of Mr. K.V. Rangaswami, President (Construction) and Member of the Board, L&T.

L&T and Befula Investments (South Africa) to Collaborate on Power Transmission & Distribution Opportunities in South Africa.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India’s leading engineering, technology & construction company and Befula Investments (PTY) Ltd., South Africa have signed a Share Holders Agreement to incorporate a Joint venture company ‘LARSEN & TOUBRO T&D SA (PTY) LTD’ in South Africa to capitalize on the Power Transmission and Distribution opportunities in South Africa.

With an installed capacity close to 44000 MW South Africa is facing a severe peaking demand shortage in electricity. The current peak demand shortage is approximately 3,000 MW and this is expected to grow 6% every year. Thus there is a long felt necessity of huge generation capacity additions. Sizeable investments are lined up by the Government to cater to major generation capacity addition and augmentation of Transmission & Distribution Network in the next five years. The Transmission Lines are expected to be in 400 / 765 kV class to service the major load centers and strengthen the National Grid for balancing of power and to minimize instances of shut downs.

Recognising this opportunity and to exploit the business potential existing in the country, L&T has signed the Share Holders Agreement with Befula Investments (PTY) Ltd – a leading general engineering and investment company

located in Durban having core strengths in general engineering with structural and plate fabrication, tank manufacture including cranes and material handling equipment Befula Investments with its associate partners have a wide network access to resource pools for labour and services across multiple sectors including Labour sourcing, site location of labour, logistics and supply chain management support.

The agreement was signed by Mr. S. Rajavel, Executive Vice President (Electrical & Gulf Projects OC), L&T with Mr. Ravi Desai – Director, Befula Investments (PTY) Ltd at Chennai in the presence of Mr. K.V. Rangaswami, President (Construction) and Member of the Board, L&T Through the agreement the two companies have agreed to collaborate on areas including turnkey execution of Power Transmission Lines, Sub-Stations, Rural Electrifications, Power Distribution, and Industrial Electrification in South Africa. Mr. K.V.Rangaswami, President Construction and Member of the Board, L&T said: “The agreement brings together L&T’s vast experience in power transmission and distribution and Befula’s country knowledge and local networking capabilities. The JV will effectively leverage the strengths of both the companies to tap rapidly emerging opportunities in South Africa.”


I N A U G U R AT I O N

Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai being welcomed by L&T team

View of the completed Sai Bhaktha Nivas complex

Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba declared open three out of five dormitory blocks completed by L&T at Prashanthi Nilayam in Puttaparthi on September 11, 2010 and dedicated them to Sai devotees on the auspicious occasion of Vinayaka Chathurthi. Consisting of ground plus two stories, each of these dormitory block has an area of 40950sq.ft. The walls of the buildings are made of solid block masonry, while the floors and roof including the stairways are made of precast elements. Each of this dormitory is designed to accommodate 864 devotees (totally 4320 persons).

Sai Bhaktha Nivas is a dwelling place for the devotees thronging Prashanti Nilayam from all over the world to have a darshan of Baghwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. In order to meet the growing accommodation needs of overflowing devotees at Puttaparthi, Baghwan Sri

Sai Bhaktha Nivas inaugurated at Puttaparthi


Major items of work

Precast elements

Floor rib slabs : 800 Nos

Roof Shell elements : 206 Nos

Staircase segments : 60 Nos

Structural

Concrete : 3380 cu.m

Shuttering : 23190 sq.m

Reinforcement : 600 tons

Architectural

Solid Block masonry : 16980 sq.m

Plastering : 35420 sq.m

Flooring & dado : 39230 sq.m

Painting : 58800 sq.mv

Sathya Sai Baba decided to build these five new dormitories. Unlike the earlier built dormitory sheds with sheet roof, the new dormitory dons a modern look and they are provided with complete amenities for the devotees to have a comfortable stay.

Each of these new dormitories is provided with two blocks – a spacious hall of size 12m x 30m area in the front with a 9m x 32m toilet block in the backyard. Divided into two wings, each dormitory block has two stair cases in the centre of the building to provide access to the upper floors. Overlooking downwards between the two wings, is an open intermediary space for better ventilation and lighting.

160 precast rib slabs, each of size 5.8m x 1.61m form the floor of the first and second floors and each of these ribs lab weighs 2 tons. The second floor roof is made of precast shell elements, each having a dimension of 13.9m length x 2.65m width and a weight of 9.5 tons. 42 parabolic shell roof elements adorn each dormitory complex. The curved edges of the precast roof shells placed side by side and projected outward along

the sides of the building with its wavy form design, presents the structure a beautiful look. There are two precast stair ways provides access – one in the front and the other at the backyard of the dormitory. Each of these stairways are made of 12 precast segments each weighing 5 tons.

There are two entrance doors for each wing and sufficient space is provided for the walkways. Accommodation inside the hall is provided in the form of a double deck steel cot with berths (cushion beds). The two wings in each floor provides 8 rows of 8 double berths (lower and upper berths) which can totally accommodate 288 persons per floor and altogether 864 persons in three floors of one dormitory block. Adequate number of ceiling fans and lights are fitted for good ventilation and lighting. In the backyard, the toilet block is provided with bath rooms, wash basins, closets and taps with good water connectivity and lighting.

A casting yard at a strategic location with negative moulds yielded the required precast rib slabs, staircase segments and roof shells. After casting, they were demoulded, transported and erected in place with heavy lift cranes for speedier operations.

The operations which began on February 2010 was completed in a record time of eight months and the entire project work is expected to be completed by September 30, 2010.

L&T project team at Puttaparthi


K.S.R.K. Verma, Joint General Manager receiving the memento from Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri. V.S. Achuthanandhan

The Kuttiyadi Additional Extension Scheme is a Hydro-electric Power Project located at Kakkayam, in, Kozhikode District of Kerala. With an installed capacity of 100MW, this project contributes a firm share of 223 million units of energy/annum, which is considered as a blessing for the entire State ofKerala, especially for the Malabar area. The project was successfully executed by L&T and this was dedicated to the Nation on June 19, 2010 by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri. V.S. Achuthanandhan in the presence of Union & State Ministers, Members of KSE Board, Panchayat President/Members including the common public numbering around 5000 from various locations.

Project HighlightsThe order for Kuttiyadi HEP was awarded to BHEL- L&T Consortium against stiff Global International competitive bidding. As per this contract all Hydro-Mechanical works and Main Civil structures were executed by L&T and all Electro-Mechanical works were carried out by BHEL.

The work involved manual Rock Excavation of around 40,000 m3 and concreting of around 3400 cu.m, executed in a steep terrain of about 60 ° slope.

Erection of Penstock ferrules, each weighing around 8-10 tons were successfully lifted and erected over the steep terrain by laying temporary rail tracks with smooth turnings at different locations using winches and wire ropes.

Head Race Tunnel was driven from both Intake and Surge Shaft eliminating the Adit Tunnel.

A Concrete pump was employed for pumping of concrete to about 80 m head.

Self-Compacting concreting (SCC) technique was adopted in Power House, Approach Channel Bell mouth, Head Race Tunnel and Surge Shaft which yielded good productivity and Quality.

Speaking on the occasion of inauguration of the project, Mr. V.S. Achuthanandan, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala appreciated the efforts taken by KSE Board for implementing this National project of importance. He also extended his appreciation to L&T for execution of this project and making this a glittering reality Shri. A.K. Balan, Hon’ble Power Minister of Kerala, also recognised the contributions made by L&T and publicly lauded the high quality of work including successful completion of

2x50 MW Kuttiyadi Additional Extension Scheme, Energised On June 19, 2010 by Hon’ble CM of Kerala


Animation CD on Transmission Line Tower Erection launched by VBG

Contemplating the high demand for skilled work force in Construction of Transmission lines, L&T has taken the lead to train and develop skilled workmen to meet the increasing demand in this specialized field.

As part of this initiative, Mr. V.B Gadgil, Senior Vice President & Head Electrical & Gulf Projects OC released an animation CD on Transmission Line Tower Erection in the presence of M/s K.U. Warrier, S. Rajavel, T. Madhavadas, Dr. K. Natarajan and Bhaskar Sarathy. This CD has been developed in three languages (English/Hindi/Tamil) to reach out to a wide network of workmen in different geographical locations across the country and abroad.

The Transmission Line Business Unit of L&T which is actively involved in construction of transmission lines developed this animation CD clearly demonstrating the working methodology in different modules for workmen to easily understand and implement the techniques. This encompasses the most commonly used Transmission line Tower Erection methods with duly built-in safety procedures including the importance of maintaining tools and tackles. Similarly a series of CDs on various other activities are in progress.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. V.B.Gadgil appreciated the initiative and said “This CD will be extremely useful to workmen and it has to be used in tandem with class room training as well as hands-on-the-job session for effective results”.

Thus, L&T has once again established itself as the forerunner in the transmission line industry having developed the workmen training initiatives in different modules for various activities of Transmission line construction.

Mr. V. B. Gadgil releasing the multi-lingual animation CDMobile refurbishment unit inaugurated

L&T Formwork’s Mobile refurbishment unit was inaugurated by our President Mr. K.VRangaswami on19th August, 2010 at ECC Campus Manapakkam. This mobile unit will help in better utilization of formwork components (steel & aluminum) at remote sites by means of repairing it instantly on the spot. Each mobile unit has a capacity of refurbishing over three to four tons of formwork material in a day and helps the site in improving its operational efficiency. Speaking at the occasion, KVR appreciated this effort and compared this to the tele-medicine facility that is available to serve human needs even in remote villages today.

this prestigious project despite various hurdles/constraints experienced during the tenure of execution.

Hon’ble Chairman of KSE Board, Shri Rajeev Sadhanandan, said that L&T’s technological excellence in implementing various projects with built to suit facilities corresponding with specific project requirements and methodologies facilitated the speedy completion of this critical project.

On behalf of L&T, Shri K.S.R.K. Verma, Joint General Manager, addressed the gathering and thanked Hon’ble Chief Minister, Power Minister of Kerala, KSE Board Chairman, KSE Board Members and other dignitaries for honouring L&T and giving the company the due recognition it deserves. He also explained the critical elements involved in execution of this complex project and won the hearts of everyone.

Mr. K.V. Rangaswami flagging off the mobile refurbishment unit


CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY

CSI initiatives at Ahmedabad Region

L&T’s regional office at Ahmedabad has played a remarkable role in further uplifting the social face of the organization by developing a play area for the differently abled children of Samarpan Muk-badhir Sishu Vidya Mandir, Ahmedabad.

On 1st July 2010, a playground with sea saw, swing, revolving platform, circular swing and roller slide was inaugurated for the Deaf & Dumb children of Samarpan Muk-badhir Sishu Vidya Mandir in Ahmedabad. Books were also given to about 80 students, during this event that was held in association with the members of Prayas Trust, Ahmedabad. The trustees & principal of the school along with the parents participated in this event and thanked the efforts of Larsen & Toubro.

School bags & shoes presented to 120 children of Love Care Centre Orphanage in Kancheepuram

L&T distributed school bags and shoes to the 120 children and inmates at the Love Care Center

orphanage in Kancheepuram, yesterday. The event was presided over by the Tehsildar of Kancheepuram Mr. T. Varadharajan. Present during the occasion was Mr. Ramesh Aravamudhan, Regional Manager, L&T – ECC Chennai Region, Mr. V. S. Ramana, General


Manager & Head Corporate Communications, officials from LTM and AUDCO business units along with the members of Prayas Trust, Chennai.

Speaking on the occasion and presenting the kits to tiny tots, Mr. Varadharajan appreciated the initiatives of L&T in CSR.

Love Care Centre Orphanage, started by Mrs Sophia Chelladurai and her late husband Dr John Chelladurai in the year 2000, provides family shelter, total care, welfare and rehabilitates children drawn from various parts of India. It also runs an in-house school up to class 8 and oversees their higher education.

Blood Donation Camp at Larsen & Toubro (Oman)

Larsen & Toubro (Oman) LLC recently organized a Blood Donation Camp in memory of one of our beloved founding father, Henning Holck Larsen (HHL). The camp was organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman. This blood donation camp aimed at invoking a sense of commitment among the employees towards the society.

Larsen & Toubro (Oman) LLC along with the Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman encouraged employees from various projects of LTO (Workmen &Staff) to come forward and participate in this event. Over 150 units of blood was collected from this camp.

Underlining the importance of service to the society, Mr. M. Shyamsundar, Chief Executive, L&T (Oman) said

that such initiatives help in realizing ones responsibility towards the society.

L&T (Oman) organizes blood donation camps every year and has received appreciation from Ministry of Health for this noble task.

CSR at Kurnool Water Supply Project site

As a part of L&T’s CSR activities, the staff at Kurnool Water Supply Project site in Hyderabad organized an event on 22nd July 2010 to support the poor students and differently abled individuals at Kurnool through their donations.

The event organized by the MMH&W OC was presided by D.V.V.S.K.Chowdary -Regional Manager, Hyderabad. Senior officials from MMH&W OC (Mr. R.K.Paul, Project Manager, Mr.A.Girirajan, Construction Manager -Medak Water Supply Project,


Mr. P.Thamizhselvan, Construction Manager, RWS-Kurnool and Mr. C.Srinivasa Rao- Site Accountant) also participated in the event.

School bags, note books and stationery items were given to the poor students of Mandal Parishad Primary School, Gondiparla Village, Kurnool. Also, L&T donated self-employment machinery for physically disabled individuals at Ambica Sisu Kendra, Kurnool.

In addition to the above, the L&T staff at this project site contributed their one month OPE for purchasing an Hydraulic Press for Ambica Sisu Kendra Trust. Over 250 people in Kurnool were benefited through this CSR activity.

CSR activities at Ahmedabad - Viramgam - Maliya Road Project (AVMRP)

Health Camp for Workmen:

In order to control the spread of malaria among workers during the monsoon season, a health camp with the support of Govt. District Health centres at Viramgam & Surendranagar was held on 12th&13th August, 2010. 732 workmen were screened during this camp and necessary medicines were distributed free of cost.

Blood Donation Camp:

A Blood donation camp was organised on 28th January, 2010, in association with Red Cross Society & C U Shah Medical Blood Bank. A total of 127 staff and workers donated blood.

H1N1 Vaccination Camp:

A medical camp for Swine flu vaccination was held on 8th August, 2010 at Dudhapur office premises where 310 people (staff along with their families) were vaccinated. This camp was supported by Apollo Hospitals.

CSR initiatives at L&T’s Korba -Bhilai Transmission line project


On 2ndSeptember 2010, a CSR activity was organised by L&T’s Korba -Bhilai Transmission line project. L&T provided infrastructure support through building toilets, donating shelves, chairs, bags and books to the children of the Government Primary and Middle School located in Singhri – Ratnapur, Bilaspur.

The event was presided over by Mr. K Mahipal Sing, Project Manager - 400Kv Korba -Bhilai Transmission line project along with Mr. U P Shukla, Executive Engineer Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Co. Ltd. Over 300 children in the primary school and 250 students in the middle school were benefited.

ABRO takes environmental awareness to schools - ‘STOP in the name of Earth’

An interactive, multi-lingual, animated CD was produced by Chennai CCD at L&T – ECC HQ in collaboration with CII Chennai for educating school children on environmental conservation.

As a part of L&T’s CSR initiatives, the Ahmedabad Region has been actively involved in spreading the message of global warming and environmental pollution to school children through screening of the environmental series ‘STOP in the name of Earth’.

Over one thousand six hundred students from eleven different schools in Mundra, Bharuch and Barmer regions were benefited from the screening of this movie. L&T’s Project Managers from the respective

sites along with the regional HR briefed the children about L&T and the need for environmental awareness. Feedback sessions were held towards the end of the programme and chocolates were distributed to encourage participation.

This though provoking yet easy to understand CD received high level of participation from the school children.

CSR activity at Halol Godhra Road Project, Ahmedabad

On 29th July 2010, the Project Management of Halol Godhra Road Project, Ahmedabad (ABHGSRP) organized a CSR activity for 580 poor children from thirteen different schools at Bugadhna Na Muvada school in Lunawada Taluk. The schools in this Taluk are among the most backward village schools in Northern Gujarat.

L&T distributed around 1160 notebooks along with stationaries to the children from 13 schoolsin presence of the principals / head-masters, the Village Panchayat Chief and the District Education Officer. The activity was conducted in the presence of Mr V.Rambalakrishnan (Chief Project Officer, ABHGSRP) accompanied by Mr Sanjoy K Roy (Cluster HR Manager, Gujarat Cluster) & Mr V.S.Sharma (IR In charge-Central Office, AB-HGSRP) with complete support from the Site Administration.

This CSR activity helped in encouraging underprivileged children to study further despite several hardships and it further strengthens L&T’s commitment towards CSR and education.


Operation Go Green @ Gujarat

As a Corporate Social Initiative a tree plantation programme “Operation GOGREEN” was organized by ASGGP, GNFC Site at Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Company Limited, at Bharuch, Gujarat on 8th & 15th of August 2010.

On 15th the program was inaugurated by Mr K Ravindranath, (Executive Vice President, Larsen & Toubro Limited) & Mr K.C. Jatania (Executive Director & CFOGNFC). The occasion was graced by

Mr. A Radharaman, Mr A M Joshi, Mr P PGandhi, Mr Rajeev Kumar & Mr D K Chakravarty, amongst other dignitaries from GNFC & L&T. All staff members of L&T & GNFC were invited with family and children for the noble cause arranged to celebrate the 64th Independence Day of the nation. Special T shirts and caps were distributed to commemorate the occasion. The function was inaugurated with welcome speech from the dignitaries followed by the plantation program. A total of 1000 saplings were planted near the project site.

Contributing for the cause of education at Rajkot - Jamnagar - Vadinar Road Project

As a part of CSR activities on the Independence Day, the Rajkot - Jamnagar - Vadinar Road Project team headed by Mr. Mohan Ramesh distributed School bags, Note Books, Lunch Boxes and pencil boxes in three schools in Jamnagar District.

School bags, pencil boxes and note books were given to 40 students in Mahadev Nagar Primary School. In Falla Primary School lunch boxes and pencil boxes given to 305 students and in Rawalsar Primary School, bags and lunch boxes were distributed to 60 students.


AW A R D S

Mr. A.M. Naik accepting the award from the Chief Minister. Dr. R. A.Mashelkar, Chairman of Priyadarshini Academy’s Global Awards Advisory Committee and Mr.NanikRupani, Chairman, Priyadarshini Academy, are at left, and fourth from left, respectively.

Acknowledging the contribution of Mr. A.M. Naik, Chairman & Managing Director, L&T, in transforming L&T into a global company, the Mumbai based Priyadarshini Academy has conferred on him the prestigious Harish Mahindra Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Corporate Leadership. Mr. Naik received the award from the Chief Guest, Mr. Ashok Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, at the Academy’s 26th Anniversary Global Awards function in Mumbai on September 19, 2010.

The Academy also honoured Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Nuclear Scientist, for his significant contribution to the development of nuclear technology in India; and Mr. Martin Luther King III, Civil Rights Leader, USA, was conferred the Ramkrishna Bajaj Memorial Award for Promotion of Human Rights.

Priyadarshini Academy is a prominent NGO engaged in socio-cultural and educational activities and has been holding the biennial awards function since its inception in1984. Its Global Awards acknowledge people around the world who have made outstanding contributions in different fields that touch and transform people’s lives.

Mr. A.M. Naik Conferred Award for Outstanding Contribution to Corporate Leadership

L&T featured again in Forbes Asia’s Fabulous 50L&T has been featured in the Forbes Asia’s annual ‘Fabulous 50’ list released by the publication, for the fifth time in a row. Again, L&T is the only engineering and construction company in India to feature in the list. The elite group drawn up by Forbes Asia is of Asia-Pacific’s publicly-traded companies with revenues or market capitalisation of at least $5 billion. 15 other Indian companies have made it to the list including Infosys, TCS, ITC, Mahindra & Mahindra, Axis Bank, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, HCL Technologies, HDFC Bank, Hindalco Industries, and JSW Steel. Forbes compiled an initial list of 936 companies for the survey. The criteria that were applied included revenue, operating earnings and return on capital over the past five years. It also considered the most recent results, share-price movements and the outlook. The results affirm L&T’s leadership position in the industry in the Asian region.


at Panipat, Ocean Engineering Lab at IIT – Chennai, Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - Chennai, Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium - Bangalore, Super Speciality Hospital – Puttaparthi etc…’

Mr. K.V Rangaswami, Member of Board and President (Construction) was honoured with the ICI (TNCC) - Ultratech Award for “Outstanding Concrete Engineer of Tamil Nadu - 2010” at an awards function held at Hotel Green Park, Chennai on 7th September 2010 to commemorate ‘Concrete Day’.

This award was presented in recognition of the substantial contributions made by him to the field of concrete for over 45 years as a design engineer, as an implementer and as a leader.

The citation read like this: ‘Mr. Rangaswami’s contribution to the development of ECC’s capabilities in the area of Precast and Pre-stressed concrete structures is commendable. He was instrumental in the design / implementation of many award winning and landmark concrete structures like Auroville - Pondicherry, Precast support structures for switchyard at Tuticorin Thermal Power Plant, Urea Storage Silo

KVR awarded ‘Outstanding Concrete Engineer of Tamil Nadu – 2010’ by Indian Concrete Institute (Tamil Nadu Chennai Chapter)

Mr. K.V Rangaswami receiving the award from Dr. A Ramakrishna

Mr. Kanappan receiving the award from Dr. A Ramakrishna

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L&T Wins BCCI’s Good Corporate Citizen Award

L&T won the Good Corporate Citizen Award 2009-10 instituted by the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BCCI). Mr. R.N. Mukhija, President & Member of the Board, received the Award from the Governor of Maharashtra, Mr. K. Sankaranarayanan in a function at Mumbai on 21st September 2010. The award affirms increasing public recognition of the Company’s impressive record in the social track of business and its high standards of corporate governance and ethics.

L&T emerged first among all large corporates in contention when measured against the stringent criteria drawn up by the BCCI. The evaluation parameters included Business Performance, Corporate Interests, Employee Welfare, Customer & Stakeholder Satisfaction and Social Investment.

The Bombay Chamber is the oldest body of its kind in India. It is specially heartening that L&T secured this prestigious distinction as the Chamber celebrated its 175th Foundation Day. The judges for the Award are drawn from the legal, corporate and academic fields. This year’s panel comprised Justice Roshan Dalvi, Bombay High Court, Mrs. Farida Lambay, Vice-Principal, College of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai and Mr. K.K. Nohria, Advisor, Crompton Greaves Global.

L&T had earlier won BCCI’s Good Corporate Citizen Award in 1995.

Mr. R.N. Mukhija receiving the BCCI Good Corporate Citizen Award from the Governor. At centre is Mr. Nitin Paranjpe, President, BCCI

Mr. A.M. Naik features in DNA’s ‘50 Top Influentials’

Our Chairman & Managing Director, Mr. A.M. Naik, has once again featured in DNA’s annual power list of the Top 50 Most Influential People who impact the city of Mumbai.

This listing by one of the city’s widely read newspapers, projects men and women drawn from a wide cross section of society. The Top 50 list includes celebrities from all walks of life that include politicians, administrators, judges, surgeons, cricketers, Bollywood stars, industrialists, professionals, etc.

Mr. Naik therefore shares company with the likes of the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Amitabh Bachhan and Sachin Tendulkar.

Tracing Mr.Naik’s career, the paper highlighted his achievement in implementing “two five-year plans to streamline the company’s operations.” It added that L&T had in the recent past “upped the ante to capitalize on India’s infrastructure story.”

Outlining future projects, the paper said Mr. Naik was drawing up plans for nuclear power when the industry opens to the private sector.

KVR received this coveted award from Dr. A. Ramakrishna - Former Deputy Managing Director, L&T. Speaking on the occasion, KVR said that it gives him great pleasure to receive this recognition and a greater pleasure to have received it from the hands of his mentor and guru Dr. A. Ramakrishna. At the same function Mr. S. Kanappan - VP & Head - Engineering and Supply Chain Management (B&F OC) received an appreciation award for the innovation and adoption of newer technologies for the construction of IT Campus for Cognizant Technology Solutions at MEPZ, Tambaram, Chennai.

L&T Ranks 34 among Top 225 Global Contractors – ENR 2010 Survey

L&T ranks 34 among the top 225 construction contractors in the world as per ENR 2010 Survey made by Engineering News Record (ENR), a weekly magazine published by McGraw – Hill Publishing Company, New Jersey, USA. Last year L&T was in the 35th position and in 2010 it has moved a step ahead.

This survey was based on the construction contracting revenues of L&T in 2009.

Printed by RR Donnelley Publishing India Pvt. Ltd., Sriperumbudur. Edited by Mr. V.S. Ramana for Larsen & Toubro Limited – ECC Division, from ECC-HQ, Manapakkam, Chennai 600089. The views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the management of Larsen & Toubro. The contents of this magazine should not be reproduced without the written consent of the editor. Not for sale - only for free circulation to employees of L&T group and subscribers.

Double Honours for L&T at NDTV Profit Awards

Mr. A.M. Naik accepting the NDTV Profit Special Award from Mr.Pranab Mukherjee.

Mr. K.V. Rangaswami receiving the Leadership Award for Excellence in Infrastructure. Looking on are: Mr. V.B. Gadgil, and Mr. S.N. Subrahmanyan, and Dr.Prannoy Roy, Chairman, NDTV (left, second from left and on right)

Mr. A.M. Naik wins Special Award for Business Leader of the Year – Building India

L&T wins Leadership Award for Excellence in Infrastructure

It was a special evening for L&T at the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Awards on September 1, 2010. Mr. A.M. Naik, Chairman & Managing Director, received a Special Award for Business Leader of the Year – Building India. The Award was presented to Mr. Naik by Union Finance Minister, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee.

In a glowing citation, Mr. Srinivasan Jain, Editor of NDTV Profit, said that under Mr. Naik, L&T renders great service to the nation – ‘taking on challenges and doing what no one else can do’. In a brief on-stage interview, Mr. Naik was asked what the Government could do in building a better India. Mr. Naik said that expenditure on infrastructure needed to be enhanced to meet planned targets. Turning to the critical area of defence, Mr. Naik said India could never be ‘sustainable’ unless its borders were secure. For this, he said that the private sector should have a prominent role to play in the production of defence equipment.

The other honour that came L&T’s way was the Leadership Award for Excellence in Infrastructure. The Award was jointly

received by Mr. K.V. Rangaswami, President Operations, and Member of the Board, Mr. Vivek Bhaskar Gadgil, Chief Executive & Managing Director of L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail Pvt. Ltd (formerly Senior Vice President & Head E&GP OC), and Mr. S.N. Subrahmanyan, Executive Vice President & Head - B&F OC.

This was the fourth occasion when L&T has emerged the winner in the infrastructure category, affirming the Company’s leadership position in the industry.

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