Here is an ongoing chronicle of domestic and overseas contracts involving Indian companies in February 2007. (Key: entity placing the order, entity receiving the order) [Click here for archives]

A. Domestic Contracts

28 Feb 07

• Tata Projects bagged an order from Rajasthan Rajya Vidhyut Utpadan Nigam, Jaipur for design, engineering, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of BoP package of 1x195 MW Stage V (Unit 7) Kota thermal power project. (project details)

• Tata Projects bagged an order from Hindustan Zinc for BoP of 1x80 MW coal based power project at Zawarpur in Udaipur district of Rajasthan.

• Tata Projects bagged an order from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation for erection of equipment and machinery, fabrication and erection of piping, painting and other related civil and structural works for utilities and offsites for Part B1 of tender package of Visaka Refinery Clean Fuel project. (project details)

• Tata Projects bagged an order from Hooghly Met Coke & Power Co for supply, erection, testing and commissioning of pumping system, pipe work, storage reservoir and associated facilities of raw water system package in West Bengal. (project details)

• Tata Projects bagged an order from Central Railway for conversion of 1,500 V DC OHE to 25,000 V AC OHE in Karjat-Lonawala part of Kalyan-Pune section of Mumbai division.

26 Feb 07

• Petron Engineering Construction has received Letter of Intents for a total value of Rs.48.2 crore from

1. Vedanta Alumina for manufacturing, supply of miscellaneous items, supervision, erection & commissioning of free issue items as well as miscellaneous supply of items and performance guarantee tests of rodding shop at its new aluminium smelter at Jharsuguda, Orissa. [contract value: Rs.28.7 crore]  (project details)
2. Heurtey Petrochem Equipment for supply of piping fuel skids for various heaters in aromatic unit and in clean fuel unit for Reliance-JERP [contract value: Rs.11.5 crore] (project details)
3. Reliance Petroleum, Jamnagar for pre-fabrication of radiant coils of clean fuel unit heaters [contract value: Rs.7.9 crore] (project details)

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged a turnkey contract worth Rs.144 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India for a new 400 kV substation at Wardha and extension of 400 kV substations at Seoni, Akola and Aurangabad, associated with the Sipat Super Thermal Power Project Stage-II in Maharashtra. (more...) (project details)

• McNally Bharat Engineering Co in consortium with Tyazpromex Port (Pte), Russia bagged an order worth Rs.688 crore from Rashtriya Ispat Nigam for construction of  new sinter plant No 3 at its plant in Visakhapatnam. Under the contract the value of the order awarded to McNally is Rs.555.67 crore.

23 Feb 07

• Sterlite Optical Technologies received an order worth Rs.150 crore from Power Grid Corporation of India for manufacture and supply of 400kV and 765kV power transmission conductors. Work on the order is likely to commence by end-February 2007 with completion scheduled within 22 months.

21 Feb 07

• Sintex Industries has entered into an agreement with Gujarat Urban Development Co (a state government undertaking) for the construction of 50,000 residential dwellings using monolithic construction technology. The investment in the project, which will be executed by Sintex, is around Rs.750 crore.

20 Feb 07

• ICSA India bagged an order worth Rs.19.50 crore Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Co for 33/11 kV substations in Mahaboobnagar district [contract value: Rs.11.84 crore] and for 33/11 kV substations in Medak district [contract value: Rs.7.65 crore] on turnkey basis.

• Bangalore-based Suprajit Engineering has bagged an order worth Rs.40 crore from Tata Motors for supply of cables to Tata Motor's small car project at Singur in West Bengal. (project details)

19 Feb 07

• Diamond Cables has bagged a turnkey order from Madhya Gujarat Vij Co for supply and erection of 11 kV 180 km line, about 700 km of LT lines, supply and erection of 361 transformers and providing service connections to over 69,000 house hold falling under the Jurisdiction of MGVCL in Vadodara and Anand district of Gujarat under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidhyutikaran Yojna (RGGVY).

13 Feb 07

• Mazda bagged Rs.3.63 crore order from Siemens for high pressure and low pressure heaters, which are used for power generation industry. The technology of manufacturing HP & LP Heaters is being developed by the in-house research and development of the company and with assistance from Croll Reynolds of USA which has about 12 per cent stake in Mazda.

• Udhe India bagged a EPMC contract from Indian Oil Corporation for their 3 lakh tpa high density polyethylene plant, a part of petrochemicals plant at Panipat in Haryana. The scope of work includes project management, residual process design/engineering, detailed engineering, procurement and expediting services, construction, management & supervision and assistance in start-up, commissioning and performance test runs. (project details)

• Alstom Projects (India) has bagged orders worth Rs.750 crore for three hydel-based power projects. (more...)  (project details) (project details) (project details)

• IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects bagged orders worth Rs.516.09 crore for various water supply projects and rural electrification works. (more...)

12 Feb 07

• Sunil Hitech Engineers bagged orders worth Rs.62.88 crore collectively as follows

1. Two of the projects include structural steel works for Rashtriya Ispat Nigam's Visakapatnam project. [contract value: Rs.25.32 crore].
2. Bharat Heavy Electricals for erection work of boiler 1 x 125 MW at Mangrol district in Gujarat. [contract value: Rs.11.95 crore].
3. PLL for structural steel works of 2 X 250 MW at Chhabra [contract value: Rs.16.34 crore].
4. Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam for structural steel work for 1 X 195 MW unit [contract value: Rs.9.27 crore].

• Subhash Projects & Marketing bagged orders worth Rs.63 crore collectively from Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation [contract value: Rs.23 crore] and from Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam [contract value: Rs.40 crore] for construction of 220 kV sub station and 220 kV transmission lines, supply of all matching materials / equipments (excluding power transformer) and erection of all materials / equipments as well as testing and commissioning of the same.

09 Feb 07

• Hindustan Construction Co bagged an order worth Rs.110 crore from Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation for Gosikhurd irrigation project. The scope of work includes construction and earthwork and other related works for the Ghodazari branch canal RD 8800 m to 13,335 m, in Nagbhid village near Nagpur. Work on the project is scheduled for completion within 30 months. (project details)

08 Feb 07

• ABB has been awarded orders worth Rs.311 crore from Grasim Industries and Ultratech Cement for their cement capacity expansions. (more...)

• Petron Engineering Construction bagged an order worth Rs.10 crore from Reliance Petroleum for electrical jobs in Sulphur [contract value: Rs.5.57 crore] and for electrical jobs in Coker [contract value: Rs.4.43 crore] at its Jamnagar petroleum refinery in Gujarat. (project details)

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order worth Rs.400 crore from National Hydroelectric Power Corporation for setting up a 520 MW (4x130 MW) Parbati hydro electric power project (Stage III) in Himachal Pradesh. (more...) (project details)

07 Feb 07

• Marsons  won an order worth Rs.3.34 crore from Northern Power Distribution Co for the supply of ten 5 MVA transformers. Just before this order, Marsons' order backlog was Rs.30 crore.

06 Feb 07

• ICSA (India) bagged an order worth Rs.17.57 crore from Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Co on turnkey basis under JBIC for 33/11 kV sub-stations in Visakhapatnam district [contract value: Rs.7.93 crore] and Vizianagaram district [contract value:Rs.9.63 crore] respectively.

• Leighton Holdings of Australia has bagged a contract of around Rs.1,000 crore from Reliance Industries for setting up the company's corporate  headquarters at the NOCIL Complex in Rabale, Navi Mumbai. (more...)

• Bharat Heavy Electricals has bagged orders valued at Rs.3,900 crore from Maharashtra State Power Generation Co for the supply and installation of the main plant package at two power stations in Maharashtra, involving three units of 500 MW each. (more...) (project details) (project details)

05 Feb 07

• ICSA (India) bagged an order worth Rs.12.80 crore Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Co on turnkey basis under JBIC for 33/11 kV sub-stations in Kurnool district [contract value: Rs.6.2 crore] and Nalgonda district [contract value:Rs.6.60 crore] respectively.

• Deep Industries bagged two orders worth Rs.26.07 crore from Assam Gas [contract value: Rs.15.75 crore]  and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation [contract value: Rs.10.32 crore]  for compression of natural gas. The contract is for a period of ten years and two years respectively.

01 Feb 07

• Consortium of Nagarjuna Construction Co, Maytas Infra and Srei Infrastructure Finance has won an order worth Rs.1,200 crore from Government of Andhra Pradesh to build and operate an all-weather port in Machilipatnam in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh. (more...) (project details)

B. Overseas Contracts

22 Feb 07

• Jindal Saw bagged its single largest order worth Rs.1,560 crore from a large corporation in USA. The order involves supply of 42" sub merged arc welded pipes. The order is scheduled to be executed by March 2008. With this order, the company's present order book exceeds approximately Rs.6,600 crore.

19 Feb 07

• Larsen & Toubro bagged an order worth Rs.100 crore from Maersk Oil for its Block 5 development in Qatar (more...)

08 Feb 07

• BSEL Infrastructure Realty bagged an order worth Rs.1,600 crore for construction of a residential project in UAE. (more...)

02 Feb 07

• Kirloskar Brothers bagged orders from the following:

1. Bechtel Power Corporation, USA for supply of 2 sets of vertical circulating water pumpsets for 568 MW Sandow steam electric station (Unit 5) of Texas Utilities, USA. [contract value: $1,927,800]
2. JF Shea Construction Inc, California, largest turnkey contractor from USA in Water Sector, for supply of 4 sets of sewage water pumpsets for Beaumont MESA sewer lift Station, California, USA. [contract value: $176,000].

01 Feb 07

• Bharat Heavy Electricals has bagged an order worth Rs.505 crore from Electricity Generation Co, Bangladesh (EGCB) for setting up a120 MW (2x100 MW) gas turbine power plant at Sidhirganj. (more...)