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

A. Domestic Contracts

27 Sep 07

• Tantia Constructions has received orders worth Rs.102.10 crore in July and August 2007 from the following

1. National Hydroelectric Power Corporation for construction and maintenance of three road projects for five years at Patna in Bihar [contract value: Rs.12.50 crore].
2. U.P.P.W.D, Lucknow for rehabilitation of two road projects under Utter Pradesh State Roads Projects [contract value: Rs.70.83 crore].
3. Eastern Railway for earthwork, blanketing work, construction of RCC bridges between Azimganj Junction station to proposed bridge site across the river Bhagirathi along with the restoration of rail link in between Jiaganj (Murshidabad) and Azimganj Junction [contract value: Rs.18.77 crore].

• Subhash Projects & Marketing bagged power and water related orders worth Rs.353.60 crore (more news)

26 Sep 07

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order worth Rs.765 crore from Steel Authority of India for setting up a captive power plant for the expansion project of its IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur in West Bengal. (more news) (project details)

• Nagarjuna Construction Co bagged three orders totaling Rs.243 crore (more news) (project details) (project details)

25 Sep 07

• Sadbhav Engineering bagged an order worth Rs.245.24 crore from Northen Coalfields for removal of over burden of first dig (solid) by hiring of HEMM such as excavators, dumpers, drills, dozers, graders and water tankers for composite work consisting of blast hole drilling, blasting, excavation, loading, transportation of broken rocks/soil/earth, dumping, spreading etc complete including unloading spreading dozing, water sprinkling, grading etc by mechanical means as per instruction of engineer in charge at specified places at Bina extension open cast project.

• Gayatri Projects bagged an order worth Rs.154.01 crore for rehabilitation and upgrading of KM 143.600 to KM 170.000 of NH-25 in Uttar Pradesh - Package EW-II (UP-4). (project details)

24 Sep 07

• Alpine Mayreder Bau Gmbh (Alphine) along with Samsung Corporation and Hindustan Construction Co (that is Alpine-Samsung-HCC joint venture) bagged the contract worth Rs.693.61 crore from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for design and construction of two underground stations and tunnel between New Delhi station and Talkatora Garden. HCC's share in the total value of the contract is 33 per cent (Rs.255.63 crore). (project details)

• IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects bagged orders worth Rs.394.24 crore in Maharashtra  (more news) (project details) (project details)

22 Sep 07

• Essar Constructions (India), a subsidiary of Essar Projects has secured a Rs.186 crore contract from Bharat Oman Refineries for laying 504 km of a 930 km, 24 inch crude oil pipeline for Bina refinery in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. (more news) (project details)

21 Sep 07

• Adani Power awarded a turnkey contract to Shandong Electric Power Corporation (SEPCO III) of China for setting up the second phase of the proposed 2,640 MW coal based power plant at Mundra. (more news)

19 Sep 07

• Nagarjuna Construction Co in consortium with Posco E&C, South Korea bagged an EPC contract worth  Rs.1,558 crores from Steel Authority of India for setting up of blast furnace complex at its IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur in West Bengal. The order is to be completed over a period of 30 months. (project details)

17 Sep 07

• KLG Systel bagged orders worth over Rs.25 crore from:

1. Government of Haryana for implementation of a high voltage distribution system for the Gurgaon district.
2. Government of Rajasthan will cover the modification and renovation of its consumer electricity network.

• McNally Bharat Engineering Co received an order worth Rs.13.80 crore from NTPC for supply of dry fly ash extraction and collection system for its Rihand power project in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh.  (project details)

16 Sep 07

• IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects secured orders worth Rs.368.14 crore for various water supply schemes and for Ennore power project in Tamil Nadu. (more news) (project details) (project details) (project details)

• McNally Bharat Engineering Co received an order worth Rs.258.68 crore from Steel Authority of India for setting up of by-product plant for IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur. (project details)

• Nagarjuna Construction Co bagged two orders worth Rs.150 crore from

1. Karnataka Road Development Corporation for construction of Phase IV bridges in Karnataka. [contract value: Rs.109 crore].
2. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for construction of water treatment plant. [contract value: Rs.32 crore]

14 Sep 07

• Larsen & Toubro bagged an order worth Rs.77 crore from Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers for methanol reformer package as a part of 'Trombay Methanol Revamp Project' at Chembur. The scope of work involves detailed engineering, procurement, supply, transportation, storage, fabrication, inspection, construction, installation, testing, mechanical completion and assistance for pre-commissioning, commissioning and performance guarantee test runs for the project. (project details)

• Unity Infraprojects bagged two orders for Rs.134.15 crore from:

1. Anuttam Developers for construction of shopping centre at Koregaon Park, Pune, to be completed within 17 months [contract value: Rs.112.40 crore].
2. Serendipity Buildtech, New Delhi for construction of big mall at Thane [contract value: Rs.21.75 crore].

• Larsen & Toubro in consortium with Outotec GmbH, Germany have bagged a Rs.762 crore order from Steel Authority of India for a sinter plant of 2 X 204 sq.m grate area with a capacity of 3.80 million tpa, to be executed on a turnkey basis, at the IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) of SAIL at Burnpur in West Bengal.  (more news) (project details)

• Era Infra Engineering has bagged a an order worth Rs.285 crore from Aravali Power Co for construction of  main plant and offsite civil works package for 1,500 MW (3x500 MW) Aravali coal based power project in Jhajjar district of Haryana. (more news) (project details)

13 Sep 07

• Diamond Power Transformers (Western Transformers), a subsidiary of Diamond Cables bagged orders for 2750 transformers, out of which 1,350 transformers are for 63 KVA, and 1,400 transformers for 16 and 10 KVA.

• Delhi Metro Railway Corporation awarded the contract worth Rs.64 crore to Nippon Steel for providing 19,600 tonne of high-grade rails for its Delhi Metro Rail Project (Phase II). (project details)

11 Sep 07

• Nagarjuna Construction Co bagged new orders totaling Rs.272 crores. This includes:

1. Construction of Shell and Core in SEZ Infocity in Hyderabad for Satyam Computer Services [contract value: Rs.96 crore
2. Civil works for construction of mall for market city Mumbai project in Mumbai for Offbeat Developers [contract value: Rs.60 crore].

10 Sep 07

• RTS Power Corporation bagged an order worth Rs.35 crore for supply of transformers, conductors & cables to power utilities.

07 Sep 07

• Kirloskar Brothers in JV with IVRCL and Megha Engineering & Infrastructures bagged an order worth Rs.761.24 crore from Government of Andhra Pradesh, Irrigation & CAD Department for Hindri Niva Sujala Sravanthi (HNSS) project main canal for stage II of Phase I on EPC turnkey basis. (more news) (project details)

06 Sep 07

• MSK Projects India received an order worth Rs.76.45 Crores from Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation for execution of the Package-7 Khandwa-Khargone (SH-26) Road Project.

• Hindustan Dorr Oliver bagged an order worth Rs.77 crore from National Aluminium Co for design, residual basic engineering, detailed engineering, procurement, erection, construction and commissioning of HRDs & DCWs including flocculant preparation unit and cauticisation unit along with associated facilities and auxiliaries' for its alumina refinery at Damanjodi in Orissa. (project details)

• Sadbhav Engineering bagged an order worth Rs.196.5 crore from Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation for

1. Execution of the Package I for Shivpuri-Sheopur-Rajasthan Border (SH- 06) road project. [contract value: Rs.114.7 crore.
2. Execution of the Package II for Seoni-Chiraidongri (SH-11A) Rajasthan Border (SH-06) road project [contract value: Rs.81.8 crore]

05 Sep 07

• Larsen & Toubro in consortium with Paul Wurth, Italy bagged a Rs.1,205 crore order from Bhushan Steel for turnkey construction of a 2.5 million tpa blast furnace for its integrated steel plant at Meramandali in Angul district of Orissa. (more news) (project details)

• Gayatri Projects bagged an order valued Rs.311.89 crore from Executive Engineer, Keonjhar (R&B) Division, Keonjhar, Orissa for improvement to Naranpur-Pandapada-Harichandanpur-Bramhanipal-Duburi Road in the Keonjhar and Jajpur districts in Orissa. Work on the project is scheduled for completion within three years.

• Kirloskar Brothers in joint venture with PLR bagged an order worth Rs.118.27 crore from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, Irrigation & CAD Department for Telugu Ganga Project, Kadapa in respect of investigation, design, construction of micro-irrigation lift system comprising civil, steel pressure mains, pump houses and electro mechanical works and including other necessary ancillary works to supply water by lift from foreshore to reservoirs and providing distributory system for 8,750 acres of ayacut in Anantapaur district on EPC turnkey basis. (project details)

• Naftogaz India, a subsidiary of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine bagged two contracts worth Rs.831 crore from Bharat Oman Refineries for the Bina refinery project in Madhya Pradesh on EPC basis. (more news) (project details)

01 Sep 07

• Larsen & Toubro has announced that the Company has secured two major contracts cumulatively valued at Rs.267 crore from Indian Oil Corporation and Liaoning Huajin Chemical Corporation, China. (more news) (project details)

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order from Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam for turbine generator and secondary side equipment for the first prototype fast breeder reactor (PFBR) of 500 MWe at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu. The unit is scheduled for commissioning by 2012. (project details)

B. Overseas Contracts

27 Sep 07

• Suzlon Energy bagged an order from Ayen Enerji Co Inc for an order of 31.5 MW of wind turbine capacity. The turbines will be supplied through 15 units of Suzlon's S88 - 2.1 MW turbines.

26 Sep 07

• ABB India bagged an order worth Rs.93.3 crore from KHD Humboldt Wedag GmbH, Germany, to provide a turnkey electrics and automation solution for a 5,000 tpd capacity cement plant at Katrana in Jordan.  (more news)

19 Sep 07

• KEC International bagged a contract from Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy & Water through an international competitive bidding process. (more news)

17 Sep 07

• PSL bagged an order worth $17 million from Fusion Provida, England for supply of 1,24,000 meter three LPE coated line pipes having size of 20"x9.5 API 5Lx60 to Cameg SPA, Algeria.