(Archives: Oct-Dec 2004, Jan-Mar 2005, Apr-May 2005) 

A. Domestic Contracts

31 Aug 2005

• Hindustan Construction Co  won a Rs.173.20 crore contract from Ircon International for constructing the Pir Panjal Tunnel from Ch.158+730 to Ch.163+560 (Zone V-B) on Laole-Qazigund section of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla New Broad Gauge Line project. (more...)

• Soma Enterprises has been awarded a contract valued at Rs.411.6 crore by National Highways Authority of India. The project involves work on a 44-km stretch (NH-76 RJ-2 package) in the Bekaria-Gogunda section of Rajasthan. Hyderabad-based B Seenaiah & Co is the co-developer of the project. (Details awaited.)

• Era Constructions (India) bagged a Rs.16.35 crore contract (excluding steel and cement) from Bajaj Hindusthan for civil construction of the sugar company's upcoming 9,000 tccpd sugar unit at Barkheda in Uttar Pradesh. The project has to be executed within five months. (For news on Bajaj Hindusthan's expansion project, click here.)

30 Aug 2005

• Subhash Projects & Marketing (SPML) won a Rs.49.85 crore contract from Delhi Jal Board for construction of a 90 million litre per day effluent pumping station at Yamuna Vihar in Delhi. The project will be developed on design, build, operate basis with a gestation period of 24 months. SPML has also secured a ten-year operations & maintenance contract for the project.

• JP Associates has won a major Rs.1,925 crore contract from Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Department for construction of two tunnels (43.5 km and 7.2 km) connecting the Srisailam reservoir to the drought-prone Nalgonda district in the state. The order has to be completed within 60 months.

23 Aug 2005

• Nagarjuna Construction Co has secured two new orders aggregating Rs.414 crore. The first order worth Rs.266 crore is for an NHAI project on NH-28 between Lucknow and Muzaffarpur in Uttar Pradesh. The second contract, valued at Rs.148 crore, is for a rural electrification project under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana in Uttar Pradesh.

19 Aug 2005

• Hindustan Construction Co has been awarded a contract for construction of Moghul Road from Bafliaz (Poonch) to Shopian (Pulwama) in Jammu & Kashmir from the Joint Development Commissioner (Works), Mughal Sarai Project, Sringar. The contract is valued at Rs.214.4 crore (more...)

• Iranian Offshore Engineering & Construction Co (IOEC) has bagged a $30 million contract from Indian Oil Corporation for construction of an oil terminal in Paradip associated with IOC's greenfield refinery project (more...) 

18 Aug 2005

• Larsen & Toubro and CSCHEK of Hong Kong have bagged independent orders together valued at Rs.1,110 crore for the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Hyderabad, being implemented by Hyderabad International Airport Co Ltd. (more...)

13 Aug 2005

• Bharat Heavy Plates & Vessels received an order worth Rs.17.54 crore from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation for its clean fuel project at the Visakhapatnam refinery in Andhra Pradesh. Engineers India is the project consultant.

12 Aug 2005

• Hindustan Construction Co won a Rs.128.35 crore order from Ircon International for construction of the Pir-Panjal Tunnel on Laole-Qazigund section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla New Broad Gauge Line Project.

• IVRCL Infrastructure & Projects bagged a Rs.500 crore contract to set up a seawater desalination plant in Chennai on BOT basis (more...)

11 Aug 2005

• Era Construction bagged a Rs.24.35 crore contract for undertaking civil works at the Gold Souk and Wedding Souk near Jalandhar bypass in Ludhiana, Punjab. Work is scheduled for completion within 15 months. (Details awaited) In July 2005, Era had bagged a Rs.79 crore order for a broadband project in Andhra Pradesh.

10 Aug 2005

• KEC International bagged orders worth Rs.214 crore from Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) for supply and construction of power distribution infrastructure in the state. Orders have been received from Purvanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam and Madhyanchal Vidyut Vitaran Nigam, the distribution companies of UPPCL, catering respective to the eastern and central parts of Uttar Pradesh.

5 Aug 2005

• Larsen & Toubro, along with its international consortium partners, bagged two major orders valued at over Rs.1,500 crore for Tata Steel's Jamshedpur steel complex expansion project in Jharkhand (more...)

2 Aug 2005

• Bhagyanagar Metals has bagged a Rs.45 crore order for the supply of telecom cables from Bharat Sanchar Nigam. Flagship of the Surana group, Bhagyangar Metals produces jelly-filled cables, copper rods, insultated wires and field coils. 

30 Jul 2005

• National Highways Authority of India in July 2005 awarded highways development projects worth Rs.18,000 crore to various contractors (more...) 

21 Jul 2005

• Kirloskar Brothers in joint venture with Koya & Co bagged a Rs.145.8 crore turnkey EPC contract from the Area Development Department (Irrigation Command) of Andhra Pradesh for the Guthpa Lift Irrigation Project.

14 Jul 2005

• Siemens has won a Rs.175 crore turnkey contract from Bangalore International Airport Ltd for the upcoming greenfield international airport at Devanahalli near Bangalore in Karnataka (more...)

• Hindustan Construction Co bagged two roadway contracts valued at Rs.410 crore from National Highways Authority of India (more...)

• Gammon India was awarded the contract for construction of Berth No.6 by Visakhapatnam Port Trust in Andhra Pradesh. (No details available.)

• Punj Lloyd was appointed as civil and structural contractor by Jindal Power for its Rs.2,142 crore Raigarh thermal power project at Tamnar in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh.

13 Jul 2005

• Madhucon Projects announced that National Highway Authority of India awarded the company a World Bank-funded highway project on NH-28 in Bihar, valued at Rs.318.77 crore. (Details awaited)

• Madhyanchal Vidyut Nigam awarded a Rs.79.37 crore contract to Subhash Projects & Marketing for rural electrification on turnkey basis in Firozpur and Mainpuri districts of Uttar Pradesh under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojna.

11 Jul 2005

• A consortium of Gammon-Sadbhav-Billimoria was appointed BOT operator by NHAI for four-laning and upgradation of a 100 km stretch between Vadape and Gonde in Maharashtra. The order, of unknown value, will be completd by January 2009.

• Punj Lloyd was awarded a Rs.208 crore contract by National Highways Authority of India for executing the Rs.273 crore Nagaon-Dharmatul NH-37 highway project in Assam.

9 Jul 2005

• Jyoti Ltd won a Rs.22.38 crore contract for supply, erection and commissioning of a 3.3 kv and 11 kv switchgear package for NTPC's Sipat Power Project (Stage I) in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh. 

7 Jul 2005

• Subhash Projects & Marketing Ltd in collaboration with Tetrapeck of North Columbia, has secured a seven-year contract from Government of Delhi for solid urban waste management for Delhi. A joint venture called Delhi Waste Management Private Ltd (DWMPL) is formed to undertake the project. 

• Hindustan Construction Co  in joint venture with Continental Engineering Corporation (CEC) of Taiwan has bagged a Rs.375.98 crore contract from NHAI for the east-west corridor project - rehabilitation and upgrading of 63 km stretch of NH-76 to a 4-lane configuration in Rajasthan, under the EW-II (RJ-7) Package. The stretch is a rigid passage with culverts, minor bridges, under passes, etc.

• IBM Global Services has bagged a Rs.56 crore contract from IDBI Ltd to consolidate the latter’s IT infrastructure, including building and providing service support for a state-of-the-are data centre and disaster recovery site at Belapur, Navi Mumbai. 

6 Jul 2005

• Madhucon Projects Ltd has received a Letter of Intent from NHAI for the construction of a 4-lane stretch on the Nagaon-Dharamtul section of NH-37 in Assam on the East West Corridor under Phase-II of the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP) at a cost of Rs 273.80 crore. The order will be executed in consortium with Patel Engineering.

• A consortium led by Gammon India has been awarded a Rs.580 crore contract by NHAI to develop the Gonde-Vadape section on NH-3 in Maharashtra (more...)

5 Jul 2005

• Siemens has bagged the Rs.2,240 crore EPC contract for Torrent Power's 1,106 MW Sugen power project in Gujarat (more...)

• Era Constructions has bagged a Rs.79 crore order from Aksh Broadband Ltd for laying of cables in Andhra Pradesh, as part of the broadband project being implemented in the state. The order will be executed over a period of 12 months. Era has projected plant and machinery requirement of Rs.26 crore for the project.

30 Jun 2005

• Patel Engineering bagged three projects worth Rs.361 crore for highways development from NHAI (more...)

• PSL bagged a Rs.255 crore order from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation for the supply of spiral welded pipes for HPCL's Mundra-Delhi pipeline project (more...) 

28 Jun 2005

• Larsen & Toubro bagged a Rs.418 crore contract from NHAI for the construction of a six-lane flyover at Panipat in Haryana, and other related projects. (more...)

• Gammon India has bagged a project worth Rs.800 crore from NHAI for development of a highway stretch between Mumbai and Nashik, on BOT basis. (Details awaited)

 23 Jun 2005

• The GVK Group won the EPC contract for two hydropower projects of Uttaranchal Jal Vidyut Nigam, in the state. (more...)

• Bharat Heavy Electricals was awarded the contract for two coal-based power projects of AP Genco (more...)

18 Jun 2005

• Tronoh Consolidated of Malaysia won the Rs.860 crore EPC contract for the 300 MW Pathadi thermal power project of Lanco Amarkantak Power Pvt Ltd in Chhattisgarh. (more...)

17 Jun 2005

• Gujarat-based Jaisu Shipping has won a Rs.44 crore contract from Kochi Port Trust for carrying out dredging operations at the port. Besides carrying out capital dredging works in 2005-06, the contract also involves deepening of the inner and outer channels leading to the Rajiv Gandhi Container Terminal to 12m, within eight months.

09 Jun 2005

• IVRCL Infrastructure has won an NHAI project valued at Rs.263 crore (more...)

08 Jun 2005

• Nagarjuna Construction Co announced that it has received three orders worth Rs.200 crore (more...)

07 Jun 2005

• Larsen & Toubro has announced that it received an order worth $19 million from Oman Cement Co for a cement grinding plant at Rusayl in the country. (more...)

04 Jun 2005

• Larsen & Toubro's ECC division bagged a Rs.278 crore contract from NHAI for four-laning a 70-km stretch on NH-76 in Rajasthan. (more...)

B. Overseas Contracts

25 Aug 2005

• Larsen & Toubro was awarded a Rs.211 crore contract by World Cup Barbados Inc of West Indies for reconstruction of the Kensington Oval. (more...)

20 Aug 2005

• Larsen & Toubro has won a Rs.340 crore order for a real estate development project in Dubai. (more...)

13 Aug 2005

• Power Grid Corporation of India bagged a Rs.479 crore order for developing a power transmission project in Afghanistan. (more...)

12 Aug 2005

• Bharat Heavy Electricals has won a Rs.26 crore contract from Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO) for setting up 230 KV power substations in Ethiopia. Bhel's scope of work involves design, supply, installation, civil construction and construction of 230 KV substations at Nefas-Newucha and Gashena. The contract also includes expansion of the existing Coubite station. The contract, to be executed in 14 months, is part of a World Bank-aided government-sponsored rural electrification drive.

10 Aug 2005

• Larsen & Toubro bagged five orders worth Rs.467 crore for projects in Middle East countries (more...)

26 Jul 2005

• Bharat Heavy Electricals has bagged a $100 million order from Merak Energi Group of Indonesia to set up a 120 MW cogeneration power plant in that country (more...