Here is an ongoing chronicle of orders bagged and contracts received by Indian companies during May 2006. Both domestic and overseas contracts, in which at least one of the parties -- awarder or awardee -- is of Indian origin, are considered. A domestic (or overseas) contract is respectively one executed in India (or abroad), regardless of whether the Indian company has bagged or given the order. (Key: entity placing the order, entity receiving the order) [Click here for archives]

A. Domestic Contracts

31 May 06

• MSK Projects bagged an order worth Rs.7.6 crore from Bharat Oman Refineries for construction of approach road from Betwa river to refinery for Bina refinery project in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. (project details)

30 May 06

• Larsen & Toubro and Toyo Engineering consortium bagged an order from Indian Oil Corporation for project management, engineering, procurement, construction of naptha cracker and associated units for Panipat petrochemical complex in Haryana. (more...) (project details)

29 May 06

• Continental Engineering Corpn. bagged an order worth Rs.295 crore from Government of Andhra Pradesh for second package of Greater Hyderabad Growth Corridor project. (project details)

• Larsen & Toubro bagged an order from Omaxe Construction to execute civil and structural works for developing a circular market 'Omaxe Connaught Place' at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. (project details)

26 May 06

• Essar Constructions along with Daging Petroleum Engineering International bagged an order worth Rs.129 crore from Gail (India) for laying a 30-inch high pressure gas pipeline covering a distance of 147 km between Jalapur and Boirpada. The pipeline is part of the 450 km long pipeline which GAIL is constructing between Dahej in Gujarat and Uran in Maharashtra. Work on the project is scheduled for completion within 11 months. (project details)

25 May 06

• Praxair India bagged an order worth Rs.320 crore from Tata Steel to built own and operate two cryogenic air separation plants each with a capacity of 700 tpa for Jamshedpur steel plant.  (more...)

24 May 06

• Larsen & Toubro was awarded the development rights of the 60 MW Singoli-Bhatwari hydropower project in Uttaranchal on BOOT basis (more...) (project details)

• Era Constructions (India) bagged an order worth Rs.39.4 crore from Rail Vikas Nigam for laying of railway track including supply of ballast and sleepers in connection with gauge conversion of existing Meter Gauge railway line to Broad Gauge line of Bhildi-Samdari Section on Northern Western Railway. Work on the project is scheduled for completion within a period of 18 months. (project details)

• DS Constructions, bagged an order worth Rs.40 crore from Public Works Department, Karnataka for development of Sandur Bypass Road project on BOT basis. The concession period for the project is 20 years, inclusive of construction period of 18 months. (project details)

23 May 2006

•  IJM Corporation, Berhad and IJM Infrastructure, India on 23 May 2006, bagged an order worth Rs.148.6 crore from Delhi Metro Rail Corpn. to part design and construct elevated viaduct of length 4.505 km and structural portion of five stations - Pashchim Vihar, Sahdev Park, Peera Garhi, Udyog Nagar, Surajmal Stadium on Inderlok-Mundka Corridor of the Delhi Metro Rail project. (more...) (project details)

• Artefact Software & Finance bagged four highway development service contracts with length of 305 km and having a project cost of Rs.1128 crore with contracted services. These projects are scheduled for completion by 2009.

• Larsen & Toubro, the ECC division of the company, bagged the contract worth Rs.347 crore from  Kerala Water Authority for the construction of treated water transmission main and associated works like augmentation and rehabilitatation of water supply systems in urban regions like Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode districts. (more...)

• TVS Interconnect Syatems (TVSICS), part of TVS Group along with Siemens Information Systems (SISL) bagged an order for providing network infrastructure for Bangalore and Hyderabad airports. The scope of work includes design, supply and installation of structured cabling, fibre backbone and secured managed network.

22 May 2006

• PSL bagged an order worth Rs.168 crore from Larsen & Toubro for supply of coated pipes for a Japanese funded project being implemented by Kerala Water Authority. Work on the project is scheduled for completion by December 2006. (project details)

• Diamond Cables bagged orders worth Rs.21.8 crore from Madhya Gujarat Vij Co. (MGVCL) and Dakshin Gujarat Vij Co. (DGVCL) for supply of 6,975 km of rabbit conductor and 2,200 km supply of AAAC vessel conductor.

20 May 2006

Simplex Infrastructures bagged two contracts for the following

1. Design, engineering, manufacture, supply, installation and commissioning of long distance raw water intake and delivery system (pipe line) in Orissa. [contract value: Rs.79.2 crore] (project details)
2. Design and construction of Capital complex for Government of Manipur. [contract value: Rs.87.8 crore]

19 May 2006

• McNally Bharat Engineering Co. bagged orders worth Rs.26 crore from
  
  1. Mecon Ltd for 2 Nos stacker cum reclaimer for lignite handling System for Thermal Power Station expansion project of Neyveli Lignite Corporation. [contract value: Rs.22.1 crore]
  2. Baekdoo Industries Co, Korea for design and supply of critical equipments for Ash Handling Plant for Thermal Power Station. [contract value: Rs.3.6 crore] (project details)

• Chennai-based GEA Energy System (India) bagged an order worth Rs.579 crore from APGenco for balance work of 500 MW Vijayawada thermal power project. (more...) (project details)

• Reliance Energy bagged an order 2,356 crore on BOOT basis from Mumbai Metro Region Development Authority for developing Line I of the Mumbai Metro Rail Project (Phase I). (more...) (project details)

18 May 06

• Marsons bagged an order worth Rs.4 crore from Areva T&D India for supplying power transformer in West Bengal under West Bengal State Electricity Board.

17 May 06

• Punj Lloyd bagged an order worth Rs.138 crore from GAIL (India) for construction of the Phase I of the Dahej-Uran pipeline project. Work on the project is scheduled for completion by February 2007. (project details)

• Nagarjuna Constructions bagged orders worth Rs.140.39 crore from National Highways Authority of India for four-laning of a 38-km stretch (km 94 to km 132) on the Jhansi-Lakhnadon section lying on NH-26 in Uttar Pradesh. (more...) (project details)

16 May 06

• Praj Industries bagged orders worth Rs.75 crore for distillery projects in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. (more...) (project details)

14 May 06

• Srinivasa Shipping & Property Development bagged an order worth Rs.77 crore from Sri Satya Sai Constructions (SSSC) for construction of Villas and Club House in the Retreat Township, near Devanahalli New International Airport, Bangalore.

11 May 06

• A consortium including Shivani Oil & Gas Exploration Services bagged an order worth Rs.932 crore from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation for exploration and development of six CBM blocks in Jharkhand and West Bengal. (more...)

• Era Constructions bagged an order worth Rs.62 crore from Rail Vikas Nigam for laying of third railway line from Palwal to Bhuteshwar. Work on the project is scheduled for completion within 18 months. (project details)

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam for refurbishing five old and worn-out thermal power units of the Obra thermal power station in Sonbhadra district. (more...) (project details)

• SMS Meer of Germany bagged an order worth Rs.100 crore from ISMT for PQF mill equipment for its Rs.250 crore seamless tubes and alloy steel expansion project at Baramati in Pune district of Maharashtra.  (more...) (project details)

10 May 06

• Aker Kvaerner of Norway bagged a subsea equipment contract worth Rs.1,800 crore ($400 million) from Reliance Industries for providing an 18 well subsea system for the exploration and production in gas-rich deepwater block in the Krishna Godavari basin (KG-D6). (more...) (project details)

09 May 06

• MSK Projects India bagged an order worth Rs.22.23 crore from Bharat Oman Refineries for site grading and roads for Bina Refinery project in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. (project details)

06 May 06

• Praxair (India) bagged an order from Steel Authority of India to build, own and operate the 700 tonnes per day cryogenic air separation plant at its steel plant in Durgapur. Work on the project is scheduled for completion by 2008. (project details)

03 May 06

• UK-based Menzies Aviation bagged an order worth Rs.50 crore from GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL) for developing and managing a 3.5 acre cargo terminal at the proposed airport. (project details)

• Maharashtra Seamless bagged an order worth Rs.178 crore from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation for supply of Higher Dia Seamless Casing Pipe & Line Pipes.

B. Overseas Contracts

26 May 06

• Shapoorji Pallonji bagged an order for developing seat of government and presidential complex at Ghana in West Africa. The project is estimated to cost $36.9 million in which the Indian government has extended the line of credit of $30 million for the project and the balance will be funded by the Ghana government.

17 May 06

• Nagarjuna Constructions Co. collectively bagged orders worth Rs.362 crore from various agencies. Out of the total contract value around Rs.116 crore order has been awarded by Muscat Municipality for a pipeline project and Sohar water network (Phase I).

9 May 06

• Bharat Heavy Electricals won its largest order ever for supplying transformers to Egypt (more..)