Here is an ongoing chronicle of domestic and overseas contracts involving Indian companies in August 2006. (Key: entity placing the order, entity receiving the order) [Click here for archives]

A. Domestic Contracts

31 Aug 06

• PSL Ltd bagged an order worth $21 million (approx 96.6 crore) by Reliance Ports & Terminal (RPTL) for anti corrosion & weight concrete pipe coating Jamnagar export refinery project. The scope of work includes design, engineering, supply & installation of sacrificial anodes, fabrication and coating work of induction bends for subsea 48" & 30" diameter pipelines for crude/product SPM systems.

• MSK Projects (India) bagged orders from

1. Bharat Oman Refineries for site grading and construction of roads, boundary walls, drains and associated works for crude oil terminal of Bina refinery project at Vadinar in Gujarat and also development of township (Part 2) at Bina, Madhya Pradesh. [contract value: Rs.37.44 crore] (project details)

2. Developing a residential bungalow scheme in Vadodara for construction of 67 bungalows [contract value: Rs.7.5 Crore].

30 Aug 06

• Emco Ltd bagged an order worth Rs.270 crores from Karnataka Power Transmission Corpn for supply of power transformers. The project will be funded by Power Finance Corpn and is scheduled for completion by 2007.

29 Aug 06

• Nagarjuna Construction Co bagged an order worth Rs.114 crore from Times of India Group for construction of new printing press complex at Airoli in Navi Mumbai. The project is scheduled for completion within 18 months. (project details)

24 Aug 06

• Hindustan Dorr Oliver bagged an order worth Rs.16.4 crore from City & Industrial Development Corpn of Maharashtra for design, engineering and construction of 25 MLD sewage treatment plant coming up at Kharghar in Navi Mumbai. (project details)

• Sunil Hitech Engineers bagged an order worth Rs.12.9 crore from JSW Steel for structural works for setting up sinter plant 2 at Torangallu in Karnataka. (project details)

23 Aug 06

• Larsen & Toubro has been awarded EPC order worth Rs.380 crore from NTPC for a coal handling plant at its 3x660 MW Barh thermal power project (Stage I) at Patna in Bihar. (more...) (project details)

• KLG Systel  won two contracts valued at Rs.72 crore from Rajasthan government. One of contracts, worth Rs.60 crore, is for renovation of a 11 kv high voltage distribution system for Banswara and Chittorgarh.

21 Aug 06

• Patel Engineering bagged a contract worth Rs.318 crore from NTPC Ltd for developing a head race tunnel associated with 4x150 MW Loharinag Pala hydro electric power project in Uttarkashi district of Uttaranchal. (more...) (project details)

18 Aug 06

• SAAG RR Infra bagged an order worth Rs.6.25 crore from Bharat Earth Movers for construction of new hangar adjacent to rear traverser at BEML in Bangalore. The project is scheduled for completion within 6 months.

17 Aug 06

• Punj Lloyd on 17 August 2006, bagged EPC contract worth Rs.823 crore from Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utapadan Nigam, Jaipur for construction of 2x250 MW Chhabra thermal power project in Baran district. (more...) (project details)

16 Aug 06

• Simplex Infrastructures bagged an EPC contract worth Rs.439 crore for construction of elevated expressway corridor project in Hyderabad district. Along with it Simplex also bagged an order worth Rs.83.4 crore and 54.6 crore order for tsunami reconstruction project in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. (more...) (project details)

• IDLconsult, the mining and infrastructure division of Hyderabad-based Gulf Oil Corpn. bagged a mining contract worth Rs.110 crore from Singareni Collieries Co. for drilling, blasting, excavation, hauling, and dumpyard management at Manuguru Open Cast (OC2) mine in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. The project is scheduled for completion within 24 months. (project details)

14 Aug 06

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order worth Rs.1,224 crore from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam for setting up a 500 MW Parichha thermal power plant (Stage III), with two units of 250 MW each (units 5 and 6) in Jhansi. (more...) (project details)

13 Aug 06

• PBA Infrastructure bagged two orders worth Rs.56.64 crore collectively from

1. JNPT Port Road Co. for collection of toll at Toll plaza of NH-4B under JNP Package I [contract value: Rs.45.54 crore] (project details)
2. Airports Authority of India for carrying out works at Maharana Pratap Airport, Udaipur [contract value: Rs.11.10 crore] (project details)

10 Aug 06

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged two orders from

1. Jayaprakash Associates worth Rs.53 crore for supply of two BFBC boilers with capacities of 150 tph and 125 tph respectively. The 150 tph BFBC is scheduled for completion within 18 months at Chunar and the 125 tph boiler at Dalla in 16 months, both in Uttar Pradesh. 
2. Gujarat Ambuja Cements worth Rs.27.5 crore for supply of 135 tph circulating fuildised bed boiler (CFBC) for its captive power plants at Ambujanagar in Junagarh district of Gujarat.

• Sadbhav Engineering bagged an order worth Rs.560 crore from Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority for strengthening and widening of four lane of Sardar Patel Ring Road on BOT basis. (project details)

09 Aug 06

• Bharat Heavy Plate & Vessels bagged an order worth Rs.45 crore from Bharat Oman Refineries, Bhopal for atmospheric and vaccum columns for Bina Refinery project in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. (project details)

08 Aug 06

• Hindustan Construction Co was awarded a contract valued at Rs.246.48 crore from NTPC for construction of a barrage and desilting chamber associated with NTPC's 4x150 MW Loharinag Pala Hydropower project in Uttaranchal. The contract will be executed in 40 months. (more...) (project details)

• Areva T&D India, provider of products, systems and services to the electric transmission and distribution industry, has bagged a contract to establish a national load dispatch centre (NLDC) in New Delhi for Power Grid Corporation of India. The NLDC would despatch electricity to five regional load despatch centres. The project includes planning, design, engineering and supply of the state-of-the-art hardware and software implementation.

07 Aug 06

• Era Constructions won an order valued at Rs.55 crore from Pratappur Sugar & Industries for undertaking complete civil works at the sugar company's Kundarki unit in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh. The contract will be executed over six months.

• ICSA India reported the winning of a turnkey order worth Rs.17.21 crore received from Madhya Pradesh Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Co Ltd (Indore) for erection, testing and commissioning of new 11 kv low tension lines and other works relating to the Rajiv Gandhi Gram Vidyutikaran Yojana in Khachrod and Mahidpur tehsils in Ujjain district of Madhya Pradesh. (project details)

04 Aug 06

• Emco Ltd bagged an order worth Rs.107 crore from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co. for revamping and upgradation of Thane distribution network.  The project financed under APDRP scheme is scheduled for completion within 12 months. (project details)

02 Aug 06

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order from NTPC for setting up the first unit of 490 MW of the National Capital Thermal Power Project (Stage II) at Dadri in Uttar Pradesh. (more...) (project details)

01 Aug 06

• Pratibha Industries bagged three new contracts worth Rs.51 crore from Thane Municipal Corpn for executing a sewerage network in Vartaknagar which involves providing, laying and commissioning along with construction of manhole [contract value: Rs.36.2 crore] and construction of two roads from (i) from Kalwa Bridge to Balkum Octroi Naka and (ii) from Kalwa Bridge to Teen Petrol Pump [contract value: Rs.14 crore]. (project details)

B. Overseas Contracts

31 Aug 06

• Alstom Projects (India) (APIL) has bagged a Rs.44 crore contract for the supply and erection of hydro-mechanical equipment for Nam Ngum 2 Hydropower project in Lao. (more...)

29 Aug 06

• Kolkata-based Kilburn Engineering bagged an order worth Rs.1.46 crore from Columbian Chemicals, Canada for supply of drum dryer.

24 Aug 06

• Larsen & Toubro along with its consortium partner, Haldor Topsoe AS of Denmark bagged E&P order worth $150 million from Saudi Formaldehyde Chemical Co. (SFCCL) in Saudi Arabia for setting up high technology methanol and carbon monoxide plants. (more...)

• Dolphin Offshore Enterprises India bagged orders together valued at $5.64 million (Rs.26 crore) from Deep Offshore Technologies and South East Asia Marine Engineering & Construction (SEAMEC) (more...)

22 Aug 06

• KEC International bagged orders collectively worth Rs.150 crore from national and international companies (more...)

21 Aug 06

• Punj Lloyd bagged EPC order worth $290 million from Sirte Oil Company, Libya for two pipeline projects in Africa (more...)

10 Aug 2006

• Punj Lloyd bagged an order worth Rs.321 crore from Yemgas FZCO, a joint venture between Technip SA of France, JGC Corp of Japan and Kellogg-Brown & Root Inc of the UK, to build utilities for Yemen liquefied natural gas project. The project is scheduled for completion within 28 months. (more...)