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

A. Domestic Contracts

31 Aug 07

• Omaxe bagged an order worth Rs.18.43 crore from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for commercial development of Chawri Bazar Metro Station. (project details)

30 Aug 07

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order worth Rs.1,990 crore from NTPC-Tamil Nadu Energy Co (NTECL) for the supply and installation of the steam generator and steam turbine packages at its 2x500 MW Vallur thermal power project at Ennore in Tamil Nadu. (more news)

• IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects bagged irrigation works of an aggregate value of Rs.320.21 crore from Public Health & Engineering Department, Government of Rajasthan in Ajmer and Jodhpur Districts. (more news)

28 Aug 07

• GMR Hyderabad International Airport awarded the advertisement services management contract to Laqshya Media for a period of seven years. The scope of work includes preparing master plan that includes in-terminal advertising and outdoor advertising facility with concept designs, themes and location planning etc for advertising at the airport. (project details)

24 Aug 07

• Areva T&D India bagged two substation orders worth Rs.96.9 crore (more news)

23 Aug 07

• ICSA India bagged an order worth Rs.18.60 crore from M P Paschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Co, Indore for design, manufacture, testing and supply of materials and construction of 33/11kV sub-stations, new 11kV & 33kV power lines and augmentation of PTs in various locations in Ujjain region on turnkey basis. This includes:

1. Order / LOI / Ref No: CMD/WZ/06/PUR/JBIC/Pkg-18/Ord-579/10187 [contract value: Rs.16.80 crore]
2. Order / LOI / Ref No: CMD/WZ/06/PUR/JBIC/Pkg-18/Ord-580/10188 [contract value: Rs.1.80 crore] (project details)

• ITD Cementation India in joint venture with Italian-Thai Development Public Co, Thailand is awarded letter of acceptance (LoA) from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for underground metro construction that includes the Khan Market, Jawaharlal Nehru station, Jangpura stations and ancillary works on the Central Secretariat - Badarpur Corridor of Delhi MRTS. (more news) (project details)

• Era Infra Engineering (EIEL) jointly with Induni CIE & SA bagged an order from Hyderabad Growth Corridor for Package AP 1 from Narsingi to Kollur from Km 0.00 to Km 12.00 on build, operate and transfer (BOT) (Annuity) basis under Phase-II A programme as an extension of Outer Ring Road project in Hyderabad.  (more news) (project details)

• Diamond Cables bagged an order worth Rs.52 crore for supply of 3,250 transformers for various ratings. These transformers are to be supplied over a period of nine months.

22 Aug 07

• Hyderabad-based Lanco Infratech bagged a Rs.83 crore contract from Airports Authority of India to develop and modernise the existing airport at Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.  (more news) (project details)

21 Aug 07

• Dolphin Offshore Enterprises bagged an order worth $8.5 million from Punj Lloyd for the provision of under water/diving services including DP DSV for the Oil & Natural Gas Corporation's Heera Re-development project. The contract work is scheduled for completion by May 2008. (project details)

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged orders worth Rs.6,500 crore from Damodar Valley Corporation for setting up 2x500 MW at Koderma thermal power station in Jharkhand and 2x500 MW at Durgapur steel thermal power station in West Bengal. (more news) (project details) (project details)

17 Aug 07

• Siemens VAI along with Siemens has received an order from Jindal Stainless for a 1.800 mm wide hot strip rolling mill at its steel project at Kalinganagar Durubi in Orissa. (more news) (project details)

16 Aug 07

• The consortium of Gammon and Oragados SPL has received the letter of intent (LoI) from Mumbai Port Trust for the Mumbai Offshore Container Terminal Project. The project is on a BOT basis for 30 years, including three years of construction & equipping period. (project details)

14 Aug 07

• Apar Industries received a contract worth Rs.130 crore from Adani Power for manufacture and supply of ACSR conductors. These conductors will be used for Adani's prestigious project of 400 kV D/C Mundra-Dehgam Transmission Line.

• Finnish mining technology company Outotec has received a contract worth 35 million euros ($48 million) from Tata Steel for the design and basic engineering of an iron ore sinter plant, supply of proprietary equipment and provision of supervisory services for its 6 million tpa Kalinganagar steel plant project in Orissa. (more news) (project details)

• Petron Engineering bagged an order worth Rs.127 crore from Bharat Oman Refineries for fired heaters for HCU/DHDT for Bina refinery project. (project details)

• Sunil Hitech Engineers bagged an order worth Rs.111.7 crore from JSW (Ratnagiri) for structural fabrication, erection works including supply of steel for 4x300 MW thermal power project at Jaigarh in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. (more news) (project details)

• Pratibha Industries bagged a contract worth Rs.137.70 crore from Indore Development Authority for a road construction project in Madhya Pradesh. (more news) (project details)

13 Aug 07

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order from Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam for setting a 1,600 MW thermal power project at Obra in Sonbhadra district. (more news)

• Hindustan Construction Co received a letter of acceptance from Municipal Corporation of Brihanmumbai for construction of tunnel from Maroshi to Ruparel college. The order is valued at Rs.415 crore and is scheduled for completion within 56 months from the date of commencement of work. (more news) (project details)

• Larsen & Toubro bagged an order worth Rs.203 crore from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for the construction of the underground station at Saket (Delhi) and a tunnel as part of its Delhi Metro Rail Project (Phase II). (more news) (project details)

10 Aug 07

• Tata Power Co has signed an EPC contract for supply of five 800 MW steam turbine generators with Toshiba Corporation for the 4,000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) at Mundra in Gujarat. (more news)

09 Aug 07

• Ahluwalia Contracts India received a letter of intent from Emaar MGF Construction for construction of commonwealth games 2010 village residential project. The project is scheduled for completion by December 2009.

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order worth Rs.2,900 crore from Aravali Power Co  for the supply and installation of the main plant package at its 3x500 MW Jhajjar super thermal power project in Haryana. (more news)  (project details)

07 Aug 07

• PSL bagged an order worth Rs.165 crore from Indian Oil Corporation for its Dadri-Panipat gas pipeline project.  (more news)

06 Aug 07

• Era Infra Engineering (EIEL) in consortium with KCT bagged an order worth Rs.550 crore for executing the Delhi-Bahadurgarh-Rohtak stretch in Haryana. (more news)  (project details)

• Punj Lloyd bagged an order worth Rs.590 crore from Bharat Oman Refineries for building a sulphur block at Bina Refinery in Madhya Pradesh on engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning assistance (EPCC) basis. (more news) (project details)

• United Gulf Construction Co WLL - Unity Infraprojects joint venture (a joint venture between Unity Infraprojects and United Gulf Construction Co - WLL, Kuwait) has secured a contract worth Rs.28.33 crore from Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai for installation of pipe lines by micro tunnelling method at various locations in Mumbai for existing water mains. (project details)

• Ahluwalia Contracts India received new orders worth Rs.88 crore from Jaypee Greens at Greater Noida, Government of India CPWD, IDBI Project Division (Civil) at Mumbai and Welldone Technology Parks Development at Gurgaon. (no further details available)

• TRF bagged an order worth Rs.115.1crore from NMDC, Hyderabad for design, engineering, supply, storage, handling, erection, testing, commissioning & P.G. tests along with civil works etc., for crushing and stacking section on lump sum turn-key basis for its Bailadila iron ore project (Package I) at Kirandul in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. (project details)

03 Aug 07

• Era Infra Engineering bagged an order worth Rs.136.33 crore from NTPC for main plant & offsite civil works package for 2x500 MW Simhadri super thermal power project Stage-II in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. The order is to be executed over a period of 43 months. (project details)

02 Aug 07

• Hindustan Dorr Oliver bagged an order worth Rs.70 crore for design, engineering and construction of effluent treatment plant for Bharat Oman Refineries, at Bina in Madhya Pradesh. The order is scheduled for completion within 16 months. (project details)

• DCM Shriram Consolidated bagged an order worth Rs.700 crore order from Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board for setting up a 108 MW Chhatru hydroelectric power project in the Lahul Spiti district on Chandra river on build-operate-transfer basis. (more news)

01 Aug 07

• Reliance Power received a letter of intent from Sasan Power for executing the 4,000 MW Sasan ultra mega power project in Madhya Pradesh. (more news) (project details)

B. Overseas Contracts

14  Aug 07

• Engineers India won a contract to manage the construction of a $5 billion petrochemicals complex in Abu Dhabi. (more news)

02 Aug 07

• Punj Lloyd's subsidiary Sembawang Engineers and Constructors secured a 250 million Singapore dollar (about Rs.666 crore) from Singapore-based Resorts World for sub-structural works at Sentosa Integrated Resort. (more news)