Here is an ongoing chronicle of domestic and overseas contracts involving Indian companies in September 2008. (Key: entity placing the order, entity receiving the order) [Click here for archives]

A. Domestic Contracts

30 Sep 08

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged an order worth Rs.990 crore from Rajasthan Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam for setting up a 500 MW (2x250 MW) Chhabra thermal based power unit Phase-II (unit III and IV) in Baran district of Rajasthan. (more...)  (project details)

29 Sep 08

• IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects bagged a contract worth Rs.418.50 crore from Narmada Development Division of Madhya Pradesh for Punasa lift irrigation project.  (more...)  (project details)

26 Sep 08

• McNally Bharat Engineering secured an order worth Rs.115 crore from Bharat Heavy Electricals, Bangalore for design, engineering, supply, E&C and structural steel works of coal handling plant mechanical equipments for Gujarat State Electricity Corporation's 500 MW Ukai project. The work order is to be completed in 18 months from the date of letter of intent. (project details)

• Prism Cement placed order worth Rs.203.5 crore with FLSmidth & Co for supply of machinery and equipment for a new cement production line at Satna plant in Madhya Pradesh. (more...)  (project details)

25 Sep 08

• Bajaj Electricals has bagged two rural electrification orders from National Electric Supply Co under Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Viyutikaran Yojana. (more...)
   

• Bharat Heavy Electricals bagged a contract worth Rs.338 crore from Steel Authority of India for turbo-blower packages for its Rourkela steel plant. (more...) (project details)

• Shriram EPC bagged two orders amounting to Rs.315 crore from Steel Authority of India for the Rourkela steel plant in Sundargarh district of Orissa. (more...) (project details)

24 Sep 08

• Indu Projects secured an order worth Rs.310 crore from Uttar Pradesh Rajkiya Nirman Nigam for the construction of Manyawar Shri Kanshi Ramji Para Medical College in Jhansi. (more...)

23 Sep 08

• Nagarjuna Construction Co secured four new orders aggregating Rs.413 crore. (more...)

• Lanco Infratech received a LoI from Andhra Pradesh Health & Medical Housing & Infrastructure Development Corporation (APHMHIDC) for construction of buildings for Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies IIIT at Basara in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh. The contract is valued at Rs.308.98 crore. (project details)

• Mir Projects & Consultants in consortium with the Mir Group's US partner, TranSystems of Virginia is awarded the consultancy for developing breakwater facilities at the west of Mormugao port. (more...) (project details)

22 Sep 08

• Roto Pumps bagged an order worth Rs.3.6 crore from Larsen & Toubro for Rajasthan Northern Area Development Project of Cairn Energy India

• Hyderabad based Maytas Infra bagged two orders totalling to Rs.480.67 crore from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co for electrification of Beed and Nanded districts of Lathur Zones and Ahmednagar district of Nashik Zone under infrastructure development plan. (more...)

• Tulip Telecom bagged a contract worth Rs.95 crore from Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation for state wide area network project on BOOT basis. (more...)

19 Sep 08

• Mumbai Metro One awarded three major contracts for track work, the communication system and for an automatic fare collection system for Versova- Andheri-Ghatkopar Metro Rail project.  (more...) (project details)

• Metso Corporation bagged an order worth 14 million euros (approx Rs.91.84 crore) from Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers for supplying a new coking plant and brown stock washing equipment for bagasse based mill.  (more...)

• Patel Engineering bagged orders worth Rs.695.57 crore from Government of Andhra Pradesh for the modernisation of Krishna Delta System. (more...) (project details)

18 Sep 08

• KEC International bagged two orders for Rs.179 crore for rural electrification projects in two states. (more...)

• Shriram EPC bags two orders from Rashtriya Ispat Nigam worth Rs.81 crore Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. (more...) (project details)

• Pratibha Industries bagged an order worth Rs.156 crore from Delhi Jal Board for the developing a water supply scheme. (more...)

17 Sep 08

• McNally Bharat Engineering Co secured an order worth Rs.87.12 crore from Damodar Valley Corporation for design, engineering, supply, erection, testing and commissioning of combined ash slurry disposal system for both coal based Bokaro thermal power station 'A' (500 MW) and 20 percent for Bokaro thermal power station 'B' (3X210 MW). (project details) (project details)

• Smaarftech Technologies bagged a Rs.284 contract from Bihar State Electronics Development Corporation (BSEDC) for a technology project. (more...)

• Era Infra Engineering bagged two contracts from Central Public Works Department worth Rs.123 crore. (more news)

11 Sep 08

• Era Infra Engineering bagged a contract worth Rs.208.94 crore from Naya Raipur Development Authority for construction of head of department building at capitol complex at Naya Raipur in Chhattisgarh. (project details)

• CCAP  bagged an order worth Rs.19.30 crore from Eastern Railway  for balance work for earthwork in filling and cutting, blanketing and construction of minor bridges in Section I from Ch. 0.41 km to Ch. 24.55 km for the connection and construction of New B G. Rail Line Between Manderhill and Dumka-Phase-I to be completed in 15 months time from  29 August 2008.

10 Sep 08

• Era Infra Engineering in JV with KMB, Ukraine bagged a contract worth Rs.129.65 crore from Airports Authority of India for construction of new expandable modular integrated terminal building at Raipur Airport.

09 Sep 08

• A consortium of Nagarjuna Construction Co and NCC Infra Holdings has been awarded the Rs.1,000 crore project for development of Andhra Pradesh international centre at AP Bhawan in New Delhi. (more news)

• Carrier Air-conditioning & Refrigeration (Carrier India) has been awarded one of India's largest and most prestigious air-conditioning orders from Delhi International Airport (DIAL) for its upcoming Terminal 3.  (more news) (project details)

08 Sep 08

• Pratibha Industries secured a contract worth Rs.44.7 crore from Delhi Jal Board for design and construction of Unified MS Clear Water Transmission Main from Laxmi Nagar to Rajiv Gandhi Smriti Van. The project is to be executed in 18 months and operation and maintenance period for the project will be 5 years.

• KEC International (KEC) bagged two orders totaling to 217 crore. (more news)

• ICSA India bagged orders worth Rs.236.14 crore from Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co (Mahavitaran) and M PPaschim Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran. (more news)

• Dolphin Offshore Enterprises India bagged two orders for Rs.304 crore from Oil & Natural Gas Corporation. (more news)

• Patels Airtemp India received an order of worth Rs.16.09 crore for shell and tube heat exchangers for Essar Oil's refinery project in Gujarat. (project details)

06 Sep 08

• BEML received a Rs.31 crore developmental contract from Indian Rail Board to design and develop the country's first stainless steel AC EMU coaches. The scope of work includes design, manufacture, supply, testing and commissioning of two rakes or 18 units SS EMU coaches over the next two years.

02 Sep 08

• PBA Infrastructure bagged a contract for Rs.122.05 crore from Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation of Pimpri for improvement of Aundh-Ravet road.

01 Sep 08

• Gammon Infrastructure Projects received a LoA from Himachal Pradesh government for the development of the 261 MW Youngthang Khab hydroelectric power project on the river Spiti in the Kinnaur district, on BOOT basis. (more news)

B. Overseas Contracts

24 Sep 08

• Simplex Infrastructure received an order worth Rs.630 crore from Dubai for a 56 storey commercial complex. The work order is scheduled for completion within 30 months.

23 Sep 08

• Punj Lloyd bagged an order worth $800 million (Rs.3,636 crore) from Qatar Petroleum for the engineering, procurement, installation and commissioning of strategic gas transmission project.

22 Sep 08

• Punj Lloyd Upstream, a subsidiary of Punj Lloyd has received a LoI from Waha Oil Co, Libya, for drilling exploratory wells in the Gialo oilfield of the prolific Sirte Basin. The proposed contract is valued at $42 million (approx Rs.168 crore) (more news)

10 Sep 08

• Larsen & Toubro secured an equipment order for $160 million (approx. Rs.640 crore) to manufacture and supply 10 hydro treating reactors and 12 coke drums for Petrobras' prestigious 2,00,000 bpd Northeast refinery project in Brazil.

09 Sep 08

• Punj Lloyd's wholly owned Singapore subsidiary bagged an order worth Rs.167 crore from FWP, a joint venture between Foster Wheeler Asia Pacific Pte and Worley Parsons Pte to carry out select utilities mechanical works on Jurong Island, Singapore.

08 Sep 08

• Aban Offshore bagged a contract worth $18 million (approx Rs.79.20 crore) for the deployment of the new build jack-up rig Deep Driller 7 offshore Thailand, for a firm period of 3 months, extendable up to 6 months.

• Bilpower awarded an EPC contract worth $30 million (approx Rs.120 crore) for rural electrification in Brong Ahafo and Ashanti Region of Ghana. The work order is expected  to complete in 18 months. The contract is backed financially by Exim Bank of India.

04 Sep 08

• Energy Development Co received sub-contract for supply of equipment for Greater Imphal project under APDRP scheme, valued at Rs.51 crore. The order is to be executed in within 6-8 months.

01 Sep 08

• Indo Asian Fusegear (IAFL) bagged an order worth Rs.23 crore for supplying power distribution equipment in West Africa. The order consists of electrical distribution equipment used in the distribution of power.