Top constructions players

Larsen & Toubro - ECC Construction Division ECC, the Engineering, Construction and Contracts Division of Larsen & Toubro Ltd, is India's largest construction organisation. Backed by the capabilities of allied divisions, ECC offers EPC solutions with single-source responsibility for executing large industrial and infrastructure projects from concept to commissioning. Biggest projects undertaken: 1) Delhi International Airport Ltd 2) Dharma port project o Hyderabad International Airport Ltd 3) Bangalore International Airport Ltd 4) Victory Heights sports project, Dubai 5) Tata Steel Sinter plant, Kalinganagar, etc. Hindustan Construction Company Hindustan Construction Company Ltd (HCC) is a leading construction company that specialises in large-scale infrastructure projects. It has a rich heritage of 80 years in civil construction and developing new-age construction technologies and has executed a number of technically complex and high-value projects across sectors like transportation, power, marine projects, oil and gas pipeline, irrigation and water supply, utilities and urban infrastructure Biggest projects undertaken: 1)Idduki dam, India's first and only double curvature arch dam o Salal hydroelectric project 2)Nathpa Jhakri project (1,500 MW) o 2.75-km Godavari bridge o Mumbai Pune Expressway 3)Calcutta Metro Rail, India's first metro o Delhi Metro o Rajasthan Atomic Power Project 4)2.25-km Farakka barrage Ennore Port, Tamil Nadu, one of Asia's largest breakwaters 5)Bandra Worli Sea Link, Mumbai, etc. Gammon India Referred to as 'Builders to the Nation', Gammon India Ltd is the only Indian construction company to achieve ISO 9001 certification for all fields of civil engineering works, including design. Gammon, which was established in 1922 as JC Gammon Ltd by JC Gammon, continued to expand its activities across the Commonwealth, Asia and West Africa. Biggest projects undertaken: Parbati hydroelectric power project o IWPP Sohar water transmission system project o Improvement, operation and maintenance of rehabilitation and strengthening of existing twolane road and widening to four-lane divided carriageway (Vadape-Gonde section) of NH-3 in Maharashtra on EPC basis (about 100 km).

Unitech The buzz: Unitech Chairman Ramesh Chandra has recently announced that the company will invest $ 720 million in four years to build 28 hotels with partners, including Marriott International, the world's biggest operator. While four hotels are under construction, work on 10 more will begin by the end of the year. Just one more instance of Unitech's success, made possible by hard work and zeal to be the best. The company entered civil engineering in 1974 and has forged its own path. Biggest projects undertaken: South City o Radisson, New Delhi o Unitech Grande Tata Projects Established in 1979, Tata Projects Ltd has grown into a major player in EPC projects. The company operates through five strategic business units (SBU) in focused sectors: power generation; transmission and distribution; industrial infrastructure (water treatment); oil, gas and hydrocarbons; and steel. The sixth SBU, quality services, provides inspection and expediting services to customers in India and abroad. The railway projects segment, fast emerging as a potential thrust area, will soon be an exclusive SBU. Keeping pace with the recent infrastructure boom, the company has achieved a CAGR of 50 per cent over the past four years - it doubled its turnover in 2006-07 Biggest projects undertaken: 1) Balance of plant for the 2 x 77 captive power plant of Hindustan Zinc Ltd, Chanderia, Rajasthan 2) Turnkey EPC of a chain of five GIS substations for a client in the Gulf 3)Thermal water desalination plant for Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd at Kundankulam o EPC of GIS substations in the Gulf.