July - Sept 2010 • Volume-33 • Issue-3

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July - Sept 2010 • Volume-33 • Issue-3
After the inauguration of Delhi International Airport, yet
another project of national importance – The Dhamra
Integrated Seaport built by L&T on EPC basis is ready
and all set for commissioning probably in December
2010. Through the bold and pragmatic vision of two major
Dhamra Port - all set for commissioning . ..... 3
corporate giants – L&T & Tata Steel, the vision of Dhamra
Port is a reality today. This is all set to radically change Construction of Jetty ............................... 9
the bulk material handling scenario of India in the North
Eastern coast. The Dhamra Port Company Limited which
has implemented this path breaking initiative is a joint Material handling system .................... 11
venture Company of these two corporate giants. This grand
new port being in close proximity to the mineral heartland of
India, viz. Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal, is expected
Building the Railway Infrastructure ..... 13
not only to boost the trade - import of coal and export of iron
ore, but also result in substantial cost savings for industries
in steel, power and mining sector apart from making the
Railway construction ........................... 15
port a potential hub for dry bulk, liquid bulk, break-bulk,
containerized, steel and other general cargo. 132 kV switchyard . ............................. 19
In this issue of ECC Concord, we bring to you a 20 page
special feature on Dhamra Port, which is the culmination of
the integrated and concerted efforts of various companies
132 kV transmission line ..................... 21
and operating divisions within the Larsen & Toubro
conglomerate. To be precise, seven business units and
three operating companies from L&T’s Construction Division
Vizag Steel ................................................. 23
played a major role in giving shape to the port with all round
infrastructure development. Construction of a massive port Godrej Waterside ....................................... 33
infrastructure of this kind posed several challenges. The
remote location of the project with no proper access and lack
of basic site infrastructure posed several logistic problems
apart from the scarcity of raw materials and skilled hands.
L&T boldly faced these challenges and overcame every
Kaliedoscope
obstacle with its meticulous planning and mobilizing the
right resources at the right time and completed the project.
We are sure you will be delighted to go through the write-
New Orders ................................................ 40
ups for more details.
Vizag Steel Plant, the only shore based Indian integrated
Inauguration ............................................... 44
steel plant recently went ahead with capacity expansion
plans and L&T-Paul Wurth consortium was entrusted with
the EPC contract for the execution of Blast Furnace # 3.
Corporate Sustainability . ............................ 48
This has been successfully completed by the consortium
and the plant is expected to produce 2.5 million tons per
annum of liquid steel. A detailed article illustrated with
Awards........................................................ 53
beautiful pictures will provide meat for implementation of
the project.
Similarly, a modern IT park has sprung up decking up the
skyline of Salt Lake in Kolkata namely “Godrej Waterside” Editor : V. S. Ramana
with its imposing structure along a water body. L&T has Editorial team : K. Sridharan | Alex Benjamin
completed this twin tower structure including the finishing
: V. Ramesh Kumar | Gopi Kannan. S
and MEP works.
V. Eswar | Ashwin Chand | Mayura. K
Hope, you will find these articles interesting along with
Subha Anand
many other kaleidoscope items.
Photography : V.S. Natanavelu
Happy reading.
Design & layout : Global Print Design, Chennai
- Editor
India’s Deepest All Weather Private Sea Port
all set for commissioning @ Dhamra
T
he Dhamra Port developed by
Dhamra Port Company Limited
(DPCL) in Orissa is a 50:50
joint venture between Larsen &
Toubro and Tata Steel. The Dhamra-
Chandbali Port is located near
village Dhamra on the North of the
river Dhamra, about 68 km from
Bhadrak District in Orissa, situated
between Haldia and Paradip. This
signature port is being developed
by DPCL on Build, Own, Operate,
Share and Transfer (BOOST) basis
and the company has been given a
concession to operate the port for a
period of 34 years including a period
of 4 years for construction.
This is one of the deepest ports in
India with a draft of 18 meters and
it can accommodate super cape-size
Overall view of the jetty with its approach
vessels up to 180,000 DWT with a
total capacity to handle 25 million
tons per annum of cargo. The
master plan for the overall port when
completed provides for 13 berths,
capable of handling more than 100
million tons per annum of dry bulk,
liquid bulk, break bulk, containerized
and general cargo. The location of
Dhamra is in close proximity to the
mineral belt of Orissa, Jharkhand
and West Bengal and its deep draft
suitable for large vessels will make
the port one of the most cost-effective
and efficient on the Eastern coast of
India.
Integrated Port Project
DPCL entrusted the contract for
Phase-I construction of the port
to Larsen & Toubro covering a
wide gamut of operations such
as civil, mechanical and electrical
works as well as construction of
the railway network which will
connect the port with the Indian
Railways’ network at Bhadrak on the
Howrah-Bhubaneswar route. Various
operating companies (OCs) and
Business Units within L&T took up
different construction activities under
phase-I and completed the same on
schedule. Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick
India Pvt. Ltd, the Indian arm of
the UK-based Scott Wilson
Kirkpatrick, has been appointed the
project management consultant.
L&T’s scope of work for the
construction of Dhamra Integrated
Port Project included the following
facilities:
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 A fully mechanized jetty 700
meters long
Material handling system
with 7.2 km long conveyor
network for handling import
of coal, limestone and export
of iron ore.
Construction of Railway
embankment and bridges from
Bhadrak to Dhamra
A 65 km railway track with auto-
signalling & telecommunication,
overhead electrification from
Dhamra to Bhadrak/Ranital Link
Cabin on the main Howrah-
Chennai line.
132 kV switchyard at Bhadrak
and Dhamra
132 kV transmission line from
Bhadrak to Dhamra
5 mld capacity plant water and
effluent treatment system
Township at Dhamra
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DPCL achieved Financial Closure for
Phase-I of the project in February
2007 with signing of a loan
agreement with the consortium of
lenders led by Industrial Development
Bank of India (IDBI). The construction
of Phase-I which commenced in
April 2007 is completed in all
respects by July 31, 2010 and it will
be ready for commercial operation
by December 2010. The port has
received all necessary clearances
including environmental clearance
from Government of India, consent
from Orissa Pollution Control Board
and rail traffic clearance from Indian
Railways.
Soon Dhamra Port is expected to
become an infrastructural hub on
the east coast of India and this will
boost the industrial and economic
development of the region and the
country. Moreover, the port will offer
its customers the most cost effective
Coal conveying system at Dhamra. Inset : coal being conveyed through the conveyor
services while maintaining highest
standards of safety, environment
friendly practices and work ethics
through the dedicated efforts of
innovative, committed and motivated
team of employees. (Please see box
for highlights on different activities
including salient features of the
same)
At the peak of construction more
than 250 staff and 5000 workmen
were employed at the project and
the site clocked more than 26 million
injury free man-hours as on May 12,
2010 as safety record, which led
to winning the coveted RoSPA gold
award for the 2010.
Major Challenges
Apart from braving the waves and
cyclonic storms, L&T engineers
had to fight against several odds
(Contd. on pg. 6)
Dhamra Port - Project Highlights
Deep draught, all weather sea port, capable of
handling vessels up to 180,000 DWT.
Berthing of two capesize vessels with facilities
for simultaneous discharging and loading
operations.
Fully mechanised and efficient cargo handling
system, capable of:
¾¾ Discharging vessels at the rate of 60,000
tons/day Wagon Tippler
¾¾ Loading rakes within 1.5 hours
¾¾ Unloading rakes within 3 hours Rapid Loading System - 2 Nos.
¾¾ Loading vessels at the rate of 80,000 tons/ ¾¾ (One Rake of 58 wagons each approx. 60
day MT payload in 1.5 hours)
IT enabled stackyard management system. Rapid Loading Silo - 2 Nos.
Coal Stockpile capacity - 630000 tons Railway Embankment & Bridges
Iron ore stockpile capacity - 712000 tons
Total length : 62.5 km
Capacity of port - 100 million tons per annum
Earthwork for Embankment : 52 Lakh cu.m
Stage I Capacity - 21 million tons per annum
Blanketing : 5 Lakh cu.m
Cargo - Exports Iron ore and Imports of Coal &
Major Bridges : 6 nos
Limestone
Minor Bridges : 229 nos
Jetty PVD : 17.6 Lakh m
Length of the jetty - 700 m
Railway Track work
Height of draft - 18.5 m
Navigation Channel - 18.5 m x 17.2 km long Railway line from Bhadrak to Port - 62.5 km

Designed for simultaneous berthing of two ships Rail - 16000 tons

Marine Pile - 627 nos. Sleeper - 210000 nos

Precast Element - 3857 nos Ballast - 300000 cu.m

Superstructure - 121 span (700 m long) Railway overhead electrification for total length of
110 Tkm ( 62.5 Rkm)
Material Handling System Signaling & Telecommunication length or nos.
Ship Un-Loader for Coal (2800 TPH) - 2 nos
132 KV Transmission Line
Ship Loader for Iron Ore (5000 TPH) - 1 no
Length from Bhadrak to Port - 65 km
Wagon Tippler (25 tips/hr.) - 1 no
Number of transmission towers - 261nos
Reclaimer & Stacker Cum Reclaimer for Iron Ore
- 2 Nos 132 KV Switch Yard
¾¾ (Stacking - 3750 TPH & Reclaiming - 5000 1 No at Bhadrak End.
TPH)
1 No at Dhamra End.
Stacker cum Reclaimer for Coal - 2 Nos
¾¾ (Stacking - 5500 TPH & Reclaiming - 3500 Township
TPH) E-Type Block - 120 Flats
Conveyors - 7.24 km (5500/3500 TPH) Bachelor Hostel – 30 Rooms

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 Stacker-cum-reclaimer installed at Dhamra
to meet the stringent deadlines
set by the client. Following are
some of the many constraints they
had to face during the period of
construction:
Site Access – The most critical
problem everyone faced during the
construction of the project was the
long temporary single lane access
road. Since there was a delay in
land clearance, settlement and
handing over of the land for road
construction, everyone had to use this
only source, which was a real ordeal
for every staff and vendor visiting
the site. In order to avoid everyone
congesting the road during the day
time, it was decided to transport all
goods and materials only during
night with adequate safety and
security measures.
Turtle Friendly Lighting – As per
environment protection guidelines
issued by IUCN, turtle friendly
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lighting system was adopted in such
a manner that turtles would not get
attracted towards source of the project
construction lighting. This was a
conditional requirement and project
authorities including all contractors
had to abide by the same in order not
to disturb the nesting and hatching
habits of Olive Ridley Turtles. For this
purpose, sodium vapour lamps with
protective covers were used in place of
halogen and metal halide lamps
Bulk Materials Scarcity – The project
continuously faced bulk materials
scarcity throughout its construction
phase. Hence alternative materials
were constantly tried out. For
example, extensive use of Ordinary
Portland Cement was replaced with
Slag Cement. Crusher dust and
weather rocks were used for plant
road construction work
A proper Disaster Management
Plan was prepared and kept in
place to meet exigencies during
cyclonic storm. This envisaged a
well-defined evacuation plan for
labour, staff and materials and the
resources were reinstated at the
end of the season.
There was a shortage of skilled
manpower too; however, local
workmen were trained to mitigate
this situation.
Plant & Machinery
Following plant & machinery were
deployed for executing the work
expeditiously under inclement
weather condition on the sea
front:
Batching Plant 30 cu.m 1
Boom Placer 1
150 t capacity P&H crane 1
80 t capacity Fushun crane 1
75 ton Cranes 4
18 ton cranes 6
 Movax & HPH 200 sheet pile
driving Hammer on PC 300
Excavator 1
Integrated Piling rig 1
METCO/BG 15 Piling rig - each 1
BSP Piling Hammer 1
Piling Winches 23
Welding machines 78
Bridge launching girder 1
30 m span gantry 2
Trailer 8
DG Sets – 700 / 250
kVA - each 1/5
Quality
Stringent quality management plans
and techniques were implemented
during construction of the project
and every team leader including his
team members had to strictly adhere
to the plan and monitor project
quality at regular intervals through
the following measures:
Inspection and Test Plan (ITP)
was introduced as a mandatory
requirement in the Project
Quality Plan.
Periodical Internal audit was a
key factor to steer the Product
quality in a proper channel.
Internal Training programs
were conducted at the site level
periodically to enhance the skills
of workmen.
Plant & Machinery were
upgraded regularly to
improve productivity and
quality. Machineries like fully
automated Concrete batching
plants, Integrated Pile driving
Rig, Sheep foot roller, Complete
Hydraulic automated Rotary Pile
borer, Automatic rail welding
machine were sourced and
procured for accurate process
controlling.
Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) for
every day-to-day activity was
carried out in a strict manner.
Vendors were selected in the
most competitive manner to
maintain excellent quality of
materials and work process.
Project Monitoring
Techniques
In addition to the above quality
plan, following project management
techniques were implemented and
reviewed on a continuous basis:
Monitoring of the project through
monthly review meeting with
CEO-DPCL, Lender’s Engineer,
Steering committee & Board
(L&T and TATA management)
Daily review meeting to monitor
site progress
Weekly review meeting with all
the Business Unit heads for close
co-ordination

5 MLD Plant Water System

The 5 MLD Plant Water system consists of the intake

Pump House which sources water from River Mantai
and transmits Raw water 13.5 km to the water reservoir
(5 MLD cap.) through 457 mm DIA MS pipeline using
200 cu.m/hr (2W+1SB) capacity pumps. From the
raw water reservoir, it is then pumped by means
of the raw water transfer pumps of 250 cu.m/hr
(1W+1SB) capacity to the inlet of the water treatment
plant i.e the cascade aerator.

Treatment Philosophy
The Hydraulics of the treatment plant is designed
in such a way that water flows by gravity from the
cascade aerator (first unit of the WTP) to the clarified
water reservoir. From the clarified water reservoir
it is then pumped to the pressure sand filters for
potable water requirements and also pumped for
dust suppression applications at various locations in
the Port operation area . The sludge generated from
the clariflocculator is then treated through sludge
thickener and centrifuges. The final dewatered sludge
19m DIA 800 cu.m capacity clariflocculator
from the centrifuge is then collected and disposed in an
environment friendly way. The entire water treatment
plant is designed for a hydraulic overloading of 20 %
and for a turn down capacity of 50%.
Broadly the water treatment scheme comprises
Cascade aerator, Parshall flume, Flash mixer,
Clariflocculator, Clarified water sump and pump
house, Pressure sand filters, Potable water sump and
pump house, Sludge Thickener, Centrifuge

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 Front view of the jetty

medical check-up of workmen; new

joiners were exposed to training and
E-learning with respect to usage
of personal protective equipment.
Specialized safety training was
imparted for all staffs and workmen to
meet emergency preparedness of all
activities. Height pass was provided
for all workmen after checking their
physical fitness.

In order to monitor safety practices,

a committee was formed to review
systems and practices. A mobile
The first ship carrying the unloaders reaching the jetty in Feb. 2010 from Shanghai safety inspection team was formed
to visit places and check the
Brain storming session for Safety safety practices at different
all critical activities with locations. In addition, periodical
site experts along with Similarly, safety was given the highest health check, Physical fitness
Construction Managers and priority and everyone had to strictly and awareness programme of all
Project Managers adhere to all safety practices. This job related diseases were conducted
included daily safety pledge and among workmen and staff. All these
Weekly knowledge sharing
pep talk among all the workmen practices led to achieving ROSPA
session
and staff, 100% screening and daily gold award for the year 2010.

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Construction of the Jetty
L&T designed and constructed the
700 m long open sea jetty with
a draft of 18m depth including a
fully dredged and unobstructed
navigational channel for 17 km for
berthing super cape size vessels up to
180,000 DWT. Since the site selected
for the jetty falls within the naturally
protected Kanika sand island on
the Orissa coast, no breakwater
was considered for the construction.
However, the orientation of the jetty
has been aligned in such a way that
the draught of 18m is maintained
throughout the year.
L&T Ramboll provided the design
for the construction of the jetty
supported by IET (Infrastructure
Engineering and Technology) for
construction methods. Work on the
jetty commenced in April 2007 and
the entire works were completed
Top view of the jetty with its conveyors
by March 31, 2010. Executed as
a Cost-Plus contract, construction
of the project involved Design of
the Structure, Detailed Engineering,
Procurement and Construction.
Dredging at Dhamra Port was
undertaken by International Seaport
Dredging Ltd, a joint venture between
L&T and Belgium’s Dredging
International and the scope of work
involved dredging of an 18km long
channel and removal of about 65
million cubic metres of dredged
spoilt.
Construction
Construction of the jetty involved
design and building the Main Jetty-
having 600 m long berthing face
and 24 m width. In addition to this
a100 m long Port craft berth having
a width of 37.5 m was built as an
extension to the Main Jetty. From
on-shore the main jetty is connected
by an Approach Bridge that is 186 m
long and 12 m wide supported on an
approach trestles – 126 m long and
12 m wide. The berth is provided
with two 375 m long structural steel
conveyor that is 8 m wide.
Unlike the normal jetties that jut
out into the sea perpendicular to
the shore, the jetty at Dhamra Port
is constructed parallel to the shore
in alignment with availability of the
deep draft throughout the stretch for
better navigation of heavy vessels.
Marine piling was adopted for
construction of the substructure for the
main jetty which involved 627 piles of
1.4 m and 1.2 m diameter driven to a
depth of 48m. A travelling platform
carrying a row of conventional piling
rigs/winches were used for constructing
the bored cast-in-situ piles.
In this method of marine pile
construction a travelling platform
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 Side view of the jetty showing ship loader, unloader, conveyors and transfer point
(which is termed as Piling Gantry)
would be supported on already
completed piles. The Pile Steel
liners would be pitched in the next
row of piles (also called as bent)
followed by boring to the required
depth, lowering of reinforcement
barge as well as concreting of the
piles. The gantry will then move to
the next location once all the piles
are concreted in the particular bent
using winches mounted on the gantry
with its anchorage on the already
completed piles, ensuring safety of
the entire operation.
The platform was used to carry
heavy loads of piling rigs/ winches,
concrete pipelines, compressor,
pumps, DG set etc. By adopting this
technique, dependency on floating
mode substantially decreased thus
optimizing the utilization of resources.
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Major items of work
Cement : 25,231 t
Reinforcement : 8,680 t
Structural Steel for
Pile Liners : 4,788 t
Concrete : 66,864 cu.m
Boulders : 60,000 cu.m
Earth work : 1,25,000 cu.m
Jetty milestone events
Commencement : 01/04/2007
Approach Jetty
Pile Completion : 31/12/2008
Main Jetty
pile Completion : 07/02/2010
Superstructure
completion : 31/03/2010
At the peak of construction 12 sets of
piling gantries and 20 piling rigs were
used for the marine piling operation.
On the whole, construction of the jetty
consumed 40951 cu.m of pile concrete,
5488 tons of pile reinforcement and
4788 tons of steel liners.
Superstructure
The superstructure works involved
erection of pre-cast elements
as well as in-situ Construction.
Extensive use of precast elements
eliminated the cumbersome process
of shuttering operations in the sea.
Precast elements which were cast at
precast yard 2km away from jetty
were transported to jetty by trailers
and then erected in place using a
crane mounted on the completed
jetty (as an end-on method) or using
a crane barge followed by in-situ
concreting which was done mainly in
three stages. This involved erection
of 126 different types of precast
elements accumulating to 3829
numbers, 7083 cu.m of concrete and
1470 tons of reinforcement including
pouring 12445 cu.m of concrete
and 1723 tons of reinforcement for
in-situ works.
Material Handling System
Dhamra Port is being built as
an integrated bulk terminal
therefore DPCL has incorporated
comprehensive modern facilities for
efficient operation and management
of the port complete in all respects
involving safe berthing, automatic
unloading and loading of coal,
fuelling the vessel, filling fresh
water, boarding & lodging for the
crew including many other port
infrastructure facilities on shore for
stocking, loading into the railway
Close-up view of the jetty, conveyors and ship unloaders
wagons etc., for transportation to
various destinations and so on.
Panorama
What attracts any visitor to Dhamra
Port even from a long distance is
the most colourful sight of the bright
blue structures covered with striking
yellow sheet roof meandering its way,
turning and twisting through the tall
structures and equipment, dazzling
amidst vast stretches of sand banks
on one side and undisturbed bluish
waters of the deep sea on the other.
As one draws closer to the port,
the magnificence of the project
becomes clear and evident. Like a
bolt from the blue, you will see the
panorama of the beautiful project
in front of your eyes with blue and
yellow conveyors snaking around the
project connected intermittently with
tall blue junction house towers and
giant equipment – unloaders at the
jetty, the yellow coloured material
handling behemoths - stackers,
reclaimers, the tippler house, water
treatment plant and many other
structures including, Radar Station,
housing and other infrastructural
facilities. It’s a grand sight to watch
the project from good heights and
enjoy the green-field project rising
up in isolation under the open sky.
For material handling of various
cargoes as well as for shipping
movements and/or Marine Operation
within and outside the Port, a number
of equipment are needed to support
the services to be rendered to the
Port Users - right from entry of the
vessel at the port and anchoring at
the berth to the exit of the vessel from
the port limit. This includes:
Continuous unloading of the
raw material at the coal jetty
through ship unloaders in the
berth
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 Night view of the conveyor

by L&T at Dhamra port including

their Capacities:

Two 2800 tons per hour capacity

Yard conveyor with stacker-cum-reclaimer
Transportation to stock pile in the rapid loading system,
through long conveyors network hopper/bin machines etc.
over the entire length of the
Similarly separate areas are
stockpile including installation
earmarked for the proper
of giant Stacker/Reclaimers
receipt of iron ore from the
equipment, etc.
mines unloading through Wagon
Loading of Inland transport
Tippler and stocking at the stock
through rail wagons, with the
pile / reclamation area till it is
help of mechanized conveyor
transported and loaded into the
system, stacker / reclaimers,
vessels. Following are some of
open wagon loading system
the specific equipment installed
Ship Un-Loader for Coal
One 5000 tons per hour capacity
Ship Loader for Iron Ore
One Wagon Tippler with 25 tips
per hour capacity, including,
Sidearm charger, Indexer, Apron
feeder, etc.,
Two Stacker cum Reclaimers
for coal handling having a
capacity to stack 5500 tons
per hour and reclaim 3500
tons per hour
Two reclaimers and Stacker cum
reclaimers for handling iron ore
having a capacity to stack 3750
tons per hour and reclaim 5000
tons per hour
Two Conveyors each having a
length of 7.24 km with a speed
to handle 5500 tons per hour of
coal and 3500 tons per hour of
iron ore
Two Rapid Wagon Loading
System which can load 60 tons

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 (One Rake of 58 wagons each
with a payload in 1.5 hours)
Two rapid loading silos were
constructed using slip form
technique of continuous
construction.
The port with the mechanized
material handling equipment are
designed to handle a daily berth
throughput of about 60,000 tons
for unloading and 70,000 tons
for loading so that a large ship
of 150,000 to 180,000 tons can
be loaded or unloaded within
three days.
Building the Railway
Infrastructure
As a part of the Dhamra Port
development, L&T had to build
62 km long railway embankment
from Bhadrak to Dhamra involving
construction of 151 minor and 6
Railway bridge erected over the National Highway
major bridges. Since Dhamra Port
was located in a remote and isolated
place and the nearest town was 62
km away at Bhadrak the Company
faced serious land acquisition
problems while establishing the
railway line alignment to the port.
Though the works commenced in
April 2007 and it had to be completed
in a period of 36 months, due to
delay in firming up route alignment
and release of engineering drawings,
there was delay in timely execution
of the project. Now the entire project
is expected to be completed by
November 30, 2010.
As most of the railway track traversing
in the coastal areas are founded on
soft soils and marine deposits, pre-
construction by soil stabilization and
strengthening had to be done with
suitable geotechnical engineering
techniques for building the railway
embankment. Soft soils are
characterized by low shear strength,
high compressibility and low bearing
capacity. Due to these factors,
construction of railway embankment
on these soils posed formidable
challenges. Thus, L&T had to use
a combination of geotechnical
engineering techniques as follows to
reinforce the earth embankment:
Ground improvement by sand
wick and geotextiles.
Embankment filling by borrowed
earth.
Blanketing by murrum.
Construction of Piles, well
foundations etc. including
Construction of 151 minor
bridges with associated
fabrication and erection of steel
girders.
This involved 57 lakh cu.m of
earthwork excavation, 75000
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 cu.m of concreting, 6500 tons of
reinforcement, 5600 rmt of piling
and 1920 tons of steel fabrication
for the steel bridges. Nearly 63 staff
and 732 workmen were deployed
during peak construction for this
embankment work.
The entire work of embankment
construction including fabrication
and erection of structural
steel bridges in few locations
were executed by L&T as
per specifications issued by
Research Designs & Standards
Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow
an unit of Government of India,
Ministry of Railways.
A total of 2033 acres of land was
acquired for developing the rail
road corridor from Bhadrak to
Dhamra and the work called for
some specialized construction
methods and services including
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Close-up view Septbridge 14girders for railway
2010 steel
deployment of special equipment
as follows:
Well sinking for bridge with
crane barge at Mantai river.
1200 mm DIA bored cast in
situ pile with BG15 rotary
piling rig.
Launching Girder was used for
launching Bridges over NH#5
and over Rail track (Howrah
Chennai main line).
Sheet Pile Driving with MOVAX
& HPH1200 equipment installed
on excavator.
Precast Pile driving with
Integrated Piling Rig.
BSP Piling Hammer & METCO
piling rig for Precast pile
driving.
L&T encountered several problems
during the course of its execution.
Some of these problems and how
the company overcame the same
are given below in brief:
Dispute in land acquisition for
work front and agitation by local
people were managed well with the
influence of local administrators
and by continuous follow-up with
client, addressing every single
issue by direct involvement and
interaction with villagers and
even engaging local people into
the jobs wherever they were found
suitable.
Delay in release of engineering
was addressed by calling for
regular meeting with the client
/ consultant and even extending
support from the project site,
wherever required.
Scarcity of embankment material
lead to Introduction of various
alternative materials like corridor

earth, murrum, dredged sand
etc. to carry out the operations
smoothly. In some places, L&T
went ahead with modifying
RDSO technical requirement and
replaced it with NHAI requirement
to meet the exigencies after
approval by RDSO.
L&T had to abide by the Stringent
RDSO specification for fabrication
of steel members by awarding
Signalling and telecommunication works. Inset : OHE with contact wires
subcontracts to RDSO approved Centralized Traffic Control signaling
workshops including supervision mechanism. After completion of
delegated to experienced staff the embankment works as per
hired from outside. specification, the permanent way
works including the overhead
Railway Construction equipment (OHE) installations
for the 25 kV AC traction system
The port acquired a 125 meter
commenced as per specifications
wide and 62 km long corridor
provided by RDSO Lucknow. This
from Dhamra to Bhadrakto
work can be split into four sections
accommodate two rail tracks and
as given below:
a four lane road along with service
a. Track Linking Work:
lines viz. transmission line and pipe
Supply, execution, testing
lines. However, during phase-I,
& commissioning for 124
DPCL took up the construction
TKM (65 RKM) Track Linking
of 62 km rail connectivity with a
work including 26 nos Level
single rail track from Dharma to
Crossings.
Bhadrak/Renital Link Cabin on the
main Howrah-Chennai line. Trains b. OHE & PSI Work: Supply,
will run up to Dhamra Terminal installation, testing &
Yard (DTY) wherein handing over commissioning of 110 TKM
and taking over of rakes will take (62 RKM) Railway Electrification
place between Indian Railways from Bhadrakh / Ranital Link
and DPCL. The railway line will be Cabin (E. Co. Rly) to Dhamra
operated from DTY with the help of Port (DTY); 132kV / 25kV
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 Completed view of the rail track and OHE. Inset : Railway Station

Major items of work OHE Work S&T Work

Foundation Work (PCC) : 1975 Provision of EI system complete
Permanent way works
nos or 12000 cu.m VDU : 4 Stn.
Rail Linking of 60 kg Rail BFB Mast Erection : 1869 nos Main Sig. foundation : 91 nos
: 15000 tons Portal Erection : 93 nos Shunt Sig. Foundation : 30 nos
Primary and secondary ballasting Bracket Erection : 2593 nos
Installation of Apparatus
: 3.4 lakh cu.m Wiring : 138 Tension Length or Case : 231 nos
Mono block sleeper laying 276 Shots
Cable trench for Sig. cable
: 2.1 lakh nos OHE Modification at two station : 52 km
under power block : 22 hrs.
Insertion of Point and Crossing Cable laying of Sig. cable
25KV SP Isolator : 22 nos
: 99 nos : 323 km
Section Insulator ( SI ) : 29 nos
Installation of Sig. post : 121 nos
Insertion of Glued joint AT : 21 nos
: 525 nos Trenching for telecom cable
Power Supply Arrangement of
: 80 km
Flash Butt welding : 13500 nos OHE
OFC Cable laying : 79 km
TSS : 1 no
Thermit Welding : 4300 nos
6 Quad cable laying : 91 km
Sectioning Post : 1 no
Level Crossing with Height Guage Installation of Emergency socket :
Sub sectioning post : 4nos
work : 26 nos 71 Nos.
Installation of SCADA system

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 Traction Sub – Station (TSS) at
Gurudaspur; sectioning post
(SP) at Bhatatira, subsecting
post (SSP) at Bhadrakh, Tihidih,
Bansara and DTY; 25kV / 250V
auxiliary transformer (AT) and
SCADA (supervisory control
and data acquisition) system at
Khurda road.
c) General Electrical Work:
Supply, installation, testing &
commissioning for – 6.6 kV / 250
V Interlink Substation at DTY Rail
complex; Lighting of residential
building and yard including TSS.
d) Signaling & Telecommunication
(S&T) Work: Supply, Installation,
testing & commissioning
for - Electronic Interlocking
signaling system (EI) with Visual
display unit (VDU) at Ranital
Link Cabin, Bhatatira, Tihidi,
Gurudaspur, Bansara and EI
centralized traffic control (CTC)
with VDU at DTY; Rly. control
and telecommunication system
132 kV switchyard at Bhadrak
for entire section of 65 RKM
from Bhadrakh to Portbulb.
The successful execution of the
Permanent way (BG Rail Linking
work) largely depended on the
efficient supply chain management
of key materials - procurement
and supply of 16000 tons of 60
kg Rail, 2.4 lakh numbers of
mono block sleeper and 3 lakh
cu.m of Rail Tack Ballast and
making it available at site in a
very short time on commencement
of the project. In fact, arranging
these key materials was the main
challenge and any delay in this
would have led to consequential
risks in non-completion of the
project on time. Knowing the
risks involved L&T took a wise
decision to go for importing rail
and setting up a captive sleeper
manufacturing plant at site, for the
first time in the history of Indian
Railway and establishing mining
and crusher plant near the site.
Accordingly, the entire quantities
of materials were made available
at site prior to execution ensuring
uninterrupted work front. A
special store was provided for
storing and stacking the rails in the
vicinity of project.
A technical and engineering
methodology was adopted for
handling and stacking of Rails up to
10 layers facilitating the storage of
the entire quantity of 16000 tons in
one place of 10000 sq.m. area.
Although the work had to be
executed under the contractual
completion time of 36 months, the
actual Railway Construction (RC)
activity could start only after an
elapse of 19 months, that is, after
the completion of the embankment
works and construction of bridges.
Therefore modern techniques
including innovative methodology
of execution became inevitable
to complete the project in a
compressed time frame of the
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 132 kV switchyard at Dhamra
remaining16 months. Therefore
L&T employed Sleeper Layer
and Rail Threader machines for
erection of mono block sleeper
and rail laying.
OHE work in DPCL project was
different in many ways compared
to the regular CORE / RVNL
railway contract works that L&T
executes. This in fact called for
advanced techniques in OHE
erection methods to mitigate
stringent time schedule, working
in cess without a track and major
P&M like erection crane, tower
wagon etc normally supplied by
Railways.
The entire 2500 (15000 cu.m) of
OHE foundations were cast on cess
without having a track or any other
facility within a short period of 7
months. A dedicated survey team
provided for marking of error free
center line to avoid rejection of
foundation.
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A special gang was engaged for
doing foundation using boom
pressure in gape location due to
delay in cess handover and land
dispute. The entire stretch of the
railway route was divided in to
small sections for advance feeding
of required material such as Mast /
Portal, Bracket etc. and expediting
installation work as soon as the
foundations are cast.
Outsourcing of P&M and back-to-
back arrangement with specialized
agency not only helped to meet
the scarcity of captive P&M and
staff, but also ensured better
quality of work.
For the permanent way construction
work both manual and mechanized
linking methods were used. In both
methods, usage of Hydra Crane for
handling of Rail, sleeper, Dumper for
ballast spreading, Roller for ballast
compaction were employed in
addition to the mechanized method
of sleeper laying and rail threading
to reduce deployment of workmen
substantially.
For Rail joint automatic flash butt
welding machines were deployed
by subcontractors in addition to
departmental and dedicated FB
machine. On an average the site
achieved a production of 70 Joints
per machine per day.
Centre line of track was done on
the cess by coordinate for marking
the OHE foundation. Thus the
problem of non-availability of
track was eliminated. Excavation
of OHE foundation was done both
by manual as well as excavator.
Concrete was supplied from site
through concrete mixture. In
critical area and inconvenient
locations Boom placers were used
to avoid delay. All mast erection,
boom erection was done with
Hydra Crane and stringing of
contact wire and catenary were
widely done using Rail-cum-road
vehicle. Mobile water tanker was
also used for concreting work
particularly in stretches having
water scarcity. Thus thrashing
every obstacle, the project was
completed in a speedier way by
meticulous planning and excellent
coordination of resources.

132 kV switchyard
The 132 kV switchyard specially
built at Dhamra port, draws its
power from Bhadrak substation
of Orissa Power Transmission
Corporation Limited (OPTCL)
and this meets the complete
power requirements of the port
electricals. The switchyard consists
of the following bays:
One Line feeder
Two 20 MVA 132 / 6.9 kV
transformer feeders
One bus transfer
Another view of the switchyard at port
One bus section aliser 6.6 kV bus duct. The switchyard
consists of the following major
Single main transfer scheme is equipment:
adopted for this 132 kV switchyard
wherein the main busbars are 20 MVA 132 / 6.9 kV YNyn0,
ONAN transformer
rated for 1250 A, 3 phase, 31.5
kA for 1s. The secondary 132 kV 1250 A SF6 circuit breaker
transformer is connected to 6.6
1250A Isolators
kV indoor switchgear through

Night view of the switchyard with turtle friendly lighting

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132 kV transmission line
4 core Current transformers
2 core Potential transformers
1 core Current transformers for
tariff metering
1 core Potential transformers for
tariff metering
120 kV, 10 kA Lightning
arrestors
6000pF coupling capacitor
800A, 0.5mH Wavetrap
The MCC-1 Building houses the
indoor control and relay panels
located in a separate control room.
This also houses the AC and DC
distribution boards, PLCC panels,
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48V DC battery, charger and
DCDB.
L&T’s scope of works for the
switchyard complex involved
complete earthing, lighting, light
protection and cabling system
including civil and structural works.
All foundation elements in the
switchyard are founded on 350 mm
square pre-cast driven piles driven
to a depth of 32 to 36 meter.
132 kV Switchyard Extension at
Bhadrak End
To cater to the 132 kV feeder at
Dhamra Port end L&T also executed
another 132 kV line bay extension
at OPTCL Bhadrak substation. This
substation is interconnected with the
Dhamra 132 kV substation thru 132
kV transmission line.
Illumination
The illumination system implemented
at Dhamra Port is designed to
ensure the best of environmental
practices worldwide. The Lighting
management has been identified as
one of the key measures to mitigate
light pollution from the port lighting
system which has an adverse impact
on the Olive Ridley turtles, one of the
rare species of its kind, prevalent in
this part of the world. In principle,
L&T is strictly adhering to the Lighting
missions advocated by IUCN (The
International Union for Conservation
of Nature) lighting experts. They
have helped DPCL to choose and
select the specific lighting fixtures
which would minimize light spillage
and does not misguide or migrate
the turtles.
All the outdoor light fittings are
positioned and mounted in such
a manner that the beam, ray or
any other source of light or any
reflective surface of the lighting
fixture is not visible from any point
on the beach. At the same time
all the luminaries, photometry,
selected for outdoor areas have a
cut off angle, less than 70 Degrees
and photometry of these lights are
tested and certified as per IUCN
parameters.
The objective of this port illumination
system is to mitigate the port’s overall
lighting impact, if any, on the sea
turtle hatchlings on the Gahirmatha
beach and Nasi islands which is
almost 15 km away from the existing
port. This exterior illumination
system plan is to minimize adverse
impact on the already endangered
sea turtles’ nesting/hatching habits
on the Gahirmatha beach. Exterior
lighting interferes with sea turtle
hatching habit as they migrate from
the nest to the ocean resulting in
disorientation of hatching towards
the light source. Development of this
plan is made necessary to reduce
the incidental take of sea turtle
hatching and disturbance of adult
nesting turtles. It is also found that
Lighting can deter female turtles
from nesting.

132 kV Transmission Line

Tower Construction 132 kV D/C transmission line

L&T completed the 65 km long 132 kV
Transmission Line tower construction
work from Grid Substation at
Bhadrak to Dhamra and linked it
with the 132 kV / 6.6kV Substation
at the Port complex. This is the only
source of power to this mega port
and as such, it is considered as the
Life Line to Dhamra Port and the
entire project was executed in a
period of 32 months.
Unlike the normal transmission
lines built across plain terrain, the
route for this Bhadrak – Dhamra
transmission line mostly passes
through fertile agricultural fields,
along the Orissa coast. The soil
conditions in many places were
not suitable for normal open cast
foundations and L&T had to build

Transmission lines passing through agricultural fields

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 Another view of 132 kV transmission line
them on pile foundations, which
came as a real challenge.
Out of the total 260 foundations,
171 were built on pile foundations.
Nearly 1316 cast-in-situ piles
were cast along the entire stretch
accumulating to 23786 m in length.
In addition, the topography of the
entire stretch of the line was low
lying which made the construction
all the more difficult, particularly
in the monsoon period and the
post monsoon months. Water
logging continued even beyond
the offset of monsoon and the
able Site Engineers worked out
various innovative approaches
to ensure an uninterrupted work
schedule at site.
There were protests and agitations
by disgruntled local land owners
which had an impact on the Right-
Of-Way clearance and speedy
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movement of operations. However,
these issues were amicably settled
by the Construction Manager,
Site Engineers, Accounts and
Administration team right from the
commencement of the project.
Being a project on the move,
transmission line projects call for
proper Stores Management. Keeping
stock of good inventory is essential
for the progress of the project without
any delay. This fact is well known
to our engineers, but the greatest
challenge was in meticulous planning
and keeping stock of inventory at
strategic locations to meet the timely
requirements of the project. Beating
all the odds, our engineers carried
out the task in the most efficient
manner, thanks to the Project
Management Team for their expert
planning, mobilization of resource
and implementation techniques.
Our strict adherence to ISO certified
practices in the store management
even at isolated locations
attracted the attention of our clients
and they acclaimed the same in
many forums.
Similarly safety has been accorded
the highest priority and accordingly
the site clocked one million lost
time injury free man-hours upto
November 2009 and the project was
awarded the certificate of merit for
its EHS activities.
Thus the project was successfully
commissioned to its rated Voltage on
14th January’ 2010 and was handed
over to Orissa Power Transmission
Corporation Limited (OPTCL) during
March 2010.
Compiled by
K. Sridharan with inputs from project
team – Pabak Mukhopadhyay,
Sutanu Ganguly, Deepak Kumar,
Ramkumar, Debashis Ghosh and
Kuntal Pakhira
Vizag Steel
Forging ahead with enhanced production
I
ndia is one of the most fortunate
countries to have an abundance
of Iron ore which is the raw
material for making steel. The
per-capita consumption of steel
in a country is one of the most
important barometer for measuring
development and economic
growth. Steel is crucial to sustain
the development and growth of
all infrastructural needs, be it
construction of roadways, railways,
ports, dams, power plants, water
supply systems, housing, etc.
Presently in 2010, the steel
industry in India is the fifth
largest in the world and given the
vibrancy with which it is growing,
the Steel Ministry estimates that
the India is poised to become
Vizag Steel Overall Plant View
the second largest steel producer
in the world by the year 2015.
Abetted with the growing global
demand and the increasing
domestic consumption, domestic
steel producers are expanding
production capacities in order to
capitalize on this opportunity.
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
(RINL), the holding Company of
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant is also
in a similar fray of expansion and
has set its mission to attain 16
million ton liquid steel capacity
through technological up-
gradation, operational efficiency
and expansion. The existing
capacity of Visakhapatnam Steel
Plant (VST) stands at 3.4 million
tons per annum.
RashtriyaIspat Nigam
Limited -
Visakhapatnam Steel
Plant
L&T in consortium with Paul Wurth
Italia bagged the EPC order for
the Blast Furnace # 3 with a Hot
metal capacity of 2.5mtpa.Once
commissioned, this furnace will fulfill
VSP’s phased expansion planned
target of liquid metal production.
L&T’s scope of work includes
complete detail engineering based
on basic design and engineering
inputs by Paul Wurth and the major
portion of indigenous manufacturing
and supply, erection of equipment
including the associated civil and
structural works. Apart from this there
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Illustration of a typical Blast Furnace
was a separate package awarded
to L&T for the structural works of
Stock House. Paul Wurth’s scope of
work includes process design, basic
engineering, supply of imported
equipment, supervision of erection
and commissioning.
Blast Furnace
Blast Furnace (BF) is a counter
current reactor based smelting shaft
furnace. Unlike steel melting shops,
it is a continuous operating plant.
Charging to Blast Furnace is also
View of BF area & Charging conveyor
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¾¾ Raw material feeding
system to stock house
¾¾ Stock house
¾¾ Charging system
¾¾ Transporting system to
transport the burden
material to furnace top -
conveyor
¾¾ Discharging system to
discharge burden material
inside BF – bell less top
Blast Furnace Proper
Blast Furnace Cooling System
Cast House
Slag Granulation Plant
Hot blast system
¾¾ Blowers to deliver cold
a continuous process and tapping blast
of metal and slag from BF is done ¾¾ Hot Stove to heat up the
from time-to-time. However, there cold blast
are instances of almost continuous ¾¾ Hot Blast main to carry
tapping of metal and slag in bigger hot blast from hot stove to
blast furnaces in some parts of the furnace
world. The main producing unit Gas cleaning plant
along with other auxiliary units
¾¾ Dust Catcher for dry dust
of Blast Furnace complex runs
removal
continuously.
¾¾ Wet scrubber
A typical blast furnace auxiliary ¾¾ Water Treatment Plant
includes:
Top gas recovery turbine
Raw material handling system
Pulverised Coal Injection
Raw material handling system: To
charge raw materials inside the
BF there is an elaborate system
for receiving and storing of raw
materials. It starts with the various
receiving systems for individual
raw materials. Raw materials are
typically received from sinter plants,
coke plants, and storage yards. Each
type of material is stored in separate
bins in the stock house.
The major equipment/heavy lifts in
stock house include bunker girders,
hoppers and conveyor galleries (in
assembled condition). The bunker
girders were erected in sequence
Illuminated view of plant
Technical Features of
Blast Furnace
Working Volume : 3,230 cu.m
Inner Volume : 3,814 cu.m
Hearth Diameter : 13 m
Tuyeres : 34 nos
Peak Production : 7,850 tpd
Average Production : 7,150 tpd
Furnace Top Pressure : 2.5 bar g
Fuel Rate : 535 kg/HMt
using DEMAG CC1800-1. The civil
works for stock house was handled
by RINL through other agencies.
Charging system: The raw
materials like coke and iron bearing
burden (sinter, lump ore) along
with fluxes are carried by conveyor
system from raw-material handling
yard and Sinter Plant and stored
in Stock House bunkers. These are
then screened and weighed as per
operator defined charging sequence
and transported to the top of the
furnace using a conveyor system.
Main Charging Belt Conveyor:
Main Charging belt conveyor is
divided into two parts MB1 of length
138m (from stock house to transfer
tower) and MB2 of length 369.5m
(from transfer tower to top of the
furnace). The height of trestles for
the conveyor varies from 4 to 57m.
The conveyor gallery including
technological structures in assembled
condition of length 54m weighing
130 Mt was erected in single lift
using DEMAG CC2800 crane.
Bell-less Top: Most commonly used
charging system to discharge and
distribute the burden inside the BF is
bell-less top. With bell-less charging
equipment, the raw materials are
charged and distributed into the
furnace through a rotating chute
which can change angles allowing
more flexibility in precise material
distribution inside the furnace.
Blast Furnace Proper: The blast
furnace is a tall steel structure
with varying shell thickness that is
internally lined with refractory. The
refractory is cooled by water - cooled
metal components called staves,
which are embedded between the
shell and the refractory.
BF Shell - The furnace body or
profile consists of five parts:
1. Hearth, at the bottom of the
furnace, which is a straight
cylinder
2. Bosh, which tapers inward
towards its bottom
3. Belly, which is a straight cylinder
4. Shaft or Stack, which tapers
outward from the top
5. Top Cone
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 Blast Furnace #3 Cast house floor
All the 5 parts mentioned above were
supplied by Paul Wurth from China
in 22 rings, each ring comprises 6
segments. The circular BF shell rings
got erected in 11 lifts.
Normally the fit up of Tuyere holder
rings and making the opening for
outlet nozzle for off-take pipes are
carried out in shop floors due to the
criticality of job and level of accuracy
required. In VSP, these jobs were
carried out successfully at site by
developing the necessary templates,
jigs and fixtures.
Tower Structure: The blast
furnace being a free standing
structure, all the platforms and
other structures need to be
supported on a tower structure
which is categorized as Lower,
Middle and Upper tower. The
lower tower structure was erected
in 4 lifts. Erection of middle and
upper tower was taken up in
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panels which were assembled at
ground in order to reduce the
number of lifts.
Staves & Refractory: Staves are
flat cooling members provided
parallel to the furnace shell. This
will act as the heat exchanger, and
consists of embedded pipes which
carry water and are connected to the
main cooling circuit of the furnace.
Erection of stave and refractory
works were taken up simultaneously
by providing safety deck at two
different levels and one moving
platform in-between to facilitate men
and material movement.
Carbon blocks which forms the part
of Hearth refractory were pushed into
the furnace using roller arrangement
through a temporary opening made
in the shell. The carbon blocks were
handled using hoist arrangement
fixed to the safety deck and were
placed over the leveling grid.
Down comer: Down comer erection
of a blast furnace is one of the
toughest jobs due to the intricacy
involved in terms of the weight to
be handled and the configuration.
The down comer design at VSP was
different from other similar furnace
designed by Paul Wurth, as two down
comers are provided in the place
of one down comer. Down comer
connects the furnace to the dust
catcher and carries the BF gas to gas
cleaning plant. Down comer erection
along with the refractory at VSP were
completed in a shortest period of
two days (including welding) for
each down comer. Such complicated
erection would normally take many
weeks due to the intricacy involved in
joint matching.
Blast Furnace Cooling System: In
order to keep the furnace refractory
in a cooled condition, an elaborate
cooling system of soft water and
industrial water system consisting of
numerous pumps, heat exchangers
and cooling tower, filters, etc., were
supplied and erected by L&T.
Cast House
Liquid iron and slag from the tap-
hole flow down a deep trench called
a “trough”. Set across and inside
the trough is a block of refractory,
called a “skimmer”, which has a
small opening underneath it. The
hot metal flows through this skimmer
opening, over the “iron dam” and
down through the iron runners.
Since the slag is less denser than
iron, it floats on top while the iron
flows down the trough, hits the
skimmer and is diverted into the slag
runners. The liquid slag flows into
slag granulation plant and the liquid
iron flows into refractory lined ladles
known as “torpedo cars”. These are
operated by Pusher Car to control
the movement within the cast house.
Cast House Details
No. of cast houses : 2
No. of tap holes : 4
Cast house columns are of structural
steel with a floor of heat resistance
concrete. The dusty air coming out
Aerial view of Water Cooling system area
View of Granulation system cooling tower & Chimney
from the iron notch area, skimmer,
iron runner, tilting and slag runners
is collected from various suction
hoods and passed through a
duct network, ESP’s (Electro Static
Precipitators), ID (Induced Draft)
fans and will be finally discharged
to atmosphere by means of a stack.
The ESP’s are designed to handle
an inlet dust load of 1 g/Nm3 of
flow rate 13,00,000 m3/hr at
operating temperature of 800C to
discharge a maximum outlet dust
load of 50mg/Nm3.
Slag Granulation Plant
The main output of BF process
is hot metal/liquid iron. During
tapping operation, the liquid
metal is collected in torpedo
ladle through runner system and
then sent to steel melt shop for
production of steel.
During the process, two by-
products are formed, BF Slag &
BF Gas. The liquid slag coming
out of the BF is quenched by a jet
of high velocity of water thereby
producing granulated slag. This
is mainly used as a raw material in
cement industry, and as an additive
for concrete.
Slag production : 320 kg/HMt
Slag production (max.) : 2,150 tpd
Max. Slag flow rate : 8 t/min
Peak slag flow rate : 10 t/min
Slag granulation plant is provided
with four granulation tanks
with two INBA (Ingrid Barbara –
Paul Wurth Italia patent name)
dewatering drum to segregate
slag and water. The granulation
tanks are equipped with a
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 Overall Plant View

common stack to evacuate steam continuous source of hot blast to

to the atmosphere. The segregated the furnace. The cold blast which
slag is conveyed to slag is supplied to stoves from a blower
storage yard through the help house is at a temperature of 150
of conveyors. BF Gas that is to 250 0C due to compression of
formed as by-product is used in air at blower.
generation of in-house power and
Hot blast flow : 360,000Nm3/h
in-plant consumption as fuel after
necessary cleaning. Hot blast temperature : 12500C
Hot blast pressure : 5.5 bar g
Hot Blast System
Stoves :3
The Hot Blast System comprises
of Cold Blast from Blower, Stoves Erection of stoves has been carried
and Hot Blast Main. Hot Stoves out using KROLL K-1400 tower
are cylindrical units of 10.7m crane. The shell was supplied by
diameter and height of 45m. Paul Wurth from Taiwan in 24
The hot stove is a type of heat rings and on an average each
exchanger in which the heat ring comprises of 4 segments.
produced by combustion of the The circular HS shell rings 1-24
BF gas is retained in the checker (1170 tons) were erected in 18
View of Hot Stoves & Hot Blast System
chamber, after which cold air is lifts. The critical assembly of
blown through the hot checker to stove dome portion including
fuel gases for heating up the
produce the hot air blast. There are stress relieving has been carried
stove. Three stoves are operated
internal chambers for combusting out on site.
on alternate cycles, providing a

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Gas Cleaning Plant (GCP)
and Top Gas Recovery
Turbine (TRT)
BF is operated with a high top
pressure of about 2.5 bar. In order
to recover energy from the large
volume of high-pressure exhaust
BF gas, the BF is equipped (after
necessary cleaning of BF Gas by dust
catcher, scrubber and demister) with
a top-pressure recovery turbine,
for generating electric power by
converting the mechanical power
of escaping high pressure BF Gas
to electrical power through turbine
and also to control the BF Gas top View of 6.6KV High-voltage switch gear in Main Electrical Control Building
pressure. The maximum output of
turbine generator is 14 MW.
treatment plant. Erection Pulverised Coal Injection
BF gas flow rate (wet) : 550,000Nm3/h of dust catcher owing to its (PCI) system
BF gas pressure : 2.5 bar g weight was carried out in 3
parts whereas for the scrubber In order to reduce the coke
GCP comprises of dust catcher, and demister, it was carried consumption the furnace is
scrubber, demister and water out in a single lift. provided with Pulverised Coal

Water seal at Take over point

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 View of PCI building
Injection (PCI) plant. PCI comprises
of two numbers of vertical rollers
mill. Non coking coal will be
grinded in the mills and will be
conveyed pneumatically through
pipe line to Tuyeres from where
Illuminated view of Hot stoves
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the same will be injected inside
the furnace along with the Hot
Blast.
Max. Coal Injection:200 kg/tHM
Avg. Coal Injection:150 kg/tHM
The raw coal and fine coal silos,
grinding equipment and injection
equipment are housed in a steel
structured building of height 60m.
Electrical &
Instrumentation
A state-of-the-art electrical system
has been installed at VSP, which
comprises of HT and LT panels
apart from indoor and outdoor
transformers. All the substations are
automated by means of intelligent
control system. The SAS (Sub-station
Automation System) co-ordinates
with the remaining electrical system
in the plant and optimizes the power
consumption.
The level 1 of automation system
consists of Distributed Control
System which centralizes the
entire blast furnace operation.
This reduces the number of
operators required apart from
ensuring enhanced productivity
and plant safety.
Weighing system, moisture and
density monitoring systems
are provided for maintaining
the accurate feeding of raw
material.
The plant is provided with the
latest technology analyzing
system, which helps to ensure
the required level of oxygen
in the iron reduction process.
It also estimates the calorific
value of the gases and takes
corrective action in fuel
combustion, measures and
ensures required level of CO
(Carbon Mono Oxide), SOX
and NOX (Sulfur and Nitrogen
Oxide) in the waste gas.
In addition to level1
automation, the plant
is also provided with
level2 automation. Level
2 automation is the blast
furnace model based
predictive control system. This
enables the plant to optimize
the production cost of the
blast furnace by providing
the optimum raw material
utilization plan. View of Cooling system Piping

Variable Voltage Variable
Frequency (VVVF) systems
are installed to reduce the
power consumption and
provide a maintenance free
operation.
installed at critical locations
for continuous monitoring.
All the installation works related
with electrical and instrumentation
have been completed and
buildings for stock house, TRT,
SGP, PCI and Pump Houses
Service rooms, Hydraulic and
lubrication rooms in different
locations

Intelligent addressable Fire Alarm
System integrated with HVAC
(Heating, Ventilation and Air
Conditioning) and Clean Agent
System has been implemented
for enhanced plant safety.
CCTV cameras with Latest
technology day/night CCTV
system (IP based) are
presently testing and charging
activities are underway.
Auxiliaries
The plant is also provided with the
following facilities
Blast Furnace office cum main
control room
Different electrical control room
Chilled water plant, Cooling
towers, Air Conditioning &
Ventilation systems
Emergency overhead (80m)
water tank, Filter press
Fire Fighting System, Fire Alarm
System, High Velocity Water
Spray (HVWS) system and Clean
Gas Agent system

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Visit of Hon’ble Minister of Steel at VSP project on 10th May’10
(From Left to Right - Mr. P K Bishnoi – CMD RINL, Mr. Virbhadra Singh - Hon’ble Union Minister of
Steel, Mr. A SaiPrathap - Hon’ble union minister of state for Steel, Smt. Daggubati Purandeswari -
Minister of State for Human Resource Development (Higher Education)
Maintenance equipment
including EOT cranes, Electrical
and mechanical hoists
Plant road, Railways, Sewerage
and Drainage system within the
battery limit
Spare Stores, Canteen
wash-room blocks
Car park, Cycle & Scooter
stand
Environmental, Health,
Safety and Quality
Adequate attention is being
given to EH Sand quality during
construction. Many initiatives such
as maintaining greenery around
the office is being maintained by
planting saplings from time to
time. A park is being maintained
near the blast furnace # 3 site
to help improve the surrounding
environment’s aesthetic beauty
and as a recreational amenity for
the work force.
Health check-up and awareness
camps are being organized
from time to time at the labour
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camp that has been constructed
outside the plant boundary to
accommodate about 6,000
workmen during peak periods.
Proper care is being taken for
sanitation and cleanliness at
labour camp.
and
The VSP project site achieved 38.2
Million Accident Free Man hours
as on Sept, 2010 and has won the
following awards
ROSPA Gold in 2010
ROSPA Silver in 2009
International Safety Awards from
British Safety Council 2009
These awards indicate the concern
and effort of the project team in
maintaining the safety standards at
site as per the norms.
A dedicated quality department
has been set up to practice
and implement all the quality
management systems at site.
Quality audits are carried out
at regular intervals to ensure
compliance to plans. Continuous
training / induction to engineers
and work force helped in enhancing
the knowledge and resulted in
better quality of work and customer
satisfaction.
Corporate Social
Responsibility
L&T’s VSP team has also devoted
their time for CSR initiatives by
spending time with the under
privileged children of a nearby
orphanage in Vizag. The team
has distributed basic amenities
like hygiene kits, sports material,
food items, etc., to the children
there.
Execution work at VSP project
is completed and testing and
commissioning of various plant
and equipment are underway.
The plant is scheduled to undergo
production within a couple of
months thereby fulfilling VSP’s
mission of achieving 6.5 mtpa
of liquid steel production.
For L&T, commissioning of Blast
Furnace # 3 at VSP has added yet
another feather to its cap. This
project will further reinforce the
belief that “Steel is L&T’s strength
and it will continue to play a more
significant role in this sector, in the
years to come”
Y. S. Srikanth,
Project Manager
and
A.V.S.S. Surya Srinivas,
Planning Manager
Godrej Waterside
A modern IT park rising up in Salt Lake, Kolkata
T
he IT industry in India has grown
amidst global competition like
no other industry has. From a
mere US $ 150 million in the early
90’s the IT industry has touched a
staggering US $ 60 billion by 2010.
A reasonable amount of this growth
spurt can be attributed to the creation
of world-class IT infrastructure in
rapid speed and scale. L&T, in line
with its role of being a nation builder
has helped the country realize
this dream and ride the IT wave to
become one of the world’s leading
exporter of IT and ITES.
L&T was a pioneer in providing IT
infrastructure with unimaginable
scale and speed. The firsts of its
projects include Hi-tech city at
Hyderabad which has revolutionized
The two tower blocks of Godrej Waterside with the lake on one side
the topography to transform the
place into ‘Cyberabad’ that is home
to almost all leading names in the IT
industry. In all major cities L&T has
built sprawling IT parks that offer
best-in-class amenities to leading
IT brands from the world over. One
such significant and recent addition
to the city of Kolkata is the ‘Godrej
Waterside’ an IT park located at
Salt Lake in Kolkata. This project
is located within the busy IT hub of
Salt Lake in Kolkata. The proximity
of Salt Lake to the hub of the
city and the airport has made it
a very promising IT destination.
Today Godrej Waterside is
surrounded by elite IT companies
that adorn the skyline of Salt
Lake area of Kolkata.
The Project
Godrej Waterside, as the name
rightly suggests, is a breathtakingly
imposing structure along a water
body on one side and access to a
busy road on the other. With a total
built-up area of 2.2 million square
feet Godrej Waterside comprises
two independent towers (G+11 &
G+18) over one single podium. This
includes two car parking basements
with a capacity to park 1300 cars.
Once completed, Godrej Waterside
is poised to become one of largest
building in the precincts of Salt Lake,
Kolkata. The scope of work for L&T
consists of construction of warm-shell
with common area finishing and NSC
co-ordination on MEP works. This
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 Front view of the tower block 1
being L&T’s first business association
with GODREJ, the project team
was in a higher state of excitement
to create a landmark structure that
is complete with all amenities and
services to suit the requirements of
the ever emerging IT industry.
Major scope of work
Excavation : 184808 cu.m
Earth disposal : 163800 cu.m
Reinforcement
steel : 10710 t
Concrete : 101602 cu.m
Formwork : 344867 sq.m
Masonry : 13961 cu.m
Plastering : 173069 sq.m
Flooring, skirting,
dado : 98732 sq.m
Waterproofing : 58272 sq.m
Painting : 216872 sq.m
ECC CONCORD July - Sept 2010 34
The Godrej Waterside project too was
not without its share of challenges
during execution. Hurdles such as
heavy rain, space constraints, delays,
price escalation of resources were all
mitigated in the most professional
manner to complete the project as
designed.
Challenges faced
The Godrej Waterside project began
as an item-rate contract, but by virtue
of the impressive performance of L&T
and strong rapport and confidence
building with client, the contract was
baptized and converted to Lump
Sum Contract with increased scope.
Among the various challenges
faced, the major one could be stated
as the flash floods during basement
construction which caused the entire
site to get submerged with 2 m deep
water due to heavy downpour. This
kind of flooding occurred twice in
the same season adding further to
the difficulty. In order to alleviate this
challenge, about 510 lakh liters of
water was dewatered in a period of
seven days.
Another critical challenge faced,
was the scarcity of skilled manpower
in West Bengal. The boom in
infrastructure development and real
estate added to this scarcity. The
Godrej Waterside project required
approximately 2000 workmen;
mobilizing and retaining skilled
workmen was therefore a tough
proposition.
Since the project was located in an IT
zone, establishing a batching plant
was not possible due to locational
restrictions. Therefore, the need
for concrete was met by procuring
ready-mix concrete to the required
specification from external RMC
agencies. Procuring standardized
RMC within the stipulated time
at optimized costs was another
challenge that was mitigated through
meticulous planning, constant
monitoring and rigorous follow-up.
Table Formwork
The Godrej Waterside project
envisaged the creation of expansive
double basements to be utilized as
parking lots that can accommodate
1300 cars. This apart, the basement
would also house all the major
building services. The fact that there
lies a water body on one side of
the project and a busy road on the
other, made the project site a critical
and tough terrain for constructing
the basement which was at a depth
of 12m. Each basement measures
about 1.75 lakh sq.ft.
The challenge was high until the
stage of completion of basements.
On reaching ground level, it became
Ramp and landscape in the front
relatively easier
to complete the Plant and machinery
ground-up level Floor mounted Tower Crane, MC205B, Potain : 1 no
as table formwork Floor climbing Tower Crane, MC85A, Potain : 2 nos
system was used
Concrete pump, BP 1800 HDR, Schwing : 2 nos
along with pre-
tensioning slab. Power Generator 62.5KVA TO 250 KVA : 7 nos
Through this Hydra, K10, Escorts : 1 no
method and by Passenger Hoist, SCANDO1500, Mekaster : 1 no
deploying the
Builder Hoist, Jaymac : 5 nos
right equipment,
the slab-to-slab
Table formwork system was being
cycle time was reduced to seven
implemented for the first time in
days. The table formwork system
such a project in the Kolkata cluster.
requires considerable amount of
The teething trouble included
workmen due to the increased
comparatively high (approx. 40-45%)
material handling need of this
concentration of RCC slab / beam
methodology of construction.
segments along with Pre-Tensioning
Since mobilizing workmen was
slabs, preventing the smooth
difficult due to scarcity of labourers,
application of Table-form. Another
workmen in the category of ‘khalasi’
challenge was the lower concrete
were inducted. This apart, trained
grade (M35) specified by Client /
workmen from CSTI were also
Consultant that was extending the
inducted to the project in order to
slab-to-slab cycle time. This in turn
mitigate the situation.
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 Side view of tower 1
was delaying the post-tensioning and
subsequent de-shuttering activities.
Initially the target for using table
form was from the typical floor level
which is 3rd floor onwards, but due
to the acute space constraints at site
location for material stacking and
for table form fabrication yard, L&T
had fabricated the table form units
at the site itself and thereby started
utilizing the same ahead of schedule
from the 1st floor level itself.
Resources
Any project of this scale warrants
the requirement of tower cranes
which is one of the major equipment
used for this type of high-rise and
large structure. Initially for the
construction of Tower-I two cranes
were installed. One floor mounted
and another floor climbing. With
the rich experience gathered
from the progress of Tower-I,
ECC CONCORD July - Sept 2010 36
three tower cranes were installed the Towers are the same. Also,
for the construction of Tower-II. after giving due importance to
This addition of resource greatly Safety & Productivity, many new
improved productivity by reducing and innovative machinery such
slab-to-slab cycle time from 10 as‘ Builder Hoist’ with a height
days to 8 days even though the of upto 90m was erected with an
plate area of floor slab in both ingeniously fabricated support.
MEP Highlights
The power consumption of 14 MVA is the highest among all buildings
in the vicinity with 100% power backup facility by nine – 2000KVA DG
sets under Electrical HT/LT system
1.7 million sq.ft. of saleable floor area is air-conditioned by 6 Chillers
of 850 TR capacity
The basement parking facility is installed with automatic ventilation
system without ducts under HVAC system
28high-speed lifts are installed for effective transportation of end-
users in both the towers
Hydro pneumatic systems
Sanitary & plumbing system with STP & WTP facilities
Fire protection & detection system
IBMS & PA system
Introduction of this system totally
eliminated the cost of hire charges
of conventional HD tower thereby
resulting in great savings.

NSC Coordination
In addition to the main contract,
L&T has also been awarded with the
NSC (Nominated Sub-Contractor)
coordination work on MEP jobs for
Godrej Waterside project where
GODREJ has adopted world-class
technologies with the implementation
of Green Building concepts aimed at
GOLD rating. The client entrusted
various packages to reputed agencies
Entrance lobby
like Voltas, Godrej & Boyce, SPFAB
and Otis. CCTV Surveillance & Public OTIS – Lifts: 28 nos.
Address System
Voltas The coordination job of single-point
Sanitary & Plumbing and STP /
HVAC, Intelligent Building responsibility was however with L&T
WTP System
Management Systems, Electrical for overall completion of the project
& Diesel Generators SPFAB – External Façade including Value Engineering, Project
Fire Protection & Fire Fighting Time Scheduling, Quality and Safety
GODREJ & BOYCE – Bus bar as well as final handing over to
System

The lift lobby

37 ECC CONCORD July - Sept 2010


the customer. Therefore, it was a
challenging task to interface all the
activities that were to be carried out
by different organizations under
one roof with in the tight completion
schedule. Close monitoring and
team efforts has made this target
Above and top: Well finished and lit interiors
ECC CONCORD July - Sept 2010 38
achievable. The main success factor
was the confluence of continuous
efforts of all project engineers
engaged by different agencies,
customer, consultants and L&T.
This close coordination and project
management has helped the team
realize the target with appreciation
from all sides.
HSE
To meet the tight construction
schedule under a safe working
environment, the project team had
taken the various safety measures
such as:
100% use of PPEs by all
Induction (through e-learning)
and screening of workmen
working at site
‘Safe for use’ certificate to all
construction equipment upon
verification
Two tier safety nets for all height
works at slab casting level and
two floors below
Besides this, the project being vast in
nature and being located in a high-
profile area, L&T had innovated
and implemented various measures
Another interior view
like full-height door with lockable
arrangement in lift shaft opening,
floor edge protection (1.2m high)
with hard barricading, installation
of debris chute, sound-proof Diesel
Generator sets, third party periodic
pollution control check, etc.
Safety performance at Godrej
Waterside was excellent right from
the beginning stages. Through this,
the site has achieved 8.02 million
accident-free safe man-hours from
January’2007 to May’2010, which
speaks testimony for the safe work
methods and the impeccable safety
culture established at the site. The
site has also received appreciation
for “7 million safe man-hours” from
Godrej.
Administration - A vital role
To ensure smooth functioning of site
operation, ideal liaison with all the
statutory and political agencies is
another key activity. Major hindrances
have been tackled with initiatives to
develop and maintain good rapport
with the local community, political
and other governmental bodies.
Thus, with their co-operation, L&T
could manage space constraints by
creating and arranging space for
labour hutment (to contain 2500
persons), temporary office, material
storage and other temporary
construction support yards.
Current status
Presently, Tower – 1 is almost
completed except some last-mile-
connection sand commissioning while
Tower-2 is structurally completed.
MEP and other finishing works are in
progress in Tower – II.
Under current global economic
melt-down situation, the customer
has also faced crises, but is
undergoing fast recovery. From
L&T, all possible support in the
form of value engineering in
Tower-2 has been implemented
to save on resources and costs.
Through such impressive and
proactive customer support L&T
has secured further orders from
Godrej that includes Godrej
Genesis (IT Park) & Godrej Prakriti
(Housing Complex) in Kolkata
and other projects at Chandigarh,
Hyderabad and Ahmedabad are
in the pipeline.
D. Mukhopadhyay
Project Manager
39 ECC CONCORD July - Sept 2010
 NEW ORDERS
New Orders worth Rs.1025 crore
in Buildings & Factories
Segment
Larsen & Toubro’s Buildings & Factories Operating
Company (B&F-OC) – part of its Construction Division –
has secured orders aggregating to Rs. 1025 crore for the
construction of two hospital buildings, residential projects
in Mumbai and a cement plant from a major cement
manufacturer.
These orders further enhance the order book of the
B&F-OC, which has already secured major design &
build contracts for airports, IT parks and commercial
space. L&T has a major market share in these
segments.
Rs.1749 Crore Orders from
Metallurgical Sector
The Metallurgical Material Handling and Water
Operating Company (MMHW-OC) – part of L&T’s
Construction Division – has secured a slew of EPC
orders aggregating Rs.1749 crore from steel major
SAIL and BALCO.
L&T, in consortium with Paul Wurth of Italy, has been
awarded the Rs.1627 crore EPC contract to build the
2.8 MTPA Blast Furnace for SAIL-Bhilai Steel Plant. L&T’s
share in the contract is Rs.1010 crore.
L&T-Paul Wurth Consortium successfully completed and
recently commissioned the upgraded Blast Furnace-2
at Bokaro Steel Plant of SAIL which increased the hot
metal production capacity of the plant by 0.5 MTPA. The
Consortium also completed a new 2.5 MTPA state-of-
the-art Blast Furnace on EPC basis at Vizag Steel Plant
for RINL. The same Consortium is constructing similar
capacity Blast Furnaces on an EPC basis for Tata Steel
and Bhushan Steel Limited.
In another significant development, L&T in consortium
with Outotec, GmbH of Germany has been awarded
Rs.670.73 crore EPC contract to build a 3.7 MTPA Sinter
Plant for SAIL - Bhilai Steel Plant. L&T’s share in the
contract is Rs. 538.29 crore.
ECC CONCORD July - Sept 2010 40
L&T-Outotec Consortium is presently building three Sinter
Plants on an EPC basis. Of these, two are for SAIL at
Burnpur for their IISCO Steel Plant and Rourkela Steel
Plant, and the third one is for Bhushan Steel plant in
Orissa.
L&T with its consortium partners are playing a major
role in augmenting the hot metal capacity for the
Indian Steel Industry.
In the non-ferrous segment, L&T has bagged an
additional order of Rs. 201 crore from BALCO for
capacity expansion of its Smelter at Korba. This order
is in addition to the large package being executed by
L&T for the BALCO expansion project. This involves
setting up of 340 k Amps Potline and Carbon Area
including Supply, Fabrication, Construction, Erection
and Project Monitoring services.
All the above projects have been bagged under stiff
competition from multinational companies. Moreover
these major projects in the metallurgical space have
further strengthened the position of L&T as a leading
builder for the Indian Iron & Steel and Non-ferrous
Industry in the country.
Rs. 700 Cr Orders from Water &
Material Handling Sectors
Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Metallurgical, Material Handling
& Water Operating Company – a part of its Construction
Division – has secured orders aggregating Rs. 700 crores
from various customers.
Water Sector
L&T has bagged an order worth Rs. 375 crores from
Jabalpur Municipal Corporation. The scope of work
includes the construction of 210 km of underground
drains, comprising of RCC pipes and RCC drains
for Jabalpur city in Madhya Pradesh. The Project
is funded under JNNURM scheme and has to be
executed in 30 months.
In an another development, L&T has received orders
worth Rs. 165 crores from Haryana State Industrial
and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited
for the development of infrastructure facilities like
Water supply, Wastewater collection, storm water
drainage and associated works for the industrial
estates located in Panipat and Rai. This order has to
be executed in 21 months.
Material Handling Sector
In Material Handling Sector, L&T has received orders
worth Rs. 160 crores from Bhushan Steel Limited for
the Design, Engineering, manufacture & supply of
Conveyor and auxiliary equipment for the Raw Material
Handling System at their ongoing 6 MTPA Integrated
Steel Plant at Meramandali, Orissa. The order has to
be executed in 16 months.
New Orders worth Rs.1585 Crore
from Buildings & Factories
Segment
Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) Buildings & Factories
Operating Company - part of its Construction Division
– has secured orders aggregating to Rs.1585 crore in
the second quarter for the construction of residential
projects, factories, office space, hotel including add on
orders from various ongoing projects.
L&T has secured new orders aggregatingRs.435crore
for the construction of residential building projects from
leading developers.
It has further secured orders worth Rs.781 crore from
esteemed clients for construction of hotel, office building
and add on orders from its ongoing airport and
commercial building projects.
In yet another development, it has bagged Rs.369 crore
orders from reputed customers for the construction of
factory building projects including add on orders.
These orders further enhance the order book of the company
it has already secured for major design & build contracts in
Airports, IT Parks and commercial and residential space.
L&T Infra gets Infra NBFC status
from RBI
L&T Infrastructure Finance Company (L&T Infra),
a subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has
received the status of “Infrastructure Finance
Company ” from the Reserve Bank of India
within the overall classification of “Non-Banking
Finance Company.”
L&T Infra commenced operations in January 2007
as an NBFC, a part of L&T’s Financial Services
Group, to finance infrastructure projects and in a
short span of time since its inception, L&T Infra has
achieved cumulative approvals of Rs 17,133 crores
and cumulative disbursements of Rs 7,615 crores
across Energy, Transportation, Telecommunication
and other Infra sectors.
L&T General Insurance Company
Limited to commence Operations;
receives R3 approval from IRDA
L&T General Insurance Company Limited, the
general insurance arm of the $9.8 billion Larsen &
Toubro (L&T) will commence operations soon. The
Company has received the necessary license from
the Regulatory Authority for commencing its business
operations.
Mr. Y.M. Deosthalee, Whole-time Director & Chief
Financial Officer, L&T, said, “Given the size and
the opportunity, L&T considers financial services
as an important business in its portfolio. Entry
into general insurance is part of the overall vision
to build a strong financial services business. We
have put together a team comprising experienced
professionals in insurance and risk management. We
are very confident of building a world class insurance
business in India”.
Commenting on the R3 approval, Mr. N. Sivaraman,
Senior Vice President, L&T, said, “We are very pleased
to receive the approval from IRDA and are geared to
commence our General Insurance operations in India.
As a part of our long term vision, we identified general
insurance business as a vital component for profitable
growth. Our general insurance venture would help
synergise with L&T’s existing Financial Services
Business by deepening and widening its services. It will
be our focus to ensure world class quality of customer
service. We would offer a suite of products, subject
to approval of the regulatory authority IRDA, in the
coming months.”
41 ECC CONCORD July - Sept 2010
 L&T signs the Concession Agreement for Hyderabad Metro Rail project
Corridor - II JBS - Falaknuma (14.78 km - 16 stations)
Corridor - III Nagole -S hilparamam (27.51 km-23 stations)
Salient features
Mr.V.B.Gadgil Managing Director - L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail Private
Limited (left) shaking hands with Mr.T.S.Appa Rao - Principal Secretary
Urban Development (right) in the presence of the Chief Minister of
Andhra Pradesh Dr.K.Rosaiah (Centre – back row)
L&T signed the Concession Agreement with the
Government of Andhra Pradesh on 4 th September,
2010 at Hyderabad for the development of Hyderabad
Metro Rail project in public private partnership (PPP)
mode. This project will be implemented by L&T
Hyderabad Metro Rail Private Limited - a special
purpose vehicle (SPV) of L&T. To be completed in
a span of five years from the appointed date, this
project will be executed on a design, build, finance,
operateand transfer (DBFOT) basis. The concession
period for the project is 35 years which is extendable
further by 25 years.
The Agreement was signed by Mr.V.B.Gadgil
Managing Director - L&T Hyderabad Metro Rail
Private Limited and Mr.T.S.Appa Rao -Principal
Secretary Urban Development in the presence of the
Chief Minister Dr. K.Rosaiah, Mr.Y.M.Deosthalee-
Chief Financial Officer L&T, Municipal Administration
Minister Mr. Anam Rama Narayana Reddy, Ministers
from the city Mr. D.Nagender, Mr. Mukesh Goud &
Mrs. SabitaIndra Reddy along with the Chief Secretary
Mr. S.V.Prasad. Also present during this occasion
was Mr. K.Venkatesh, Senior Vice President & Head -
Developmental Projects, L&T along with senior officials
from L&T.
Consisting of three high density corridors,
Hyderabad Metro network will cover a total
distance of 71.16 km involving 66 ultra-modern
station buildings with state-of-the-art depots and
complete infrastructure.
Corridor - I Miyapur - LB Nagar (28.87 km - 27 stations)
ECC CONCORD July - Sept 2010 42
Elevated world-class station buildings at
approximately every kilometer.
Connecting major offices, retail and residential
areas- The two tracks (up and down lines) pass
through the arterial roads of the city
Connects major bus stations at Miyapur,
MGBS, Koti, Dilsukhnagar, Charminar and
Jubilee Bus Station
Integration with existing rail terminals at
Secunderabad, Begumpet and Nampally
Link to MMTS services at Bharatnagar,
Begumpet, Khairatabad, Malakpet &
Falaknuma
Feeder bus services to stations from different
areas of the city by GoAP
Green & Eco friendly mode of travel- reduces
carbon emission, reduces fuel consumption,
city becomes cleaner and greener
Faster, safer and comfortable air-conditioned
travel with reduced travel time
Ultra-modern coaches
High frequency of trains- reducing waiting time
(train every 3 to 5 minutes in peak hours)
User-friendly stations with lifts, staircases and
facilities for the disabled
Parking facility at 25 different locations along
the route
Automatic ticket vending machines-reducing
waiting time in queues and counters
Automatic Fare Collection system-hassle free
entry and exit from the stations
Essential Facilities at Stations- toilets, public
address and information system, telephones
and refreshment facilities.
 L&T and Befula Investments (South Africa) to Collaborate on Power
Transmission & Distribution Opportunities in South Africa.

Mr. S. Rajavel, Executive Vice President (Electrical & Gulf Projects OC), L&T excchanging the agreement with Mr. Ravi Desai – Director, Befula
Investments (PTY) Ltd. in the presence of Mr. K.V. Rangaswami, President (Construction) and Member of the Board, L&T.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T), India’s leading engineering, technology
& construction company and Befula Investments (PTY) Ltd.,
South Africa have signed a Share Holders Agreement to
incorporate a Joint venture company ‘LARSEN & TOUBRO
T&D SA (PTY) LTD’ in South Africa to capitalize on the Power
Transmission and Distribution opportunities in South Africa.
With an installed capacity close to 44000 MW South Africa
is facing a severe peaking demand shortage in electricity.
The current peak demand shortage is approximately 3,000
MW and this is expected to grow 6% every year. Thus there is
a long felt necessity of huge generation capacity additions.
Sizeable investments are lined up by the Government to cater
to major generation capacity addition and augmentation of
Transmission & Distribution Network in the next five years.
The Transmission Lines are expected to be in 400 / 765
kV class to service the major load centers and strengthen
the National Grid for balancing of power and to minimize
instances of shut downs.
Recognising this opportunity and to exploit the business
potential existing in the country, L&T has signed the Share
Holders Agreement with Befula Investments (PTY) Ltd –
a leading general engineering and investment company
located in Durban having core strengths in general
engineering with structural and plate fabrication, tank
manufacture including cranes and material handling
equipment Befula Investments with its associate partners
have a wide network access to resource pools for labour
and services across multiple sectors including Labour
sourcing, site location of labour, logistics and supply
chain management support.
The agreement was signed by Mr. S. Rajavel, Executive Vice
President (Electrical & Gulf Projects OC), L&T with Mr. Ravi
Desai – Director, Befula Investments (PTY) Ltd at Chennai in
the presence of Mr. K.V. Rangaswami, President (Construction)
and Member of the Board, L&T Through the agreement
the two companies have agreed to collaborate on areas
including turnkey execution of Power Transmission Lines,
Sub-Stations, Rural Electrifications, Power Distribution, and
Industrial Electrification in South Africa. Mr. K.V.Rangaswami,
President Construction and Member of the Board, L&T said:
“The agreement brings together L&T’s vast experience in
power transmission and distribution and Befula’s country
knowledge and local networking capabilities. The JV will
effectively leverage the strengths of both the companies to
tap rapidly emerging opportunities in South Africa.”

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 I N A U G U R AT I O N
Sai Bhaktha Nivas inaugurated at Puttaparthi

View of the completed Sai Bhaktha Nivas complex

Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba declared open three out

of five dormitory blocks completed by L&T at Prashanthi
Nilayam in Puttaparthi on September 11, 2010 and
dedicated them to Sai devotees on the auspicious
occasion of Vinayaka Chathurthi. Consisting of ground
plus two stories, each of these dormitory block has
an area of 40950sq.ft. The walls of the buildings are
made of solid block masonry, while the floors and roof
including the stairways are made of precast elements.
Each of this dormitory is designed to accommodate
864 devotees (totally 4320 persons).

Sai Bhaktha Nivas is a dwelling place for the devotees

thronging Prashanti Nilayam from all over the world
to have a darshan of Baghwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai being welcomed by L&T team
In order to meet the growing accommodation needs
of overflowing devotees at Puttaparthi, Baghwan Sri

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Sathya Sai Baba decided
to build these five new
dormitories. Unlike the
earlier built dormitory sheds
with sheet roof, the new
dormitory dons a modern
look and they are provided
with complete amenities
for the devotees to have a
comfortable stay.

Each of these new dormitories

is provided with two blocks –
a spacious hall of size 12m x
30m area in the front with a
9m x 32m toilet block in the
backyard. Divided into two
wings, each dormitory block
has two stair cases in the centre
of the building to provide
access to the upper floors.
Overlooking downwards L&T project team at Puttaparthi
between the two wings, is an open intermediary space
the sides of the building with its wavy form design,
for better ventilation and lighting.
presents the structure a beautiful look. There are two
160 precast rib slabs, each of size 5.8m x 1.61m form precast stair ways provides access – one in the front
the floor of the first and second floors and each of these and the other at the backyard of the dormitory. Each of
ribs lab weighs 2 tons. The second floor roof is made these stairways are made of 12 precast segments each
of precast shell elements, each having a dimension of weighing 5 tons.
13.9m length x 2.65m width and a weight of 9.5 tons.
There are two entrance doors for each wing and sufficient
42 parabolic shell roof elements adorn each dormitory
space is provided for the walkways. Accommodation
complex. The curved edges of the precast roof shells
inside the hall is provided in the form of a double deck
placed side by side and projected outward along
steel cot with berths (cushion beds). The two wings in each
floor provides 8 rows of 8 double berths (lower and upper
Major items of work berths) which can totally accommodate 288 persons per
floor and altogether 864 persons in three floors of one
Precast elements dormitory block. Adequate number of ceiling fans and
Floor rib slabs : 800 Nos lights are fitted for good ventilation and lighting. In the
Roof Shell elements : 206 Nos backyard, the toilet block is provided with bath rooms,
wash basins, closets and taps with good water connectivity
Staircase segments : 60 Nos
and lighting.
Structural
Concrete : 3380 cu.m A casting yard at a strategic location with negative
Shuttering : 23190 sq.m moulds yielded the required precast rib slabs, staircase
segments and roof shells. After casting, they were
Reinforcement : 600 tons
demoulded, transported and erected in place with
Architectural
heavy lift cranes for speedier operations.
Solid Block masonry : 16980 sq.m
Plastering : 35420 sq.m The operations which began on February 2010 was
completed in a record time of eight months and the
Flooring & dado : 39230 sq.m
entire project work is expected to be completed by
Painting : 58800 sq.mv September 30, 2010.

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 2x50 MW Kuttiyadi Additional Extension Scheme, Energised On June 19,
2010 by Hon’ble CM of Kerala
K.S.R.K. Verma, Joint General Manager receiving the memento from Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri. V.S. Achuthanandhan
The Kuttiyadi Additional Extension Scheme is a Hydro-
electric Power Project located at Kakkayam, in, Kozhikode
District of Kerala. With an installed capacity of 100MW,
this project contributes a firm share of 223 million units
of energy/annum, which is considered as a blessing for
the entire State ofKerala, especially for the Malabar area.
The project was successfully executed by L&T and this was
dedicated to the Nation on June 19, 2010 by Hon’ble
Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri. V.S. Achuthanandhan in the
presence of Union & State Ministers, Members of KSE Board,
Panchayat President/Members including the common public
numbering around 5000 from various locations.
Project Highlights
The order for Kuttiyadi HEP was awarded to BHEL-
L&T Consortium against stiff Global International
competitive bidding. As per this contract all Hydro-
Mechanical works and Main Civil structures were
executed by L&T and all Electro-Mechanical works
were carried out by BHEL.
The work involved manual Rock Excavation of around
40,000 m3 and concreting of around 3400 cu.m,
executed in a steep terrain of about 60 ° slope.
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Erection of Penstock ferrules, each weighing around 8-10
tons were successfully lifted and erected over the steep
terrain by laying temporary rail tracks with smooth turnings
at different locations using winches and wire ropes.
Head Race Tunnel was driven from both Intake and
Surge Shaft eliminating the Adit Tunnel.
A Concrete pump was employed for pumping of
concrete to about 80 m head.
Self-Compacting concreting (SCC) technique was
adopted in Power House, Approach Channel Bell
mouth, Head Race Tunnel and Surge Shaft which
yielded good productivity and Quality.
Speaking on the occasion of inauguration of the project,
Mr. V.S. Achuthanandan, Hon’ble Chief Minister of
Kerala appreciated the efforts taken by KSE Board for
implementing this National project of importance. He
also extended his appreciation to L&T for execution of
this project and making this a glittering reality Shri. A.K.
Balan, Hon’ble Power Minister of Kerala, also recognised
the contributions made by L&T and publicly lauded the
high quality of work including successful completion of
this prestigious project despite various hurdles/constraints
experienced during the tenure of execution.
Hon’ble Chairman of KSE Board, Shri Rajeev Sadhanandan,
said that L&T’s technological excellence in implementing
various projects with built to suit facilities corresponding with
specific project requirements and methodologies facilitated
the speedy completion of this critical project.
On behalf of L&T, Shri K.S.R.K. Verma, Joint General
Manager, addressed the gathering and thanked Hon’ble
Chief Minister, Power Minister of Kerala, KSE Board
Chairman, KSE Board Members and other dignitaries
for honouring L&T and giving the company the due
recognition it deserves. He also explained the critical
elements involved in execution of this complex project
and won the hearts of everyone.
Mobile refurbishment unit
inaugurated
L&T Formwork’s Mobile refurbishment unit was
inaugurated by our President Mr. K.VRangaswami
on19th August, 2010 at ECC Campus Manapakkam.
This mobile unit will help in better utilization of
formwork components (steel & aluminum) at remote
sites by means of repairing it instantly on the spot.
Each mobile unit has a capacity of refurbishing over
three to four tons of formwork material in a day
and helps the site in improving its operational
efficiency. Speaking at the occasion, KVR appreciated
this effort and compared this to the tele-medicine
facility that is available to serve human needs even
in remote villages today.
Mr. K.V. Rangaswami flagging off the mobile refurbishment unit
Animation CD on Transmission Line
Tower Erection launched by VBG
Mr. V. B. Gadgil releasing the multi-lingual animation CD
Contemplating the high demand for skilled work force
in Construction of Transmission lines, L&T has taken the
lead to train and develop skilled workmen to meet the
increasing demand in this specialized field.
As part of this initiative, Mr. V.B Gadgil, Senior Vice
President & Head Electrical & Gulf Projects OC released an
animation CD on Transmission Line Tower Erection in the
presence of M/s K.U. Warrier, S. Rajavel, T. Madhavadas,
Dr. K. Natarajan and Bhaskar Sarathy. This CD has been
developed in three languages (English/Hindi/Tamil) to
reach out to a wide network of workmen in different
geographical locations across the country and abroad.
The Transmission Line Business Unit of L&T which is
actively involved in construction of transmission lines
developed this animation CD clearly demonstrating the
working methodology in different modules for workmen
to easily understand and implement the techniques. This
encompasses the most commonly used Transmission
line Tower Erection methods with duly built-in safety
procedures including the importance of maintaining tools
and tackles. Similarly a series of CDs on various other
activities are in progress.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. V.B.Gadgil appreciated the
initiative and said “This CD will be extremely useful to workmen
and it has to be used in tandem with class room training as well
as hands-on-the-job session for effective results”.
Thus, L&T has once again established itself as the forerunner
in the transmission line industry having developed the
workmen training initiatives in different modules for various
activities of Transmission line construction.
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 CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY

CSI initiatives at Ahmedabad Region

L&T’s regional office at Ahmedabad has played a
remarkable role in further uplifting the social face of the
organization by developing a play area for the differently
abled children of Samarpan Muk-badhir Sishu Vidya
Mandir, Ahmedabad.
orphanage in Kancheepuram, yesterday. The event
was presided over by the Tehsildar of Kancheepuram
Mr. T. Varadharajan. Present during the occasion was
Mr. Ramesh Aravamudhan, Regional Manager, L&T
– ECC Chennai Region, Mr. V. S. Ramana, General

On 1st July 2010, a playground with sea saw, swing,

revolving platform, circular swing and roller slide
was inaugurated for the Deaf & Dumb children
of Samarpan Muk-badhir Sishu Vidya Mandir in
Ahmedabad. Books were also given to about 80
students, during this event that was held in association
with the members of Prayas Trust, Ahmedabad. The
trustees & principal of the school along with the
parents participated in this event and thanked the
efforts of Larsen & Toubro.

School bags & shoes presented to

120 children of Love Care Centre
Orphanage in Kancheepuram
L&T distributed school bags and shoes to the 120
children and inmates at the Love Care Center

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Manager & Head Corporate Communications,
officials from LTM and AUDCO business units along
with the members of Prayas Trust, Chennai.
Speaking on the occasion and presenting the kits to
tiny tots, Mr. Varadharajan appreciated the initiatives
of L&T in CSR.
that such initiatives help in realizing ones responsibility
towards the society.
L&T (Oman) organizes blood donation camps every year
and has received appreciation from Ministry of Health for
this noble task.

Love Care Centre Orphanage, started by Mrs

CSR at Kurnool Water Supply
Sophia Chelladurai and her late husband Dr John Project site
Chelladurai in the year 2000, provides family
shelter, total care, welfare and rehabilitates children
drawn from various parts of India. It also runs an in-
house school up to class 8 and oversees their higher
education.

Blood Donation Camp at Larsen &

Toubro (Oman)

As a part of L&T’s CSR activities, the staff at Kurnool

Water Supply Project site in Hyderabad organized an
event on 22nd July 2010 to support the poor students
and differently abled individuals at Kurnool through their
donations.

The event organized by the MMH&W OC was

presided by D.V.V.S.K.Chowdary -Regional Manager,
Hyderabad. Senior officials from MMH&W OC
(Mr. R.K.Paul, Project Manager, Mr.A.Girirajan,
Construction Manager -Medak Water Supply Project,

Larsen & Toubro (Oman) LLC recently organized a

Blood Donation Camp in memory of one of our beloved
founding father, Henning Holck Larsen (HHL). The
camp was organized in cooperation with the Ministry of
Health, Sultanate of Oman. This blood donation camp
aimed at invoking a sense of commitment among the
employees towards the society.

Larsen & Toubro (Oman) LLC along with the Ministry

of Health, Sultanate of Oman encouraged employees
from various projects of LTO (Workmen &Staff) to come
forward and participate in this event. Over 150 units of
blood was collected from this camp.

Underlining the importance of service to the society,

Mr. M. Shyamsundar, Chief Executive, L&T (Oman) said

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 Mr. P.Thamizhselvan, Construction Manager, RWS-
Kurnool and Mr. C.Srinivasa Rao- Site Accountant)
also participated in the event.

School bags, note books and stationery items were

given to the poor students of Mandal Parishad
Primary School, Gondiparla Village, Kurnool.
Also, L&T donated self-employment machinery
for physically disabled individuals at Ambica Sisu
Kendra, Kurnool.

In addition to the above, the L&T staff at this project

site contributed their one month OPE for purchasing
an Hydraulic Press for Ambica Sisu Kendra Trust. Over
250 people in Kurnool were benefited through this CSR
H1N1 Vaccination Camp:
activity.

CSR activities at Ahmedabad -

Viramgam - Maliya Road Project
(AVMRP)

Health Camp for Workmen:

A medical camp for Swine flu vaccination was held

on 8th August, 2010 at Dudhapur office premises
where 310 people (staff along with their families)
were vaccinated. This camp was supported by Apollo
Hospitals.

CSR initiatives at L&T’s Korba -Bhilai

Transmission line project
In order to control the spread of malaria among workers
during the monsoon season, a health camp with the
support of Govt. District Health centres at Viramgam &
Surendranagar was held on 12th&13th August, 2010.
732 workmen were screened during this camp and
necessary medicines were distributed free of cost.

Blood Donation Camp:

A Blood donation camp was organised on 28th
January, 2010, in association with Red Cross Society
& C U Shah Medical Blood Bank. A total of 127 staff
and workers donated blood.

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On 2ndSeptember 2010, a CSR activity was
organised by L&T’s Korba -Bhilai Transmission
line project. L&T provided infrastructure support
through building toilets, donating shelves, chairs,
bags and books to the children of the Government
Primary and Middle School located in Singhri –
Ratnapur, Bilaspur.
The event was presided over by Mr. K Mahipal Sing,
Project Manager - 400Kv Korba -Bhilai Transmission line
project along with Mr. U P Shukla, Executive Engineer
Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Co. Ltd. Over 300
children in the primary school and 250 students in the
middle school were benefited.
sites along with the regional HR briefed the children
about L&T and the need for environmental awareness.
Feedback sessions were held towards the end of
the programme and chocolates were distributed to
encourage participation.
This though provoking yet easy to understand CD
received high level of participation from the school
children.
CSR activity at Halol Godhra Road
Project, Ahmedabad

ABRO takes environmental

awareness to schools - ‘STOP in the
name of Earth’
An interactive, multi-lingual, animated CD was produced
by Chennai CCD at L&T – ECC HQ in collaboration
with CII Chennai for educating school children on
environmental conservation.

On 29th July 2010, the Project Management of

Halol Godhra Road Project, Ahmedabad (ABHGSRP)
organized a CSR activity for 580 poor children from
thirteen different schools at Bugadhna Na Muvada
school in Lunawada Taluk. The schools in this Taluk
are among the most backward village schools in
Northern Gujarat.

L&T distributed around 1160 notebooks along

with stationaries to the children from 13 schoolsin
presence of the principals / head-masters, the
Village Panchayat Chief and the District Education
As a part of L&T’s CSR initiatives, the Ahmedabad
Officer. The activity was conducted in the presence
Region has been actively involved in spreading the
of Mr V.Rambalakrishnan (Chief Project Officer,
message of global warming and environmental
ABHGSRP) accompanied by Mr Sanjoy K Roy (Cluster
pollution to school children through screening
HR Manager, Gujarat Cluster) & Mr V.S.Sharma (IR
of the environmental series ‘STOP in the name of
In charge-Central Office, AB-HGSRP) with complete
Earth’.
support from the Site Administration.
Over one thousand six hundred students from eleven
This CSR activity helped in encouraging underprivileged
different schools in Mundra, Bharuch and Barmer
children to study further despite several hardships and it
regions were benefited from the screening of this
further strengthens L&T’s commitment towards CSR and
movie. L&T’s Project Managers from the respective
education.

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 Mr. A Radharaman, Mr A M Joshi, Mr P PGandhi,
Operation Go Green @ Gujarat Mr Rajeev Kumar & Mr D K Chakravarty, amongst
other dignitaries from GNFC & L&T. All staff members
of L&T & GNFC were invited with family and children
for the noble cause arranged to celebrate the 64th
Independence Day of the nation. Special T shirts and
caps were distributed to commemorate the occasion.
The function was inaugurated with welcome speech
from the dignitaries followed by the plantation
program. A total of 1000 saplings were planted near
the project site.

Contributing for the cause of

education at Rajkot - Jamnagar -
Vadinar Road Project
As a part of CSR activities on the Independence Day,
the Rajkot - Jamnagar - Vadinar Road Project team
headed by Mr. Mohan Ramesh distributed School
bags, Note Books, Lunch Boxes and pencil boxes in
three schools in Jamnagar District.

As a Corporate Social Initiative a tree plantation

programme “Operation GOGREEN” was organized by
ASGGP, GNFC Site at Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers
Company Limited, at Bharuch, Gujarat on 8th & 15th of
August 2010.

On 15th the program was inaugurated by

Mr K Ravindranath, (Executive Vice President, Larsen
& Toubro Limited) & Mr K.C. Jatania (Executive
Director & CFOGNFC). The occasion was graced by

School bags, pencil boxes and note books were

given to 40 students in Mahadev Nagar
Primary School. In Falla Primary School lunch
boxes and pencil boxes given to 305 students
and in Rawalsar Primary School, bags and lunch
boxes were distributed to 60 students.

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 AWA R D S
Mr. A.M. Naik Conferred Award for Outstanding Contribution to
Corporate Leadership
Mr. A.M. Naik accepting the award from the Chief Minister. Dr. R. A.Mashelkar, Chairman of Priyadarshini Academy’s Global Awards Advisory
Committee and Mr.NanikRupani, Chairman, Priyadarshini Academy, are at left, and fourth from left, respectively.
Acknowledging the contribution of Mr. A.M. Naik, Chairman
& Managing Director, L&T, in transforming L&T into a
global company, the Mumbai based Priyadarshini Academy
has conferred on him the prestigious Harish Mahindra
Memorial Award for Outstanding Contribution to Corporate
Leadership. Mr. Naik received the award from the Chief
Guest, Mr. Ashok Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra,
at the Academy’s 26th Anniversary Global Awards function
in Mumbai on September 19, 2010.
The Academy also honoured Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Nuclear
Scientist, for his significant contribution to the development
of nuclear technology in India; and Mr. Martin Luther King
III, Civil Rights Leader, USA, was conferred the Ramkrishna
Bajaj Memorial Award for Promotion of Human Rights.
Priyadarshini Academy is a prominent NGO engaged in
socio-cultural and educational activities and has been
holding the biennial awards function since its inception
in1984. Its Global Awards acknowledge people around
the world who have made outstanding contributions in
different fields that touch and transform people’s lives.
L&T featured again in Forbes Asia’s
Fabulous 50
L&T has been featured in the Forbes Asia’s annual
‘Fabulous 50’ list released by the publication, for the fifth
time in a row. Again, L&T is the only engineering and
construction company in India to feature in the list. The
elite group drawn up by Forbes Asia is of Asia-Pacific’s
publicly-traded companies with revenues or market
capitalisation of at least $5 billion. 15 other Indian
companies have made it to the list including Infosys,
TCS, ITC, Mahindra & Mahindra, Axis Bank, Dr. Reddy’s
Laboratories, HCL Technologies, HDFC Bank, Hindalco
Industries, and JSW Steel. Forbes compiled an initial list
of 936 companies for the survey. The criteria that were
applied included revenue, operating earnings and return
on capital over the past five years. It also considered the
most recent results, share-price movements and the
outlook. The results affirm L&T’s leadership position in
the industry in the Asian region.
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 KVR awarded ‘Outstanding Concrete Engineer of Tamil Nadu – 2010’ by Indian
Concrete Institute (Tamil Nadu Chennai Chapter)

Mr. K.V Rangaswami receiving the award from Dr. A Ramakrishna

Mr. K.V Rangaswami, Member of Board and at Panipat, Ocean Engineering Lab at IIT – Chennai,
President (Construction) was honoured with the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium - Chennai, Sree Kanteerava
ICI (TNCC) - Ultratech Award for “Outstanding Indoor Stadium - Bangalore, Super Speciality Hospital
Concrete Engineer of Tamil Nadu - 2010” at an – Puttaparthi etc…’ (Contd.... on page 55)
awards function held at Hotel Green Park, Chennai
on 7th September 2010 to commemorate ‘Concrete
Day ’.

This award was presented in recognition of the substantial

contributions made by him to the field of concrete for
over 45 years as a design engineer, as an implementer
and as a leader.

The citation read like this: ‘Mr. Rangaswami’s

contribution to the development of ECC’s capabilities
in the area of Precast and Pre-stressed concrete
structures is commendable. He was instrumental in
the design / implementation of many award winning
and landmark concrete structures like Auroville -
Pondicherry, Precast support structures for switchyard
at Tuticorin Thermal Power Plant, Urea Storage Silo Mr. Kanappan receiving the award from Dr. A Ramakrishna

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Mr. A.M. Naik features in DNA’s ‘50
Top Influentials’
Our Chairman & Managing Director, Mr. A.M. Naik,
has once again featured in DNA’s annual power list of
the Top 50 Most Influential People who impact the city of
Mumbai.
This listing by one of the city’s widely read newspapers,
projects men and women drawn from a wide cross section
of society. The Top 50 list includes celebrities from all walks
of life that include politicians, administrators, judges,
surgeons, cricketers, Bollywood stars, industrialists,
professionals, etc.
Mr. Naik therefore shares company with the likes of the
Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Amitabh Bachhan and
Sachin Tendulkar.
Tracing Mr.Naik’s career, the paper highlighted his
achievement in implementing “two five-year plans to
streamline the company’s operations.” It added that L&T
had in the recent past “upped the ante to capitalize on
India’s infrastructure story.”
Outlining future projects, the paper said Mr. Naik was
drawing up plans for nuclear power when the industry
opens to the private sector.
L&T Ranks 34 among Top 225 Global
Contractors – ENR 2010 Survey
L&T ranks 34 among the top 225 construction
contractors in the world as per ENR 2010 Survey made
by Engineering News Record (ENR), a weekly magazine
published by McGraw – Hill Publishing Company, New
Jersey, USA. Last year L&T was in the 35th position and
in 2010 it has moved a step ahead.
This survey was based on the construction contracting
revenues of L&T in 2009.
KVR received this coveted award from Dr. A.
Ramakrishna - Former Deputy Managing Director,
L&T. Speaking on the occasion, KVR said that it gives
him great pleasure to receive this recognition and a
greater pleasure to have received it from the hands of
his mentor and guru Dr. A. Ramakrishna. At the same
function Mr. S. Kanappan - VP & Head - Engineering
and Supply Chain Management (B&F OC) received
an appreciation award for the innovation and
adoption of newer technologies for the construction
of IT Campus for Cognizant Technology Solutions at
MEPZ, Tambaram, Chennai.
L&T Wins BCCI’s Good Corporate
Citizen Award
Mr. R.N. Mukhija receiving the BCCI Good Corporate Citizen Award
from the Governor. At centre is Mr. Nitin Paranjpe, President, BCCI
L&T won the Good Corporate Citizen Award
2009-10 instituted by the Bombay Chamber of
Commerce & Industry (BCCI). Mr. R.N. Mukhija,
President & Member of the Board, received
the Award from the Governor of Maharashtra,
Mr. K. Sankaranarayanan in a function at Mumbai on
21st September 2010. The award affirms
increasing public recognition of the Company’s
impressive record in the social track of business and
its high standards of corporate governance and ethics.
L&T emerged first among all large corporates in
contention when measured against the stringent criteria
drawn up by the BCCI. The evaluation parameters
included Business Performance, Corporate Interests,
Employee Welfare, Customer & Stakeholder Satisfaction
and Social Investment.
The Bombay Chamber is the oldest body of its
kind in India. It is specially heartening that L&T
secured this prestigious distinction as the Chamber
celebrated its 175th Foundation Day. The judges
for the Award are drawn from the legal,
corporate and academic fields. This year’s panel
comprised Justice Roshan Dalvi, Bombay High
Court, Mrs. Farida Lambay, Vice-Principal, College
of Social Work, Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai
and Mr. K.K. Nohria, Advisor, Crompton Greaves Global.
L&T had earlier won BCCI’s Good Corporate Citizen
Award in 1995.
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 Double Honours for L&T at NDTV Profit Awards

Mr. A.M. Naik accepting the NDTV Profit Special Award from Mr.Pranab
Mukherjee.

Mr. A.M. Naik wins Special Award for Business Leader of

the Year – Building India
L&T wins Leadership Award for Excellence in
Infrastructure
It was a special evening for L&T at the NDTV Profit Business
Leadership Awards on September 1, 2010. Mr. A.M. Naik,
Chairman & Managing Director, received a Special Award for
Business Leader of the Year – Building India. The Award was
presented to Mr. Naik by Union Finance Minister, Mr. Pranab
Mukherjee. Mr. K.V. Rangaswami receiving the Leadership Award for Excellence
in Infrastructure. Looking on are: Mr. V.B. Gadgil, and Mr. S.N.
In a glowing citation, Mr. Srinivasan Jain, Editor of NDTV Profit, Subrahmanyan, and Dr.Prannoy Roy, Chairman, NDTV (left, second from
said that under Mr. Naik, L&T renders great service to the nation left and on right)
– ‘taking on challenges and doing what no one else can do’. In a
brief on-stage interview, Mr. Naik was asked what the Government received by Mr. K.V. Rangaswami, President Operations,
could do in building a better India. Mr. Naik said that expenditure and Member of the Board, Mr. Vivek Bhaskar Gadgil,
on infrastructure needed to be enhanced to meet planned targets. Chief Executive & Managing Director of L&T Hyderabad
Turning to the critical area of defence, Mr. Naik said India could Metro Rail Pvt. Ltd (formerly Senior Vice President & Head
never be ‘sustainable’ unless its borders were secure. For this, he E&GP OC), and Mr. S.N. Subrahmanyan, Executive Vice
said that the private sector should have a prominent role to play in President & Head - B&F OC.
the production of defence equipment. This was the fourth occasion when L&T has emerged the
The other honour that came L&T’s way was the Leadership winner in the infrastructure category, affirming the Company’s
Award for Excellence in Infrastructure. The Award was jointly leadership position in the industry.

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