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ROAD & ROAD CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
Key Outstanding EPC Projects
Contract O/S Order Length Scheduled Date
Project name Type LOA Date Start Date
Value in Mn. Book in Mn. (Kms) of Completion INTERACTION
NIGAHI OCP of NCL Excavation 16,735.77 13,011.72 1/20/2017 1/24/2017 1/23/2020
Overburden Khairagura OCP, BPA area (Telangana) Excavation 9,735.50 7,203.16 - 9/9/2016 11/26/2016 11/25/2019
Vijayawada–Machilipatnam ROAD 7,407.00 4,263.56 64.61 1/19/2016 11/24/2016 11/23/2018
Ghaghra Bridge to Varanasi ROAD 6,743.40 3,125.11 58.62 3/31/2015 12/15/2015 6/11/2018
Mahulia-Baharagora ROAD 6,741.00 3,661.71 71.61 2/11/2016 9/12/2016 6/30/2018
CHICHRA TO KHARAGPUR ROAD 6,130.80 4,841.59 55.52 9/22/2016 3/16/2017 9/12/2019
ZUARI BRIDGE -(PACKAGE II ) BRIDGE 5,454.00 4,699.85 - 2/15/2016 4/11/2016 4/11/2019
Nalagampalli to AP/Karnataka Border ROAD 5,031.00 5,031.00 47.69 3/30/2017 11/15/2017 11/14/2019
ZUARI BRIDGE -(PACKAGE I ) ROAD 4,401.00 4,141.90 - 4/18/2016 6/8/2016 12/5/2018
ZUARI BRIDGE -(PACKAGE III ) ROAD 4,176.00 3,330.97 - 4/18/2016 6/8/2016 12/5/2018

integration are the key features of Dilip in the road sectors in near future and Your company has a huge equipment
Buildcon track record of completing beyond also as road infrastructure in india bank, please provide us the total value of
projects well before time. Above all, the is an ongoing process where we are going to the same.
involvement of the management on the real build from 2 Lane to 4 Lane, from 4 Lane e approximate value of the company’s
ground level works is the key for our success. to 6 Lane and so on the key for moving from equipment bank is `2,950 crores, while the
Project Selection and Management a developing country to developed one will total volume of DBL's equipment bank is
• Careful selection criteria go from road only. I will highlight some 10,070.
• Efficient project planning and of the key areas which are the emerging
management opportunities for us : Future outlook for the industry and from
• Clustering for e ciency & pro tability • India has world’s 2nd largest road a company perspective
• Cost-e ective procurement network aggregating ~ 5.2 million km With the current trends, the E-commerce
• Equipment tracking and management of roads carrying about 86 per cent of industry expected to grow at an estimated
for e ciency country’s passenger tra c and close to 40-44 per cent CAGR during 2014-15 to
• Robust contract Management 65 per cent of freight tra c. 2017-18 and become major growth driver
• Project tracking to minimize delays • Value of total roads and bridges for road freight sector. Also, the government
infrastructure in India is estimated to is pushing for the revival of the PPP model
Which mode of project execution — have expanded at a CAGR of 13.6 per through introduction of innovative models
EPC/BOT/BOOT/DBFOT – can be cent over FY09–17 to $19.2 billion like Hybrid Annuity Mode (HAM)
considered as a favorable approach for • In January 2017, the government and Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT),
road projects in India? proposed to lay down cycle tracks on all liberalization of FDI norms and promoting
I would strongly recommend the use of highways and major roads pan India, to of new funding avenues like Infrastructure
DBFOT model for project execution as promote the use of electric cars and public Investment Trusts (InvIT) augurs well for
a favorable approach for road projects in transport the sector. We cannot miss out on the ‘Make
India. • Highway network in the country is in India’ initiatives and the steps taken for
expected to cover 50,0000 km by 2019. ease of doing business and FDI reforms is
Tell us about your present order book The National Highway Authority expected to bene t roads sector in terms of
status? How optimistic are you about FY of India has created a new highway higher tra c movement.
18- 19 and which sector is expected to operations division to focus on all ere is also going to be a rise in the vehicles
drive your business volumes this scal? non-commercial highway operational sale due to the GST implementation and
As on December, we have unexecuted activities like electronic toll collection, reviving economy thus creating need for
order book of `1,23,570.74 mn and post road safety, incident management, and major infrastructure investment. We are
Dec-2017 till Mar-18 we have won projects other modern amenities also keeping a watch on the recent approval
worth of `1,59,372.70 mn. Adding to our • e Minister of Finance has announced by the Cabinet for the `7 trillion road
order book. an ambitious road capex plan for `6.9tn construction plan to develop 83,677 km
(over $100bn) over the next ve years highways in 5 years.
Considering the threefold rise expected with the agship Bharatmala accounting is is a huge boost for the road construction
in India’s urban population, tell us about for `5.35bn in Phase I. industry. Movement of freight by roads is
your future outlook on the emerging • Government focus on reviving growing at a rapid rate thus creating the
opportunities and the strategies adopted infrastructure growth through need for adequate road network to cater
in expanding your business volumes? introduction of HAM and TOT augurs to the increased tra c and movement of
Dilip Buildcon has tremendous opportunity well for the sector. goods.

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