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interaction COVER STORY Do you think the tall building trend is design for reducing the carbon Commercial Tower, Wadala, Mumbai, going to be widespread in India. What footprint as environment positive. having 40 foors “State-of-Art building” is its level of acceptance among urban • Design rendering options to select having 12 lakh sq.ft. construction with residents across the country. the interior and with customised fnal customised design shuttering and highly Looking at the increase in the land cost product options. skilled engineering operation with safety. and current construction and statutory • Indoor and outdoor environmental procedures, tall buildings are better quality. Tall building construction technology options for the residents, also due to small used in your projects. family culture, it invites better option with Tall building projects executed/under • Jumping formwork technology – budgeted economy for acceptance. execution by your company. PERI Tall buildings give ready to move options • Tata Housing – Mumbai (48 storey) • DAN Aluform shuttering with and reduce the waiting time with multiple and Pune attractive surface modulation over easy finance schemes and minimise the • J P Deck (39 storey) and J P Rehab exposed concrete probability of fraudulent land risk. (20 storey) – Mumbai • Jumping Crane System • Lodha Commercial Tower – Wadala • High Speed Passenger cum Material Challenges faced in complying with tall (40 storey) Hoist. building construction laws. Are India’s • KUL – Pune, Prestige – Bangalore • Boom Placer existing laws of real estate construction (28 storey), Monarch – Bangalore • High capacity concrete pump upto adequate for tall building construction. • Mantri Group – Bangalore 170 meter height. Ever since RERA was introduced, new • Jain heights – Bangalore • Safety Screen modifications have been done in tall • DNR – Bangalore. building construction laws, the efectiveness Smart building systems featured in your is still to be evaluated. But prima-facie, we Major challenges faced in executing tall projects. believe it will surely add value to improve building projects. Te building consists of open ofce system the current construction challenges. • Speedier completion- Due to very tight with façade to get the natural light and timeline of project, speedy construction energy saving concept, also has building Your views on tall buildings’ design as a is a major challenge. automation (BMS - Building Management complete self-sufficient unit including • High degree of safety and quality. system). residential/commercial and retail mixed • Project hindrance due to statutory use design for its residents. clearance from client which affects Future trends in tall building space in • Since these are highly skilled design the progress momentum for timeline India. jobs, all competent designers and delivery. As predicted, that with 50 per cent of Indian architects are involved with lots of • Adoption of advanced construction population expected to live in urban area by creativity and innovation. equipment and technologies. 2030, resulting in lack of space, construction • Space utilisation is efcient, involving of tall buildings is inevitable. With the the concept of “Vastu Shastra.” Most challenging project executed by your advantages of tall building concept, the • Precisions in building design risks company. trend is going to increase and will have like earth quake resistance, controlled Most Challenging project is Lodha widespread acceptance. u SEPTEMBER 2017 |construction opportunities 23