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What is SEZ ? What is so “Special” about Special Economic Zone (SEZ) ? 1.        Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a special duty-free enclave designed to promote foreign investments in a comprehensive range of economic activities from manufacturing at one end to trading and financial services on the other in an unfettered business environment. It is special because: a.        Under a special policy dispensation promulgated by the Central Government as recently as in April 2000, businesses will operate under high quality policy and business like and friendly regulatory environment free of hassles and rend tapism. In other words, the operation of the normative and restrictive business/commercial laws will be suspended. Operating entities will be free to pursue their business interests free of Government intervention. b.       The SEZ will provide high quality and world-class infrastructure designe...

Shallow foundations (sometimes called 'spread footings') include pads ('isolated footings'), strip footings and rafts. Deep foundations include piles, pile walls, diaphragm walls and caissons. Shallow foundations Shallow foundations are those founded near to the finished ground surface; generally where the founding depth (D f ) is less than the width of the footing and less than 3m. These are not strict rules, but merely guidelines: basically, if surface loading or other surface conditions will affect the bearing capacity of a foundation it is 'shallow'. Shallow foundations (sometimes called 'spread footings') include pads ('isolated footings'), strip footings and rafts. Shallows foundations are used when surface soils are sufficiently strong and stiff to support the imposed loads; they are generally unsuitable in weak or highly compressible soils, such as poorly-compacted fill, peat, recent lacustrine and alluvial deposits, etc.  ...

Below are some of the Basic Vastu principles followed in planning. Bore well point -   North east More Open space –  North east for free flow of air Doors and windows to be provided in this area. Master Bed room -    South west /Nairuthis) or south or west corner of the house Cupboard in the bedroom     – At South, West or Southwest(Nairuthi) No doors at –   South west corner of bed room  Entrance to the bedroom   – At northeast corner either towards east or north sides.or(southeast corner towards southside, the next one is northwest corner towards west sides Study room   –   At ishanya corner. Dining room   –   West or south portion of the house. Pooja room  –     Gods be seated at East facing and inmate has to sit and worship God by seeing the towards West side Kitchen   –           South east Aagneya Main entrance   – Nort...

Rank Company Country 1 Caterpillar USA 2 Komatsu Japan 3 Terex Corporation USA 4 Volvo Construction Equipment Sweden 5 Liebherr Germany 6 Hitachi Japan 7 John Deere USA 8 Case New Holland USA 9 Sandvik Mining Construction Machinery Sweden 10 XCMG China

This info is for non technical guys (Other than Civil Engineers) and may useful in construction of your own Dream House.    First, you need to think about what is your basic requirement. Go to your architect give all information about site (dimension, facing and location of site) and your basic requirement, they give you drawing of you floor plan and elevation according to your requirement If you believe in Vastu, tell your architect before he starts your plan After getting the plan please do not start construction immediately, think twice about the plan is it suitable for you or not. After all things are ok then plan to start construction. Once you decide to start construction never, hear any ones suggestions get all the suggestions before the starting of construction. Before the start construction get basic knowledge about the construction materials through architect or friends if know your self about the materials used in your house construction it is bette...

After getting the Architectural plans finalized, you have a choice to either go for a ” Building contractor ” or ” Labor contractor “. You can do construction in two ways as follows LABOR CONTRACTOR   -  Construct a house by using labor contractor force if you have lots of time. To visit the site and monitor the construction activity on site. In the ” Labor contractor ” you need to supply all the construction materials required to execute the project. The cost of a labor contractor varies from   Rs 180 / sq ft  to Rs 220 / sq ft   .In this step the Architect will play a key role in giving guidance to the labor contractor in making sure that all the executions are happening as per the finalized and approved drawings. OR BUILDING CONTRACTOR   – Give the construction contract to the ” Building contractor ” who will take care of the construction activity by taking care of the responsibility of supplying the required materials to the site. Th...

Rank Tower Name City Height Remarks 1 India Tower Mumbai 700 m Currently Stopped 2 The Imperial I Mumbai 249 m 3 The Imperial II Mumbai 249 m 4 World One Mumbai 442 m Work in Progress 5 Oasis Tower B Mumbai 372 m Work in Progress 6 Orchid Crown Tower 1 Mumbai 337 m Work in Progress 7 Orchid Crown Tower 2 Mumbai 337 m Work in Progress 8 Orchid Crown Tower 3 Mumbai 337 m Work in Progress 9 Orchid Heights Tower A Mumbai 328 m Work in Progress 10 Orchid Heights Tower B Mumbai 328 m Work in Progress 11 Palais Royale Mumbai Mumbai 320 m Work in Progress 12 Lokhandwala Minerva 1 Mumbai 310 m Work in Progress 13 Lokhandwala Minerva 2 Mumbai 310 m Work in Progress...