...communities continue to expand Water Authorities and Agencies are compelled to re-evaluated, re-think and restructure current urban infrastructures. Water professionals must now adapt to the changing and increasing needs of larger populations, larger economies and the consistent growth associated with urbanisation. Cited in a recent report by the United Nations Ecosystems Programme UNEP, experts believe that current water resources supply will not sustain global demand by 2030 and demand will outweigh supply by at least 40%, highlighting Africa as a region set to be hardest hit. The reliability and sustainability of Water Distribution Systems and Networks is now more than ever before are survival imperative to the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s) in Africa and the transformation of the African Diaspora. Water supply and sanitation services, believe it or not, have the greatest impact on the eradication of hunger and poverty, reducing child mortality, increasing basic literacy in Africa and creating more jobs through sustainable economic development. Join us at this topical and highly practical programme. Register Now!! Just A Few Reasons Why You Need To Attend This Highly Informative and Interactive Event There are prevalent backlogs in water infrastructure development and maintenance shortfalls are to be on-going. Current infrastructure is ageing and reaching its’ serviceable lifespan There are insufficient...
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...ITC eChoupal case Farmers in rural communities of India relied on Department of Agriculture, government, universities, insurance companies etc. for various inputs such as weather, new and scientific farming practices and insurance coverage. There was an indirect link between farmers and manufacturer via input retailers who source from wholesalers. During harvest, farmers bring these produce to Mandis bearing their own transportation cost; where beans are auctioned to the traders and agents of the processing companies in an open outcry method. This system was flawed and always leaves the farmers in a disadvantageous position. ITC, one of India’s leading private company saw the opportunity to develop the concept of eChoupal. Its main objective is to re-engineer the procurement process of the sale of the farmer’s produce. ITC motivation to crating e Choupal is to revolutionize the agricultural sector and make it more technology driven. eChoupal (virtual market place) was introduced as an initiative to improve the supply chain by linking directly with farmers for procurement. It was also designed to play the role of a social gathering place, for the exchange of information as well as a place for e-commerce transactions. The eChoupals are operated by a sanchalak (operator), who also act as an ITC salesman. The process was simple as the farmer can take a sample to the kiosk, show the sanchalak who gives a quote. If the quote is deemed attractive by the farmer, he will accept and...
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...Analysis of Indian Cement Industry 1 • Industry Structure • Regional Scenario • Demand Dynamics • Cost Structure • Ready Mix Concrete (RMC) • Demand • Key Demand Drivers • Supply • Operating Rates • Prices • Profitability • Player Profiles 2 :3 : 13 : 55 : 75 : 86 : 99 : 102 : 132 : 143 : 154 : 161 : 168 Industry Structure 3 Porter five force analysis Industry structure •As of March 2011, the installed cement capacity of large plants in India stands at approximately 284 million tonnes. •This is accounted by around 172 large cement plants. In addition to large cement plants, around 365 mini cement plants account for approximately 11 million tonnes of cement capacity in India. •The industry can be broadly classified into pan-India, regional and marginal players. Pan-India players include large players like Holcim group companies- ACC and Ambuja and Aditya Birla group company- UltraTech Cement (including Samruddhi Cement) . •Companies of both these groups are adding capacities through either greenfield or brownfield expansions. Industry structure •Players whose presence is restricted to one or two regions, with a stronghold in the markets of their respective operations are included in the category of regional players. Key examples of players included in this segment are Jaiprakash Associates (North and Central), Lafarge (concentrated in the East), India Cement (South), Shree Cement •(North), Binani Cement (North), Kesoram Industries (South), OCL (East)...
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...product. The research institutes are not only supports business. This lead to get the 6th place of patents on the world, and 4th according to PCT patents applications per million populations. Many of international company invest in R&N in Israel. For examples Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, Motorola, and more than 20 high-tech companies on the world have institutes in Israel. Most of these institutes was the first one out of their original countries. Macroeconomic is a meager key on business development. Israelis success on increasing budgetary discipline with a view to reducing debt levels. This will help the country maintaining stability and support economic growth going into the future. Israel investing and facilitate the investment in infrastructure sector, such as: • Energy. Israel an importer for energy. The transportation sector relies mainly on gasoline and diesel fuel, while the majority of electricity production is generated using imported coal. Sine 2000s. Natural gas discovered. It will be used for electrical production, small amount to be exported. Renewable energy, like solar energy...
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...Journal of Sustainable Development November, 2009 Green Road Approach in Rural Road Construction for the Sustainable Development of Nepal Abhiman Das Mulmi Department of Roads Ministry of Physical Planning and Works, Government of Nepal Babarmahal, Kathmandu, India Tel: 977-01-980-3483-776 Abstract Transport infrastructure provides a basis for economic activities in the rural areas in the long term. But the environment consequences cannot be neglected only foreseeing long term economic benefit. Difficult topography and unstable geology make the road construction difficult in the rural hills of Nepal. Beside, the predominantly absolute poverty in the region realizes the essence of the appropriate approach in the rural road construction. With its approach of constructing rural roads considering environment and rural poverty alleviation measures, Green road approach is proving to be a sustainable way of constructing rural roads. Environment friendly construction techniques, participatory and decentralization approach, optimum utilization of local resources, simple technology, local capacity building and self help efforts justified Green road approach as a best way of constructing rural roads in hill districts of Nepal. The study analyze the different aspects of green roads in Nepal on the basis of the basic themes define in the dictionary of the sustainable development. Keywords: Sustainable, Environment, Participatory, Green roads, Poverty alleviation 1. Introduction Nepal...
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...3.0 SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS 3.1 The Business Environment (PEST) India economy |Population: |[pic] | |1,173,108,018 (July 2010 est.) | |India is developing into an open-market economy, yet traces of its past autarkic policies remain. Economic | |liberalization, including reduced controls on foreign trade and investment, began in the early 1990s and has | |served to accelerate the country's growth, which has averaged more than 7% per year since 1997. India's | |diverse economy encompasses traditional village farming, modern agriculture, handicrafts, a wide range of | |modern industries, and a multitude of services. Slightly more than half of the work force is in agriculture, | |but services are the major source of economic growth, accounting for more than half of India's output, with | |only one-third of its labor force. India has capitalized on its large educated English-speaking population to| |become a major exporter of information technology services and software workers. An industrial slowdown early| |in 2008, followed by the global financial crisis, led annual GDP growth to slow to 6.5% in 2009, still the | |second highest growth in the world among major economies. India escaped the brunt of the global financial | |crisis because of cautious banking policies and a relatively low dependence...
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...Speedy Hire Plc Executive Summary: After becoming the premier hiring company in tools and equipment in UK Speedy Hire Plc is looking to diversify its business for the growth and future presence in the competitive business environment. This report is about to research the global marketplace for the business sector and develop a revised strategic and tactical marketing plan. I define our marketing goal as “the diversification of the business” by entering into the market as a construction contractor in both target markets 1 and 2 i.e. House building and Infrastructure. The marketing objective focuses on the efficient service and quality by keeping the market’s demand into consideration. To fulfil our objectives company will follow different strategic approaches like cost-leadership, mixed strategy depending upon the target market demand and strengths of the company. The reason for selecting House building and Infrastructure construction as the target market is the past and forecasted growth and the growing demand in these sectors in coming years which provides ample opportunity to do business and gain profit and market share. Situational Analysis: Company profile: Speedy Hire PLC (www.speedyhire.plc.uk and www.speedyhire.co.uk) is the UK’s number one provider of tools and equipment for hire. The company operates from more than 350 depots in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Speedy was traditionally focused on tool hire, but now also has complementary businesses specialising...
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...compared with the world average. While China registered the highest per capita cement consumption in 2010 of about 1,380 kg, India stood much lower at 230 kg. This underlines the tremendous scope for growth in the Indian cement industry in the long term. Cement, being a bulk commodity, is a freight intensive industry and transporting it over long distances can prove to be uneconomical. This has resulted in cement being largely a regional play with the industry divided into five main regions viz. north, south, west, east and the central region. With capacity addition taking place at a faster rate as compared to demand, prices have remained southbound, especially in the last one year. Nevertheless, considering the government’s thrust on infrastructure, long-term demand remains intact. Given the high potential for growth, quite a few foreign transnational companies have displayed their interest in the Indian markets. Already, while companies like Lafarge, Heidelberg and Italicementi have made a couple of acquisitions; Holcim has increased its stake in domestic companies Ambuja Cements and ACC to gain full control. Considering the long-term growth story, fair valuations, fragmented structure of the industry and low gearing, another wave of consolidation would not come as a surprise. Supply The demand-supply situation is highly skewed with the latter being...
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...1.0 Origin of the Task This report is the outcome of a research work to fulfill the Course requirement. As stated by the honorable course instructor Niaz Ahmed Khan, I am assigned to prepare a Social Impact Assessment Report on “Hatirjheel-Begunbari Canal Project” under the Project Management course. 2.0 Background Economic development projects brought innumerable benefits but also had unintended detrimental effects on people and natural resources. Human activities have resulted in the disruption of social and communal harmony. Social impacts are the impacts of developmental interventions on human environment. Such impacts not only need to be identified and measured but also need to be managed in such a way that the positive externalities are maximized and the negative externalities are minimized. Social impact assessments help in understanding such impacts. Hatirjheel Lake, the case study of this paper, Hatirjheel Lake is the reservoir of one third of the catchment area of the city (MacDonald and Culpin, 1995). It is located in the center of Dhaka and is a crucial element in the city’s drainage system. It used to be connected to a string of other lakes, the Banani, Dhanmondi and Gulshan Lakes, and to the BegunbariKhal at the Rampura Bridge. Today, the natural system has been interrupted, causing ever-larger problems of flooding and water logging. The pressures on the water system are...
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...Pg1Pg1 Point of View These columns of ICJ offer an opportunity to the engineering fraternity to express their views on the current practices in design, construction and management being followed in the industry. To share your opinion with our readers, you may send in your inputs in about 1500 words via e-mail to editor@icjonline.com Roads from plastic waste S.S. Verma The debate on the use and abuse of plastics vis-a-vis environmental protection can go on, without yielding results until practical steps are initiated at the grassroots level by everyone who is in a position to do something about it. The plastic wastes could be used in road construction and the field tests withstood the stress and proved that plastic wastes used after proper processing as an additive would enhance the life of the roads and also solve environmental problems. The present write-up highlights the developments in using plastics waste to make plastic roads. Plastic is everywhere in today’?s lifestyle. It is used for packaging, protecting, serving, and even disposing of all kinds of consumer goods. With the industrial revolution, mass production...
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...CRISIL Young Thought Leader 2011 INDIA’S INFRASTRUCTURE – A BOON OR A BANE Shantanu Kumar Final Year, IRMA, Ahmedabad Page |2 Executive Summary “Infrastructure” has almost been a go-to word for anyone who is discussing about the ways of sustaining India’s economic growth, and with good reason. A casual look at the growth figures of the individual states shows the existence of a direct relationship between the quality of infrastructure and the performance of the state. The states with the best infrastructure attract businesses which creates employment which in turn helps their economy grow. This paper looks at the current scenario in some of the most important sectors and tries to compare it with countries which are widely known to be on the same economic trajectory, viz. Brazil, Russia, China and Mexico. The paper finds that although the progress has been slow, the government has made an attempt to kick start the investment in infrastructure either itself as in creation and maintenance of schools under “Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan” or through the PPP model as done in several highway projects. The issues arising due to poor infrastructure set India’s annual GDP growth back by as much as 1.5% - 2%. This paper shows that the government funding has remained almost constant in most sectors and their increase is unlikely owing to the high fiscal deficit. Hence it is the private investment which will have to fund the infrastructure projects. The government of India recognises...
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...Topic: Establishing a Construction equipment sales and distribution business into the new Republic of south Sudan Commodities : Caterpillar construction and mining equipment Country background Republic of South Sudan is a newly independent state which has been at war for over 30 years until it won independence last year. The country is vast rich in minerals barely has any infrastructure, no roads, electricity but has a big population. The state has been offered a lot if aid to help infrastructure development and I am sure the need for construction and mining equipment is highly needed. Internal environment Planning, Caterpillar will introduce a variety of products by starting with the most needed equipment as per the market assessment report. Earth movers like Bulldozers, Graders and excavators will open the market along drum rollers, loaders and electrical generating appliances. By introducing the earth moving and electrical generating equipment we will focus on road building, construction powering the growing manufacturing sector all primary needs in infrastructure development. Leading, Caterpillar equipment is widely used in the neighboring states but scanty in Sudan because the construction industry is just starting. However we expect that once Caterpillar through its dealership in Juba establishes itself, we will be in position to make a large impact on the market. Our dealership will manage the field marketing implementation while our corporate marketing division...
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...Analysis of Infrastructure Sector Infrastructure refers to the fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city or area, including the services and facilities necessary for its economy to function. Infrastructure is the backbone of an economy. The various types of infrastructure are roads, airports, ports, housing, cold chain, warehousing, telecom towers and allied services, container freight stations etc. In the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report for 2011-2012, India was ranked 89th out of 142 countries for its infrastructure. The report also criticized the transport, ICT and energy infrastructure labelling it as “largely insufficient and ill adapted to the needs of business”. Market Size: The Indian power sector has an investment potential of $US 250billion in the next 4-5 years, providing immense opportunities in power generation, distribution, transmission and equipment. The Indian railways have had an increase of 12.57% in revenues from last year. FDI received in construction development sector from April 2000 to January 2015 stood at US$ 24,028.19 million. The number of export and import containers moving through major ports in India expanded 7.34% year over year from April to October 2014. Government Estimation and Plans: Sustained increase in infrastructure is expected to be one of the crucial factors for sustaining strong growth in the economy. Infrastructure investment is expected to surge from 8.9% of GDP in FY15 to 12.1% of GDP in...
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...element stands on its own. But is also part of the larger picture. It is coordinated by DeitY, implemented by the entire government – both at the Centre and State. The weaving together makes the Mission transformative in totality The Programme: Pulls together many existing schemes. These schemes will be restructured and re-focused. They will be implemented in a synchronized manner. Many elements are only process improvements with minimal cost. The common branding of programmes as Digital India highlights their transformative impact. DIGITAL IND IA Vision of Digital India Centered on 3 Key Areas • Digital Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen • Governance & Services on Demand • Digital Empowerment of Citizens DIGITAL IND IA Vision Area 1: Infrastructure as a Utility to Every Citizen • High speed internet as a core utility • Cradle to grave digital identity -unique, lifelong, online, authenticable • Mobile phone & Bank account enabling participation in digital & financial space • Easy access to a Common Service Centre • Shareable private space on a public cloud • Safe and secure Cyber-space DIGITAL IND IA Vision Area 2: Governance & Services On Demand • Seamlessly...
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...Ways to Prevent a Burst Pipe A burst pipe can be a minor inconvenience or a major problem. Frozen pipes break because blockages cause downstream water pressure to increase, not because of expanding ice against the pipe wall. Burst pipes that go unnoticed can cause flooding, which may cause mold or rot. Therefore, following the three tips below will prevent burst pipes. Keep Faucets Running If the temperature really drops, homeowners should keep at least one faucet running at all times. This is because moving water prevents pipes from freezing. While this may feel wasteful, only a trickle of running faucet water should be enough. In some cases, a slow drip will be sufficient. In most houses, one running sink faucet is enough to prevent freezing...
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