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Here are ideas and solutions that specialists propose, to help achieve environmental sustainability, productivity, health & hygiene, cost efficiency, and safety & security By Mrinmoy Bhattacharjee Laminates Century Plyboards has developed ‘first-in-the-industry’ Design Library for its laminates range, to enable architects and designers visualise their design ideas and import them into their technical drawing software
NCUBE Planning & Design (formerly NELSON India), a coworking design specialist, has designed 40 such spaces in Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune and Chennai over last two years. The company’s COO Sandeep Roy shares his thoughts on what is driving preference for this new office genre. By Mrinmoy Bhattacharjee Economic Proposition It is a
Every stakeholder derives benefits from GRIHA’s green building strategies By Ar Namrata Amarjeet Mahal Construction activities inevitably bring disruption in the immediate environment, at a speed that is likely to surge exponentially in the coming years. Research studies have long established this insurmountable challenge, with data. One such study says, around half of all non-renewable
India has only 3.52 lakh skilled, but uncertified, plumbers, for its 135 crore population. This means that only one plumber services 3,833 citizens. Indian Plumbing Skills Council (IPSC), the Sector Skill Council execution partner of the government and industry-led initiative of National Skill Development Corporation of India (NSDC), is aiming to change the equation to
As office space races towards unprecedented growth across all major cities of the country, suppliers of materials and solutions are making this market segment the focus of their growth strategies By Mrinmoy Bhattacharjee There is growing acceptance of the fact that workspaces are the primary incubators of ideas and nerve centres of business execution. Managements
JLL India says that net office space absorption is estimated to cross 100 msf by 2020. In the latest estimate by JLL, India’s real estate services major, net absorption of office space is expected to cross 100 million sft (msf) by end of 2020 in the top eight cities of India. These cities are Mumbai, Delhi-NCR,
Bengaluru-based online home services marketplace HouseJoy is transforming the service landscape of many building categories such as plumbing, paint, hardware, furniture & fittings, and electrical appliances. The startup is emerging as a service arm of an increasing number of homegrown and global brands in India, by bringing ‘skilled professionals’ to the doorsteps of customers with
The company will focus on design concepts and elements, and believes that as people upgrade they would go for Sternhagen products By Gyanendra Kumar Kashyap Seeking to strengthen its street presence in India, Germany’s luxury sanitaryware brand Sternhagen has launched in-store boutiques in Mumbai, New Delhi and Gurugram this March. The opening saw the presence
Pralhad Bhutada knows a thing or two about chimneys and hobs. After all, he was instrumental in introducing the Indian market to electric chimneys way back in 1995. As the CEO and director of Indo-Italian joint venture Elica PB India Private Limited, Bhutada is intent on growing the market further even though the domestic industry
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