Technology for Transformation of Construction Industry in India – Wishlist for 2024
As curtains draw on another year and bring in new year 2024, I can’t help but ponder on some of the transformative changes that happened in the year that went by in construction industry in India and more importantly think of what is in store in 2024 & beyond. If we are to make the […]
Continue Reading...Which ERP to use?
I have often been asked by consultants, contractors & property developers alike which ERP (short for Enterprise Resource Planning) software or tool to use to manage their business or control cost. Having gone through pros & cons of several options & studying the needs of end users, my answer is there is no one size […]
Continue Reading...8 Imperatives of Covid19 on Construction Industry in India (Part 2 of 2)
Continued from here… Post my Part 1 post, I am overwhelmed by the response I received from many professional associates & well-wishers both on my blog, Linkedin and Whatsapp posts. There is a common thread running through all reactions expressing their deep concern on the changes that may happen to our industry, the plight of […]
Continue Reading...8 Imperatives of Covid19 on Construction Industry in India (Part 1 of 2)
The unthinkable has already happened and here we are now grappling with a situation that we have not been designed or trained to handle (yes, a disruption of this scale has not happened in living memory of most of us) as no empirical models or case-studies are available. Coming from the limited perspective of construction […]
Continue Reading...Is Our Engineering Curriculum Preparing Graduates to be Employable?
A lot has been said about the quality of fresh engineers coming out of our universities in India with optimists saying about 60% of them are unemployable. Others with a more pessimistic view opine that more than 80% of fresh engineers do not make the cut when it comes to good grasp of fundamentals, basic […]
Continue Reading...Internship – The Reality
With about 226 engineering colleges (2018) churning out roughly 10,000 Civil Engineering graduates every year in Karnataka alone, one burning question that comes to mind – How are these fresh graduates going to find suitable jobs? To the best of my knowledge, even with the main recruiters such as the Government, contractors, architects and consultants […]
Continue Reading...Need for Qualitative Assessment of Contractors in the Construction Industry
Despite being one of the largest ingredients of our GDP (varying between 8 to 10% over the last decade), the construction industry seems to be the laggard when it comes to a uniform quality assessment system for contracting firms who form a major chunk of the estimated INR 2,800 Billion construction industry in India.
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