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Pradeep Khanna Construction-Heavy, DLF
 
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Shanmugasundaram  |  Argues in support of  "Yes"  |  2 years ago
Metro is one of the best system to reduce traffic and bring more upper middle class people to take public transport. In the same way,the government make government busses with facilities,crowdless,dirty less,noise less...smoke less..Then most of...
Pradeep Khanna  |  Argues in support of  |  2 years ago
No, metro rail may not be the only option for growing vehicle population.Metro Rail may not be able to serve everybody as they don't connect the entire city under one roof.To reduce heavy traffic we can opt for some alternatives like: Junction...
RAMESH KANDADAI  |  Argues in support of  "No"  |  2 years ago
Metro is not the ONLY solution but it is one of the better ones. There are many other options available now than they were say 50 years ago. 1. Use of busses 2. Metro 3. Suburban trains 4. Car pooling 5. Living close to work 6. Working out of...
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1 Synchronisation with the old model/plan
2 Reuse instead of buying new
Kunal Das  |  Added idea  "Synchronisation with the old model/plan"  |  2 years ago
i)   Suppose we are going remodel some rooms in a new one. so, if we keep the window and door openings as previous one , we could use the window and door frames of the old building, cutting the cost. ii) sometimes orienting bathrooms or W/C in...
Pradeep Khanna  |  Added idea  "Reuse instead of buying new"  |  2 years ago
In my opinion, major cost is involved in material costs. While remodeling, adopt a similar design such that same fixtures and materials can be used again. Buy recycled fixtures and lightly-used fixtures and building materials. You can find these...
 
 
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1 A booming opportunity in the 2010 Commonwealth Games
2 More to urban infrastructure
malladi madhukumar  |  Supported idea  "A booming opportunity in the 2010 Commonwealth Games"  |  2 years ago
As it is it is accepted that there is great oppurtunity for infrastructure in 2010. In many a places non availability of labour (for construction), nonexecution of work and lapse of funds, Delay in  payment of bills eventhough funds are available...
Pragya Kothari  |  Added idea  "A booming opportunity in the 2010 Commonwealth Games"  |  2 years ago
The 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi throws a mega opportunities for building material companies, construction equipments technologies companies for this year. The Commonwealth Games Village project worth is US$ 40 mn which includes elevated...
Santosh Kumar Mohanty  |  Supported idea  "A booming opportunity in the 2010 Commonwealth Games"  |  2 years ago
It is prestige issue for the host country to conduct commonwealth games. We can show our strength through smooth conduct of the event and for this we need the best of the best infrastructure in record time. Looking at the gigantic project, the...
 
 
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1 Contribute to the development of water management system
2 Try not to use the underground water
George Varghese  |  Added idea  "Try not to use the underground water"  |  2 years ago
The underground water resources are required for the existence of life on the earth. Let us leave this water source for the nature to grow the plants on the earth. the water is re-cycled. let us use the surface water for consumption and  it is...
Venkatesh M  |  Added idea  "Reuse of treated wastewater"  |  2 years ago
Interesting idea contest pradeep, I agree with you, that people should support the good project but I feel that reuse of the treated wastewater is also one way to come out water scarcity risks. Nowadays many started saving water and reduced the...
 
 
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Friends I am planning to reconstruct the roof of my house and make it green,  so  can someone tell me what are the types of green roofing?  
Venkatesh M  |  Answered  |  2 years ago
There are many types of green roofing used nowadays. Some green roofs have less than two inches of growing medium and some have more than a foot of growing medium. Generally, green roofs are considered either intensive or extensive roofs....
 
 
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1 Temperature Changes
2 FINAL SETTING TIME OF CEMENT IS 600MIN.AS SOON AS THIS TIME FINISH WE SHOULD START CURING.IF NOT THEN CEMENT STARTS HYDRATION
Abdul Quaiyoom Mansoor  |  Added idea  "Not following the quality control measures as provided by different IS codes."  |  5 months ago
Whatever the ideas have been delivered by our friends above are very correct why concrete get cracked before its designed life. It is frequently seen in the field that even big contractors are reluctant and most of the time deliberately do not...
Anna George  |  Added idea  "Low Quality Cements, Mix ratio & Temperature"  |  5 months ago
These days the cement quality has become worse that the concrete gets cracked in 3 to 5 years at every place in India especially regions like Kerala and Tamilnadu. Since the labour charge is high, workers who do not have any experience in concrete...
Abdul Quaiyoom Mansoor  |  Supported idea  "Temperature Changes"  |  2 years ago
We assume concrete as an isotropic material but this property can not be achieved 100% and in real, concrete is a 3-phase material. The three phases are metal chips, sand-cement mortar and the third one is the junction of these two. Hair cracks...
 
 
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WE SEE THAT ROADS GET DAMAGED VERY BADLY ,THERE ARE MANY REASONS SUCH AS HEAVY TRAFFIC , BUT U CAN THROW SOME LIGHT ON THE FAILURE REASONS.
Ajay Hulji  |  Answered  |  2 years ago
Our designed standards are as good as any other country but the combined effects of improper road maintenance and overloading interact destructively and magnify the impact of excess axle loading. This means both bad road maintenance and...
Pradeep Khanna  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
It has go to do mainly with the quality of the end product which we see, the top layer will be such that it will come off if once there is a heavy rain....and even if the roads are of good quality but there is lack of co-operation from the different...
Er. Harnam Singh  |  Answered  |  3 years ago
we have to be very particular about drainage from the roads. For this we must have  proper longitudinal slope and camber so that no rain water stands on the road. If water stagnates on the roads and by movement of traffic road surface starts...
 
 
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1 Narendra Modi
2 Manmohan Singh
Pavan Morasiya  |  Added idea  "Narendra Modi"  |  4 months ago
he shud be PM
Pradeep Khanna  |  Added idea  |  3 years ago
No appeasement, No nonsense, Man of actions, Of a party which wants to establish itself. Even in the BJP govt days, he was considered to be running the party and not Atal jee
AJAY KUMAR KHAITAN  |  Supported idea  "Narendra Modi"  |  1 year ago
 
 
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1 Large Drawers & Cabinets
2 share your ideas
Shilpashree .S  |  Supported idea  "share your ideas"  |  3 years ago
The first thing one should consider is size of the cot,size of the window /ventilation suitable to the room dimension so that it looks spacious. Avoid seperate dressing table by fixing mirrors to wall or wardrobe doors and wardrobe with...
Pradeep Khanna  |  Added idea  |  3 years ago
Always try to take bed with an accurate measurement, which can suit door way and stair case dimension to make sure that you will actually able to get it into the room. So Use Platform, Murphy or Futon bed in bedroom as they make the room look spacious.
 
 
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To complete a project in a efficient way, a good stratagy depeding up on the companies philosopy is also necessary.Here are some important stratagies: 1.Base your management decisions on a long term philosophy, even at the expense of short term financial goals. 2. Creat a continuous process flow to bring problems to minimum. 3. Level out the work load. 4.Use pull systems to avoid over production. 5. Build a culture of stopping to fix problem. Try  quality first. 6 Every task to be standardized,this will leads to continuous improvement 7Analize every problem even hidden 8. Use tested and trusted technology only 9.Grow leaders who thoroughly understand the work, follow the philosophy and teac...
Raju Ramalingam  |  Commented  |  3 years ago
Valuable Information and also you can use the following points also. 1. Eliminate waste and unwanted programming 2. Decide as late as possible 3. Deliver as soon as possible - so we get precise and good feedback from the client 4. Situation analysis
Pradeep Khanna  |  Commented  |  3 years ago
nice info....
 
 
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