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1. JULY - SEPTEMBER 2010 VOLUME - 12, ISSUE 3
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Shapoorji Pallonji Corporate Magazine

2. Editorial
Hello, also got a feature on the making of The Imperial and the
challenges faced during its construction. As usual there are a
It has been a good quarter for India. The economy seems to be number of events covered in the Happenings section,
getting back on track. The growth percentages, stock prices including a report on the handover of the first lot of flats at SP
and the real estate market have all been showing positive signs. Shukhobrishti in Kolkata. Your Space features a short travel log
Hopefully, the trend will strengthen into a full fledged upward about Israel and Egypt. We hope you like it.
turn in the coming year.
We would once again request you to send in suggestions,
On the sports front, the much talked about Commonwealth articles and feedback to us to help us in our effort to constantly
Games have arrived, though there has been much left to be improve the magazine. The festival season is in its full swing;
desired in the run up to the event. Shapoorji Pallonji has also Ganeshotsav and Eid have just got over. Dussera, Diwali and
been a part of the CWG process, in a positive way, as we were Christmas are not too far away. On behalf of Shapoorji Pallonji,
involved in the upgrade and enhancement of the Jawaharlal the editorial team would like to wish each one of you peace,
Nehru Stadium. Shapoorji Pallonji has also been associated prosperity and happiness. Keep reading and contributing to
with a couple of other stadium projects – the famous Eden We@SP .
Gardens at Kolkata and the MCA Stadium near Pune. All these
stadiums have been featured in this issue of We@SP We have
. - The Editorial Team
Another Moment of Pride & Joy for SPCL
The General Motors site from Pune Region has bagged the coveted GOLDEN SAFETY AWARD from National Safety Council of
India (NSCI) for the year 2009 in construction sector. The competitors included names such as L & T, Gammon, HCC, Toyo,
IVRCL, TCE, ITD, CCC etc.
Heartiest congratulations to the General Motors Team and Pune Region!!
New Projects
• Design and Build Barwa City Phase 1 at Doha, Qatar for • Piling work for Raw Material Handling at Jamshedpur for
Barwa City Real Estate Co WLL. Tata Steel.
• Construction of a group Housing Project- Shillas for • Site Grading works for Asian Paints Plant Project at
Raheja Developers Pvt Ltd at Gurgaon, Haryana. Khandala, Satara, Maharashatra for Asian Paints Ltd.
• Piling and General Civil works for Lignite Based Thermal • Structural works and Flooring of Palnt Building at Ennore
Power Project at Bhavnagar, Gujarat for Bhavnagar Energy Terminal Project, Chennai for HPCL.
Company Ltd.
• Construction of World's largest Sterile manufacturing
• Construction of Five Star Hotel, Budget Hotel and Facility in the Ramky Pharma City at Visakhapatnam,
Convention Centre at Dum Dum, Kolkata for Kolkata Andhra Pradesh for Hospira Healthcare Ind. Pvt. Ltd.
Hotels Ltd.
• Civil and Structural works for Tara Aerospace Systems Ltd
• Structural Steel work for Raw Material Handling at Zone 2 facility at Hyderabad for Tata Advanced Systems Ltd.
at Jamshedpur for Tata Steel.
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3. Main Feature
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi ring around the stadium to support 600 MT of cables and
castings. The entire roof structure is alive with constant
movement of various components considering that the steel
structure expands and contracts with change in temperature
and wind pressures. The steel structure is anchored on solid
foundations which consist of 272 numbers of 1500 mm dia
and 25 m depth piles. The Base Plates for each column are
fixed with a special cementatious Grout having compressive
strength of 100N/sq.mm and high tension pre-stressed
single tendon bars. The steel structure has been made with
an accuracy of ±1 mm per element.
The whole focal point in the design of the new structure
was the cables and it was important that they had the
uniqueness to fulfill the requirement and bear the stress of
Jawaharlal Nehru stadium the whole structure. All the cables are fully locked with
Inside view of the stadium round and Z shaped wires. All fully locked cables are made
from hot-dip-galvanized and gal fan (or equivalent; 5%Al
Jawaharlal Nehru stadium was constructed for Asian Games- 95%Zn) coated wires. The cable net structure working on
1982 in order to accommodate the athletic events in the bicycle wheel principle providing central tension ring and the
complex. The Sports Authority of India has engaged Central spokes consisting of prefabricated cables which are
Public Works Department (CPWD), as their principal supported on the X and V shaped structure of steel
consultant for planning and execution for the stadium, so as sections. The length of wires used in the cable is around
to upgrade it to international standards, to host the 2200 km, the distance between Delhi and Bangalore. The
forthcoming Commonwealth Games, 2010. The Jawaharlal entire Cable Net has been assembled on the ground and
Nehru Stadium has been given a face lift with a new roof lifted to its final position 36 meters above, using 68 numbers
and improved seating and other facilities to meet heavy duty hydraulic jacks having maximum capacity of 120
international standards to host the opening and closing MT at 44 points simultaneously. This cable net lifting was a
ceremonies as well as the athletics events during the well orchestrated process using fully computerized systems
Commonwealth Games. to control and monitor the entire lift which involved inducing
forces of about 10,000 tonnes in the structure.
A state-of-the-art roof of PTFE coated membrane,
extending up to 70 m into the stand, supported on the cable The PTFE membrane covers a total area of 54,000 sqm.
net and structural steel rings has been provided without The PTFE (Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene) coating on the
disturbing the existing stadium. This is the largest membrane membrane makes it chemically inert and pure, extremely
roof in the world. In terms of seating capacity, it is the third abrasive resistant and flame resistant. A unique self cleaning
largest stadium in India. property is possessed by the membrane which does not
allow dust and foreign bodies to stick on it. Off white in
The stadium consists of 44 numbers of X columns (45 color when installed, the membrane has the virtue of being
meters high from ground level) and 44 numbers of V bleached by UV rays and becoming lighter in shade, each
columns (25 meters high from ground level) which form a passing day. As the membrane forms a huge catchment
Outside view of the stadium 02

4. area, special arrangement consisting of scupper and flexible The major quantities executed in the project are:
stainless steel pipe is provided for drainage of rain water
falling on membrane. Project Cost : 308 Crores
Concrete : 30000 Cum
The stadium has newly designed system of 14 structural Bored Cast in situ piles : 272 Nos
steel ramps around the periphery to ensure that the stadium Reinforcement Steel : 3000 MT
can be evacuated in 6 minutes in case of emergency. Structural Steel : 10000 MT
Cables and Castings : 600 MT
The stadium has been equipped to conform to the Membrane : 54000 Sqm
requirements of HDTV Broadcast. The 748 numbers of
lights are fixed in two different ways, 264 numbers of lights Major Sub-agencies involved in our Project:
on 22 small light towers on cable net and balance on 44
numbers of catwalks below the cable net. Speakers and Piling Works : M/s Afcons, Mumbai, India and
other sound systems have been provided on catwalks to M/s B C Contractors, Delhi, India
produce an even decibel level across the stadium. Basically Structural Steel Works : M/s P & R Infrastructure, Ropar,
the design for both lights system and Public Address system India
has been done according to Olympic Games and FIFA Cable and Casting : M/s Pfeifer, Germany
standards. Cable Lifting Works : M/s VSL, Switzerland
Membrane Works : M/s Taiyo Membrane
Jawaharlal Nehru stadium stands as the au-courant Corporation, Australia
testimony of India's architectural legacy. Contemporary Lighting Works : M/s GE India, India
cabled designs enhanced the crown structure of the PA System Works : M/s Bosch Ltd, India
stadium. European coronet of the 14th century has been Flooring Works : M/s Pidilite and M/s Fosroc
transformed into a glorified steel structure. With the
successful overhaul of JNS, it can augment the -JNS Team, Delhi
transformation of similar kind of structures in India.
MCA Cricket Stadium, Pune Salient Features of the Project
Site area : 13037 sq.mt
Stadium Gross Area : 50,830 sq.mt
Seating in Lower Bowl : 38200 nos
Seating in South Stand Upper Terrace : 7500 nos.
Numbers of hospitality boxes : 26
Total Phase 1 Seating Capacity : 45300 nos.
Central to the design philosophy of the stadium is the
complete synthesis of architecture and engineering. The
architecture, structure and services are fully co-ordinated
and play an equal role in achieving the design ambitions. The
quality of the structural component is therefore of vital
importance. Steel and concrete form primary materials.
Above concourse level the structure comprises of fabricated
steel circular column (some of them are upto 18 mts & 45
An International Cricket stadium near Pune mts height) and steel I section beams supporting a
composite slab made up from pre-cast coffered concrete
by MCA
Artist's Impression of the stadium from above units, supported within the flanges of steel beams. The
structure is topped with an in-situ concrete slab stitched to
Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) is developing an
the pre-cast units with reinforcement to form the composite
international cricket stadium at Village Gahunje, on the north
whole floor. The concourse slab, sub- concourse structure
side of Pune Mumbai Express Highway, approx 20 km north
and envelope will be of exposed in-situ concrete. At this
west of the central Pune, Maharashtra.
level the concrete is to be of an architectural quality mix with
a high specification fair faced finish and formed with a regular
After successful completion of cricket stadium for “Vidharbha
grid of feature recess detailing. Further key element is in the
Cricket Association” at Nagpur, this would be second cricket
form of roof over south stand. This is created with 6 pairs of
stadium being constructed by Shapoorji Pallonji, on
steel masts supporting inclined steel braced trusses which in
Lumpsum Design and Build model and with project value of
turn support the series of tensile fabric canopies in PVDF
Rs.193 crores. Even though we have constructed a stadium
material.
earlier, this one at Pune is a unique experience from both
architectural and execution point of view. The project
Other Special features
commenced on 26th Nov 2009 and the duration of this
03 project now been reduced to 12 months from the earlier
15 months.
• Pre-Cast construction: There is a huge quantum of pre-
cast work to be executed for the stadium. There are 6883

5. excellent aesthetic appearance to the stadium. The
cruciform columns are a special feature in the structural steel
work.
• Innovative roof: Innovative roofs have been designed for
the stands both to maximize shading and provide a
memorable and identifiable signature for the complex. The
roofs are designed to be made of tensile fabric.
• Pitch Drainage: The drainage for the ground has been
designed such that the entire ground gets dried within 15
minutes even after very heavy rainfall. A dense network of
lateral pipes of 110mm dia collects the water penetrating the
Artist's Impression of the stadium from the side turf and drains to main pipes of 160mm dia which finally
drains off to the inner peripheral drain.
elements to be casted and erected on site. The precast
construction is a challenging job since there are a number of Cost-wise Break-up of the Project:
elements which are to be joined to one another and the
tolerance allowed is negligible. A partnership with 'E Stadium Works : 139.19 Cr.
Construct' from Dubai is established for construction of Civil works : 81.25 Cr.
precast elements mainly for the design and methodology. Structural Steel : 48.98 Cr.
They have requisite expertise in this area. E-Construct had Precast Work : 8.96 Cr.
procured the precast moulds from Dubai to achieve the Ancillary Buildings : 5.11 Cr.
desired standard of quality Infrastructure Works : 18.90 Cr.
MEP Works : ·29.79 Cr.
• Structural Steel Works: The structural steel works at this Public Health : 417 lacs
project is again a challenging one. The elements used are Electrical Work : 1758 lacs
very different and heavy from regular structures, making Fire fighting work : 179 lacs
them difficult for fabrication and erection. The total scope for HVAC Work : 327 lacs
Structural Steel work is around 5000 MT and it contributes Fire fighting work : 179 lacs
to more than one-fifth of the total project cost. The stadium
is designed in such a manner that structural steel gives -MCA Team, Pune
Eden Gardens, Kolkata The major change is introduction of corporate suites for high
paying corporate customers. This would result in a decrease
the seating capacity, but increase the earnings of Cricket
A major tourist attraction, Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata
Association of Bengal. The structural steel truss and purlins
is one of the largest in the world with a seating capacity of
have also been replaced. Other works in our scope:
almost 1,00,000. built in 1840 and named after the sister of
then Governor General, Lord Auckland, it is India's oldest
• Proposed blocks “B”, “C”, “K” and “L” Foundations, all
cricket ground and home to the Bengal Cricket Team and
tiers, structural steel work, doors, windows, cladding,
IPL's Kolkata Knight Riders. The first test was played here in
railing, flooring and wall finishes, sanitary and plumbing
1934 and the first ODI match in 1987.
works.
Over the years, Eden Gardens has witnessed changes from
• Modification of public facilities in “D”, “E”, “F”, “C” and “H”
erection of new stands to installation of four gigantic
blocks :
floodlights. To keep up with new media and corporate
a) Dismantling of existing toilets and food court including
requirements in today's age of global broadcasting and
reconstruction as per new design and drawing.
sponsorship, the venerable stadium needs to be
b) Flooring, painting, doors and windows
modernised.
c) Sanitary fitting and fixtures.
The renovation and refurbishment contract was awarded to
• External Infrastructure:
SPCL in Jan 2010 with a caluse that the work would be
Peripheral roads, Surface drains, Sanitary works, Fire tank,
completed in December 2010, before the 2011 World
Water tank, Pump house and Storm water sump.
Cup. The project is challenging as work has to be carried
out amidst stoppages to accommodate cricket match
In the Pre-IPL phase, work was concentrated on
schedule.
foundations and structural works in proposed blocks “B”,
“C”, “K” and “L”. In the post IPL phase, sanitary and road
The stoppages amounted to 28 days split in:
works were also taken up to augment revenues.
• Test Match vs South Africa: 9 days • IPL3 (3 slots):19days
The contract value is Rs. 53 crores but is expected to come
down to Rs 40 crores.
-Eden Gardens Team, Kolkata
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6. The Imperial, Mumbai A glance at major quantities for the making, Excavation
30,100 Cum, Cement 11,85,000 bags, Concrete 1,34,795
A Journey, It's Making & Challenges in Construction…. Cum (M50- Grade), Rebar 20,230 MT (Fe-500, CRS-
TMT), Structural Steel 2,800Mt(Rolled & Tubular sections),
When we think of challenge, we think of climbing a Shuttering 4,54,800 Sqm (Titan & Doka), Block work
mountain, but has anybody thought of building a mountain. 9,81,676 Nos (AAC Siporex), Car park screed 32,700 Sqm,
Yes this is a story a snapshot of building a mountain, a Doors (Wodden & Laminated), Windows (Heavy Sections
challenging task, a decade long struggle, rising India to new with Dupont Glass), ACP 38,700 Sqm (Imported from
height, its building the Imperial Towers (61 floors) at Tardeo, Japan), Copper wire 300 Km, Plumbing Pipes 120 Km,
Mumbai. A bench marks for Mumbai, not only Mumbai but Marble 99,500 Sqm (Imported from Italy), C P & Sanitary
a benchmark for India too. At present The Imperial is the ware (Imported from Germany & Italy), etc.
tallest occupied residential building in south Asia.
Construction of Tower started around last quarter of 2002
The Imperial project, S D Corporation is a joint venture with main entry ramp & foundation works. The 2004 mid to
between Shapoorji Pallonji Co Ltd & Dilip Thacker. It's not
end of 2005 really went dry as no much work progress was
just construction of twin towers but 14 other building for
observed, as part work was hold for clearance at hill side
slum dwellers, enhancing the development & image
management for city's view. Renowned Hafeez Contractor excavation. Majorly from 2006 the work started in full swing
is the principal architect & SPCL is the General Contractor. towards completion of structure. In Dec-2007 Tower 1
RCC structure was completed. Now at this time the interior
A quick view of what hidden inside The Imperial towers, a & services works at lower levels was also in initiated. Also
fully residential 61 storied tower, 254M (827') in height with the works for podium structure begin in early 2008. The
218 high-end flats, starting area of 1,680Sft of 2BHK to construction of podium was a huge work, as the quantity
10,800Sft 5BHK with plunge pool, podium 9 levels reserved was more than 50% of tower. The works divided in 4
for parking of 937 cars; triple height main entrance lobby & phases & phase wise work was executed. At end of 2008
landscape at 9th level, a huge clubhouse of 70,000 Sft with podium RCC was completed (The Podium RCC works was
five star amenities, top 3 floors (58, 59 & 60) are occupied executed within a period of year) & by early 2009 the tower
by pent house which is measuring almost 27,000 Sft with 2 structures was also completed. Now works for crown,
swimming pool. The top portion of tower consists of glazed external façade, interiors & services was in progress. During
crown with observation area & above is galvanized structural mid 2009 the client SDC supported by SPRE HO team
steel spire. started directly releasing drawings & decisions required for
construction & this facilitated for faster execution. All major
The Imperial has awarded as Best High-rise development & works were completed in March 2010, with occupancy
Best renovation/redevelopment project at the CNBC Asia
certificate in hand. At present customers are doing their fit-
Pacific Property Awards 2009
outs, some also have fully occupied.
The Site engineering & supporting staff from construction
team was around 180 No's at peak time. This staff at project
was just as big as running a factory. All departments were
well defined with responsibility & authority; regular meeting
with project in-charge was conducted for work completion
& resolving critical issues.
SPCL Site team with Project In-Charge Mr. S. Srinivas (Standing in Centre)
In 2005 Mr. S. Srinivas was deputed as project In-charge for
construction of overall project under the guidance of Mr. S
C Dixit, at his stage a major work was balance to be
completed. This was the time when project started moving
towards completion in all respects, from structure to finishes
to services to handing over. The leadership of Mr. S. Srinivas
& site team efforts has really benefitted in completing the
project.
05 Actual Project Photograph as in June 2010

7. The construction of tower (61 floors) was a major part, plant of 60Cum/Hr was installed. The form works for
where achieving an optimum floor cycle was really required structure was stored on structural steel cantilever platform
to complete the work in timeframe. These only could be erected just 3 levels below actual work. This helped to
achieved with advanced form works system in place, to reduce cycle time as repetition is major criteria for
tackle this imported TITAN form works was used for first shuttering. The vertical movement for men & material was
time in SPCL. The work went well initially, but as when time taken care by construction elevators. There where 9
restriction (Work only from 9am to 6pm) came in picture construction elevators to fulfill this need. The major
where work could be done barely 8 to 10 hrs per day, a disadvantage was in terms of slow speed, as it would take an
minimum floor cycle 7 days was achieved at some stages of average time of 30min for one cycle & additional time also
work. Concrete of M50 grade was manufactured in site required for loading / unloading of materials. A separate lift
batching plant & pumped with concrete pump capacity of allocation schedule for usage was implemented for efficient
300m vertical. Reinforcement for column cage was tied at use of lifts. Now when permanent service elevators
ground level & directed placed at existing columns of tower installation was complete it was used as construction
with tower crane. This technique saved time in terms of elevators with proper protection to the car. It would be
tying the rebar's, which really consumed time. equated like this as 4 construction elevators equals to one
permanent elevator. The storage of material was managed
The PMV deployed were amongst the advanced & most with main store room at level 1 & other small storage at
efficient. Just to summarize the PMV's major equipments upper levels. This would help in easy unloading & shifting of
used for construction are batching plant 2 nos (60cum/hr & materials. All site offices were accommodated in podium
30cum/Hr), Concrete pumps (2 nos), boom placer, tower levels of tower with all required operational facilities.
canes (Total 4 nos), construction elevators (9 nos) etc
Labor workforce; with very advanced & heavy equipment
The Dismantle of deployed for construction of towers, it was also supported
Jaso tower crane by sufficient labor strength. The labor strength at peak of
was a very critical construction was almost 2500nos, out of which 1500nos
task to execute; labors were accommodated at site in labor camps. The
this was first time labor camp was located in lower tower podium area to
that a crane of such reduce the transportation time & facilitate early started of
type has to be work. Welfare facilities such as well-ventilated rooms, ceiling
dismantled from fan in each room, exhaust fan in passages, water filter, neat
such height. Jaso & clean kitchen area, toilet-latrine facilities and to maintain all
crane is one of the this a dedicated team of housekeeping were present all the
biggest telescopic time on site.
tower cranes with
boom of 70M & The major concern for Safety at the Imperial was fall from /
capacity of 12Mt. off, other than this fire, electrical hazards & housekeeping
The approximate was also crucial, these were taken care by conducting
weight of crane inducting training for all new comers, PPE, site access cards,
was 150Mt. A work permit system, no supervision no work & on site
special crane training.
Tower structure with Cranes (Level 58)
dismantle contractor
from Singapore was enquired. The Singapore contractor Almost 12,000sqm safety net was being erected at site for
had quoted a price of Rs 2.25Cr for dismantle, which was fall protection hazards. At project a new system of
more than the cost of crane. Now Mr. S Srinivas & Mr. P E. . peripheral net was implemented. Now this system is being
Babu (DGM-PMV) with guidance from Plant Dept HO, had used on other projects. As the building was ready & services
round of technical discussions to reduce this huge cost. commissioning works started, LOTO (Lock Out Tag Out)
Finally it was decided to dismantle the crane with the in- system was implemented.
house PMV dept at site. Finally the crane was safely
dismantled by SPCL's in-house PMV department from a
height of 245 without a single incident. Total 3 cranes were
dismantled & a huge saving of Rs 6.75Cr. After safely
dismantle of all canes a special incentive & appreciation letter
was issued to all concern staff from top management.
Site logistics has been a challenging activity to manage
thought the project with initially mass works for excavation,
concreting, formwork, rebar & at latter stage for finishing &
services works. The storage of material, their movements
both vertical & horizontal need to be managed. Only the
existing single access road was properly managed for
vehicular movement. The foundation works was done with Flat Interior Works (4BHK Linear – Level 30)
RMC brought from out of site, but this was not sufficient to
cater the need of towers, hence an in-site concrete batching At The Imperial more that 45 types of imported marble
slabs accounting to almost 11 lakh Sft is used for flooring & 06

8. dado. Also special gold plated tile are used in some flats. The The Imperial's envelope/facade consists of ACP (Aluminum
variety of marble was chosen to suit the flat type & interior Composite Panel imported from Japan) & combination
layout. The hard-scape & eternal dry cladding works was window / curtain wall units. Sandwich double laminated
majorly done with Cobble & granite stone of around 11 Dupont glass (Special heat strengthened glass) is used for
types with almost 30 variations in color & surface finish. This windows which can withstand winds of speed 240Km/Hr.
major concern for finishing work was to deploy skilled Quantity wise ACP is 38,700 Sqm & glass glazing is around
labors, as high class finishing quality need to be delivered. 27,400 Sqm for both towers.
This was achieved by outsourcing from highly skilled
subcontracts on item basis & specialized agencies. The external façade cleaning & maintenance is done with
Building Maintenance Unit, termed as BMU. Each tower has
There is not much to say about the interior work as it has a Scorpio type BMU imported from France with 12m
spoken worldwide after receiving best interior layout/design boom. A full cleaning cycle will take 3 months for each
awards. The imperial has won 7 awards at CNBC Asia tower & the towers will be cleaned thrice in a year.
Pacific Property Awards 2009, Best apartment layout: 3
awards (4 BHK, 4BHK Duplex & 5 BHK Duplex), Best Lightning arrestor & Aviation light installation In progress
interior layout: 2 awards (2 BHK & 4 BHK Duplex), Best
High-rise development & Best renovation/redevelopment.
Recently 3 more awards at Asia Pacific Property Awards
2010 Best Interior design (5BHK Duplex), Best apartment
Layout (5BHK & 4 BHK Duplex) are just keeping us in time.
Work Height: 254M
Any building will be dead as historical monument if not Completed
provided with required services. Hi-tech services are
running in the twin towers. The services are as basic as
electrical (Total load of 17 MW - Its just equal as running a
large scale industry), fire fighting (Hydrant & sprinkler),
plumbing (Hydro-pneumatic systems with PRV's), STP ,
elevators (High speed. Medium speed & service), CCTV,
access control, FAS & PAS, further much automated services
like Home automation, IBMS (Integrated Building Elevators are back-bone for vertical transportation in towers.
Management System)etc. Major flats have split type HVAC We have 39 permanent elevators to ferry customers. The
system, also VRV system is used for larger area of duplex fastest elevator is 6m/s and a trip would take less than a 1
flats & lobbies to reduce electric consumption. Common min. The interior of elevators is a combination of glass,
areas are ventilated with high speed exhaust / pressuring mirror, wood, stainless steel & imported marble. The
fans. The water requirement for towers is 3,85,000 per day. execution of elevators was on critical path of project, as it
Rain water harvesting & water recycling is also implemented would take minimum 9 months for completion; 3 months
in towers, this will reduce the overall water consumption. for shaft civil works & 6 months for
The towers are divided into 6 zones & there are in total 7 installation/commissioning. Overall the lifts installation was
service floors in each tower for better serviceability. more critical as there were construction elevators installed in
shafts of permanent lifts, so now first we need to dismantle
The execution of these the construction lifts, do all shaft civil works & than only
services was varying from permanent lifts installation would commence. This was
phase to phase of crucial as dismantle of construction lifts would affect overall
construction. At construction logistics, to overcome this twin cabin construction lifts were
stage when the project was installed on external face of building & than only inside
running on construction construction lifts in shafts were dismantled to make way for
power & water, it was a installation of permanent. Now when inside permanent
temporary system, but still it elevators were ready, they were protected from inside &
need to serve all construction used as construction elevators.
activities. A more crucial stage
was witness when the Now at this stage when we have handed over a major part
electrical supply was switched of project to clients/customer for fit outs /occupancy, it's like
from temporary to our dream come true. Someone has really said
permanent power. The well…“Dream for a building should be twice the height of
transition was managed building”. It was our true dream that kept us really going till
properly & progress was not completion of project.
much hampered. Vertical LT Panel Charging
services runs through shafts were execution was difficult due After completion of such type of complex project, it is a
to limited space. The flats & common area works was well great achievement for the team at site, as well as for SPCL &
co-ordinated with civil & finishes works, some hiccups were entire construction industry of India. More dominantly this
observed initially due to non-availability of work fronts, but presents SPCL's capability of executing such challenging &
improved soon. Major works were carried by specialized huge high-rise projects to compete with international
07 subcontractors, where keen supervision was done. market.
–The Imperial Team, Mumbai

9. Happenings
Amity HR Excellence Award for Shapoorji Pallonji
Management System for the year 2010. The award presented
to SPCL carries a Shield and a Memento.
Amity is a renowned business school, based out of New Delhi
and the occasion was their 7th Global HR Summit. Other
award recipients in various categories included prominent
organisations such as Maruti Suzuki, L&T, Bharti Airtel, EPIL,
Star TV, McDonalds, Axis Bank, etc
Mr. Varghese Mathew, the Corporate HR Head of SPCL,
received the award on behalf of the company. He has
attributed the award to the joint efforts of the HR Team, and
the unstinted support of the top management. Mr. P K
(L to R) Ms. Rukhsana Haque, Mr. Satnam Singh,
Rakheja, Head of the Northern Region of SPCL and the Delhi
Mr. Gurinder Singh, Mr. Varghese Mathew & Ms. Preeti Sehgal HR team – Rukshana Haque and Preeti Sehgal also attended
the award function which was held in Amity Campus, Noida.
On the 17th of September 2010 Amity International Business The jury also declared, Ms. Rukshana Haque as the Most
School honored a few Indian Corporate Houses for their HR Promising & Budding Young HR Manager. A proud day for
domain Best Practices. Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd. was the SPCL indeed.
proud recipient of Amity Excellence Award for Performance -Vasant Sanzgiri, SP Group Centre
GET Induction Program, 2010
Mr. Varghese Mathew, Executive VP - HR inaugurated the
program by the ceremonial lighting of lamp. Topics covered on
the first day were based on the theme of organization
orientation and training, wherein trainees were given an
understanding of the company history, business philosophy,
lines of business, organisation culture, values, philosophy,
practices and structure. On the first day itself, the trainees were
informed about the different training modules which they
would undergo during the training period. Further, they were
also informed about the recently launched leadership program
'ALDEP'.
The theme for the second and third day was methods,
systems, technology and resources. On the second day, Mr.
Mr. Varghese Mathew lighting the inaugural lamp S.Y.Karkhanis, VP (Pune Region) presented an overview of the
regional business to the GETs.
This year the Graduate Engineer Trainees joined the
Organisation on 1st August, 2010 and were inducted into the The third and the final theme was about career transitioning
organisation through an induction program held at Velvett from student to professional. It included speakers who had
Country Resort, Khandala. The new batch consists of 74 joined the organisation as GETs in the past. In this session, the
Graduate Engineer Trainees selected from different colleges. current GETs got many of their queries answered by the
GET 2010-11 Batch 08

10. speakers who themselves had been GETs sometime back. After the group Induction, the trainees have joined their
The experience sharing should prove beneficial to them in the respective regions. They would now undergo an intensive on-
long run. Further, a half-day workshop on 'Campus to the-job training over the next one year before getting
Corporate' was organized on the last day of the program. The absorbed into the regular rolls. We wish them a bright future in
trainees took part in various group exercises which helped SPCL!
them to understand the Do's and Don'ts of corporate life. -Sohan Mohanty, SP HO
GET's Project Presentation
Mr. Mukesh Rao introducing the Best Mentor- The winners from construction sector - Ahmedabad Team
Mr. Sandip Mahato (standing at extreme right)
along with the Best Presenter honour, two more special
The Project Presentation by the Graduate Engineer Trainees awards were recommended by jury members and the results
(GETs) of batch 2009-10 was held at SP Infocity, Pune on 8th & are as under:
9th Sept 2010. This year 09 teams from Construction Division • Best Presenter: Anurag Pal (Ahmedabad- Construction)
(8 representing regions + 1 representing EPC) were • Special Jury award:
competing for two prizes of best presentation. Also 03 teams 1) Azim Gunderwala (Hyderabad- Construction)
representing Real Estate Division competed for the best 2) Rajshree Sarkar ( Kolkata- Real Estate)
presentation.
In recognition of his efforts and dedication, Mr. Sandip Mahata
This year too regional eliminations were conducted (except (Sr. Manager, Process, EPC) was chosen as the Best Mentor of
for Chennai & Hyderabad region which had only one team) to the year. All prizes were given away by Mr. Cyrus Mistry on the
select the best team to represent the Regions. So out of total evening of 9th Sept. Mr. Cyrus stressed the importance of
227 GETs only 68 could make it to the finals at Pune. The learning by informing the GETs that learning has not come to
teams were allotted 45 minutes to present their understanding an end with the Graduation Ceremony but it will depend on
on the performance of and lessons learnt on assigned project the willingness of the GETs to learn from all possible sources.
before the jury of 4 senior officials- Mr. Debasis Mitra (Sr.VP. Mr. M.D.Saini, Mr. Varghese Mathew and Mr. Jayant Oswal
Operations), Mr. Kaustuv Ghosh (GM, Construction Methods also spoke on the occasion. Mr. Kaustau Ghosh shared a few
& Planning) , Mr. Prabal Kansal (Add. GM, Strategy) and Mr. words on the excellent presentation done by all the GETs on
Sohan Mohanty (Add. GM, Training & OD). Mr Jayant Oswal behalf of the jury members. The award distribution ceremony
(COO, SPRE) was on panel for the Real Estate presentations. was followed by a lively Question/ Answer session where
GET's got clarification on many of their queries right from Mr.
This time the efforts made by all the teams were highly Cyrus Mistry. The event concluded with a cocktail dinner.
commended not only by all the jury members but also by the
members of competing team. Almost every team performed -Prashanti Kutty, SP HO
over the expectations and made the platform difficult for jury
members to select the best ones. But finally, to conclude the
competition, jury members had to select the best and winners
were decided as under:
• Best Presentation (Construction)-
1) 1st Prize: Ahmedabad (TATA Nano, Sanand)
2) 2nd Prize: Hyderabad (EMAAR)
• Best Presentation (Real Estate)- 1st Prize: SP Infocity Pune
( Pune+ Chennai)
In addition to above two winning teams for construction
division, jury members did share that EPC team had also
prepared very well but lost the 2nd prize to Hyderabad team
with marginal difference.
09 Even in case of selecting the Best Presenter, many team
members presented extremely well and the judges again
found it difficult to choose just one GET as Best Presenter. So Mr. MD Saini addressing the gathering

11. Group Practice Sharing Forum II
Department. She explained the benefits of standardization and
unification of processes derived from this initiative.
Mr. Sandeep Desai, AFCONS, shared practices followed in IT
on “Document Management System” and “Sub-contractor
Tracking”, which enabled their organization to manage the
processes better and resulted in better efficiencies.
Mr. Aniruddha Choudhari, Sterling and Wilson, presented the
case study of “SAP Implementation” and the key challenges
faced by them during the implementation process. He also
shared how implementation of SAP had helped improve upon
the business processes and provide better view on the key
performance indicators.
Mr. Mahesh Tahilyani welcoming the gathering
Following this, Mr. Darak, from AFCONS shared the soft
As a part of the initiative launched by Group Centre, the practices on “Relationship Management with Lenders”, in the
Second Shapoorji Pallonji Practice Sharing Forum was held on areas of Banking, Internal Treasury Management and Insurance
22nd July, 2010 at Sunville Banquets, Mumbai. The theme was and the benefits derived from such relationships. He outlined
to share practices in the area of “Finance and Information the process of Relationship Management and explained how a
Technology”. Executives from Finance and IT functions of our simple process of being transparent, proactive, timely, honest
Group Companies like SPCL, SP Real Estate, SP Fabricators, in dealing etc. is being utilized to create a competitive
Sterling and Wilson, AFCONS, Forbes, Eureka Forbes, advantage and substantial goodwill with our key lenders. He
NextGen etc; were present for the forum along with Group also mentioned that the awareness of developments across
Centre Members and Mr. Cyrus Mistry. Group companies also help the respective companies to build
up the case for a better relationship between the lenders and
After the introduction and welcome speech by Mr. Vasant the Group.
Sanzgiri, Mr. Mahesh Tahilyani welcomed the gathering and
initiated the discussion on the opportunities in areas of Finance Mr. Adi Shroff, EFL, spoke about “Business Transformation and
& IT and how Finance & IT organizations use the IT Information Technology” in Eureka Forbes. He further briefed
Framework to install processes and controls across the the gathering on the four pillars of Information Technology i.e.
business for effective results. He also mentioned of SP Group's Business Transformation, Software Development,
endeavor to synergize effectively to create value for the group. Infrastructure Management and Application Maintenance
The importance of keeping abreast with latest trends in the support and explained how these could be used to leverage
professional domain of finance was also emphasized. and create an efficient business process environment. He
effectively explained by given examples used within EFL about
SP had the pleasure of having amongst us Dr. Samiran how close linkage between process and technology is
Chakraborty, Head of Indian and Global Research, Financial important to ensure coordinated solutions to business
Market and Mr. Abhay Ketkar, Director Project and Export challenges.
Finance from Standard Chartered Bank who shared their
candid views on Current Macro Economic scenario on the The session concluded with a presentation on “Sustainable
financial indicators of India, China, Middle East. Current trends Business Process Improvement” in SPCL by Mr. H. J. Tavaria.
of financial / structuring deals in INFRASTRUTURE SECTOR He spoke on his experiences of implementing an ERP system
to optimize value for shareholders were also shared. These across SPCL and how the rigor of the processes could result in
sessions were highly appreciated by the audience. an effective implementation and also result in effectiveness of
control over the processes irrespective of the ERP in place.
Ms. Sunetra Ganeshan, Forbes, presented “Shared Services”
process in Accounting followed at Forbes and explained how The next practice sharing forum on “Functional Expertise and
certain key accounting processes were centralized and Technology” theme is scheduled for October 2010.
standardized under their newly formed Shared Service
-Vikas Agarwal, SP Group Centre
The attendees of the forum 10

12. The Handing Over of Keys at SP Shukhobrishti, Kolkata
A view of SP Shukhobrishti Mr. Rana Gupta, regional head of SPRE with the dignitaries
On the 6th of September 2010, the ceremonial handing over The proceedings began with some melodious songs by the
of keys of the first lot of apartments of SP Shukhobrishti, the famous singer of the region – Mr. Shibaji Chattopadhyay. Mr.
mass housing project of SP Real Estate, took place in New Kekoo Colah, CEO, SP Real Estate welcomed the apartment
Town, Kolkata. This lot comprised of 1,500 LIG units. This owners to their new abode and also gave assurance of the
event was covered by most electronic and print media of the finest quality and form that is associated with any Shapoorji
region. product. He also requested WBHIDCO and the Govt. of
W.Bengal to review and improve the existing communication
The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mr. Buddhadeb and infrastructure facilities of the project by including some
Bhattacharjee was the guest of honour on the occasion. He mass transit bus lines and other required services. Mr.Gautam
personally handed over the keys to seven flat owners, much to Deb said this project, besides providing affordable housing
their joy. Speaking on the occasion, Mr.Buddhadeb solution, will also create job opportunities for the local
Bhattacharjee applauded the effort of creating such low cost population. He also declared that for improving connectivity to
housing with all modern facilities and congratulated Shapoorji the project, WBHIDCO had plans to procure around 10
Pallonji on this commendable achievement. The ceremony buses.
was presided over by Mr. Gautam Deb, the Minister of
Housing & Public Health Engineering Dept., Govt. of SP Shukhobrishti is the country's largest mass housing project,
W.Bengal. In his welcome address, Mr. Saurabh Das, MD, which will have a total of 20,000 units in the LIG and MIG
WBHIDCO said that every new satellite township is segments, spread over an expanse of 150 acres of land. In
symbolized by an iconic project that defines the character of addition it will also feature various amenities such as retail
the place and expressed his belief that SP Shukhobrishti was stores, club facilities, medical centre, school etc. With more
going to be that iconic project of New Town. than 70% of the land area open to the sky, green corridors,
extensive landscaping and abundant greenery, SP
The event had a large presence of dignitaries which included Shukhobrishti is not just a beautifully executed project but an
Mr. Abdur Razzak Mollah, the Minister of Land & Land eco friendly one too. When completed, it will be home to a
Reforms, Govt. of W.Bengal, Mr. Abdus Sattar, the Minister of population of around a lakh people.
State for Minorities Development and Welfare & Madrasah
Education, Govt. of W.Bengal, and Mr.Rabindra Nath Mondal, -Ranjan Sengupta, SPRE Kolkata
Member of Legislative Assembly, W.Bengal.
11 (LtoR) Mr. Kekoo Colah, Mr. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee,
Mr. Gautam Deb, Mr. Abdus Sattar & Mr. Abdur Razzak Mollah
The Chief Minister handing over the keys of the flat to the
owner

13. Supervisor Upgradation Course - Batch 5
Cheques of Rs. 3,000 each to the toppers and Rs.1,500 each
to the second rank holders were given by the Principal, Col. A
K Mukherjee. Mr. Bijan Bala (Delhi) in the Finishing Stream and
Mr. Akbar Ali (Kolkata) in Formwork & Steel Fixing Stream
were the toppers. Mr. Bablu Kumar Pandey (Pune) and Mr.
Asish (Kolkata) bagged the 2nd places respectively. With this
batch, the school has touched the 100 mark in terms of the
number of upgraded supervisors and has in total trained more
than 175 supervisors for all the regions of SPCL.
Earlier, in August, the Group HR Head MrVasant Sanzgiri paid a
Col A K Mukherjee presenting cheque to the topper of Form visit to the school. He addressed the trainees and stressed on
work & Steel Fixing Stream, Mr.Akbar Ali from Kolkata region
the importance of training & shouldering of additional
responsibility by the supervisors on site. Mr Joerg Meyer,
Quality Expert from the Head Office also visited the school.
The 5th batch of Supervisor Upgradation Course passed out
He observed the trainees during group exercises on
on the 18th of September 2010, from Supervisor Training
Engineering Problems and interacted with them individually.
Center, Kolkata. A total of 18 Supervisors from all the regions
were trained during the 10 week course in two streams -
-Col A K Mukherjee, STC, Kolkata
Formwork/ Steel Fixing and Finishing.
Mr. Joerg Meyer and Ms. Usha Venkatesan with the students of Batch 5 & school staff
PRW Subcontractors Meet, Delhi
IIT Piece Rate Work (PRW) subcontractors (Labour credited more quickly to their
Subcontractors) attended the meet hosted by Delhi. Regional bank accounts. He also
office on 31st July 2010 at Grand Vatika, Gurgoan, Haryana. declared that the accounts
departments would aid the sub
The meet opened with the address by Mr. P Rakheja, senior
.K. contractors in registering in
Vice President. Mr. Rakheja highlighted the importance of service tax, provident fund and
PRWs in construction and updated the gathering on their income tax departments.
current status and future plans. Terming the pRWs as “good
partners in our success and future growth,” Mr Rakheja Mr. Rakheja alongwith Mr.
announced cash awards for the PRW sub contractors. The K.K.Knaji, Mr. Shammmi
awards, would be based on the average labour strength Khurana, Mr. Manoj Dubey,
maintained at the site throughout the year commencing the Mr. Amit Dasgupta, Mr
financial year. Rahaman and Mr. Vimal saroha
distributed members and wool
The awards are: shawls to the participating sub
1) Rs 50,000 for an all year average strength of 50 lobours at a contractors. Certificates of
site appreciation were sent to all
2) Rs 1,00,000 for an all year average strength of 100 labour at sites for distribution to the
a site PRW subcontractors.
3) Rs 2,00,000 for an all year average strength of 200 labour at
a site The meet concluded with
cocktails and dinner which was enjoyed by the PRW
Mr. Jatindaer Grover, (Addl. GM) advised the sub contractors
to go for ECs facilities in their basic to get their payments
subcontractors and senior company officials.
-Gautam Sarkar, Delhi 12

14. Inauguration of new offices
SP Infrastructure Capital Co. Ltd. business offices were inaugurated. It was a clear testimony of
The Infrastructure Business Group of SP (SP Infra) has been the support of the entire SP Group when the inaugural lamp
expanding its activities and has secured key project was lit by our revered Chairman and Managing Directors of
developments in the road, power, port and mining sectors. SPCL.
Recently 'SP Infra' moved into its new spacious premises Group Centre Members were all there to wish the very best
where the interiors were done by SP CMG to high standards to this fledgling but significant arm of the SP Group. The SP Infra
in record time and on 30th August, Phase I of SP Infra's team wishes to thank all those MADE IT HAPPEN on time.
-Mukundan Srinivasan, SP Infra
Mr. Pallonji Mistry lighting the inaugural lamp
SP Investment Advisors Pvt. Ltd.
SPIAPL Team with Mr.Shapoor Mistry, Mr.Cyrus Mistry and Mr.Jimmy Parakh at the inauguration
The new office of Shapoorji Pallonji Investment Advisors Pvt. SPIAPL was set up in April 2010 for advising third party overseas
Ltd. became operational on the 30th August 2010. It is located institutional equity funds on investments into the SP Real Estate
at Mittal Court in Nariman Point at Mumbai. On the 27th projects as well as third party developer projects with the
August, 2010, a “Jashan” (Parsi religious ceremony) was objective of generating attractive returns for these investors.
conducted at the premises marking its auspicious opening. We look forward to SPIAPL establishing SP Group's strong and
13 long term presence in the Fund Management vertical.
-Hutoxi Saher, SPIAPL

15. Second phase of SP Real Estate office premise becomes operational
SPRE Office Cafeteria SPRE Office Phase 2
The second phase of the SP Real Estate office premise became the same basic interior décor pattern as the first phase. It also
operational on 23rd of September, 2010. This phase is also includes a small cafeteria space. The new premise will
located in the B-Wing of SP Centre at Colaba and is connected presently accommodate personnel from the departments of
to the first phase. A small “Puja” was performed to mark the Legal, HR, Liasioning and Accounts. The total seating capacity
opening of the new office. This ceremony was attended by the of the SP Real Estate office has gone up to approx.90 with the
entire real estate team including the CEO - Mr.Kekoo Colah, addition of this new space.
all heads of departments and the staff. The new office follows -Saurabh Chaturvedi, SPRE HO
Release of Site Policy Manual
(Lto R) Mr. SC Dixit, Mr. MD Saini & Mr. Varghese Mathew releasing the site policy manual
A comprehensive Site Policy Manual covering all aspects of Project Management team and for the Regional Admin staff. It
statutory compliances has been prepared and formally is hoped that this document will act as a handy reference book
released by Mr. M. D. Saini & Mr. S. C. Dixit recently. The for all involved in statutory compliances.
Manual is an answer to many critical compliance issues which
are relevant for the Project Managers as well as the Admin The whole project was completed with active involvement of
Personnel. The Manual is written in a simple and non-legalistic Mr. Lalit Jaywant and Mr. Anil Deshpande.
language along with a section for FAQs. Subsequent to the
release of the Manual, Mr. Lalit Jaywant, General Manager – IR
& Admin has conducted a series of workshops for the Sr.
-Varghese Mathew, SP HO
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16. Donation of Raincoats, Hyderabad
SPCL, H1 Emaar site,Gachi Bowli, Hyderabad donated 15
sets of rain coats to police personnel of Raidurg police station in
special recognition of the services rendered by this police
station.
This police station retrieved stolen material & hand tools and
resolved theft cases which had occurred at this site apart from
offering assistance in labour welfare cases. This police station
has always rendered their best services and help when ever
required, with a smiling face. On SPCL's request, they also
commenced night patrolling near the labour colony.
The tokens of appreciation were handed over by Mr. Gautam
Das, Addl. General Manager, H1 Emaar project .
Mr Gautam Das handing over the raincoats -Sriram Bidayat, Hyderabad
Independence Day Celebrations, Hyderabad
Flag hoisting ceremony in progress at Aga Khan Site Flag hoisting ceremony in progress at ITC Bhadrachalam Site
India's 66th Independence Day was celebrated with a lot of speeches on the freedom movement and spoke about the
vigour at various labour colonies across the Hyderabad region. great leaders of the freedom movement. They also recited
Almost 2,500 workers, their families and staff members patriotic verses and dedicated songs to these great names. It
actively took part in celebrating the day. Flag hoisting was great to see such enthusiasm and patriotic feelings
ceremonies along with distribution of sweets were carried out amongst the workers.
at most sites. Some of the workers delivered informative -Aziz Tayyaba, Hyderabad
The I-space Table Tennis Tourney 2010
The inaugural I-Space Table Tennis Tourney was held at SP
Infocity Pune (at the iSPace club) on the 27th, 28th & 29th of
July. The tourney was open to all employees of organisations
on the campus and was held primarily to enhance awareness
about the club facilities.
Approximately 60 entries were received for the various events
scheduled. These included Men's & Ladies' Singles, Men's &
Ladies' Doubles & Mixed Doubles and a Team Event. All
matches were best of five 11 point games. Mr Arun Bavde, a
veteran from the fraternity was the chief referee. He has more
than 25 years of experience and is actively involved in playing at
15 Mr. Shailesh Korgaokar presenting the trophy to the winner
of Ladie's Singles
tournaments of district & state levels as well as refereeing at
various tournaments around the state.

17. The entire event was conducted in the iSport zone at the club. The tourney concluded with the prize distribution ceremony
All three days witnessed a very supportive crowd who and the vote of thanks by Mr Shailesh Korgaokar, GM
cheered & encouraged each point that was scored. The Men's Hospitality (I-Space). All winners & runners up were given
Singles final between Abhishek Kumar & Nitin Kulkarni (both trophies & honorary memberships of the Health Club at
from IBM) was a best of seven cliffhanger which went up to the iSpace Club.
sixth match. The title was eventually won by Nitin. The Ladies'
Singles final was also a keenly contested match between -Shailesh Korgaokar, SP Infocity, Pune
Shweta & Vaishali (both from IBM) & Shweta emerged the
winner of the title.
Blood Donation Camp at SP Infocity, Pune
It was conducted under the supervision of Deenanath
Mangeshkar Hospital, Pune, one of the city's premier medical
institutes. The blood bank team, led by their PRO Mr Arvind
Dhurve & the technicians, were ably guided by their chief
pathologist - Mrs Durwankar.
The drive received an encouraging response. A total of 160
units of blood were collected in the two days, which, was far
beyond expectations, as stated by Mr Dhurve. Encouraged by
the response he expressed his desire to conduct regular blood
donation drives at SP Infocity in the years to come.
SPCL will have access to 10% of the donated units for
Blood Donation Drive in progress allotment to anybody in need of blood (within a radius of 5 hrs
road travel time). This requirement will be met with by the
The first blood donation drive at SP Infocity Pune was blood bank of the hospital on request sent by the SPCL HR
conducted on the 10th and 11th August, 2010. department and prescription of the treating doctor.
-Shailesh Korgaokar, SP Infocity, Pune
“No Liquor” campaign, Pune
Workers attending the program A banner at the event highlighting the ill effects of alcoholism
Alcoholism is one of the major concern areas in many The event featured a talk accompanied by a slide show
construction site labour camps. An awareness program was followed by a question answer session. Over 2000 workers
held at the TCS Pune site on the eve of Independence Day to were present and most of them actively participated. The
educate the workers about the negative effects of this habit. NGO has also offered to train SPCL staff members who are
The event was held in association with the NGO – Muktangan. interested in counseling.
-Smita Wadkar, Pune
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18. Towards Excellence
Introduction to OHSAS 18001
OHSAS 18001 is an international specification which defines The basic approach taken within OHSAS 18001 is the
a set of requirements for an Occupational Health & Safety familiar mechanism of PLAN - DO - CHECK - ACT and it
Management System which would be suitable for any kind systematically requires the organisation to:
and size of organisation. OHSAS 18001 was developed by a • Detail an Occupational Health & Safety Policy applicable
committee of interested parties including national standards' to its operations
bodies, certification bodies, learned bodies and industry • Identify the OHS hazards and risks which the
representatives. Occupational health and safety organisation needs to manage
management system enables companies to address issues in • Identify the legal and similar constraints on the
an effective manner. organisation
• Define and implement the means of managing these
There are number of Occupational, Health & Safety issues and requirements
Legislations, which cover the health and safety related • Set up the means of effecting continual improvement in
components, which play a vital role in the legal framework the organisation's occupational health & safety
of the business world. An effective Integrated OHS performance
Management System, shall facilitate an enterprise to identify • Check and review the effectiveness of controls and
and address all such gaps. improvements
In view of the above, the top management has decided to This approach means that OHSAS 18001 can be applied to
implement an Occupational Health & Safety Management any type and scale of organisation. An OHSAS 18001
System (OHSMS) in our organization. management system will mean that:
• You understand all of the hazards and consequent risks
Not only does an effective Safety Management System your organisation poses to employees and neighbours
(SMS) improve existing and establish new controls, it also • You know what you are doing to manage and reduce or
installs and drives a system of continual improvement in eliminate these risks
Occupational Health & Safety performance. • You put good Occupational Health & Safety management
into all your future plans and the heart of your business
Without a formal management system in place, issues tend
to be tackled on an ad-hoc basis or in a fire-fighting manner, MAIN REQUIREMENTS
simply attacking each issue as it arises. Similarly, simple 1) Identification of Legal Requirements
auditing of an organisation's activities, identifying its health 2) Establishing & maintaining Safety Objectives
and safety problems, and then resolving them, could well 3) Establishing & maintaing OH&S Management Programme
mean that you could come back a year later to find that all of for achieving its objectives
the problems have reappeared. 4) Emergency preparedness & response to incidents and
emergency situations
5) Establishing & maintaining procedure for defining
Management Policy Planning responsibility & authority for handling & investigation of
Reviews accidents, incidents, non-conformances & audit.
--OSHA Risk
--Legal Requirement
--Objectives Structure of OSHAS accd. to 18001
Act Plan --OH & S Programe
•How to Improve •What to do?
next time? •How to do it?
--Structure &
responsibility
--Monitoring & Check Do --Training Continual
Measurement •Did things happen •Do what was --Communication
--Non confeormance according to plan? planned --Documentation Improvement
CAPA --Document & record
--Incident & accidents control
investigations --Operational Control
Records --Emergency preparedness &
Audits Response plan OSHAS
policy
Checking & Corrective Implementation
Actions Operations Management
review
An OHSAS 18001 Safety Management System provides for Planning
the development of a system of inter-linking processes. It is Measurement
a simple and effective toolkit of mechanisms for managing and
Occupational Health & Safety issues in any kind of Evaluation Implementation
organisation. It is only prescriptive in terms of what must and
17 happen, leaving the how to the organisation to decide or
devise for itself.
Operation

19. THE BENEFITS compliance to regulatory requirements hence we will be
Some of the key benefits of an OHS Management System sure that we have identified and understood all the legal
are outlined below: requirements affecting our business and we will be sure
that we comply with them all.
Operational point of view - • Demonstrates organisation's commitment towards
• Identifies the overall health and safety hazards and risks betterment of society
• Assures safe & healthy working conditions for working
people Commercial point of view –
• Enhances awareness on emergency preparedness & • Eliminates or minimized Risk
response • Facilitates in the reduction of insurance premium
• Reduces number of accidents & thus lost working hours • Increases productivity by boosting morale of the labour by
• Identifies the OHS legal gaps and addresses the way of Safe Working Environment
-Omkar Bendre, SP HO
Persuasive Proposals and Presentations
It is no use saying, we are doing our best; we have got to Thus, the matter was successfully perused without BOQ
succeed in doing what is necessary and even resulted into client developing improved
confidence in Shapoorji Pallonji's way of dealing with it. Of
Sir Winston Churchill's Theory is indeed powerful which course, for internal monitoring purpose, we did work out
fetches the results, when practiced religiously. the BOQ. The danger in furnishing the BOQ lies ahead,
when it is circulated to other competitors for inviting the
Proposals and presentations always play an imperative role commercial proposals which, at times could prove
in successfully achieving the desired goals of sales strategy as detrimental to the organization.
it involves all the elements necessary for winning. It's
relevant to mention what Aristotle had quoted- Thus, the proposal was put forth with great collaboration &
confidence incorporating exact requirements indicated by
“Of the modes of persuasion furnished by the spoken word, client's representative and strengthened the “Design & Build
there are three kinds. The first kind depends on the Project Delivery System”.
speaker's 'personal character'; the second on the art of
putting the audience in to a 'certain frame of mind'; and the The favorable results virtually made the entire proposal
third on 'the proof, provided by the words of speech itself'” team to think about the sanctity of Aristotle's statement as it
helped successfully in practice. Another imperative, the
At Design & Build (D&B), the proposals are pivoted on the 'Intuition' also contributes to a great extent. In Albert
insights shared by client themselves on; what their Einstein's words, “The only real valuable thing is intuition” It
requirements are. D&B endeavors in ensuring that does occur while constituting the varied elements of the any
necessary support is provided to the client to make them business proposal. The comments of the audience are
share their requirements; especially when the client finds it needed to be taken positively with a belief that each and
difficult to define the exact requirements. D&B believes that every person in audience posses some special inherent
it is very important that how the case study is presented by capability and points made by them can certainly clarify their
the speaker. The case is presented in such systematic expectation in detail and also can add significant value to our
manner that persuades the client to share his requirements proposal.
very clearly. Here the interpretation in literal manner makes
the matter crystal clear and leaves no room for the Few things to be remembered for making effective proposal:
ambiguity. The words, during presentation always, created • FOCUS on the Theme,
the ripples around, for reaping the benefits in terms of 'Time • REAP the benefit from interactions,
and Cost'. • SHARE BOLDLY the case studies and problems
encountered,
For example the CAN PACK, one of our potential client • MENTION the strengths and success,
who was initially insisting for the BOQ but by using our • HIGHLIGHT THE BENEFITS with customized language
persuasive techniques we could successfully change his mind to focus on needs from the client's point of view.
set and made their representative provide us with necessary
inputs on their exact expectations and the proposal we Last but not least; let's always bear in mind the motivational
submitted was explicitly based not on BOQ rather on- quote by Thomas Jefferson, who asserted, “It takes time to
• Clients inputs persuade men to do even what is for their own good”.
• Concept drawings
• Area statement With this in mind, let's follow that the proposal is to be
• Specifications made clear, concise and organized because, eventually in
• Scope business you get what you want by giving other people what
• Exclusions they want…
• Commercial conditions & -J P Rao, Design & Build Div
• Time schedule
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