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Standing the test of time, and still relevant The USP is the maintenance services Gated community living is no longer exclusive or elitist, but open to even the middle class, writes Amutha Kannan A green cover for concrete jungles Whenever a development work is launched, the first casualty is trees, writes V.S. PALANIAPPAN Construction industry picks up pace After a brief lull, things are looking bright for the construction industry in Tirupur again, writes R. Vimal Kumar 
Seismic micro-zoning and city planningSeismic micro-zoning is necessary in city planning so that in case of a natural calamity, such as an earthquake, the district administration and the disaster management team in a city knows how to go about rescue operations. A. ... 
Growing demand for converting tea gardens into housing plotsThough the recession and the global economic slowdown has brought about marked changes in transactions relating to real estate in big and small cities, there doesn’t seem to be any change in the Nilgiris in the way customers are looking for ... Engineered buildings Today all of us wonder how the old monuments and structures were built and stay intact even now. One must realise that without proper engineering skills, they will not have stood the test of time. Construction industry is seen as a barometer of ... Making buildings conserve energy The Energy Conservation Building Code will become mandatory by 2011. K.A. MARTIN says its provisions will be implemented in a phased manner. Sinking into your favourite chair Do you have a favourite armchair at home? They could be your best friend in the world, writes Pankaja Srinivasan Natural sun-screen for your home The evergreen foliage of hedge trees is the USP, says Swathi.V 
Building plan approvalFor construction of a building, the Planning Permission (approval) should be obtained from the appropriate planning authority based on the nature of the building and size of the building. Highlighting the importance of setting up Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA), Dr. M. Ramachandran, Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development said it should, however, be tailored to suit our needs. 
Planned IT park lifts real estate business in HosurIT Minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna’s recent announcement to establish Hosur IT Park, to be developed by the State-owned Elcot, has triggered real estate business in and around Hosur. Economic slowdown had affected the real estate ... BOOK BUILDING Practise urban strategy While post-mortems of the sub-prime mortgage crisis focused on bad business practices and the ideological naïveté of financial deregulation, we’ve overlooked the larger failing, rues Jeb Brugmann in ‘Welcome to the Urban ... Weathering any storm Monsoons invariably bring along tidings of trees being uprooted and branches falling over power lines causing hindrance to movement of traffic and persons. Wind firmness, therefore, becomes a critical aspect in choosing and nurturing avenue ... BPS mela The GHMC, Secunderabad circle is conducting the BPS mela at Hari Hara Kala Bhavan from June 23 to 25. The building permissions will be issued on the spot for applications which come ... NEWSCAN A grand exhibition-cum-sale on furniture is on till June 30. It is being organised by Suxus at “R,P,Plaza” No.9, Pushpa Nagar, Velachery Main Road, Medavakkam, Chennai-100. The timings will be from 10 a.m. till 9 p.m. This ... Construction tips * Ferro Cement walls are weather proof, but a coating of quality paint can make it durable. * Cracks in cement walls can be sealed with a coating of watery cement solution after wetting the surface. * Reinforcement should be ... Guideline value Construction costs
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