Afcons wins EPC world award for Outstanding Contribution in Roads & Highways
EPC World Media group, publisher of EPC World, a magazine for the Infrastructure & Construction Industry organized the
EPC World Awards 2011 on 17th December 2011 at Hotel Taj Vivanta, Bangalore, Karnataka.
EPC World Awards 2011 recognized and honored around 35 companies/individuals broadly covering the entire Infrastructure & Construction sector on the basis of their qualitative and quantitative performance during the year 2011.
The award ceremony was honored by the presence of
Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Hon. Chief Minister, Karnataka and eminent industry stalwarts of the Infrastructure & Construction industry.
Afcons Infrastructure was selected for the 3 Level grade separator project at Ghazipur, Delhi in the category of
Outstanding Contribution in Roads & Highways.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar Singh, Project Manager, Ghazipur project and
Mr. Amar Raut, AGM, Coordination, Transportation SBU attended the award ceremony and received the award from –
Mr. K. J. Alphons, IAS /Resigned,
Member, National Executive BJP
EX- MLA, Kerala, Ex Commissioner - Delhi Development Authority
Prof. M. N. Sreehari
Advisor to Govt. Of Karnataka for Infrastructure, Advisor to Govt. Of Maharashtra for Monorail project,
Mr. Tejasvi Sharma
M. D. & Editor-in-Chief
EPC World Media Group
About 3 level Grade Seperator, Ghazipur Project-
The scope of work included 770m long main flyover with 8 lanes for vehicular traffic, 6630m underpass with 4 lanes plus 3m carriageway on each side for non-motorized vehicles, rotary of 80m, surface level 8 numbers of slip road each of 3500m with 11m width on either side of flyover and underpass. Project was completed one day ahead of schedule within 25 months of time schedule. The Herculean task was completed ahead of schedule due to technical and managerial competency of engineers and workers engaged during entire construction of the project. The resource deployment such as equipments, machineries, manpower and materials were exceeding expectations and the same has been appreciated by PWD (Client).
Various innovative techniques were adopted during construction stage to optimize cost as well as economical and timely completion of project. The construction of the Superstructure for Main Flyover was done by using Balance Cantilever Bridge Builder Technique. This technique has been implemented for the first time in Delhi flyover with record time cycle of 6 days was achieved during the complete construction of segments of 3m each on both sides in progression. This was necessary as the segments of main flyover were required to be constructed without disturbing the traffic below. Also this technique reduced the staging shuttering cost as well as time for erection and dismantling of staging & shuttering. The Diaphragm walls were constructed first followed by Top Slab so that the continuous & smooth traffic will be ensured during balance construction of Underpass.
The grade separator at Ghazipur serves the functional needs of the people of Delhi, helps in reducing the traffic intensity and allows free flow of traffic to different directions.