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FEW PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS

TCS Sahyadri PARK 2 - WELCOME BLOCK

CS Sahyadri PARK 2 was initiated in June 2019 by Extended Monsoons
Harshal Buildcon. The welcome block being an
Tincubation centre for TCS was required to start Challenges - Monsoons in 2019 extended up to
the operations early given the SEZ compliance and Sept, which affected the site activities with abysmal
generate revenue before February 2020. TCE's scope productivity.
as a PMC was to maintain Safety, Quality and Timelines
for all activities such as Excavation, RCC, MS erection, Solution - The activity was not stopped, and the
Civil works, Decking, Façade, HVAC & Electrical HS & LS, Vendor deployed additional resources to continue
STP, Access control, CCTV, DG, UPS, Finishing, Interiors, working relentlessly even during heavy rainfall.
Statutory compliance and Handover. Planning and readiness to work in dry spell expedited
the activity resulting in minimising the delay.
Harshal Buildcon being a developing company,
required hand-holding and guidance in safety, quality, Value additions:
scheduling, project tracking and billing at all project
cycle levels adding to the challenge of achieving the Project completion within allotted Budget even
project commitments. after cost implications.

Following are few of the unforeseen challenges in detail Reduction in PCC thickness
and how they were dealt with to complete the project Approaching sub-vendors for expediting the
before time and cost-saving.
procurement and execution processes.

Excavation & Backfilling Close monitoring and daily tracking at all the fronts.

Challenges - The soil at the welcome block area was MS shuttering for increasing productivity.
Black cotton. The required depth for excavation as per
drawing and borehole data was avg. 2m. However, due Blockwork in place of shuttering for expediting
to the huge quantity of black cotton soil and dumped concreting activity.
garbage from around the area, the required strata were
encountered only after 7m of excavation resulting Plumb concrete in place of backfilling for
in timeline delay and cost implications of 1.06 Cr for expediting PCC works.
excavation and backfilling.
Hilti- cleat and lock anchor, HSUR arrangement for
Solution - Majorly available moorum from inside the dry cladding, reducing time & cost.
premises was used for saving time and cost. Additional
resources were deployed for expediting the activity.

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