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| Building
Utilities Competency Cell (BUCC) |
BUCC operates through
four sections – Heating, Ventilation and Air
Conditioning (HVAC), Fire Protection Systems, Public
Health Engineering and Building Finishes. This cell
offers specialized services for tendering, procurement
and execution in the areas of HVAC, fire protection/detection/alarm
system, low voltage system, building automation
system, vertical transportation, plumbing and sanitary
systems, rain water harvesting, solar water heaters,
kitchen/laundry/steam equipment, landscaping and
finishing works such as tiling, structural glazing
and interiors.
BUCC also works on technology upgradation, vendor
development, global sourcing, techno-commercial
evaluation of offers, training and development,
scheduling & monitoring of project execution. |
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| Formwork
Competency Cell for Execution (FCCE) |
FCCE handles all formwork
operations of ECC including slipforming, tunnel
form and prestressing techniques.
Slipform: Slipform means a continuously moving form,
moving at such a speed that the concrete, when exposed,
has already achieved enough strength to support
the vertical pressure from concrete still in the
form and to withstand nominal lateral forces. This
system is more suitable for structures with uniform
cross-sections or uniformly varying cross-sections.
Slipform technique of continuous construction is
used for cores of multi-storeyed structures, tall
chimneys, vertical silos and RCC pylons...... ECC
has completed over 443 structures (total area -
17,38,759 sq.m and height - 21,700 m) using this
technique.
Tunnel Form: With the help of tunnel forms, room
size walls and slabs can be cast together like a
portal in a single pour of concrete. To facilitate
removal of the form, block work or precast walls
is provided for the facade. Generally these forms
are made of steel components and bring in high productivity
by repeated usage. ECC has constructed several mass
system housing projects using this technique.
Prestressing: Prestressing is deliberate creation
of known permanent stresses in a member or structure
before the full dead and live loads are applied.
These stresses are primarily compressive and they
are created by means of high-tensile steel tendons.
Concrete with low tensile strength after prestressing
behaves as if it were ductile and had high tensile
strength.
Bridges and long span beams account for a large
percentage of pre-stressed structures. The prestressing
of building frames and floor slabs achieves considerable
reductions in dead loading and saves on foundation
costs. Prestressing of marine and waterside structures
gives them longer life. Specialized applications
include stressing of roads and runways to prevent
cracking. ECC has used this innovative technique
in a wide variety of projects. |
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| FOUNDATION
ENGINEERING COMPETENCY CELL (FECC) |
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services in geo-technical engineering include soil
investigation and recommendations for economical
and speedy construction of foundations. Area of
specialisation covers design and construction of: |
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Large-diameter
bored piles. |
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Driven precast / cast-in-situ
piles. |
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Well foundations / caissons. |
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Diaphragm walls / Secant
pile walls / Sheet pile walls. |
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Deep excavations/shoring
systems. |
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Ground-improvement works. |
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Dewatering |
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Comprehensive Geo-technical
investigation services |
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Specialised drilling and
grouting activities |
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Special foundations |
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ECC
has in-house facilities to conduct integrity and
dynamic load-testing of piles. Its services are
complemented by sophisticated in-house soil and
concrete laboratories and site testing facilitates.
ECC continuously strives for technology development
to add value to customer. |
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| QUALITY
MANAGEMENT COMPETENCY CELL |
Good quality products
and customer satisfaction are two basic requirements
of business. Well-structured quality management
systems ensure good quality, safety, reliability
and controlled cost at every stage of construction
with a view to enhancing customer satisfaction and
continual improvement, adding to stakeholder value.
ECC’s quality management programme, initiated
in its early days, was given a further thrust when
it was brought under ISO certification during early
‘90s. ECC’s Business Units / Facilities
are now certified for ISO 9001:2000 quality standards.
The organization went beyond the generic ISO 9001
standards and imbibed the Quality Management Principles
through documentation, propagation and implementation.
Every year, Quality Competitions are held for different
categories of sites, and trophies are awarded to
the winners.
ECC competed for the CII-EXIM Bank Award for Business
Excellence and was qualified for Commendation Certificate
for Strong Commitment to Excel (2004), which was
further bettered to Commendation for Significant
Achievement (2005). The Management is committed
to pursuing its goal of excellence in quality and
has made a beginning by winning the IMC Ramkrishna
Bajaj National Quality Award 2005. |
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large-diameter
silos using slipform technique with self-supporting,
structural steel space frame roofs, erected
in single piece. |
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Precast, prestressed concrete
roofing systems for large-span horizontal
storage structures. |
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Large span storage sheds
using structural steel members. |
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| Concrete Technology Cell (CTC) |
The Concrete Technology Cell (CTC) located in Chennai upgrade the skills of laboratory personnel through intensive training & monitoring and achieve excellence in concrete products. CTC has Zonal Test Centre's at Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi & Kolkata. CTC also set up concrete laboratory in projects and solve problems related to testing of raw materials, mix design and quality of concrete. CTC is also involved in all major special site needs like design of heavy concrete, temperature controlled concrete, light weight aggregate concrete, under water concrete, grouts, shotcrete, pavement quality concrete, kerb concrete, pile concrete, self compacting concrete, polymer modified concrete & slipform concrete. Fully equipped, CTC can handle concrete grades upto M 75.
Some of the new technologies adopted by CTC include light weight foam concrete for the housing project in Haldia, self compacting concrete for DMRC, BIAL & Kapoli Hydropower Project and polymer modified concrete for HSBC buildings in Visakhapatnam & Colombo. |
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| Building Finishes Competency Cell (BFCC) |
A team of professionals in BFCC constantly enhance ECC’s capability and expertise in finishing works like flooring, false ceiling, wall finishes, joineries, internal and external architectural finishes (furniture, furnishings) etc. BFCC extends support for the projects in Buildings and Factories Sector on the following aspects:
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Methodologies to execute finishing works with high quality |
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Identifying specialised agencies |
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Identifying global sources for sourcing materials |
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Latest technical inputs and technological improvements |
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Recruitment of specialised staff and supervisors |
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Using appropriate systems to assess the quality of finishing works |
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Training of site staff |
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