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Engineering Design & Research Center
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  EDRC provides a broad spectrum of Engineering, Design and Consultancy services, ranging from concept to commissioning of all types of projects: Buildings and Housing, Sports Complexes, Bio-tech Parks, Exhibition Centres, Cement Plants and Factories, Airports, Hydro Power Plants, Nuclear Power Plants, Infrastructure, Hydrocarbon, Power, Water and Effluent Treatment Plants, Water Supply Schemes, Metallurgical and Industrial Projects, Bulk Material Handling Plants, Industrial Electrical Systems and Sub-station, Telecommunication, Control and Instrumentation Projects and High Voltage Transmission lines. 
 
For all these projects, EDRC provides engineering services, viz., feasibility studies, project reports and due diligence reports; system engineering, including process and instrumentation diagrams (PID); architectural, structural and civil design; procurement engineering; detailed engineering with bill of quantities (BOQ); building services; mechanical system engineering; electrical and instrumentation engineering; geo-technical engineering; hydraulic engineering; erection and commissioning supervision; inspection and quality assurance supports.
 
EDRC offers designs for certain specialized and complicated structures like high-rise buildings, long-span bridges, large storage silos, prill towers, RCC pylons, system housing, tall chimneys, natural and induced draft cooling towers, erection schemes for heavy lifts and all types of geo-technical engineering solutions.
 
EDRC's pioneering work includes large-span pre-cast, pre-stressed concrete structures, high rise structures, natural and induced draft cooling towers, effluent water treatment plants, public buildings and system housing including IT parks, hotels, hospitals, stadiums...
 
EDRC is certified as an ISO 9001:2000 Company, for all its operations by International Certification body Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Ltd.( LRQA ).
 
Resources
 
EDRC ( Chennai & Kolkata ) has a total of 450 technical personnel employed in various engineering disciplines. EDRC at Chennai has advanced automation features for providing fast and accurate solutions. A network of computers with Windows NT/2000 operating system helps to share resources.
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Engineering software include NASTRAN, NISA, SAP 2000, I-DEAS, STAAD PRO, STRAP, ETABS, GRSTRUDL, NISA, PDMS, REVIEW REALITY, PLS-CADD, STRUCAD, MICROSTATION, AUTOCAD 2000, LAND DEVELOPMENT DESKTOP, 3D STUDIO MAX, VISUAL MODFLOW, FLOW MASTER, CAEPIPE, CEASER II, ETAP, TALREN, BENTLEY ARCHITECTURE REVIT, WATERCAD, SEWER CAD etc.
 
Variety of in-house structural design software have been developed for regular use of Engineers.
 
Construction Methods Planning Cell
 
The Construction Methods Planning Cell compliments site activities with economical formwork and erection schemes, method statements and project planning.
 
Research Development
 
As a part of Research and Development, EDRC incorporates continuous up gradation and advancement to construction technology.
 
It has a concrete, soil and asphalt technology laboratories at Chennai.
 
EDRC - Kolkata
 
The EDRC at Kolkata extends design engineering and consultancy services for bulk material handling plants for Power stations, Ports, Mines, Cement and Metallurgical plants; Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metallurgical plants; Mineral dressing, Processing plants; Pulp and Paper plants.
 
In-house capabilities are available for engineering from concept to commissioning of wagon tipplers, stacker reclaimers and belt conveying systems.
 
Engineering Design and Research Centre at Kolkata possesses capability for static and dynamic analysis of machines and structures through the finite element method.
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