Category: Infrastructure

construction

PMI: UK construction industry experiences the steepest decline in activity in March 2020.

April 7, 2020

Britain’s construction industry experienced the sharpest decline in activity following last month’s financial crisis, a survey revealed on Monday, despite seeing far less pressure than other sectors that are affected due to coronavirus pandemic lockdown. Also reported last week’s figures from financial data provider IHS Markit and the Chartered Institution of Procurement and Supply (CIPS), indicating the British business sector as a whole is shrinking at the highest pace in more than 20 years.  The construction Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) plunged to 39.3 in March from 52.6 in February, its lowest since April […]

PMI: UK construction industry experiences the steepest decline in activity in March 2020.more
Maharashtra RERA Rules in Place to Protect Homebuyers from May 1

K-RERA allows three months deadline extensions on all RERA projects.

April 6, 2020

The Karnataka Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) has provided a deadline extension for all residential buildings throughout the city, taking into account the lockdown declared by the state and the union governments. Much of the mass exodus of migrant workers who decided to return to their hometowns before the coronavirus outbreak, the continuing construction projects […]

K-RERA allows three months deadline extensions on all RERA projects.more
BMC

BMC Commissioner seeks to provide temporary shelters for the homeless labourers.

BMC commissioner Praveen Pardeshi has instructed building proposals department officials to locate recently built unoccupied buildings in their regions so that they can act as temporary shelters for homeless labourers and other emergencies. Civic officials said there were several such buildings in the city, so it was necessary to use the first few floors of […]

BMC Commissioner seeks to provide temporary shelters for the homeless labourers.more
Online Selling

Realty developers to advertise and close the housing deals via digital platforms.

March 24, 2020

Realty developers are now advertising their latest releases through digital platforms, as the Covid-19 outbreak and the predicted reduced amount of visits of homebuyers at their sales offices provide no relief. Several major developers such as Godrej Properties, Total Environment Building Systems, and Prestige Group have introduced digital site tours, confirmations and verifications from email […]

Realty developers to advertise and close the housing deals via digital platforms.more
construction workers

Realtors’ body rules to provide wages to the construction workers even though they are off work due to COVID19.

March 21, 2020

Realty developers body the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India (CREDAI) has opted to pay construction staff even though they are off work owing to sickness or work stoppage at the site in the context of ongoing coronavirus mayhem. CREDAI has mentioned in a letter to members of its realty developers that this change would […]

Realtors’ body rules to provide wages to the construction workers even though they are off work due to COVID19.more
Metro Construction

Pune Municipal Corporation standing committee allocates Rs 230 crore for Metro extension.

The Pune Municipal Corporation’s standing committee has issued its go-ahead to allot Rs 233.75 crore for the Swargate-Katraj Metro extension, which is estimated to cost Rs 4.283 crore. The Standing Committee also sought the consent of the general body to delegate the operation of the project to Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation (MahaMetro) and present the […]

Pune Municipal Corporation standing committee allocates Rs 230 crore for Metro extension.more
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Bombay High Court halts property demolition & property auctions until 31st March.

March 20, 2020

On March 19, the Bombay High Court recommended that civic bodies in Maharashtra temporarily refrain from carrying out demolition or auction of property as courts, which are often shifted for relief in such matters, are already operating for restricted hours owing to the coronavirus epidemic. A Division Bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and R I […]

Bombay High Court halts property demolition & property auctions until 31st March.more
Interest Rates

CREDAI plans to reset the interest rate along with rescheduling debt repayment.

March 19, 2020

Against the backdrop of the Coronavirus outbreak and its effects on the economy, the body of real estate developers, the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI), seeks to delay the debt repayment scheduled for the next 3 months and to be permitted to recover in installments over the next 12 months. The developers’ […]

CREDAI plans to reset the interest rate along with rescheduling debt repayment.more
Co-working Space

US-based company Kovorks partnered with Marvel Infrabuild to develop India’s largest co-working space in Bengaluru.

US-based flexible office space provider Kovorks collaborated with city-based Marvel Infrabuild to create India’s largest coworking facility with a capacity of around 25,000 desks. The new luxurious co-working space would extend across 15,000,00 sqft at Whitefield main road. Kovorks already runs versatile offices in seven locations in the US and Malaysia. “India’s co-working market has […]

US-based company Kovorks partnered with Marvel Infrabuild to develop India’s largest co-working space in Bengaluru.more