144 years later, Gaudí's masterpiece Sagrada Família finally reaches its full height: Why has the world’s most famous church taken so long to build and how much did it cost?Barcelona's Sagrada Familia has reached a historic milestone. After 144 years, the final major tower, the Tower of Jesus Christ, is complet...
09 Jun, 2026, 02.14 PM IST
This Gujarat couple turns factory waste into affordable construction bricks that stay cooler in summer and absorb pollutionIn Gujarat, a startup named Co2ncrete is tackling India's housing shortage and industrial waste by building prefabricated homes from factor...
26 May, 2026, 03.46 PM IST
Holding stocks is harder than finding them: 10 mid- and small-caps stocks that may be worth holding on toHolding a stock is not an act of blind faith. It is not refusing to change one’s mind. It is not averaging down because the stock has falle...
17 May, 2026, 06.20 AM IST
Three years on, Manipur remains tense amid ongoing violenceThree years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, little has changed. Daily life remains disrupted, and thousands are displaced. Violen...
02 May, 2026, 11.15 PM IST
GRSE posts record Rs 6,400 crore turnover, delivers eight vessels to Indian NavyGarden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited achieved its highest-ever annual turnover of Rs 6,400 crore. The company delivered eight vess...
31 Mar, 2026, 05.35 PM IST
Realty sector gets a 'prefab' boostAt this point though, the industry has some teething troubles to overcome -- such as design inflexibility, high logistic costs and damages ...
15 Jan, 2024, 01.55 PM IST
Manipur: Govt to start shifting violence-hit displaced people to temporary homes on Independence Day, says CM Biren SinghThe Manipur Chief Minister earlier announced that 4,000 prefabricated temporary homes would be constructed in different districts for the p...
14 Aug, 2023, 06.42 PM IST
Manipur to build 3,000-4,000 pre-fabricated houses for homeless violence victims: CM N Biren SinghPrefabricated houses are ready-made structures that are constructed off-site and assembled at the place where the homes will be set up.
19 Jun, 2023, 07.19 PM IST
Govt working on adopting pre-fabricated materials in construction: MoS VK SinghUnion minister of state for road transport and highways Gen VK Singh said India is working towards ensuring that most of the construction-r...
15 Jan, 2023, 05.22 PM IST
Real estate developers in NCR take measures to reduce pollutionTata Projects, which is executing the new parliament building project, is using prefabricated blocks constructed kilometres away — the ston...
23 Nov, 2021, 10.58 PM IST
Bangalore has lowest office space vacancy of only 3 per centSalarpuria Sattva plans to use pre-fabricated technology to build a 4 million sq ft commercial project in Hyderabad as a test case before r...
29 Aug, 2016, 03.00 PM IST
Realtors using pre-fabrication tech to finish buildings fasterUsing this technology, parts of the building like the walls are built in a factory nearby and then transported to the site and assembled to...
12 Aug, 2016, 09.51 AM IST
Not tents, India to supply thousands of pre-fabricated shelters to NepalIndia’s proposal will be an “improvement” over Nepal’s requirement of only tents, a senior government official told ET.
06 May, 2015, 01.53 AM IST
Delhi government sanctions 29.59 crore for new medical collegeThe decision was taken during a meeting of the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) under the Chairmanship of chief secretary S K Srivastava.
28 Jul, 2014, 08.33 PM IST
Indian-American to develop prefabricated residential projectsA US-based design consortium is in talks with three major developers to design and build "prefabricated" residential projects to reduce cos...
23 Dec, 2012, 02.48 PM IST
- Hindustan Prefab to build NIT's Nagaland campus for Rs 400 crore
Hindustan Prefab today said it has bagged a Rs 400-crore order from NIT for designing and construction of its campus.
10 Apr, 2012, 08.18 PM IST
- Builders setting up prefabrication units to cut costs
Between 2009 and 2011, labour costs have risen 50% while prices of raw materials-steel, cement and bricks-have grown 25%.
04 Jul, 2011, 01.39 AM IST