MoU signed with KBR
The construction arm of Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has secured an EPC contract to construct Packages 11 and 22 of the Delhi Vadodara Expressway, which when completed will be the country’s longest expressway of National Highways Authority of India under its flagship Bharat Mala program.
The scope of work broadly includes 8 lane greenfield expressway of 36-km with the perpetual pavement, service/slip roads, interchanges, ROB, major/minor bridges, vehicular/pedestrian/cattle underpasses and animal underpasses/overpasses.
The business has secured another EPC contract from the Public Works (Roads) Directorate, Government of West Bengal for the reconstruction of 4-lane Tallah ROB (Hemanta Setu) adjacent to Tallah Railway Station on Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata, West Bengal.
The scope of work includes the reconstruction of 4-lane Tallah ROB and viaduct connecting both ends Shyam Bazar & Dunlop, including Chitpur Ramp.
L&T Construction’s Water & Effluent Treatment business of has secured engineering, procurement and construction orders from State Water & Sanitation Mission, Uttar Pradesh, to implement water supply schemes for Shivhar and Parasi group of villages in Mahoba and Sonbadhra districts respectively.
The aggregate scope of the two projects includes design & construction of three intake structures, three water treatment plants of capacity 64 MLD, 1,171-km of transmission and distribution pipelines, 20 clear water reservoirs, 37 overhead service reservoirs, 20 pumphouses, 73,600 house service connections, associated electromechanical & instrumentation works.
The project also involves automation including measurement of input & output water quantity and quality through suitable SCADA & other instrumentation works.
The projects are designed to cater to safe & potable drinking water to 3.78 lakh rural population in the aforesaid districts of UP.
These are part of a larger programme of the State Government to provide piped drinking water to every rural household.
Elsewhere, L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering (LTHE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro (L&T), has signed a memorandum of understanding with KBR to build Modular Process Plants for refinery and petrochemical projects.
Under the terms of the agreement, KBR and LTHE will collaborate to develop business opportunities and LTHE will exclusively bid for KBR’s solid acid alkylation technology (K-SAATTM), solvent de-asphalting technology (ROSE®) and catalytic olefins technology (K-COTTM) for global projects with special emphasis on India, South East Asia, Middle East and Africa.
LTHE MD & CEO Subramanian Sarma said, “Through this MoU with KBR, LTHE will combine its best-in-class engineering, world-class modular fabrication facilities and core strength of project management and construction to offer safe, reliable, and optimized solutions to our customers.”
Organized under Offshore, Onshore, Construction Services, Modular Fabrication and AdVENT (Advanced Value Engineering & Technology) verticals, LTHE delivers ‘design to build’ engineering and construction solutions across the hydrocarbon spectrum.
Larsen & Toubro is an Indian multinational engaged in technology, engineering, construction, manufacturing and financial services with over US$21 billion in revenue. It operates in over 30 countries worldwide. fiinews.com
