Domestic standards applied to this project include the National Building Code of India (NBCI). Foreign standard include ISO (International Standards Organization) standards, those of the American National Steel Institute (NSI), the American Concrete Institute (ACI), the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the American Railway Engineering Association (AREA).
(b) India has access to certain level of construction technology as above ILGS method.
(c) There are independent consulting companies for demand forecasts and design.
(d) Major construction sites have facilities for testing concrete and ferrous materials. The document [Performance Requirement - Bangalore Elevated Rail Transit System] states in section 20.2, QA (Quality Assurance) / QC (Quality Control) Plan, that QA and QC are evaluated as important.
(e) Plants manufacturing ready-mix concrete are not common. Concrete is often mixed at the construction site.
(f) As labor is much cheaper than in Japan, manpower is preferred to machinery. For example, excavated soil, concrete and materials are moved in construction sites by laborers.
(g) Most scaffolds for exterior work on buildings of medium height are weak, as they are made of wood and small-diameter steel pipe.
(h) Table 9.2.2-l shows locally manufactured and imported construction machinery used in constructing the Konkan Railway and in the SCTH Flyover CW. Some smaller items are domestic products. Most large machines or those related to concrete work are imported.
Although some large machines are manufactured in India products manufactured in Japan, Europe and the US are preferred for their high performance and quality and low frequency of trouble.
(i) There are a number of institutions of higher education in Bangalore.
Bangalore National University is a comprehensive university that promises further technology development in the future, in light of the wide-ranged composition of its engineering faculty. Most colleges specialize in medicine and pharmacology.
(j) Bangalore has a large number of high-rise buildings, the 24-story Mayo Building being the tallest. This indicates that India has access to advanced construction technologies.
(k) The constructor of the SCTH Flyover CW is a domestic firm with is head office in Mumbai. The company has performed various types of construction wod1 including constructing petroleum plants in India, and is now involved in construction projects in 12 countries including Russia, the Middle and Near East, and Asia.
(6) Comparison with the No.2 LRT Line in Manila
We also had a chance to study the LRT No. 2 Line in Manila Tables 9.2.2-2, 9.2.2-3 and 9.2.2-4 compare LRT projects in India and the Philippines.
The sizes of structures in these projects differ due to differences in geological conditions and pier length and whether seismic activity is taken into account.
