L&T Construction bags contract for its Buildings & Factories Business.

The construction arm of L&T has secured a large order for its Buildings & Factories business from Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to construct Common Central Secretariat Integrated Buildings 1, 2 and 3 in Plot 137, New Delhi with a built-up area of approx. 48.11 Lakh Sq.ft. including its Operation & Maintenance.

These buildings will have a ground floor, upper ground floor plus six storeys with two basements.

This project involves the construction of cabins, cubicles and open work halls for Secretaries, Additional / Joint Secretaries along with their Private Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries / Directors, Under Secretaries, Section Officers and Assistant Secretaries. The scope of work also involves Demolition, Civil Works, Finishes, External Development, Furniture, related MEP works and Operation & Maintenance for 5 years.

The project is scheduled to be completed in 24 months.

"We thank our client for reposing confidence in our capabilities to build to speed and scale by entrusting us with this project of national importance," commented Mr S. N. Subrahmanyan CEO & MD Larsen & Toubro. Further elaborating on the significance of the project, he added, "This project will be one of its kind, in terms of sheer scale of work to be executed within stringent timelines with highest safety & quality standards. It is also of strategic importance for it will realize the Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi's dream of strengthening governance infrastructure by building new facilities for India's Parliament, an efficient and sustainable Central Secretariat to house all the ministries of sthe Government of India."

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