tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47838116065522377742024-03-18T22:00:25.442+05:30BRICKS-n-MORTAR.comBRICKS-n-MORTAR.com is an online initiative encompassing a commoner's doubts & queries on issues relating to civil engineering, architecture, building design, construction, home improvement, lifestyle, and the likesPShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459160589223291294noreply@blogger.comBlogger251125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4783811606552237774.post-44955629976416641542024-03-18T21:52:00.002+05:302024-03-18T21:59:51.510+05:30Rate this wall cladding work (dado work)Rate this <b>vitrified tile wall cladding (#dado) work</b> on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being excellent) that was witnessed in one of the hotel's washroom in the city of Surat in Gujarat, India<div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div><b>Isn't it a beautiful artist-like work of wall finishing? </b></div><div>ππ¨πͺπ©ποΈππ»ππ»</div><div><br></div><div>Its no rocket science to know that the walls and floor of a washroom (toilet / bathroom / utility area) are usually finished by the following building materials:</div><div><br></div><div>π
Cement plaster or Lime putty plaster</div><div>π
Ceramic tiles</div><div>π
Vitrified tiles</div><div>π
Stones (marble/ quartzite/ artificial stone)</div><div>π
PVC panels</div><div>π
Engineering wood panels, etc.</div><div><br></div><div>While the overall look & feel of the finished bathroom shall surely <b>depend on which material is utilized, but the overall finesse ultimately depends on the aesthetics, design sense, finishing quality and the workmanship of the workers, engineers & architects.</b></div><div><br></div><div>If you have something more to add to this post of ours, feel free to add your comment or review here to this blog post, or even to our <b>twitter post</b> on this topic (<u>https://twitter.com/bricksNmortar/status/1769757639393636547?t=gVL7ioHessG7YtL1ULcwiA&s=19</u>)</div><div><br></div><div>Hope you liked to read this small article. Subscribe to our feed to keep getting new posts to your mailbox or RSS feed reader</div><div><br></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br />
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</span><blockquote type="cite"><span><span style="color: #993399; font-family: verdana;"><b><i>How do I calculate the net carpet area on the site of the flat so as to know how much actual space I will get when I eventually move in?<br />
Do the sellers generally allow such measurement during or after booking?</i></b></span></span></blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span id="goog_1151467179"></span><span id="goog_1151467186"></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: yellow;"><i style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://www.bricks-n-mortar.com" target="_blank">Take measurements and write them down on floor layout</a></span></i></b></td></tr>
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<span><b><i><u><br /></u></i></b></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><i><u>Bricksnmortar Edesk replies to this follow-up question of yours</u>:</i></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Foremost, we believe you are already aware of the <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">difference between the super built up area, floor area and the carpet area</b>. In case you are not yet, do go through the related article clicking on the link of our previous posts mentioned above in the opening paragraph of this post.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Frankly speaking, the builders, realtors, property developers, etc. keep camouflaging the actual carpet area figures for obvious reasons as if the potential buyers calculate the ratio of purchase price to carpet area, it would be substantially more than what the sellers are usually marketing and advertising.</div>
<br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The usual practice of telling the selling rate in terms of selling price in <b>money per square feet super area</b> is unfortunately not governed by a single thumb rule and/or government law. It is after all a potential buyer's own judgment and analysis that might help in the end.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="" border="0" height="259" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522327862676940274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSWhCDk6N8lgD5gN3-uZE3Trt5TvqGRrLBvYPKtDBF0ECGKG4dLhW_ZOFiR7fqZh337RDSAX8-6KMAIbiQyfikDbHiLxFGhkePwKEIfobu5XfOfxv0jG9zMSPVGxR24gnLD7lMV25iHw/s320/2-BHK+layout+options+-+003-750447.jpg" width="320" /></div>
<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="color: #990000;">Follow these basic key steps<span style="color: black;"> to know the total actual carpet area of the shortlisted flat/ apartment/ villa/ duplex, whichever you are about to decide on purchasing for yourself:</span></span></b></div>
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</span><ul><li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Always carry along a measuring tape, a handy notebook, pen, calculator, etc. whenever you plan to visit a shortlisted property.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Insist the seller to grant you permission for taking the measurements, which in fact, is your right in all sense.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Make a rough <b>floor plan</b> of the dwelling so that you can fill-in the dimensions according to the orientation and layout of rooms, corridors, lobbies, verandahs (balconies), toilets, kitchen and other miscellaneous areas. A good idea, otherwise, would be to take the floor layout handout/ brochure from the seller of the property in which entire layout of the property is usually already marked (but which is without actual internal dimensions for obvious reasons from builders' perspective, you may understand well!)</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Start taking <b>internal wall face to wall face measurements</b> in meters or feet & inches, and write them down in respective rooms and areas on the floor plan. A small tip here... Take help of an accomplice in holding the measurement tape at the other end as taking measurements alone would be a daunting task.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Remember one thing..</b> since the dimensions are required of all internal rooms, areas and spaces besides the well chalked out rooms too, it would be wiser to divide the open spaces into trigonometric shapes and write in the respective measurements.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>ONE MORE IMPORTANT TIP..</b> the measurements are to be taken of internal units only, that is, within the outer periphery of the housing unit. Other common areas are thereafter factored and added to the basic Carpet area/ Floor area, which is then termed as the 'Super built-up area'.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<li><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After jotting down all the inside to inside (room wall face to wall face) measurements, its now time to do some simple calculations so as to know the actual Carpet Area. Use your arithmetic skills to calculate unit areas of the rooms and spaces, and finally add all of them.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">The <b>final addition</b> of smaller areas would sum up to the <b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">TOTAL ACTUALLY USABLE AREA OF THE HOUSE</b>, also termed as the <b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">ACTUALLY USABLE CARPET AREA OF THE HOUSE</b>.</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="background-color: #ffe599; color: #990000;">The total selling price of the dwelling divided by the total carpet area would give you an indication of the factor equaling 'money per square feet actual carpet area'</span>. </b><br />
<br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the other hand, the figure/ factor that the <span>builders, realtors, property developers, etc. tell you usually is <b>'money per square feet of the super built-up area'</b>. And, obviously, the later factor is always a lesser value than the former value since the money in the numerator remains a constant factor, while the figure against the super built-up area is higher in the denominator than the actual usable carpet area.</span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Thats why, you will henceforth understand why the </span><span>builders, realtors, property developers, etc. always talk in terms of the super built-up area, and not in terms of the actually usable carpet area.</span></div></span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><span style="background-color: #444444; color: yellow;">Share, send, forward, talk/ blog about the information presented in this post to your friends, relatives, colleagues and associates. The more the people are informed, the lesser the chances that they can be duped by the </span></b></span><span><b><span style="background-color: #444444; color: yellow;">builders, realtors & property developers.</span></b></span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Many readers keep asking about the </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Commonly Used Definitions & Terminologies in Property Bazaar / Real Estate Sector in India.</b> They want to know the </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">meaning of certain commonly used terminologies and jargon in context to the Indian Real Estate Sector and Property Bazaar and related Market Transactions</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Though we keep answering most of the queries raised by our esteemed subscribers and readers individually, we think it would be prudent to summarize the same here in the form of a blog post itself for the benefit of all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">"</span><b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">Property</b><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">"</span></div><span style="font-size: small;" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">It can be termed synonymously for all <span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">those realty elements which </span></span><span style="font-size: small;" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">essentially refers to property of any kind, whether movable or immovable, tangible or intangible</span>, and includes any right or interest in such property.</span></div></span><span style="font-size: small;" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">As depicted by <a href="https://legalservicesindia.com/" target="_blank">LegalServicesIndia</a>, some of the <span style="color: #660000;">prevalent theories that are usually referred to for the purpose of understanding the concept of Real Estate Property in India</span> are:<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: justify;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1. Historical Theory of Property</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2. Labour Theory (Spencer)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Psychological Theory (Bentham)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Functional Theory ( Jenks, Laski)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Philosophical Theoriesβ</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(i) Property as a means to Ethnical Ends</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(ii) Property as an End in itself</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><span>"</span><b>Immovable Property</b><span>"</span></span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">It can be termed synonymously for all </span><span style="font-size: small;" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">those</span><span style="font-size: small;" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> realty elements which include <span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">land, buildings, hereditary allowances, rights to ways, lights, ferries, fisheries or any other benefit to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything which is attached to the earth, but not standing timber, growing crops nor grass</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">. <i>[as per Indian Property Registration Act -1908, mentioned in Part-I (Preliminary section) of the same]</i></span></div></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">In simple words, <b><i>Immovable Property is the property that has a fixed location and cannot be moved or transferred elsewhere</i></b>. It can be built upon or affixed to the ground. Immovable property has a fixed address, determined by the jurisdiction where it is located. </span></div>
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<div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #073763;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"</span><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Movable Property</b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: small;" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">It includes those properties the final product or shape of which are not fixed, and can be moved to other geographical location(s). </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Examples: <span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">standing timber, growing crops and grass, fruit upon and juice in trees, and property of every other description, except immovable property</span></span><span style="font-size: small;">. <i>[as per Indian Property Registration Act -1908, mentioned in Part-I (Preliminary section) of the same]</i></span></div> </span></span></div>
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<p dir="ltr"><b>Internet, and interiors based portals are still brimful with such photoshopped, filtered & highly postprocessed images. Short clips & AI videos have only added to the agony</b></p>
<p dir="ltr">Think deep within for a second-- </p><p dir="ltr"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #ead1dc;"><span>A</span> <b>kitchen</b> is not just the place for cooking and preparing meals. It is essentially the powerhouse of the entire house, which in turn, powers the 'cooked-up gastronomic energy' needs of the people staying in that house</span>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Gone are the days, when one of the naturally ventilated corner places of the house were selected as logical place for constructing a kitchen. With modern lifestyles, cheesy architectural designs, changing real estate patterns, high percentage of multistoreyed apartment systems as against independent houses, etc. etc., the <b>kitchen spaces have taken the centre stage</b> of sorts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kitchen are now also being widely accepted as <b><a href="https://www.bricks-n-mortar.com/2014/07/trendy-open-or-semi-open-kitchens-cum.html" target="_blank">open or semi-open modular kitchen</a></b> spaces. People have started opting for open and door-less kitchens, which are located right into, or right next to, the living rooms. This is being preferred by home owners and young generation dwellers, who-- <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><b>1)</b> have relatively smaller square footage of available carpet area; or <b>2)</b> have been wanting to keep the people working in the kitchen not feeling secluded while cooking</span>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With changing times, and altering lifestyles, kitchens have literally become those parts of home where one spends a lot of his/her time, whether it be cooking; or videocalling and chatting with family and friends; or making TikTok / Reel / YouTube shorts; or simply sitting down on a side table for a cup of beverage. Kitchen spaces have become the hub of activity in modern households. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Having a kitchen space in one's home <b>that feels elegant, chique, modern, user friendly, as well as comfortable to work at</b>, has become a very important design element <span style="color: #660000;">not just for the home owners, but also for the <b>architects, space planners, real estate developers, interior designers, modular kitchen contractors</b></span>, etc.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Settling for open or semi-open, modern and minimalistic kitchen is more popular with the young-at-heart and millennials, the typical families still opt for kitchens that are spacious, corner-tucked, and having some degree of warmth and character by way of choosing for finished surfaces that are a mix of granite or composite stones working slabs, modular compartments that are closed-shuttered with wooden, laminated plyboard, stainless steel, painted composite panels, etc. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It is also obviously important for one's kitchen to be intelligently functional and environment-friendly as well. <span style="background-color: white;"><span>Many a people, who though initially prefer the idea of using the real wood for making the kitchen utilities and storage elements, ultimately decide to use the modern </span><b>kitchen doors</b><span> made out of environment friendly engineered wood which not only maintain a plush wood effect but are also easier to clean besides being long lasting in terms of looks and age</span></span>.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/bricks-n-mortar/uPif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="bricksNmortar" border="0" height="301" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193486391423394706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh8PuhZcyfj0RkwMCRT2LBUfaz4Qo4xlfbXC-L6Y4C7iWmWzX42tmllm5hf-kWvJUe8ms8diD7-QIhhbDCohmc9B8OjOlBaLYyE1geZFv4b8BvyR_t221YZ3SuRbZYw3C6vGRFI8Drc_I/w320-h301/construction+safety+man.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" title="Safety practices at Construction Sites" width="320" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">One of the main reasons behind this behavior of the managements and the personnel of the executing agencies could be attributed by the fact that <i><span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">they fear being penalized for neglecting quality in monetary terms</span>, since quality is somewhat which can be very visible at least in the finished products</i>. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">On the other hand, safety aspects are put on the back burner easily assuming that nothing adverse can happen at work-site. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The other adverse factor supplementing this attitude is the fact that even in case of some mishaps taking place, it is the insurance companies, which make up for the loss up to the insured value. <i style="background-color: #fff2cc;">As such, the contracting firms almost lose nothing more than a meager penalty and/or compensation to the affected</i>.</span></div></div>
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<div class="MsoBodyText"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">It is a general misnomer among the industry personnel and managements that occupational safety practices are more or less designed to save the losses to a life, or a process set-up, or the likes. This certainly is a very narrow view of the overall requirement. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">safety and the safety management</span> as a whole must include not only an accident and the resulting injury or loss of limbs/life/etc., but also the socio-economic effects of such instances, which by any means have larger impact to all concerned. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">In this context, it must be imperative to adopt a <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">holistic approach</span> towards any and all practical factors that may affect the good health as well as the well being of the work force, establishments, and other material assets.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoBodyText"><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/bricks-n-mortar/uPif" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="bricksNmortar" border="0" height="174" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5193487009898685346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK4LkV1EsLnNVov9TIDxXMVvaylBeTs6N1v0FknMGLl40B01wgbny0ulwbAzpdcYZKLjCjaheOB9Ek70fadFZ4kSFlyHtK9zQOZU4X5HB1QUJxpzFzvA0SjAp7YZsxQtZx6524lRgVfDc/w320-h174/construction+safety-+source-+dreamstime.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" title="Safety practices and equipment" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div style="text-align: justify;">With the continual rising awareness and requisites put in place by the regulatory bodies worldwide, there has been an endeavor to follow safety guidelines by some of the Managements, Construction firms, Project Owners and the workforce alike. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>A few of the <b>important measures</b> that are now the requisites for projects, and which are also becoming a part of the signed Contracts are:</i></div></span></div>
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<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: helvetica;">Imparting safety awareness to the workforce of all levels, be it the managers or the ordinary labour</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: helvetica;">Promotion of an active safety culture on site</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: helvetica;">Ensuring the provision of adequate time and content with regard to health and safety</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: helvetica;">Ensuring that hazard identification and risk assessment are carried out throughout the various stages of the project</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: helvetica;">Ensuring that first aid and the health & safety monitoring procedures are developed and maintained by quality staffs on a continual basis at work places</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: helvetica;">Ensuring the consideration of health and safety issues within the preparation of design and carrying out of the works on site</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: helvetica;">Ensuring that staffs at all levels are aware of their responsibilities for health and safety, and who advise and assist others in executing of such responsibilities</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: helvetica;">Ensuring that all those working on site have taken part in site safety induction drills</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: helvetica;">Ensure that emergency procedures are developed, are in place, and are understood by all parties</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: helvetica;">Ensuring that a positive health and safety culture is promoted at all areas of the workplace</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: helvetica;">Ensuring that accidents/incidents are adequately investigated and recorded so as not to get repeated</span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: helvetica;">Conduct frequent health and safety inspections and safety management audits, and following up on actions framed thereafter</span></li></ul><h2>
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: helvetica; font-size: small;">Practicing Safety: A Must For All</span></h2>
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Observing and practicing safety policies and measures can save numerous lives and enormous amounts of capital that go wasted mostly due to negligence and carelessness. </span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b><i style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Safety measures should not be seen as mere formalities, but an integral part of any and every work routine</i></b>.</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">---</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;"><u>Few weblinks for additional perusal and reference</u>:</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">1) </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">International Labour Standards on Occupational Safety and Health - (<a href="https://www.ilo.org/global/standards/subjects-covered-by-international-labour-standards/occupational-safety-and-health/lang--en/index.htm" target="_blank"><b>Link-1</b></a> from ILO website)</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">2) Occupational Health & Safety - Overview of Deliverables - (<b><a href="https://unsceb.org/occupational-health-safety-overview-deliverables" target="_blank">Link-2</a></b> from United Nations website)</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br />
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The main allegation during the interim fact-finding exercise has been noted as irregularities in the structural design of the building besides shoddy construction practices and approving checks and balances by principle architect(s) and structural consultant(s).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Typically in most of the states of India, the regulatory and approving authorities issue an <b>Occupancy Certificate (OC)</b> to the promoters of a construction project towards the end of the project. By this time, all other statutory approvals, permissions, construction, utility connections, structural/architectural checks and balances, etc. must ideally stand completed in all means.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The regulatory and approving authorities then appoint a single or multi member inspection team, who carry out a site inspection along with cursorily checking the typical approving paperwork. The Occupancy Certificate (OC) is thereafter issued to the builder/promoter, who thereafter can legally ask their customers to take the physical possession of the constructed units (apartments/ flats/ commercial/ semi-commercial dwellings, etc.)</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">DTCP has invited comments and suggestions from public and professional bodies by April 28, 2022 whereafter the guidelines shall be notified as compulsory rules in the State of Haryana.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Download the 'Structural Safety Guidelines' document from here:<br /><a href="https://tcpharyana.gov.in/public_notice/StructuralSafetyGuidelines15042022.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://tcpharyana.gov.in/public_notice/StructuralSafetyGuidelines15042022.pdf</a></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The document runs into 10 pages of suggested guidelines, encompassing the following 8 points of consideration:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ol><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Background (Need of seeking updation to existing procedure)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Existing procedure</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Identification of Gaps in existing procedure and remedial measures</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Empanelment of Structural Engineer, Proof Consultant, Supervising Engineer and Geo Technical Engineer</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Third party inspection during Construction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Action against complaints on quality of construction</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Post construction Structural Audit</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Alteration in building by allottees after Occupation Certificate</span></li></ol><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.bricks-n-mortar.com/2022/04/haryanas-dtcp-in-process-of-updating.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="829" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gH_ToZ-pY1EAeXQh5aT6G3tJGL5e3naRDTEvMSy9avdOindSQxwbJhCHW819KZ-l4AA4vgb2x4DVBk3fOvg1Qaz9YDZEkopVTlb8ExHdlbAGvxz8xVORUgXO3Ee69fcYyvv5tzgLThNlYAn6D_5Y7h1YyflwfWXgx-kthgAS0wAOfu7jSZ8B6PnJqw/w640-h402/screenshot-tcpharyana.gov.in-2022.04.21-GUIDELINES.png" title="Haryana DTCP Structural Safety Guidelines April2022" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Hopefully, the updated <b>"Structural Safety Guidelines"</b> shall bridge the gaps of the existing approving process, which shall bring the much awaited sense of relief to the end-users of the constructed projects, who put in their hard earned life savings for owning a piece of residential dwelling and/or a commercial unit. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">They shall, to a certain extent, have peace of mind that the regulatory authorities are making the builders and real estate projects' promoters to take more onus towards adhering to the rules, and thereby, the quality and soundness of the constructed projects.</span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="color: #990000;">Compiled by:</span><br /></span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Team <a href="http://www.twitter.com/bricksnmortar" target="_blank">#bricksNmortar</a></b></span></i></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br />
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</div><div>The referred recent post from Ministry of Education of India cites the news report of TOI elaborating that an <b>Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) team</b> of researchers have developed a mobile application that shall gauge and measure the "<b>bumpiness index</b>" of a particular road (in parts of Mumbai for the moment).</div><div><br></div><div>It shall alert the App users about the <b><i>probability of the expected bumpiness and the severity of the dis-maintenance or potholedness, by way of which the user may choose to opt a different path & road network</i></b>.</div><div><br></div><div>One may ponder as what then makes this IIT-Bombay App different from what the already in use Navigation Maps/Apps/Tools of Google, Apple, Here, etc. are offering?!!</div><div><br></div><div>Not much, actually. But, this IIT-B App endeavours to provide that extra-mile end-user utility information layered over the existing navigational tools that are already there in the e-markets. </div><div><br></div><div>This App under development envisages <b><i>to utilise the cloud-sourced and cloud-shared road-specific information on designated road stretches, and put it to use after detailed prognosis and algorithm-driven user interface</i></b>.</div><div><br></div><div>Team #bricksNmortar shall try to establish a contact with the developers & researchers of this new application, and would try to bring more information on board.</div><div><br></div><div>---</div><div>Source URL:</div><div>https://www.facebook.com/816797071666133/posts/3849817165030760/?sfnsn=wiwspmo</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br />
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</div><br></i></b></div><div><b>Example:</b></div><div>a) What height from finished floor level?</div><div><br></div><div>b) Will the placement be in context to the door frames' height, or irrespective of it?</div><div><br></div><div>c) Would you centre the wall point with respect to the overall dimension of the room's side, or would like to provide two equidistant ones?</div><div><br></div><div>d) Would you provision wall points on all opposite wall surface of all the rooms (any two surfaces in a given room, that is)?</div><div><br></div><div>e) .....</div><div><br></div><div>f) .....</div><div><br></div><div><b>WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD TO THE LIST FURTHERMORE? Post in comments section, if you would like to π</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br />
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</div>The wordings of the appeal sound like genuinely asking for monetary help. Any functioning entity, no matter if its a 'not-for-profit' or charity kinds, needs monetary support for its existence, functioning and day to day being there for use by its clientele. "No money, No existence" is the basic rule of any business model of an entity.</p><p dir="ltr"><b><i>We, at #bricksNmortar, have been using the platform now & then to source information and get updated about know-hows. We have donated. How about you.. Will you??</i></b></p><p dir="ltr">But, to discuss the topic a bit more, our donation shall get accounted for as "another small drop in the ocean-- which is relatively small, but shall count in the overall picture. But, is it enough for a giant like Wikipedia to survive, and function for long?</p><p dir="ltr">Lets do a little number crunching based on certain wild guesses and assumptions...</p><p dir="ltr">Say, 1.35 crore <i>(that is, 13.5 million people out of the total population of about 135 crore, that is, 1350 million people in India; which is like 1% of the total Indian populace) </i>netizens in India actually donates an average of INR (βΉ) 150 per person.</p><p dir="ltr">So, <b>average βΉ150 per netizen x 13.5 million netizens = βΉ202.5 crores <i>(which is, roughly, US$27 million)</i></b></p><p dir="ltr"><b>Point is-- </b>Is US Twenty Seven million dollars (US$27 million) a big enough amount that can help sustain a bigwig like Wikipedia to manage its survival for long?? Although, this notionally estimated amount shall be a part of fundraising from other sources as well, but still, is it big enough corpus for an entity to run, especially when the entity is (almost) advertisement-free?</p><p dir="ltr">Well, we don't know the answer. </p><p dir="ltr">May be, the corporate sponsorships/patronage from India, and from other sources around the world, shall all add up to a larger corpus, that shall help Wikipedia stay alive, and running.</p><p dir="ltr">But, in case the situation is really grim on finanial turf, the world might witness this source of free & abundate information & knowledgebase breathe its last in near future. </p><p dir="ltr"><i><b>Fingers shall stay crossed, with a prayer in our hearts, that Wikipedia survives. Moreover, then only it shall be able to improve many of its pages from the so-called leftist narrative hijacking too!</b></i></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12pt; text-indent: 0cm;">In these unfortunate times of home quarantine and prolonged lockdowns due to the unfortunate
ongoing corona virus pandemic worldwideΒtechnically termed as #Covid2019 or
simply as #Covid19Β<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">the practical problem of maintaining one's home and
surrounding areas become a big challenge apart from saving oneself from getting
infected from the dangerous virus</span>.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Apart
from restricted personnel movement, the basic services and amenities have also got
affected in many ways. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Although
professional and domestic maintenance services have varied a lot in terms of
availability, cost, liability, etc. depending on which part of the world you
are putting up, yet the common denominator worldwide has been the factor that
everybody do need a helping hand once a while towards home maintenance and home
improvement jobs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">And, we
are not talking about the new constructions here. <span style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">The common households require
assistance from the gentry of the likes of plumbers, electricians, gardeners, painters,
upholsters, home cleaners, audio-visual equipment up keepers, electronic gadget
technicians, etc. etc. etc</span>. The list would simply go on and on and
on.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">So, in
the current lockdown conditions, what can homeowners and residents do if they
require something to get mend which has gone wrong or berserk at their
respective homes? In such situations, organized society type colonies and gated
communities are still better as most of such establishments have had their own
service and maintenance staffs, who are still available at the beck and call.
The only problem to them is that replacement and add-on material is not easily available
from the stores due to shutdowns and non-supply issues.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">But, there
is large proportion of common residents who used to rely upon their local
support system of technicians for sundry works. And, now when things have come
to almost a standstill, with people instructed/ asked to remain indoors to
negate community infection of the virus, getting broken or gone-bad utilities
back to work has become a herculean task in its own.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><b>A few of
common suggestion and best practices to tide over these testing times of
Covid19 are listed hereunder as general guidelines and for safer
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<li style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">It would be wise for households to
keep a few checks that their utilities and fixtures DO NOT GO BAD as far as
possible during these difficult times. </span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">As far as possible, maintain
your households with utmost care that things remain functional on their own.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Look out for your inventory of
replacements and repair stuff, and keep them in ready-to-utilize locations.
Things like spare light fixtures, sanitary fixtures, tools and tackles, stepping
ladders, safety kit (PPE stuff), etc. must be located well in time, and kept at
a location which is easy to fathom at time of need.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">Try putting on just one or max
two lighting fixtures in any one area or room so that chances of things going
bad are less; and that even if one circuit goes bad, another is still
functional.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Do not allow members of the
house, especially the kids, to mishandle utilities (sanitary fixtures,
electrical switches and sockets, gadgetry, tools, etc., which may help negating
chances of their going bad, as far as possible.</span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "sansserif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: #660000;">Search
for a list of service providers that the local government or authority might
have put up in place in times of emergency. Some of these services may be
tagged under essential services as well. </span></span></li>
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<span style="background-color: #ffd966; color: #660000;">What is the (ideal) finished height of kitchen platform in India for modular kitchen?</span></blockquote>
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<i><b>BricksnMortar Edesk Answered---</b></i><br>
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Weβll try answering this query the most simple way so that a commoner can also understand.<br>
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<b style="background-color: #9fc5e8;">Foremost, the very basic fundamental--- Kitchen design has not much to
do whether it is for Indian use, or European use, etc etc. The essential
guiding factors being</b>:<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bricks-n-mortar.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>Typical Granite Counter Top Over Modular KitchenΒ Cabinetry</i></span></b></a></td></tr>
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<li>Size of the kitchen (length, width, height, geometry)</li>
<li>Average
height of the households in the region where the kitchen is being
designed (and Indian women average out at around 5 feet 2 inches)</li>
<li>Cooking
practices (We are not pointing to style of cooking. What we mean is
whether the gas burner is low height, mid height or flattish like hot
plates, or even pre-built cooking ranges)</li>
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<b>Now, coming back to the question⦠</b><br>
If a 3 to 4 inch concrete slab is preferred by the households, over
which a granite stone finish is to be put, the top of the slab goes onto
become about <b style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">34 inches (equivalent to 864mm)</b> measured from the top of the kitchenβs finished floor. <br>
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With about 1 inch concrete or tiled base provided underneath for the
modular cabinetry to be placed upon, the remaining effective height for
the modular cabinetry remains close to <b style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">30 inches (equivalent to 762mm)</b>.<br>
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<span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; color: #20124d;">This brings about the crux... <b>The modular cabinetry supplier (or
carpenter) has 30 inches of height to plan the various baskets and
drawers under the kitchen counter</b></span>.<br>
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One last pointβ <br>
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<span style="background-color: #ffe599;">It is widely felt the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/construction?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#construction</a> workers (labour) may not get their dues under govt announced contingent <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/welfare?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#welfare</a> scheme in the current lockdown situation</span>.</div>
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Brainstorming worthy points being:<br />
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1) What is the easiest, simplest, cleanest and of course FREE of cost platform <b>to rechristen our blog/website into a neat & tech-savvy outlook</b>?<br />
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2) We had shaped this domain as a non-profit, happy-go-lucky-hobby-blog on <b>Google's Blogspot platform</b> (which it is still continuing on) as we found this simpler than Wordpress being novices in web technologies and allied stuff. We were a couple of young professionals from the fields of <span style="background-color: #9fc5e8;">civil engineering and architecture</span>, who wanted to share our field know-how and subject knowledge with the normal junta who had 'how-to-do' and 'which/why/what' kind of queries about their homes and offices, etc.<br />
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3) Over a period of a decade of its existence, the blog adopted a handful of freely available Blogger HTML scripts, which were amateurishly (but relatively artistically) customized in look and feel. Being novices, all the cumulative customizations and adhoc HTML code additions till date have resulted in a relatively messed up CSS besides other unknown glitches, which result in increased page loading time and what not! <b>Time to clean up, as Google Analytics tool suggests</b>!<br />
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4) We ventured into a separate small scale eCommerce vertical too, which during course of time, perished largely due to lack of time (and interest of ours). We wish to <b>integrate an eCommerce sub-domain into this primary domain</b> of ours, if it be technically possible; and subject to it being not incurring huge capital investment in setting it up for sure (We are non-profit hobby guys after all!)<br />
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5) Team #bricksNmortar still yearn to write meaningful and less commercial articles and posts for our readers. Accordingly, the main landing portion of the upgraded website (or the first fold of it) must cater to the blogposts and articles.<br />
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Should any of our readers and patrons can help/assist us to attain our aforementioned year 2020 objectives, please feel free to pour-in your ideas and suggestions either in the comments section of this post, or simply <a href="mailto:team@bricks-n-mortar.com" target="_blank">email us</a>. We would be thankful for the time and energy put into writing back to us. We may mutually discuss to compensate your efforts in terms of advertisement placement of yours on our Page(s), if that makes sense (and money) to you :)<br />
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Your favorite home & interior blog website #bricksNmortar has earned the milestone of achieving <b style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">1 million pageviews</b><br />
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Here's a thumbs up to everyone who is connected to us<br />
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We had discussed in <a href="http://www.bricks-n-mortar.com/2010/09/tips-n-bits-common-dos-donts-for-wash.html" target="_blank"><b>an earlier post</b></a> how people even in very ordinary households in today's world are preferring to have wash basins in their utility areas instead of the age-old practice of washing hands in open. </div>
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Even-more so, the usual means of <b style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">fixing the wash basins</b> was to fix them upon two numbers of simple angle iron rods is not the preferred fixing method adopted now. </div>
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The urban as well as semi-urban households comprising the modern homes, offices, restaurants, commercial places, etc., prefer to have the <b style="background-color: #ffe599;">wash basins finished and very visible on the outer surface</b>, thereby upping the interiors quotient.</div>
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All of you would already be knowing that Wash Basins are made in different design (model), materials and size according to the application and requirement.</div>
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This post brings to you one current project that <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Team BRICKS-n-MORTAR is remodeling (renovating)</span> out of an otherwise old-style office building with erstwhile sanitaryware and finishes.</div>
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Have a look at the pictures of the on-going project, and suggest us <b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">if the look and feel of the still-being-finished washrooms is looking better or not</b>. (Please do note that the budget for this renovation project is very very tight, and therefore, the selection of material and the finishing items is done keeping well in mind that not much is available for spending)</div>
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We would love to hear (read) your feedback and suggestions. </div>
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<i><i><span style="color: #660000;"><b>Note:</b> BRICKS-n-MORTAR provides interior design and allied modeling/ remodeling related services in Delhi-NCR. Feel free to ask should you need any commercial and/or non-commercial query. </span></i></i></div>
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A vast set of world population living in developing and under-developed countries would need no introduction to the <b style="background-color: #fce5cd;">ill-upkeep and dilapidated condition of the infrastructural roads</b> around their respective vicinity. The vicinity could be in a rural setup, or perhaps very well in the urban setup as well unfortunately. The prime reason for such bad condition of the roads is lack of funds necessary for the upkeep of the roads and other paved areas (..and lack of funds can be attributed to multitudinous reasons world over-- a domain where we would not fathom deliberately.. LoL!)</div>
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Since quite sometime now, effective and scientific use of cheaper thermoplastics is letting the municipalities and government/ semi-government bodies to reduce their bills in the upkeep of the infrastructural setup.</div>
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Such process include <b style="background-color: #fce5cd;">use of the waste products</b> like plastic carry bags, plastic utensils, PET bottles, and the likes that are <b style="background-color: #fce5cd;">collected from garbage dumps and junk yards</b> accumulating disposed off things.</div>
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Plastics-- which typically are polymers of high molecular mass in the form of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic amorphous solids -- have a generic tendency to melt and wrap around things when subjected to high but controlled heating conditions. <b style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">Calibrated quantum of segregated plastic waste is mixed to requisite amounts of bitumen and stone aggregates in a heating chamber</b>, whereby the plastics melt to form an oily coat over the aggregate and the mixture is laid on the road surface somewhat like a normal tar (bituminous) road. </div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Worldover, the authorities have been promoting the use of plastic waste to construct asphalt roads to reduce cost of road construction and their upkeep as well as to mitigate the ever increasing nuisance value of discarded plastic waste.</span></div>
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Based upon the data available with The Indian Center for Plastics in the Environment (ICPE) as well as Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC), <b><span style="background-color: #fce5cd;">about 1 ton of plastic</span> (equivalent to about 1 million plastic carry bags of 1 to 2 square feet plan area each) is utilized for laying of approximately <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">3,750 square meter of road surface</span></b>, i.e., 1 kilometer of road surface having an average width of 3.75 meter, which makes a single way single carriage road. This results in a saving of highly costing about 1 ton of asphaltic bitumen.</div>
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The few detrimental effects of using plastic waste, viz., possible leaching, toxicity, etc. may well be mitigated using proper technology and appropriate segregation of waste at source.</div>
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<b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">To conclude, use of waste plastics for pavement making and their repairs is one of the best methods for cost-effective construction as well as easy disposal of the nuisance waste plastics</b>.</div>
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<i><span style="color: #660000;"><b><u>Note</u>: </b>In case any of our Readers has a real-life experience of utilizing plastic waste in such road making/repairing process, may share their story with us, and we shall be happy to share it with all.</span></i></div>
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<i><b>Related reference stuff from the web</b>:</i></div>
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<i># <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbgU7Ox4jZM" target="_blank">The Use of Plastics Waste in the Construction of ASPHALT ROAD (YouTube Video)</a></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-medium;">Team Bricks-n-Mortar endeavors to sort out the doubts & queries from the everyday life of the common people who plan to carry out a Civil related work (be it construction or upgradation or maintenance or the likes of their homes/ offices/ etc.), or who simply are inquisitive of the basic Civil Engineering related things.<br /><br />A few of the <b>services offered</b> include (but not just limited to) the following:<br /><br /><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"># Civil & Structural Design, Planning & Analysis</span><br /># Architecture & overall interiors solutions<br /><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"># Home improvement, renovation & beautification services</span><br /># Project management & allied services<br /><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"># Basic as well as advanced 3-D modelling services</span><br /># Cost estimation & allied services like cost optimization<br /><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"># Checking & verification of Contractors' works</span><br /># Products & material procurement advisory<br /><span style="background-color: #ffe599;"># Overall design and project execution inputs</span><br /># Professional guidance services, etc. etc.<br /><br />---<br /><b><span style="color: #20124d;"><u>PRICING</u> :</span></b><br /><br />Estimated pricing on project/assignment specific request and/or after a site visit/meeting<br /><br />---<br /><b><span style="color: #20124d;"><u>SERVICE AVAILABILITY</u> :</span></b><br /><br />All over India (as of now). </span></div>
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The query, one Mr. James Phiray from Indonesian capital city sent to us yesterday, was:<br />
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"Normally when an earthquake strikes during the day time and in
relatively higher intensity than 4 on Richter scale, and we get to know
about it having felt its tremors, we get out of our building and go out
in open spaces. However, if the intensity is not too much and the
buildings are not shaking too much, how to be doubly sure (especially
during night time) that an earthquake has really struck?" </span><br />
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At times, certain queries that we receive from our readers and visitors
alike, make us ponder and look for an apt answer that is more of
practical humdrum based rather than just a theoretical rhetoric. <br />
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As we discussed the topic amongst us-- the Team <a href="http://www.facebook.com/bricksNmortar/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bricksnmortar</a> -- we
could fathom that the best and easiest way to ensure visually whether an
earthquake has really struck or not <b><span style="color: #660000;"><u style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">IS TO HEAD TO THE WASHROOM</u></span></b>. <br />
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In normal circumstances, one can look at the lighting fixtures hung onto
the ceiling or walls; or watch the free hanging furnishings like
curtains, tall standing furniture, etc. to catch the visual signs of
shaking objects. However still, such shaking may though be very gentle,
and could be missed by the naked eyes. In such an instance, <b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">it would
always be wise to run to the washroom and watch the water surface either
in some open vessel (if the vessel is having water), or furtherstill,
look into the water seal (standing water in the syphon) of the Water
Closet (WC)</b>.<br />
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The logic behind to the washroom to cross check whether the earth is
shaking or not is that standing water in normal situation remains flat
(still). However, if there is an earthquake happening, the water closet
(WC) mounted either onto the wall or on the floor, would shake, and
thereby the water seal visible in its syphon would also be shaking,
giving one enough indication if the earth is shaking gently or enough to
run down the stairs and go to some open space for safety.<br />
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Sunday trivia for the BnM patrons with interests in the <b>Realty sector (#housing #residential #commercial #institutional</b> etc.) across America...<br />
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This recent article published in the #TIME magazine has been found useful and recommended by many readers of ours thereupon. It narrates which type/kind of house <span style="background-color: #b6d7a8;">an individual is bound to find affordable on relative terms across the various Real Estate markets spanning all the States across The United States of America</span> (#USA)<br />
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The methodology adopted was based upon the interactive data sourced via #Zillow through the month of February 2017 reflecting median home values for 1BHK, 2BHK, 3BHK and 4BHK homes in 97 of the largest U.S. metro areas.<br />
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Those who haven't already have read it on the TIME mag. shall find it useful in getting abreast with the pulse of the Realty markets across The Americas. The weblink to the article being:<br />
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<b style="background-color: #ffe599;"><a href="http://goo.gl/MPoCJS" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/MPoCJS</a></b><br />
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For the promotion of enhanced and sustained use of cement, concrete, masonry and allied building materials, the construction industry's one of the representative association faces in the United States of America called the '<b style="background-color: #d0e0e3;">World Of Concrete (WOC)</b>' keeps organizing special events, education programmes, seminars, marketing interactions, exhibitions, et al. round the year.<br>
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As part of its aforecited scheduled events, <span style="color: #660000;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">WOC also organizes the </span><b style="background-color: #f4cccc;">Annual Brick Masonry Laying World Championship</b><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">, which has been termed as </span><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">'SPEC MIX BRICKLAYER 500'</b></span><br>
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The grand finale of the 'Spec Mix Bricklayer 500' event, which succeeds the <b>multiple zonal preliminaries</b>, is hosted in the city of <b>Las Vegas</b> usually in the month of January. This year's grand finale was organized on 18th January. A total of 25 teams (comprising of a Brick Mason/ Bricklayer and a Brick Tender) competed in this years final event.<br>
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For the event, the interested masons start training heavily to hone their skills, speed and stamina in the hope of winning the competition. Before reaching the finals of this Mega Brick Laying and Masonry skill showing event, the shortlisted/nominated bricklayers must advance to the final round, along with their Bricks Tender team-mate, by topping at any one of the 22 Regional competitions across the United States and Canada.Β <br>
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<b>The teams get <span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">flat 60 minutes to show their workmanship in the shape of skill, speed, accuracy, finish, finesse, height (of a double brick course), and similar pre-set conditions</span>. The team which excels in all these departments wins the competition, and pockets US$15,000 along with other sponsored prizes (This year's draw was Ford Super Duty F-250Β </b><b>XLT 4x4 truck)</b><b></b><br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #444444; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><a href="http://www.bricks-n-mortar.com/2017/01/do-you-know-city-in-us-of-america-hosts.html" target="_blank">A random pictures collage showing various activities from the event</a></i></span></b></td></tr>
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<i><b style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Imagine a motorway (motorable road) creating musical notes for you to listen and enjoy while you drive your car on it, albeit at a specified safe speed limit.</b></i></div>
<span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> <br> Sounds crazy and unbelievable?!! No, its really not untrue! Such roads do exist in various parts of the World, and they are commonly termed as "<b>Asphaltophone</b>"<br> <br> Interesting, isn't it? Then read on...<br> <br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-small;">The melody creating motorways can now be found across the globe</span></i></td></tr>
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The first of the reported and known musical roads, the Asphaltophone, was created two Danish artists, Steen Krarup Jensen and Jakob Freud-Magnus, in the city of Gylling, Denmark in the year 1995.Β <br> <br> They made it from a <span style="background-color: #d0e0e3;"><b>series of raised pavement markers, spaced out at intermittent intervals so that when a vehicle drives over the markers at a certain speed, the vibrations caused by the wheels create some musical tone</b>, which can be heard as rumble music inside the car</span>.<br> </span><br>
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Time and again, whenever we come across this image of this <b style="background-color: #d9ead3;">well conceived and equally well crafted Porch of one of the big ticket hotels in India</b>, we are simply awed and bowled over by the level of detailing and exquisite craftsmanship involved in its various stages of evolution, i.e., <br>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #990000;"><b>Conceptualization</b> - At the planning stage<br>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #990000;"><b>Level of detailing</b> - On the drawing table</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #990000;"><b>Selection of material</b> - Color, Shade, Type, Characteristics, etc. of all the material<br>
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<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #990000;"><b>Sourcing</b> of all the building material</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #990000;"><b>Craftsmanship</b> - In each and every step of the execution of the project</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #990000;"><b>Finishing</b> - Of giving the final touches to the creation</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #990000;"><b>Lighting</b> - Choice of appropriate electrical fixtures and designed lighting arrangements</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #990000;"><b>Maintenance</b> - The general upkeeping of the area, in general, once the place comes to daily use</span></li>
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In short, an architecturally marvel is created in piecemeal or in whole only once all the aforementioned trades that are involved--Β <b>right from conceptualization, to finishing, and upkeeping</b>--Β all go hand-in-hand and in a well coordinated way.<br>
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Further, all the agencies and parties involved-- <b>starting from the Client (Owners), the Architects, the Project management consultants, the Contractor(s), the Engineers, the Supervisors, the Skilled workers, the unskilled workers, the material suppliers, the equipment operators</b>--Β <span style="background-color: #d9ead3;">everyone play their respective important role in the entire chain of executio</span>n. When every spoke of a wheel in the engineering field perform well, an engineering and architectural marvel is bound to be created.<br>
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Kudos to the entire team who created this beautiful and magnificent architectural feature.<br>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZVVsPS9bEq0a8M_hympPvw4AAdEfDoInS65tvpYxqF71he1IONqZguY920fdFghy0rcLrVHk5If_d574MQRUwjuOj1l8QS1MkmCrHK9nfSHKk1q2UImImZzrFz7DeMF36SnhPVMEFpWu/s1600/BnM+Socio+Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="bricks-n-mortar.com" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEZVVsPS9bEq0a8M_hympPvw4AAdEfDoInS65tvpYxqF71he1IONqZguY920fdFghy0rcLrVHk5If_d574MQRUwjuOj1l8QS1MkmCrHK9nfSHKk1q2UImImZzrFz7DeMF36SnhPVMEFpWu/s200/BnM+Socio+Logo.jpg" title="bricksNmortar" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: #d9ead3;"><b>Team bricksNmortar</b> wishes one and all a very happy and fulfilling new year and holiday season</span>.<br />
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May the new year bring <span style="color: #660000;">peace, prosperity, growth, positivity,
sustainability, smiles, happiness and all the good things</span> life has to
offer for everyone.<br />
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The reminiscences of Year 2016 shall stay etched in our minds as what
good we achieved, and what remained balance yet to be fulfilled. <br />
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In the coming New Year 2017, lets all strive to:</i></b><br />
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<li><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Achieve even higher milestones of success<br />
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<li><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Climb unattained mountains by removing the impediments and the overcoming the shortcomings</span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><br />
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<li><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Build new world class engineering marvels</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Further improve our living abodes, office spaces and landscapes</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Enhance the natural beauty of our surroundings by going green and effecting environment friendly development</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Keeping our surroundings
spick & span by ourselves, and also letting no one else too to
destroy the beauty of the mother nature</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Helping create a better living place that this beautiful planet Earth of ours is!</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><b>We shall all collaborate,
share, collectively think & act <span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;">to make the new year a even better
one than this current year</span> in the BRICKS-n-MORTAR workspace as well. :-)</b><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">For all the commuters using the <b>Delhi - Noida Direct expressway / flyway</b>, acronymed as <b>DND</b> in usual jargon, this might be a #NewsOfUse</span></div>
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Following a petition and Court Orders in India, CAG to audit the accounts of <b>Noida Toll Bridge Company</b>,
which operates the #DND Flyway to check the contractual terms & if
the company has already realized the profit under deemed terms &
conditions.</div>
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<a href="http://facebook.com/bricksNmortar" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Delhi Noida Direct Flyway (DND)" border="0" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCuKpPo3R0-wIeMtscYxrzsNdafQibrlBZLHBxRoYC_kWpJ-5CEBmdGCkFRBPrVqUrqNgBvNctCGnZKPbB2PTjJglORpJ-5GJuY1LnbIi-qqgDrq2YD4ckCxhX4ucVVCqXiavcqlwvbfL/s200/Delhi-Noida-Delhi-flyway.jpg" title="Delhi Noida Direct Flyway (DND)" width="200"></a>If the CAG ascertains through course of its investigation that the <span style="background-color: #fff2cc; color: #990000;">DND
Flyway Company has already pocketed the deemed profit amount, after
achieving the break-even for the project cost in incurred, they shall
recommend scrapping of the collection of toll at this flyway</span>.</div>
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This development is important for India's commuters, planners, road
developers, infrastructure companies & allied government
departments in more than one way.Β </div>
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While, collection of requisite toll charges is valid for an
infrastructure project which was conceived that way only between a
particular government / semi-government body and a road development
company. The most common mode of planning for such projects off late is
the <b>'BOT' </b>mode, which stands for <b>'Build-Operate-Transfer'</b>. As per the usual terms & conditions of such projects, the developer chalks out the actual <b>techno-commercial viability</b>
of a particular project (which in first place was conceived by a
government body on papers/plans). The developer then builds the
infrastructure project with its own and borrowed (financed) capital; and
then operates it once the project is ready.</div>
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