BGR Energy Systems Ltd
Power, 4,400 crore

BGR Energy Systems Ltd of Chennai is entering the supercritical steam turbine and generator segment by setting up two manufacturing facilities in Tamil Nadu with investment of 4,400 crore.

The company is establishing the facilities in partnership with Hitachi Ltd, Japan, for supercritical steam turbines and Hitachi Power Europe, Germany, for supercritical boilers. The manufacturing facilities would be the global manufacturing centre for Hitachi Ltd.

This is significant as BGR Energy has emerged as the lowest bidder for all nine units (9x800 mw) of supercritical steam turbine generators put to bid by NTPC. As per tender conditions, NTPC would award five out of four units of supercritical steam turbines to the L-1 bidder. The value for the five units is estimated to be 3,600 crore. The investment on the two plants, which will employ 4,000 people, will be spread over four years.

The commissioning of the first turbine would be in 42 months and the next turbine would be two months thereafter for the particular project. The contract provides price variation clause and foreign exchange variation clause.

The supercritical steam turbines for the NTPC contract would be supplied from a mix of imports from Hitachi, Japan, and components manufactured by the joint venture company BGR Turbines and Systems.

NTPC had called bids for its 9x800 mw supercritical steam turbine generator units for four sites: Lara Super TPP (2x800 mw); Darlipali STPP Stage-I (2x800 mw); Gajmara STPP Stage-I (2x800 mw); and Kudgi STPP Stage-I (3x800 mw).

A total of five companies-BHEL, L&T-Mitsubishi, Bharat Forge- Alstom, Toshiba and BGR Energy-had qualified in the bid. The price bids were opened on September 15.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd
Metallurgy, 1,395 crore

State-owned BHEL has won a 1,395-crore contract from NMDC for handling raw material at its steel plant at Nagarnar in Chhattisgarh. BHEL will set up the raw material handling system package for the corporation 3-million tpa steel plant on turnkey basis.

The project scope includes engineering, procurement and construction of RMHS and receipt of various raw material (coal, iron ore etc.) from wagon tippling to crushing. The order also envisages installation of a nearly 30-km long conveyor.

NMDC has also entered into a pact with a consortium led by Bhilai Engineering Corporation Ltd for coke oven package for the proposed plant. The total cost of the package is 1,978 crore. This is the largest contract signed by NMDC till date. The plant is expected to be completed in 33 months.

ABB
Power equipment, $15 million

ABB has won an order worth more than $15 million to supply integrated automation and power equipment and related engineering and commissioning services to JK Paper Ltd. The order is for capacity enhancement for one of its units, JK Paper Mills, at Rayagada in Orissa, which produces 125,000 tons of branded printing, writing and copier paper annually.

The mill expansion and modernisation project will more than double its production capacity. It will add a new paper machine with a capacity of 165,000 tpa, a pulp mill that will produce 215,000 tpa of wood pulp, and a 55-mw power plant.

The expansion is one of the largest in the Indian paper industry involving close to $400 million.

ABB's delivery for the mill will help to improve JK Paper's overall production efficiency and capacity. While maximising energy efficiency and ensuring a reliable source of power, it will provide further impetus to the company's resource conservation efforts in energy and water.

ABB's flagship automation System 800xA will control the new pulp mill and provide a common control and visualisation platform for all mill systems to optimise energy efficiency, the use of production resources and overall mill maintenance. It will also provide design, engineering, commissioning and related on-site services.

Project commissioning is scheduled for the early fourth quarter of 2012.

RPP Infra Projects Ltd
Mass housing, 1,500 crore

RPPInfra Projects Ltd has won a mass housing contract in Gabon in westcentral Africa from the Ministry of Housing on design-buildfinance- transfer basis. The objective of the contract is to construct and deliver 10,000 houses in 36 months under various phases. The total contract is valued at 1,500 crore (€250 million).

Phase-I of the project comprises 1,500 dwelling units across 70 hectares to be constructed at a cost of 200 crore and handed over to the Government of Gabon. Other phases are to follow subsequently. RPP Infra is negotiating with financial institutions for funding the project. ECOBANK of Libreville, Gabon, and BDEAC Bank, Brazaville, Congo, have in-principle approved the funding for the housing project. ECOBANK has sanctioned 170 crore for the project, which will be used for phase-I. The company is negotiating with BDEAC Bank which is expected to be completed in a month's time.

As on August 1, 2011, the RPP Infra's total order book was around 2,150 crore. The company has so far completed around 200 civil projects in India, mainly in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. It has also executing a railway project in Sri Lanka.

Larsen & Toubro
Construction, 1,015 crore

The Construction Division of Larsen & Toubro Ltd has been awarded new orders worth over 1,015 crore in the building and factories segment during the second quarter of this fiscal.

In the commercial buildings segment, the company secured new orders valued at 692 crore for the development of IT campuses and for the construction of a commercial establishment.

In the residential buildings and factories segment, L&T won new orders worth 323 crore for the construction of a residential tower and additional orders for ongoing projects in the factories segment.

Ramky Infrastructure Ltd
Multi sector, 1,006 crore

Ramky Infrastructure Ltd has secured new orders totalling 1,006 crore across various sectors like buildings, industrial, water and wastewater, road, and power. The details are as follows:
Buildings - Under this sector, the company has bagged four projects worth 358 crore from different clients in Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. The contracts are 31.08 crore from Indiabulls Infra Constructions Ltd for residential works in Gurgaon; 45.12 crore from National Mantri Dwelling Pvt. Ltd for 'Mantri Glades' in Bengaluru; 74.41 crore from River View Properties Pvt. Ltd for township in Pune; and from Purvankara Projects Ltd, a 207.35- crore contract for its residential project in Chennai. These projects are expected to be completed in 21, 25, 12 and 21 months, respectively.

Industrial - Under the industrial sector, Ramky won contracts worth 198 crore for three works to be completed in 20, 10 and 18 months. Reliance Infrastructure Ltd awarded a 109.12-crore order for general civil works for a coal handling plant, roads and drains, and boundary walls for mine area for its 6x660 mw Sasan UMPP in Madhya Pradesh. Hindustan Construction Company Ltd awarded a 59.92-crore contract for civil and architectural works for auxiliary buildings and pipe racks in Orissa while National Dairy Development Board awarded a 28.83-crore contract for civil, structural works for a 100- mtpd dairy whitener power plant in Gujarat.

Water and wastewater - Here Ramky secured two orders worth 219.50 crore from the Rajasthan government and for Tinwari- Mathaniya-Osian-Baori- Bhopalgarh under Package-V and Manaklao-Dantiwara-Pipar-Bilara under Package-2(A) for construction and commissioning of pumping stations. Both the projects are expected to be completed in 24 months.

Roads and power - In the road and power sector, the company bagged one project each from Madhya Pradesh Road Development Corporation Ltd for strengthening and widening Sehore-Icchawar Kosmi Road on BOT-Toll+Annuity basis for 91.06 crore; and from MP Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Company Ltd for survey, supply of materials, installation, testing and commissioning of new 33/11kV substations and 33kV & 11kV lines under central Discom Bhopal, valued at 37.81 crore. The projects would be completed in 24 and 18 months, respectively.