The construction industry involves building or assembling infrastructure through various processes. It refers to activities associated with buildings, structures, bridges, dams, roads, and other real property. The industry has experienced growth through different eras from stone age construction to modern techniques. It includes residential, heavy/civil, and industrial construction. Major Indian construction companies profiled are Larsen & Toubro, Tata Projects, DLF Group, Hindustan Construction Company, and National Highways Authority of India. The industry faces challenges like lack of skilled labor, financing issues for small contractors, and need to improve quality, safety, and environmental standards to global levels.

1. CONSTRUCTION
INDUSTRY
An
overview

2. Introduction
A process that consists of the buildings or
assembling of infrastructure.
Involves project manager , construction manager,
design engineer, and project architect.
Refers to clearing, dredging, excavating, and
grading of land and other activity associated with
buildings, structures, or other types of real property
such as bridges, dams, roads etc.

3. History of construction
Stone Age construction.
Ancient construction.
Medieval construction.
Construction in the modern age.

4. Building construction
Residential construction
Heavy or civil construction
Industrial construction

5. Construction Companies
Larsen andTurbo Tata Projects
NHAI DLF
Hindustan construction company
Larsen andTurbo

6. Larsen andTurbo ltd
India's largest
engineering and
Construction
Company. Offering
services to Power,
Infrastructure,
Cement, Oil,
Natural Gas, Food,
Chemical and
Petrochemical
industries.
L&T made the world’s largest underground metro rail network at Rajiv Chowk in Newdelhi

7. Tata Projects
Promoted in the year 1979 company by the key Companies of the Tata Group, Tata Projects has
passed three decades successfully emerged as an Engineering, Procurement and Construction
having achieved ISO 9001-2000, ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18000 certification for all its operations.
The Company is one among a few construction companies in India having all three certifications.
Power generation.
Water and waste water.
Oil, gas and hydrocarbons.
Metals and minerals.
Railways.
Core areas

8. DLF GROUP
DLF is the largest real estate company in India in terms of revenues,
earnings, market capitalization and developable area.
It has over six decades of real estate experience by constantly upgrading
its internal skill sets and resource capabilities.
DLF has over 224 million sq.ft. of existing real estate development and
751 million sq.ft. of future projects
In delhi and NCR region it has planned to acquire land resources worth
of 477 million sq.ft towards developing residential businesses.
It has a wide range of products including duplexes, condominiums,
apartments, luxury homes and row houses.
Offices
Hotels
Shopping malls
infrastructure
Joint venture between DLF and UK based construction major Laing
O'ourke will hope fully be executing all the infrastructure projects in
India efficiently.
Focus

9. Hindustan construction company ltd
An integrated group spanning Construction, Real Estate and Infrastructure development.
The HCC Group of companies comprises of HCC Construction, HCC Infrastructure, HCC
Real Estate (HREL) and Lavasa Corporation.
The group specializes in technically complex, new-age construction in infrastructure projects,
as well as EPC, BOT, Integrated projects and townships.
HCC has made an unmatched contribution to civil engineering landmarks, having executed
over 321 Bridges, 43 Dams and Barrages, 15 Hydel Power Plants and 11 Nuclear Reactors,
160 kms ofTunneling and 2,227 kms of Roads and Expressways.
The major engineering landmarks are the world’s longest barrage at Farakka inWest Bengal,
India’s first underground metro, India’s first six-lane expressway, the unique double curvature
arch dam at Idukki in Kerala and one ofAsia’s largest breakwaters at Ennore Port inTamil
Nadu.
Nimoo Bazgo Hydroelectric Project in Leh Ladakh at an altitude of 11,000 feet in the state of
Jammu and Kashmir is taking place as the present challenge for HCC.

10. National highways authority of India
Constituted by an act of Parliament, the National HighwaysAuthority of IndiaAct,1988.
It is responsible for the development, maintenance and management of National Highways
entrusted to it and for matters connected or incidental thereto.
TheAuthority was operationalised in Feb, 1995.
National HighwaysAuthority of India is mandated to implement National Highways
Development Project .
India 's Largest ever highways project.
World class roads with uninterrupted traffic
flow.
NHDP

11. Construction industry development council
Set up jointly by the planning commission,
Government of India and the Indian
construction industry.
Representative organization of the Indian
construction industry and seeks to further its
collective interests.
CIDC seeks to be a change agent to initiate and
accelerate a process of self-reform that would
enable the Indian construction industry to face
the challenges of the future.

12. SWOTANALYSIS
Study of the factors which may have an impact on business or industry either in a positive
or in a negative way.
Strength is defined as any internal asset, technology, motivation, finance, business links, etc That can
help to exploit opportunities and to fight off threats.
Weakness is an internal condition which hampers the competitive position or exploitation of
opportunities.
Opportunity is any external circumstance or characteristic which favours the demand of the system
or where the system is enjoying a competitive advantage.
Threat is a challenge of an unfavourable trend or of any external circumstance which will
unfavourably influence the position of the system.

13. Strengths
employment and training opportunities in the field of construction
Private sector housing boom and commercial building demands
Construction of the multi building projects on the feasible locations in the country.
Good structured national network facilitates the boom of construction industry.
Low cost well- educated and skilled labour force is now widely available across the
country.
Sufficient availability of raw material and natural resources in the country is supportive for
the industry.
Real estate development is on high and it is attracting the focus of the industry towards
construction.

14. weakness

15. Opportunities
continuous private sector housing boom will create more construction opportunities.
Public sector projects through Public Private Partnerships will bring further opportunities.
Developing supply chain through involvement in large projects is likely to enhance the chances in
construction.
Renewable energy projects will offer opportunities to develop skills and capacity in new markets.
More flexible training delivery techniques are now available.
Financial supports like loan and insurance and growth in income of people is in support of construction
industry.
Historical cultural heritages like theTAZ MAHAL encourage and provide a creative platform for the
industry.
Remote areas in the country are easily accessible and plenty of land is available in the country.

16. Threats
Long term market instability and uncertainty may damage the opportunities and
prevent the expansion of training and development facilities.
Current economic situation may have an adverse impact on construction industry.
Political and security conditions in the region and Late legislative enforcement
measures are always threats to any industry in India.
Infrastructure safety is a challenging task in construction industry.
Lack of political willingness and support on promoting new strategies
Natural abnormal casualties such as earth quake and floods are uncertain and can
prevent the construction boom.
Inefficient accessibility in planning and concerning the infrastructure and signs.
Competitors are emerging in the industry by leaps and bounds.

17. They can kill you

18. Problems construction industry is facing
Our construction industry suffers from capacity constraints, lack of trained manpower
and managerial skills with performance much below international level.
The industry is starved of finance.
Small and medium contractors do not have the wherewithal to upgrade their capability,
both hard and soft, to undertake high value time bound projects.
Quality, safety, environment and social aspects are also not being addressed
appropriately.
Though there are islands of excellence in a sea of mediocrity, our
companies must become global players by modernising, intensive
training of their manpower, enhancing their turnover and change of
mindset.

19. •A positive image of the construction industry as a career choice.
•Adequate training facilities to cope with increasing demands for Modern
Apprenticeships.
•A workforce that is suitably skilled and qualified.
•The transfer of skills from other sectors, such as agriculture, fishing, aquaculture
and forestry, to the construction industry.
•Local employers able to effectively compete for the large scale construction
contracts.
POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT OFTHE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR

20. Conclusion
In the years ahead, the construction industry in India has to overcome various challenges
with respect to housing, environment, transportation, power or natural hazards.
Technocrats associated with the Indian construction industry need to employ innovative
technologies and skilled project handling strategies to overcome these challenges.
The outstanding performance under demanding situations in the past will stand in good
stead and give confidence to the Indian construction industry to bring about an overall
development in the infrastructure of the nation.
The gains of large investments in the mega-projects eventually will feedback to the
construction industry itself in the form of better economy and improved work conditions.