Sukhbir Badal to kick-start 10-storey wonder building to be completed in 48 hrs
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In a first, the construction of a ten-storey building will be completed in just 48 hours.
The foundation stone of the building - INSTACON - to be come up in SAS Nagar (Mohali)'s industrial area, phase-I, will be laid by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Thursday.
The brain child of Harpal Singh, this will be the first building of its kind in the country. "This building will be unique in many ways. All the components have been manufactured in the factory, pre-fitted with floors, water supply, wirings, sanitation, air conditioning ducts and everything else. These are then shifted in state-of-the-art transporting vehicles to the actual site for installation," said Harpal.
He added, "The ultra fast mechanism helps save energy in quantums in comparison to traditional construction methods. One can get revenues from the investment within days. Though the cost is almost the same as incurred using conventional techniques, there is lot of gain in saving man-days of work and terms of manpower days and overcoming inflationary increases."
He also maintained that this technology has vast potential to totally revolutionize the much-needed infrastructure technology in the country by rapidly speeding up the construction of commercial towers, luxury hotels, high-rise buildings, hospitals, educational institutions, universities and retail outlets.
He urged the planners, architects, engineers, builders, infrastructure developers, hoteliers to come and see themselves the unique and modern innovative technology is being adopted by the INSTACON