A 10-storey building constructed within 48 hrs!
The foundation stone of the building was laid by Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal Thursday afternoon. The construction of the building started around 4.30 pm Friday in this suburban town outside Chandigarh.
The brain behind the project, businessman Harpal Singh, says the building will be ready within two days.
The building is set to come up in Industrial Area Phase? I of Mohali town, 10 km from here.
Harpal Singh claims this is the first building of its kind in the country.
The model has been cleared for Zone-V seismic area, the highest risk area (for earthquakes), Harpal Singh, who owns the JW Marriot Hotel in Chandigarh, said here.
Work on the building’s construction started around 4.30 p.m. Thursday. By Friday evening, the building saw seven floors in place.
As the deadline of 48 hours approached, all the 10 floors of the building were in place even though the glass-panes on the windows and other fittings inside were still being put by the workers and engineers.
The building used pre-fabricated material, including 200 tonnes of steel.
Over 200 skilled workers, technicians, engineers, and equipment were engaged in the building construction.
The material being used was manufactured in the past two months in a nearby factory.
“No bricks and sand have been used. The outer wall is a double-skinned PUF panel. The cost is almost the same as of conventional construction material. It saves a lot of time that goes into construction otherwise,”
Singh’s company, Synergy, took over Britain-based Thrislington Products, a re-locatable steel partition manufacturer, to set up the new infrastructure company here.
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