Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Private Limited Innovative, Creative & Technologically Suainable Infraructure Solutions Volume 19 Issue 1 Newsletter JANUARY, 2016 EDITOR'S DESK Mr. K. K. Kapila, our CMD wishes all our readers and eir families a very Happy, Prosperous and Healy New Year 2016. May e New Year usher in new opportunities, triumphs and hope and may everyone's dreams come true. A New Year function was organized on 1 January 2016 at our Corporate Office. At e outset, one minute silence was observed in e memory of our departed colleagues Mr. Ajit Kumar Sharma, Mr. H. S. Verma, Mr. Om Prakash Sanwal, Mr. Chandramouli M, Mr. Gerald Kirae Wachira, Mr. Vijay Setia and Mr. M. K. Pandey who left us for eir heavenly abode during e year 2015. 1 January being an auspicious birday for some, our colleagues Mr. J. S. Yadav, Mr. R. K. Jolly, Mr. Chandan Basu, Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Mr. Pankaj Kumar Khan, Mr. Veer Singh, Mr. Pranayjit Chakraborty, Ms. Geeta Shukla and Mr. Rohit Kumar Malik were wished a Very Happy Birday. Lucky ones to get be wishes on such a mass scale! After e preliminaries, our Presidents, Mr. N. C. Saxena, Mr. A. D. Narain, Mr. N. K. Sinha, Mr. Amitava Basu and Mr. Prashant Kapila, addressed e gaering. While touching upon e prevailing economic scenario in our country, ey shared eir perspective and cautioned at e near future may be more competitive and challenging. Therefore, in order to maintain our continual grow, we need to focus on work planning, adherence to planned schedules and aim to provide co effective, efficient and time bound services. Thereafter, our CMD Mr. K. K. Kapila addressed e gaering. The highlights of his address appear in is Newsletter. The closing event was e Award Ceremony. There were a total of 19 recipients of e various awards. The citations were read out by Mr. Prashant Kapila and e awards given away by Mr. K. K. Kapila. Our heartie congratulations to e award winners!! The surprise package of e evening was recital of Guru Stotram xq#czzã xq#foz.kq% xq#nszoks egs'oj%a xq#%lk{kkr~ ijczã rles Jhxqjos ue%aa by Miss Keira Kay Kapila, daughter of Mr. Prashant Kapila!! Her Sanskrit pronunciation was perfect!! As part of e advocacy campaign, e 27 Road Safety Week was observed roughout e country from 11 to 17 January 2016 to highlight and emphasize e need for safe roads. The eme for is year's road safety week was "Road Safety - Time for Action". Many road safety activities were undertaken by e concerned agencies, transport auorities, voluntary organisations and oer akeholders and also by public at large. The Road Safety Week was launched by Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Hon'ble Minier for Road Transport and Highways on 11 January 2016. Medical camps for heal check-up of drivers and refresher training programmes to update drivers about road safety rules, various road signs and fir-aid service, etc. were organized. IRF India Chapter alongwi MoRT&H organized a 2-day Seminar on 14-15 January 2016 at India International Centre, New Delhi. During ese two days, topics like Safer Roads Removal of Blackspots, Role of Enforcement, Role of ITS in Road Safety, Trauma Care, Strengening of Licensing Regime, Road Safety Education and Vehicular Safety were discussed. The Road Safety Week was a great success. Urban Infraructure Division of our Company has successfully completed World Bank funded, Digital Topographical Mapping and Integrated Strategic Urban Development Plan (ISUDP) for ree cluers in Kenya under Kenya Municipal Program of Government of Kenya. These plans have been approved by e respective County Governments. Brief details of Cluer I Mombasa are given in is Newsletter. ISO 9001 Happy Reading, - Editor
WINNERS-2015 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT SANJAY PRAKASH MEMORIAL SARLA KAPILA Mr. S P S Chauhan Mr. Neeraj Choudhary Ms. Anshu Kumari I C MALHOTRA MEMORIAL KUNDAN Mr.Gautam Kumar Roy Mr. Jayan M. Ms. Priyanka Asawa Mr. Prashant Kumar Gajbhiye MERITORIOUS SERVICE Mr. Akshat Nayyar Mr. Prem Nand Mr. Ashok Kumar Gorrepati Ms. Tamosi Bhattacharya Mr. Arjun Singh Kavia
WINNERS-2015 MULTI-TASK CAPABILITY Mr. Umesh Khurana Ms. Preety Khattar Ms. Shikha Mittal MUNSHI RAM KAPILA JAGDISH LAL KAPILA HARCHARAN DAS NAIR Mr. Sumit Simlai Mr. Shiv Prakash Sharma SPECIAL CITATION CERTIFICATE Mr. Geoffrey Kamau Mr. Sayagaon S. Sangappa
NEW YEAR FUNCTION-2016
HIGHLIGHTS OF CMD's SPEECH Professional receipt upto 30 November 2015 was at Rs. 183 crores and expected to close e year at Rs.300 crores. This has been possible due to e number of ongoing projects currently we are handling 94 domeic and 38 international projects. Acknowledged and appreciated exceedingly good work done by some of e teams. However, e performance was not uniformly consient across e Organization and it was observed at ere were lapses on account of fulfilling contractual provisions / meeting technical specifications / applying design parameters and eablished principles. As a result, time and quality of delivery to e Client suffered a setback in certain cases. Emphasized on everyone to art e New Year wi a pledge to discharge duties and obligations towards e Organization wi due diligence, full sincerity and in compliance wi contractual provisions, technical specification and laid down procedures in respect of e jobs undertaken by each individual. Technical teams of Road Segments should remain updated wi IRC Codes, processes and MoRT&H Technical circulars. The same is also applicable to technical teams in Railways, Airports, Water Resources, Urban Infraructure Divisions, etc. To meet e challenges, competition and dynamic market environment, it is necessary to conantly upgrade skills and work towards enhancing multitasking abilities. The organization, to remain competitive, mu be lean and meaningful to derive optimal value from its human resources. PROJECTS ED Project Management Consultancy for Conruction of Roadbed, Bridges, Inallation of Track (Excluding Supply of Rails & PSC Sleepers), Modification to Station Yards, Conruction of Passenger Amenities, Signalling & Telecommunication Works (Indoor & Outdoor), Railway Electrification and General Electrical Works for Third Track Between Habibganj (incl) to Barkhera (incl) (41.42 Km) and Budni (incl) to Itarsi (incl) (25.09 Km) on Bhopal Itarsi Section of Bhopal Division of We Central Railway, Madhya Pradesh, India. Client : Rail Vikas Nigam Limited, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. ICT shall work as an Engineer Representative and deliver e Project Management Consultancy for is project. The overall objective is to assi e Employer in implementation of Project, from e present age of verification/eablishment of reference points/data provided by e Employer, to e age of successful completion of all e contemplated works of e Project. Proof Consultancy for Rehabilitation and Up-gradation of Jabalpur-Mandla-Chilpi Section of NH-12A from exiing Km 477/600 of NH-7 to Km 12/600 of NH-12A upto Km 22/800 on NH-12A in e ate of Madhya Pradesh on EPC mode under NHDP-IV. Client : M/s Dilip Buildcon Limited, Madhya Pradesh. As a Proof Consultant evolve a syem to minimize e time required for proof checking e detailed calculations, drawings and designs to e satisfaction of e Design Director / Project Manager. Collection and Analysis of bridge condition and bridge inventory data by Mobile Bridge Inspection Unit (MBIU) or any oer equipment in respect of e Major/Minor Bridges on all NHs including ose wi NHAI for a period of ree years in e ate of Jharkhand (Package No. 8). Client : Miniry of Road Transport & Highways. The objective of e assignment is to collect and analyse bridge conditions and bridge inventory data by MBIU in respect of e Major/Minor Bridges on all NHs including ose wi NHAI for a period of ree years in e ate of Jharkhand. Traffic Safety Audit of Delhi Bus Rapid Transit Syem (BRTS) Corridor (from Govt Hoel to Dwarka Das Pa), New Sanganer Road, Jaipur. Client : Jaipur Development Auority. The objective of e consultancy is to conduct Traffic Safety Audit of BRTS Corridor (from Govt. Hoel to Dwarka Das Pa), New Sanganer Road, Jaipur.
Consultancy Services for Road Sector Initutional Development (RSID), Odisha- Po RSID Services. Client : The Chief Engineer, World Bank Projects, Odisha. The objective of po RSID service is to provide Road Network Maer Planning support to Odisha Works Department (OWD) and providing Human Resource Development and Capacity Building Services Design and Project Management Consultancy (PMC) for Conruction of Water Supply Tanks at Hansalpur Village, Ahmedabad (Water Project). Client : Maruti Suzuki (I) Ltd. The objective of e consultancy is to review and update Geotechnical Inveigation Report, Drawings, Structural Design and BoQ and to provide PMC services during conruction of Water Supply Tanks at Hansalpur Village, Ahmedabad. PROJECT NEWS Completion of World Bank Funded Urban Planning Project in Kenya Mombasa County Digital Topographical Mapping,Integrated Strategic Urban Development Plan (ISUDP) and Capital Invement Plan (CIP) Mombasa - 2035 was successfully completed and handed over to e County Government of Mombasa in October 2015, calling for an invement of Ksh. 6.64 billion in initial ree years (2016-19) in key projects for facelift of e city. This project commenced in September 2014. Ms. Deepa Tripai, H.E. Mr. Hassan Joho, Urban Planner presenting e Plan Governor of Mombasa (from left to right) Mr. Antony Njaramba, CEM- Lands Planning & Housing Department; Ms. Deepa Tripai; H.E. Mr. Hassan Joho; Mr. Charles Dadu Karisa, Urban Designer & Planner and Mr. Swarup Mukherjee, Transport Planner During e final ISUDP & CIP Workshop, H.E. Governor of Mombasa, Mr. Hassan Joho said at once is plan is implemented, majority of e issues of e city would be solved. He ated at all leaders mu participate in planning process and akeholders of all sectors to be involved to make is Plan effective and successful, since, is plan is for citizens of Mombasa. At e end he mentioned at we all have to work togeer to make Mombasa Kwanza (Mombasa as Number 1 City). Official launch of is project is scheduled on 1 February 2016, where county government will officially handover e plan to e lands department for implementation. OBITUARY Wi profound grief and sorrow, we inform e sad demise of our colleague, Mr. M. K. Pandey on e night of 31 December 2015 / 01 January 2016. Mr. Pandey was working as a Resident Engineer at Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (Habibganj-Itarsi) project site. He is survived by his wife, a son and two daughters. We deeply mourn e dea of Mr. M. K. Pandey and convey our heartfelt condolences to e bereaved family. We pray to e Almighty at his noble soul be blessed wi eternal peace.