Tata Projects

Tata Projects is an Indian engineering, procurement and construction company. It is a part of Tata Group.[2]

History

The company was founded in 1979 by J. R. D. Tata to create a complete consortium to take on engineering, procurement, and construction projects.[3] It specializes in industrial and urban infrastructure projects[4][5] and is currently headquartered in Powai, Mumbai.[6]

Operations

Advanced technology facilities

The company undertakes construction projects for data centers, manufacturing units, and life science facilities. It also constructed India's first Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility for Micron at Sanand, Gujarat.[7] It secured the Nitric Acid Expansion Project at Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd.'s (DFPCL) Dahej plant in Gujarat.[8]

Space and nuclear

Tata Projects was engaged in the construction of structures for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[9] The Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) awarded the company a $321 million contract, marking its third contract in the nuclear power industry.[10] It was also responsible for building the Trisonic Wind Tunnel at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.[11][12]

Power sector

Tata Projects supports gas-based combined-cycle power plants and balance of plants on an EPC basis for coal-based power plants that are operating at supercritical and subcritical temperatures.[13] Tata Projects built 400 KV double circuit transmission lines in the northern parts of Bangladesh.[14] The group also executes transmission line projects of 500kV in Thailand.[15]

Transportation

Tata Projects focuses on niche road projects, including expressways and railway infrastructure, such as mass rapid transit systems and automobile sectors.[16] The company carries out transport and urban development projects for Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA).[17][16] The new terminal at Prayagraj Airport was constructed in 11 months.[18] Tata Projects is building the Dedicated Freight Corridor Project, focusing on both the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor project. The company is also undertaking various underground and elevated metro projects in cities such as Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune, Delhi, Ahmedabad, and Chennai.[19][20][21][22][23][24] The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, a 21.8 km road bridge, is India's longest sea bridge, connecting Mumbai with Navi Mumbai. Additionally, Tata Projects is working on the Noida International Airport, which is planned to be the largest airport in India and Asia, focusing on the development of the passenger terminal, runway, and other airport infrastructure.[25]

Urban infrastructure

In 1990, Tata Projects constructed a hotel in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[26] Within India, the Bharat Net Project in Chhattisgarh involves laying an optical fibre network.[27]

The construction of the new Ginger hotel in Santacruz, Mumbai, was managed by an all-women engineering team.[28] They worked on the National Maritime Heritage Complex project.[29] The redevelopment of the BDD Chawls in Mumbai focuses on urban renewal.

It was involved in the Shree Mandira Parikrama Prakalpa in Puri.[30] Tata Projects built New Parliament House, New Delhi.[31][32][33][34]

Oil and gas

In 2020, the company received orders of Rs 6,000 crore in oil and gas refinery industry from two state-run businesses.[35] Tata Projects built the ONGC Bokaro project in Jharkhand[36] and the U-Field project by ONGC Kakinada in the Deepwater Krishna-Godavari basin.[37]

Metals and minerals

Tata Projects operates iron and steel projects in different countries, building beneficiation plants, sinter plants, pellet plants, blast furnaces, casters and rolling mills on an EPC basis.[38][39][40][41] They also built Rourkela Steel Plant in Odisha.[42]

Water

In 2017, Tata Projects and Watergen of Israel began initiatives aimed at extracting drinking water from the atmosphere.[43] In Connaught Place in New Delhi, Watergen installed a GEN-350G pilot.[44] The Dravyavati River Rejuvenation Project involved revitalizing the Dravyavati River by recharging it with treated sewage water. The project included landscaping the slopes on both banks and creating parks and social spaces.[45]

References

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  9. Tata Projects bullish on energy segment, eyes Rs 16,000 cr topline this year cnbctv18.com, CNBC TV18, 14 April 2019^
  10. Tata Projects receives NPCIL order worth $321 mn The Hindu Businessline, 3 April 2019^
  11. Sandhya Ramesh. Capable of winds 4x the speed of sound, how India's new trisonic wind tunnel will aid rocket launches ThePrint, 2024-03-02, retrieved 2024-06-05^
  12. First blow down test of Trisonic Wind Tunnel at VSSC www.isro.gov.in, retrieved 2024-06-05^
  13. Saurav Anand. Tata Projects, CSIR-IIP ink pact for clean energy solutions Mint, 22 December 2022^
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  29. TATA Projects. National Maritime Heritage Complex to be built by TATA Projects www.prnewswire.com, retrieved 2024-06-03^
  30. Express News Service. Parikrama Project's three components ready to open in Odisha The New Indian Express, 2023-06-13, retrieved 2024-06-03^
  31. Tata to build new India parliament BBC News, 17 September 2020^
  32. Damini Nath. Parliament building inauguration: On their biggest day, backroom team watches from the last row The Indian Express, 29 May 2023^
  33. 5 Facts About New Parliament Building, The Temple Of Democracy NDTV, 28 May 2023^
  34. Main structure of new Parliament completed, finishing work in progress: Tata Projects CEO The Hindu, 28 August 2022^
  35. Amritha Pillay. Tata Projects wins orders worth Rs 6,000 crore from oil and gas sector Business Standard, 23 January 2023^
  36. ONGC commissions gas collecting station in Bokaro village The Times of India, 2023-04-13, retrieved 2024-06-06^
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  40. Tata Projects unveils new strategy to accelerate growth Business Standard, 22 January 2013^
  41. Tata Steel initiates first equipment trial for cold rolling mill, pellet plant projects at Kalinganagar facility The Times of India, 3 March 2022^
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  43. Grundfos signs MoU with TATA Projects for projects in environment, water Business Standard, 10 October 2021^
  44. Tata Projects, Israel's Watergen to work on projects to extract drinking water from air The Hindu Businessline, 16 January 2018^
  45. V. Rishi Kumar. Tata Projects commissions Dravyavati river rejuvenation project in Jaipur BusinessLine, 2018-10-02, retrieved 2024-06-05^