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THEME PAPER
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY: architecture for place making resulting in improved
Cost, Quality, and Speed maybe added to the erstwhile workability & durability. This
Conventional building four verticals under PMAY as a leads to a reduction in material
technologies are using finite centre sponsored scheme. The quantity and cost, neat & clean
resources such as high embodied four verticals under PMAY construction site, dust-free
energy materials like cement and would remain undisturbed environment, optimum quantity
steel. Concrete jungles in cities whilst innovation for resilient of water through recycling, no
have caused ecological and inclusive housing can curing, reduction in water
imbalances due to become the new model under consumption, and lesser noise
overexploitation of resources, the fifth vertical. pollution than conventional
and the release of GHGs has led Broad Parameters for building technologies.
to climate change. The emerging Evaluation of Construction ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
trends in mass housing technologies REDUCTION OF BUILT UP
construction are Engineered The broad parameters on which SPACE
formwork construction, Precast the choice of construction The embodied energy value
Sandwich Panel System, Light
technology should be evaluated (EEV) per unit area in Giga
Gauge Steel Structural System, should include Circularity and Joules per square meter GJ/m2
Hot Rolled Steel Structural Resource Efficiency; Structural for conventional RCC framed
System, Precast Concrete Design for optimum
Construction, that perform on performance; Seismic Design as structure with brick walls is 3.17
the key benchmarks – per vulnerability criteria for GJ/m² which amounts to CO₂
emissions of 0.300 t/m².
• Quality of structure disaster resilience; Cost-
Optimising design in new
• Cost of the structure effectiveness in terms of life techniques eg. in PEBs leads to
cycle cost of the building; Speed
• Speed of construction light weight construction,
of construction; Building
• Safety of the structure envelope design for energy effective savings in cost, time,
• Performance of the structure saving; Efficient Building efforts and material. These
during its lifespan Systems design for HVAC, technologies perform much
lighting, electrical and fire safety, be er than conventional
• The durability of the structure
daylighting; Functionality; and techniques by reducing material
Innovative financing for green
Integration of Renewable Energy consumption of high EEV
projects can be promoted by sources, selection of local and material such as steel, cement
formulating a green line of credit sustainable materials with and mortar thereby reducing the
through the policy framework recycled content and low
within the Missions of India's emissions. Construction carbon/ ecological footprint.
Government to ensure financial technologies are ensuring no use ARCHITECTURE OF EMERGING
resilience in providing inclusive, of plaster, resource optimization, MASS CONSTRUCTION
sustainable and resilient economies of scale – due to TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS
housing. A fifth vertical repetitions, incorporating The construction professionals
incorporating green channels for
concrete design to use industrial and urban managers should
a holistic approach to green
by-products such as Fly Ash, keep abreast of these updates on
financing, sustainable
Ground granulated blast furnace knowledge platforms to
construction practices and slag (GGBS), Micro silica,
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