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THEME PAPER

is a versatile tool, to obtain modern construction credit to green, resilient projects
results that the designer/ technologies are the most that are carbon zero, and the
customer desires eg. inclusivity preferred option for 'Housing for whole life cycle management
by design, resilience by design, All'.¹⁵ based on green building norms.
biophilic design etc.
CONCLUSION Integration of Modern
Various construction techniques, Construction Technologies and
In this paper we have studied
conventional and modern, have sustainability standards in the
and surveyed the various
been compared using a survey, present AEC Industry will
modern construction
respondents being highly mainstream and proliferate
technologies, that have been
qualified academicians and green technologies for the mass
implemented and executed in
professionals practicing in the construction projects and small-
different project types, based on
industry, with extensive scale projects even in the 2-tier
key parameters to make human
experience and expertise. The and 3-tier cities of our country.
se lements inclusive, safe,
findings were that modern For advocacy amongst the
resilient and sustainable. The
construction technologies are stakeholders' greater public
advantages include use of
fast, good in quality, cost- awareness and capacity-building
cement design mix with recycled
effective, minimize efforts at the national, state
content such as fly ash, fast
environmental impact, reduce levels, and local levels are
construction, no plaster, dry
materials waste, resource required. Different skill sets are
walling and water saving, light
optimization, low life cycle cost, required for the workforce in
in weight bringing about
good thermal efficiency, good these new construction systems,
resource efficiency, good
fire resistance, and acoustic providing an opportunity for
thermal insulation, good
properties. However, lack of training and capacity building of
acoustics and energy efficiency
know-how amongst the the labor class. There is a
due to reduced insolation.
contactors, lesser acceptance by shortage of 1 crore skilled
Under the GHTC India, the six
architects and structural labourers in India. Real estate
Light House Projects will serve
consultants, lack of unawareness and construction sectors will be
as live laboratories for further
amongst clients holds back its requiring skilled labour in lakhs
studies by professionals and
innumerous advantages. & the workforce can be trained
students of the AEC industry,
Irrespective of some under the Pradhanmantri
cross learnings, adaptations, and
disadvantages like high initial Kaushal Vikas Yojana 2020. All
replications, encouraging
capital expenditure concerning partakers – professionals, and
stakeholders to construct faster,
equipment required for students need to connect on
be er, and sustainability to
installation, transportation knowledge platforms to be
achieve the goal set by PMAY.
issues, storage space continuously updated on the
PMAY may include a fifth
requirements, need for skilled emerging and evolving
vertical, an including innovative
labor, flexibility in design, etc. technologies and sustainable
green channel for providing

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