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THEME PAPER

CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF INNOVATIVE

CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

With urbanisation, housing child mortality, and many other
MS. RIDDHI GEDIYA shortage in India is growing for wellbeing indicators (Gopalan &
DR. DEVANSHU PANDIT past few decades. Under “Housing Venkataraman, 2015). Housing
for All by 2022”, the government is the largest component of

Speed of construction has announced to build 50 million the financial as well as the
is extremely important houses by 2022. This goal cannot construction sector (High
due to the huge housing be achieved without using fast- level task force, 2008). Various
requirement and time track innovative technologies for the financial experts and institution
available to cater to construction of houses. Selection put the contribution of real estate
it. New emerging and of appropriate construction to GDP by year 2025 at 13%,
innovative construction technology is a critical factor for but this is a pre-COVID figure.
technologies can be an the development of the project along Urbanisation and housing can
effective alternative to with achievement of the desired affect economic growth and
conventional techniques results. Evaluation of innovative the living environment of the
in the pursuit of cost technologies through qualitative country (McKinsey Global
and time effectiveness and quantitative performance Institute, 2010).
as well as from criteria becomes essential. The Urban congestion creates
sustainability point research was taken up with a focus pressure on basic amenities like
of view. Evaluation on identification and understanding water, sanitation and housing
through qualitative and of evaluation criteria for selection shortage in cities. According
quantitative factors of housing technologies. This to MoHUA & NBO, (2012), the
would be essential to study emphasizes on the use of an housing shortages in India was
select these construction identified criteria to select the better 18.78 million homes in the urban
technologies for an construction technology which areas at the beginning of 2012
affordable housing would help in better project delivery and in 2018 it was estimated to
project. of upcoming affordable housing be 11 million. It is expected to
projects in the Indian construction again reach 19 million by 2022
scenario.
(CII, 2019). The housing need in
Keywords: Housing affordability, INTRODUCTION India is estimated to be about 38
Construction technology, Technology million by 2030. Government is
selection, Evaluation criteria Housing is a basic need of the finding out ways and means to
Ms. Riddhi Gediya (riddhigediya@ people after food and clothing. provide affordable housing for
gmail.com) is Teaching Associate, CEPT Also, housing facility impacts socio-economic growth of the
University. Dr. Devanshu Pandit access to infrastructure, country.
(devanshu@cept.ac.in) is the Adjunct employment, health, education,
Professor, Faculty of Technology, CEPT Housing Policy & Programme
University, Ahmedabad. poverty levels, maternal and in India

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