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THEME PAPER
Affordable housing has always Government of India has started they fail to make comprehensive
taken a centre stage in the a Technology Sub-mission under evaluation of innovative
national agenda of India. the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana construction technology for
“Housing for all by 2022” – Mission. BMTPC under the affordable housing. Thus, there
‘Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana’ Ministry of Housing and Urban is a need to develop a standard
is the latest housing programme Affairs (MoHUA) is handling framework for the evaluation
which has announced to build 10 technical cell of the mission with of the innovative construction
million houses by 2022 in urban an aim to facilitate an ecosystem technologies. This paper aims to
areas. According to members of to for usage of innovative address this knowledge gap by
Building Materials & Technology technologies and materials for developing decision criteria for
Promotion Council (BMTPC), cost effective, speedier and good evaluation of technology, which
Conventional construction quality construction. BMTPC has will enable the holistic and value-
approach is slow-paced, usage listed twenty-four innovative based assessment of innovative
of low levels of mechnization construction technologies such construction technologies.
and also has issues related as Precast construction system In view of the government focus
to quality and maintenance , Steel structural systems and on housing, the objective of this
(BMTPC, 2018). Report on Innovative formwork systems research is to identify qualitative
Trend and Progress of Housing which are certified by them and quantitative performance
in India - 2018, promotes use (BMTPC, 2018). criteria for the evaluation
of alternate building materials Construction Technology is of innovative construction
and appropriate technology responsible for influencing technology for affordable
to overcome issues related the outcome of a project, due housing. The research identifies
to construction in affordable to which, the selection of the issues and attributes of
housing development. construction technology becomes the innovative construction
Construction of 10 million important for project success. technologies for affordable
houses by 2022, needs new To select any construction housing that positively or
construction technologies to technology for a building negatively influences the
improve speed and quality of project, systematic and effective performance of the technologies.
construction. Realising this, assessment of technologies is of
Government has started to look utmost importance. Evaluation RESEARCH
for an opportunity to use new through different parameters METHODOLOGY
and alternative construction is one of the most critical steps
technologies from across the in the acceptance of innovative, Qualitative research
world. Also, The Prime Minister sustainable, eco-friendly and methodology was adopted
has declared the year, April-2019 disaster-resilient technologies for this research. Primarily,
to March, 2020 as “Construction and building materials, for evaluation criteria for innovative
Technology Year”. low-cost, speedier and quality construction technologies are
Technology Sub-Mission under construction of houses. Some identified and categorized
based on the literature review.
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana researchers have developed The criteria are compiled
To adopt new, innovative and technology selection criteria based on the existing literature
green technologies along with considering aspects such as relating to criteria, for system
alternative building materials for project management, planning, selection, evaluation or project
affordable housing construction, coordination, procurement, performance in a housing project.
sustainability or performance but
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