8 - 21 August | 2011ROADS AND BRIDGES

In its 52nd year of opera-tions, AFCONS is a part of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, the third largest construction group in India with a group turnover in excess of Rs 90 billion.

AFCONS has a presence in almost the entire spectrum of Infrastructure activities in India and transnational in the Middle East and Africa. Over the last five decades, AFCONS has emerged as the leader in its business field by continuously delivering its

world-class services in the areas of Marine Works, Highways, Bridges, Metro Works, Power Houses, Tunnels, Oil & Gas, LNG Tanks and other general Civil Engineering Projects.

It is the first Indian con-struction Company to have constructed an underground metro station (at Barakhamba Road, New Delhi) without a for-eign JV and one of only four qualified bidders for construc-tion of Reactor Buildings in the country. With ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certification,

AFCONS is also recognized by the Government of India as a ‘Star Export House’.

In March 2011, AFCONS earned a total income of Rs 28.93 billion with a CAGR of 21 per cent over past five years. Its goal is to achieve a turnover of $ 2 billion by 2014-15, of which 25-30 percent will be from over-seas market. With an entry into the offshore oil and gas busi-ness, AFCONS has entered a different league. Accolades

include the WQC International Star Award in the Gold cat-egory by Business Initiative Directions, Spain, safety awards from Reliance Industries, National Safety Council of India and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. and the ACCE FOSROC award for effective use of construction chemicals in a civil engineering project by ACCE-I in 2001 for a tanker berth jetty trestle for RPL, Jamnagar. What’s more, many projects constructed by AFCONS-such as the Bandra-Worli Outfall Project, Mumbai;

Airoli Bridge, Navi Mumbai; Mandovi Bridge, Goa; Sharavati Bridge, Honnavar; Railway bridge across Thane Creek in the Mankhurd-Belapur Railway Project-have been recognized for their excellence in con-struction and engineering. AFCONS is presently executing major overseas works in Oman, Jordan, Liberia and Bahrain. AFCONS is actively pursuing new and developing markets such as Middle East & Africa. AFCONS has 6500 dedicated personnel, which includes 1060 engineering and management personnel, highly skilled work-men and various dedicated site level personnel. All achieve-ments that have been high-lighted herein are a testimony of their unflinching commit-ment.

Remarkable projectsThe company has a strong Portfolio of completed con-struction projects including 176 marine works, 132 bridges/fly-overs, 3,000 lane kilometers of roads, 43 Kilometers of Elevated Metro Rail, 4 LNG tanks and 9 tunnels and hydro work. Afcons possesses key prequalification availability for Nuclear Power Projects. The company has completed projects in countries like Qatar, Yemen, Mauritius, Madagascar, Dubai, Oman, Abu Dhabi etc. Currently Afcons is working in Oman, Liberia Jordan & Bahrain and some of the prestigious projects cur-rently in execution are:-• Rohtang Pass – 8.8 km

highway tunnel at 13,300 sq.ft above sea level in the Himalaya Region in

joint venture with Strabag, Austria – $ 350 million

• Offshore Process platform of ONGC Bombay High in joint venture with Gunanusa of Indonesia – $ 366 million

• Bulk Jetty for Sohar, Oman in joint venture with Saipem, France – $ 200 million

• First Underwater Metro Tunnel in India for Kolkata Metro, Kolkata – $ 210 mil-lion

• Marine Transport Terminal facility at Aquaba, Jordan – $ 240 million

• Two packages of under-ground Metro Line EPC Civil Construction at Chennai (India) - $ 600 million

• Four laning of NH 1 Highway at Jammu – Udhampur, India – $ 350 million

• Stand-by Jetty at Dahej, India for Petronet - $ 150 million

• Marine facility in Liberia for Arcelor Mittal –$ 55 million

With an order book in excess of Rs. 8000 cr and a consistent CAGR of 28 per cent in the past three years, AFCONS would like to keep this growth momen-tum. Poised for growth both in top line and bottom line, Afcons expects to reach a top line of Rs 3500 cr. The company has an order book of around Rs. 8183 cr with an average order size of 455 cr and average execution period of about 28 months.

Global presenceAFCONS has completed proj-ects in Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Oman, UAE, Qatar, Yemen, Ethiopia, Algeria, Mauritius, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Nepal. AFCONS is actively pursuing entry into new and developing markets such as Middle East, Africa and Central Asia. For further info:www.afcons.comEmail: bd@afcons.com

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