VSL-Intrafor News 2003 N°1

Cyber Gateway Phase 2
A & B at Hyderabad
The first post-tensioning contract
for buildings for VSL India was
awarded in the year 2000. Since
then, the company has provided
designs and executed jobs to the
extent of 45 projects. VSL India
has also provided value added
cost effective design and
You started with post-tensioning
for LNG tanks, then for buildings,
then for bridges. You are now
growing fast with VSoL ® projects.
What will be your next step?
To produce our own components,
because we usually need 10 weeks
to get them through customs. We
are also building a factory for
bearings, in which we will do our
own assemby and testing. Testing
can also be provided to our clients.
We are targeting 5 major contracts
for bearings, approximately
3 million US dollars.
construction packages for the
engineering contractors.
Currently more than 20 posttensioned
building projects are
under progress in all the metros
of India such as Mumbai, Pune,
Hyderabad, Bangalore and
Chennai. ■
VSL India office in Chennai.
Why did you pick up that activity?
Every year I sit and think: how can
I diversify? I did a 6 months survey
for bearings, our price is in the
middle range, VSL has a good
name… So I volunteered to one of
my clients for supplying bearings.
Development is: Always room for
improvement. Diversification is:
Let's release one of the client's
headaches! ■
LNG terminals at Dahej and Hazira,
Gujarat
After the successful
completion of the
post-tensioning
works for 2 LNG
terminals at Dahej,
VSL India has now
secured with
Technigaz a contract
for the 3 rd LNG
terminal in India, at
Hazira. Since 1999,
VSL India now has
7 references for
tanks, 2 still is under progress and ahead of schedule. Scope of work
included the supply of post-tensioning materials, specialist equipment
and all installation work for the post-tensioning tendons. ■
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