Bridge and Roof Company (India)
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Established in 1920, BRIDGE & ROOF CO. (INDIA) LTD. (B&R) has grown into a premier multi-disciplinary Engineering and Construction organisation in the country. The Company has been a major force in the field of construction for past eighty-eight years during which it has competently served almost all the major Project Implementation Authorities in the country both in Public and Private Sectors.

With the present turnover of Rs. 1327.70 Crores (2010–11) (Unaudited Provisional) and an average annual growth rate of around 15% since last five years, BRIDGE & ROOF is one of the leading and most versatile construction organisations in the country with high degree of expertise and substantial in-house resources consisting of dedicated man-power, modern equipment and machineries for project work as well as sophisticated work shop facilities at its Howrah Works (W.B)

B&R employs over 1,800 permanent and 10,000 temporary workers, B&R has been involved in the construction of Refineries, petrochemical
Petrochemical
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, Salt Lake Stadium
Salt Lake Stadium
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 in Kolkata
Kolkata
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and the Delhi Metro in New Delhi

B&R's pursuit of excellence and adherence to quality has earned itself THE QUALITY SYSTEM STANDARD, ISO 9001 : 2000 for TANK CONSTRUCTION and ISO 9001 : 2008 for MANUFACTURE OF RAILWAY WAGONS, RAILWAY BRIDGE GIRDER, BUNK HOUSE and BAILEY TYPE UNIT BRIDGE at its Howrah Workshop

CONSTITUTION

- Inception in 1920 as a wholly owned subsidiary of Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd., Kolkata.

- A Public Sector Undertaking since 1972 under the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India.

- B&R came under the administrative control of DHI in 1986 (with M/s. BYNL as holding company from 1987 to May’2008).

- Presently under Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Department of Heavy Industry (DHI), Government of India

- B&R has been awarded ‘MINIRATNA’ Category-I status on 21st Sept’2010 by Government of India

- B&R awarded ‘Turnaround CPSE Award 2010’ by BRPSE on 10 March’2011.

MAJOR WORK GROUPS AND AREAS OF OPERATION

I) HOWRAH WORKS

• Manufacture of Railway Wagons, Bailey Type Unit Bridge, Marine Freight Containers, Bunk Houses, etc.

• Manufacturing of Pot Shells for Aluminium Smelters

• Fabrication of Structural Steel Work, Railway Bridge Girders.

• Design and detailing facilities.

• Fabrication of pressure vessels & heat exchangers.

II) CIVIL

• Industrial & High-rise Buildings & Building Complex.

• All types of foundations

• Piling

• Well foundations for River Bridges

• Roads & Highways

• Prilling Towers & Chimneys

• Airport Terminal Building & Runways

• Storage Silos (Parabolic & Vertical)

• Rail & Road Bridges in RCC & Prestressed Concrete

• Composite Stadium cum Sports Complex& Swimming Pool etc.

III) MECHANICAL

• Light, Medium and Heavy Structural Steel Works

• Railway and Road Bridges

• All type of Storage Tanks

• Installation of Boiler with all associated activity for Power Plant

• Laying of Cross Country Pipeline including HDD for Crossings

• Vessels, Heaters , Steel Chimneys

• Manufacturing of Pot Super Structure for Aluminium Smelters.

• All types of Piping and Equipment Erection Work in off-sites.

IV) TURNKEY

• Coal Gas Storage and Handling Complex,

• Non-ferrous Metal Plants,

• Cooling Towers, Oil Storage & Handling Terminals

• Fire Protection System

• Refinery Heaters

• Process Plants / Units for Refineries & Petrochemicals

• Water Treatment Plant / Water Supply system

MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

In keeping with its modernisation scheme the company has installed computer facilities and have developed the following EDP systems:

• Management information systems

• Planning & Monitoring of Project work through Primavera Project Planner and Microsoft project

• Analysis of costs and estimates

• Market Information

• Personnel Data Bank
• Plant and Machinery Data Bank including control on movement / deployment

• Financial Accounting, Budget Analysis etc.

• Structural Designing & Drawing using STAAD PRO & Auto CAD.



AVERAGE PROJECTED CAPABILITY

Civil : Rs. 550.00 Crores per annum

Mechanical : Rs. 650.00 Crores per annum

EPC Contract : Rs. 70.00 Crores per annum

Others : Rs. 150.00 Crores per annum
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