Ircon International Limited (Ircon or IRCON) is an engineering and construction company, specializing in transport infrastructure. The company was established in 1976, by the Government of India under the The Companies Act, 1956. Ircon was registered as the Indian Railway Construction Company Limited, a wholly owned entity of the Ministry of Railways

Ministry of Railways (India)

The Ministry of Railways in India is in charge of the Indian Railways, an organisation that operates as a monopoly in rail transport in India. Dinesh Trivedi is the current minister responsible for railways....

. Initially, it's primary charter was the construction of railway projects in India and abroad. The company has since diversified into other transport and infrastructure segments and with its expanded scope of operations across the world, the name was changed to Ircon International Limited in October 1995.

The company is well known for undertaking challenging infrastructure projects, especially in difficult terrains in India and abroad. Ircon has completed over 280 major infrastructure projects in India and over 90 major projects across the globe in more than 20 countries.

Area of Business

The core competence areas of operation of the Company in order of priority are - Railway, Highway and EHT Substation Engineering and Construction. Basically IRCON is a turnkey construction company that is specialized in Railways (New Railway lines, rehabilitation/conversion of existing lines, Station Buildings and facilities, Bridges, Tunnels, Signalling and Tele-communication, Railway Electrification, and Wet Leasing of Locomotives), Highways, EHV sub-station (engineering, procurement and construction) and Metro rail.

Malaysia

• Project includes Design, construction, completion, testing, commissioning and maintenance of the double track project between Seremban and Gemas, Malaysia. Ircon is helping Malaysia revive a multibillion-dollar rail project that had been shelved in 2003 due to its high cost, Malaysia's transport minister said Saturday, according to a report. - 21 April 2007 - India's Ircon to take part in multibillion-dollar railway project in Malaysia. After winning this project worth USD 1 Billion in Malaysia for doubling of track, IRCON has became the first PSU of Ministry of Railways to bag the largest value project in a foreign country. The company thereafter was awarded the rehabilitation of Railway line projects of about 250 million US$ in Sri Lanka.

J&K, India

• The project deals with design and construction of New BG Rail link from Quazigund – Baramulla (both stations inclusive) in Kashmir valley inclusive of planning, design and construction of all the services and residential buildings, circulating area, parking, platforms, subways, shelters and other allied structures of all stations involved the construction of Rail link between Quazigund and Baramulla (Total Length 117 km) in Kashmir Valley. The project was turn key construction involving the following areas:
• Survey & Design
• Infrastructure Works (Earthwork, Bridges)
• Track Work
• Signalling Works
• Electrical Works

The project is unique and challenging in the aspect that it passes through the difficult terrain, inaccessible areas and working in the region severely affected by militancy. The project posed the challenge by involving high bridges, viaducts and tunnels. IRCON was assigned the work by Ministry of Railways on the ground of its capability of executing the work in challenging and difficult areas. IIRCON successfully completed above project despite adverse climate and conditions. At a time of heavy snow fall and rain fall when there was no work going on in the valley IRCON engineers and staff were on the job completing the work in a tight time frame.

Bihar, India

The scope of the project is construction of steel superstructure and other ancillary works of rail cum road bridge across river Ganga at Patna. It is one of its own kind because of huge steel structured bridge amounting to over INR 1200 Crores. This is going to be the first largest steel girder bridge.

Milestones Achieved

• Total length of track laid = 2025.62 km
• Total length of track (Ongoing Projects) = 1174 km

Countries of operation

• Malysia
• Sri Lanka
• Mozambique
• Iraq
• Iran
• Algeria
• Iran
• Bangladesh

Awards and accolades

IRCON has been a consistent winner of the Highest Foreign Exchange Earner Award in the construction sector. From Engineering Export Promotion Council, the Company has won 18 Awards of Excellence, including the All India Trophy for the Top Exporters in the category of Merchant Exporters in recognition of the outstanding contribution to Engineering Exports.
From Project Exports Promotion Council of India, IRCON has won 42 Awards of Excellence, including, The Award for Maximum Foreign Exchange Earned and Repatriated to India from Overseas Service Contracts. Some of the awards are listed below:

• First to get the ISO-9001:2008 Certification from TUV Germany
• National Citizen's Award for Unique Contribution in the Field of Engineering Projects
• Award for Excellence Received from Department of Public Enterprises
• Export Award for the year 2006-2007

Customers

• Government of India
  Government of India
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• Indian Railways
  Indian Railways
  Indian Railways , abbreviated as IR , is a departmental undertaking of Government of India, which owns and operates most of India's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India....
  
  
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
• Ministry of Road Transport & Highway
• National Highway Authority of India
• Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
• Malaysia Railway
• Mozambique Ports and Railways
  Mozambique Ports and Railways
  Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique is the parastatal authority that oversees the railway system of Mozambique and its connected ports. The rail system is composed of a total of 2,983 km rail of the gauge that is compatible with neighboring rail systems...
  
  

Ircon Infrastructure & Services Limited (IISL)

Ircon Infrastructure & Services Limited (A wholly owned subsidiary of Ircon International Limited) was incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 on 30th September, 2009. The Company has obtained a Certificate of Commencement of Business on 10th November 2009 from the office of Registrar of Companies.
The main objects of the company as enshrined in its Memorandum and Articles of Association are to undertake infrastructure projects; to carry on any infrastructure construction work on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT), Build-Own-Operate-Transfer (BOOT), Build-Lease-Transfer (BLT), etc. or otherwise or any other scheme or project found suitable in and related to the field of infrastructure projects and other ancillary fields; planning, designing, development, improvement, commissioning, operation, maintenance, etc. in the field of construction of infrastructure of Multi Functional Complexes (MFCs), etc. to provide facilities and amenities to users of Indian Railway System. News:http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=49651; and all matters in the field of real estate and allied areas to make use of the opportunities that may arise. This includes providing project management, quality management, safety, health and environment related consultancy services to clients.
Following are its main clients:

• Ministry of External Affairs (India)
  Ministry of External Affairs (India)
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• Ministry of Railways (India)
  Ministry of Railways (India)
  The Ministry of Railways in India is in charge of the Indian Railways, an organisation that operates as a monopoly in rail transport in India. Dinesh Trivedi is the current minister responsible for railways....
  
  

Key person:

• Chairman - Mohan Tiwari
• Chief Operating Officer
  Chief operating officer
  A Chief Operating Officer or Director of Operations can be one of the highest-ranking executives in an organization and comprises part of the "C-Suite"...
  
  - Parag Verma

Related News

• Govt to push for Ircon divestment - The Railway Ministry has sought the views of its public sector units, Ircon International and Rail India Technical and Economic Services (RITES), on a possible offload of Government stake in them. Both the profit making firms are wholly owned by Indian Railways.The Railways could be considering this move to raise funds for the proposed dedicated freight corridor project News Report, Jun 20, 2011

• Net profit rises 3.39% in the December 2010 quarter New Report, Feb 3, 2011