RECLA has been successfully able to provide steel buildings at an affordable price. The company offers PEB solutions for factories, warehouses, cold storages, bridges and commercial complexes says Shruti Gat, Founder CEO, RECLA International Pvt Ltd.

Could you please brief us about the inception in Recla International Pvt Ltd?
We are in the structural steel business, operating in different sectors such as PEB buildings, cold storages, multi-story complexes, light gauge steel framing, bridges and other creative steel structures. We take up turnkey projects and provide end to end solutions. Our horizons are always expandable. Our business motive is to strengthen the supply chain in the heavy fabrication industry. Another motive is to set up a platform to help manufacturers regularise the cash flow in the structural steel industry.

When it comes to project management in this business, amounts are high and project periods are also lengthy. Payments get delayed due to these intricacies involved. Our standard operating procedure helps to streamline the project. We manage the project in a customer centric way to make sure customers get what they have paid for and also we help manufacturers to strengthen the manufacturing processes for high efficiencies and lowest cost possible. We aim to set up our manufacturing arms every 500 km area. We have our R&D people continuously working in technology developments to give customers and our vendors a very delightful experience.

How is PEB going to revolutionise conventional building construction in the wake of the current and the post-pandemic world?
PEB technology changed the way professionals contemplated the construction industry. We have been using steel for heavy buildings since ages and all of these structures have been proven stronger and most reliable. Steel, when used rightly with support of technological advances, can always be the most preferable option for any type of construction. Steel is the world’s most recycled material and 100 per cent recyclable. We have improved steel production technology to the point where only the limits of science confine our ability to improve.

In the current scenario, although steel was declared an essential industry in several countries, the demand for steel production has fallen sharply. The prevalence of infections by the coronavirus and subsequent lockdown measures have varied in countries across East and South Asia. Nonetheless, local steel demand has been substantially affected. Furthermore, exports of steel and steel-intensive goods faced challenges. Consequently, output is being cut in the major steelmaking nations of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and India.

Once the economic revival begins, India will emerge as an important market. The PEB industry will continue to play a vital role in the construction industry and we foresee a healthy and positive growth in businesses after the pandemic. Many governments too are reforming the policies and people are also keen to explore the new normal. Government funding for infrastructure projects will also play a major role in increasing the demand for steel as economies recover from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

Could you shed some light on PEB solutions and project management methodology offered by RECLA?
We are considered to be one of the top most recognized brands which is consistently addressing the contemporary needs of the PEB industry. We adhere to the highest quality standards and ethics. We at RECLA, have been successfully able to provide steel buildings at an affordable price. We offer PEB solutions for factories, warehouses, commercial buildings etc. We also have expertise in light gauge steel framing. We use a host of standard sophisticated design and detailing softwares such as, BIM360, Tekla, STAD-Pro, MBS, AutoCAD, and so on as per the latest international building and design codes including IBC, AISC, MBMA and AISI and by rigorously employing these codes, we are able to optimise the production process to create high quality, long lasting and safe buildings in the industry.

Our project management teams manage the project efficiently and promptly address the customers concerns. We update project information on the customer’s user interface. This interface is a software we created in-house, to make sure customers get notified about the project developments timely. This in turn allows us to be transparent. This builds the customers confidence in us and inspires us to do even better.

What will be the progress rate of the pre-engineered building market in 2020? What will be the role of warehousing in this growth rate?
The Asia-Pacific region dominated the market of pre-engineered buildings throughout the years. The pre engineered buildings market is projected to grow from USD 14.5 billion in 2019 to reach USD 25 billion by 2024, at a CAGR of 11.5 per cent from 2019. The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic will be seen for a short span and we would see a faster recovery.

Factors such as the increasing demand for green buildings and need for reducing construction time and cost, along with the demand for lightweight building structure, drive the pre-engineered buildings market. Warehousing will play a big role in the growing market. Managing inventory of raw materials and finished goods have become equally important to the production. As Nitin Gadkari (Minister of Road Transport & Highways of India) said, India will be developing new logistic parks along the routs of new projected modern highway infrastructures. That will boost our supply chain and will improve the market conditions. Supply and demand will be balanced with the resourceful use of warehouses and eventually it will help in strengthening the economy.

The warehouses and industrial segment is projected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. This is attributed to the growth in the manufacturing, logistics, and e-commerce sectors. Growth in these sectors generates the demand for factories, production plants, R&D centers, warehouses, and distribution centres, thereby supporting the pre engineered buildings market growth. The infrastructure segment is projected to register the second-highest growth, owing to the infrastructural investments leading to the demand for metro stations’ sheds, airport hangers, airport terminal buildings, shipyards, highways and footbridges, and railway platform sheds.

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www.reclasteel.com