“To get complete advantage of precast technology, a building should be designed in fully precast. In view of this, involvement of a precast company should be from the design stage itself. Design standardisation and scale of project gives the cost advantages,” said Satish Gottipati, Managing Director, Preca Solutions India Pvt Ltd while speaking on the major factors a buyer should consider before making a decision of procuring precast concrete.

He also observed that a project developer should review and understand the credential of contractor. A contractor’s experience in delivering complex projects in the past should be looked into.

Precast industry is set to rise
Preca Solutions India Pvt Ltd offers turnkey services for the major segments of the building. Talking about the current market scenario for precast concrete, Satish says, “While demand dwindled due to weak downstream markets during previous years, revenue for the precast industry is set to rise again as construction projects resume in the current year. The precast concrete technology is slowly getting introduced due to its obvious technical superiority.”

Today people started realising the precast concrete technology in all the construction segment or section like residential, commercial, industrial, office, hospital, institutional and parking buildings. Adoption of this technology in the government projects is also gaining rapidly.

Major innovations
Focusing on the major innovations happening in the area of precast concrete, Satish says, “Lot of innovations are happening in building systems, like high performance walls, mega spans, stack wall, multi unit systems, parking garages – tees and mega tees, versatile system, etc. Innovations are also happening in architectural elements, like facades, exterior walls in raw materials and admixtures and various precast connections.”

Industry’s maturity
Talking about Indian industry’s maturity to make use of advanced precast concrete optimally, Satish says, “A majority of Indian structures are being built using cast-in-place construction. Today, with critical housing shortages, rising labour and input costs and an increased emphasis on quality and timely delivery, more and more developers are opting for the innovative or advanced construction practices like precast. Architectural and structural consultants are advocating precast technology for the benefits of clients. If you see in history, the acceptance of computer in our life was challenging. Now in India, the state and central government are on urge to make our country digitised in all the fields. Similarly the pre-stressed precast construction will be the future technology for construction.”

Why Preca Solutions?
Boasting about the USP of Preca Solutions India, Satish says, “Our overseas technical partners support from Israel and Europe and their hands on experience. Our expertise teams and their experience in handling complex project design, manufacturing and erection.”

Preca Solutions India claims to have fully understands the challenges and needs of customer. The company provides economical and user-friendly designs. It facilitates one point of contact for effective communication. The company has delivered 26 projects in past 3 years.

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Pre-stressed precast construction will be the future technology for construction.

Satish Gottipati, Managing Director, Preca Solutions India Pvt Ltd