KEEPING INDIA'S BOOMING IT INDUSTRY WATERPROOF
The Information Technology industry in India has increased its contribution to India's GDP from 6.1% in 2009-10 to 6.4% in 2010-11. According to NASSCOM, the IT–BPO sector in India aggregated revenues of US$ 88.1 billion or Rs. 4.4 lakh crores in FY2011.

The combination of several factors makes India an attractive country for foreign investors and in particular for foreign investment for internet-based businesses. India is the 5th largest economy in the world ranking above France,...

KEEPING INDIA’S BOOMING IT INDUSTRY WATERPROOF - CASE STUDY I
1.Edelweiss/IBM

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM:

In 2008 Edelweiss, one of India’s leading financial service companies struck the highest deal in real estate by purchasing a 3 basement, G + 14 stored RCC building for approximately 250 crores with a built-up area of 2 lakh sq. ft. to house their corporate office. As part of their IT infrastructure, this building was also going to house Edelweiss’s main server room, battery room, electrical room, and...

WATERPROOFING OF THE STRUCTURES


Modern-day structures are indeed more complicated than the earlier ones, which were constructed, say 20-25 years ago. Earlier, a mere conventional waterproofing treatment of terrace, toilet, bath, sinks and an old basement needed the waterproofing job. However, these days the structures are high-rise, they have large podium, car-parking lots, basements, terrace garden at each duplex flat level, corporate office gardens, flowerbeds, swimming pools at various levels, narrow ducts (Chowks) for plumbing lines and electrical lines besides conventional...

OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR WATERPROOFING (PART 4)

Various permutations and combinations in specifications can avoid such problems, for example, the following alternatives can be considered:

1.Give a water impermeable coating on the finished surface of IPS – Though this method can prove effective on a short-term basis, may create problems subsequently. It is observed that the coatings based on pure solvent-based polymers, though effective do not function for a larger duration due to its requirement for a thoroughly clean and dry surface. From...