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In the news Urgent Need for Proper Norms Glass & Glazing Standardisation Confederation of Construction Products and Services (CCPS) has developed “Guidelines on Use of Glass in Buildings - Human Safety” to ensure safe use of glass in critical locations where chances of injury due to glass breakage is high in buildings. These guidelines have been developed for the first time by adopting the consensus approach involving all stake holders, including architects, engineers, key municipalities and other government departments, etc. CPWD has adopted the guidelines for implementation and were released on 155th CPWD Day on 12th July 2009 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi in the presence of Smt. Shiela Dixit, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Govt. of Delhi, Sh. Saugata Roy, Hon’ble Minister of State for Urban Development, and more than thousand dignitaries and participants attending the function. (Photograph of release of the guidelines) Asahi India Glass Ltd. is now a CCPS Founder Member Asahi India Glass Ltd. has upgraded their membership from Corporate Member. Asahi India is the largest automotive and float glass manufacturers in India. Its product range includes: Water Repellant Windshields, Laminated Door Glass, Tempered Automotive Glass, Solar Control Glass, Sheet glass and Figured Glass. The Automotive Glass SBU is India’s largest manufacturer of world class automotive safety glass and one of the largest in Asia. Training on "Guidelines on use of Glass in Buildings - Human Safety" CCPS has successfully organised workshops on "Guidelines on Use of Glass in Buildings-Human Safety" in the country which were attended by more than 276 participants. Workshops were organised for following departments Central PWD It was a great success as almost all the participants have accepted the Guidelines positively. Gujarat Borosil Limited (GBL) has joined CCPS as a Corporate Member Gujarat Borosil Limited (GBL) has joined CCPS as a Corporate Member.GBL was promoted by Borosil Glass Works Limited manufacturer of well known and household “BOROSIL” range of labware, scientificware and consumerware products to setup its most modern sheet glass plant at Govali, Dist. Bharuch (Gujarat) in 1994.GBL manufactures finest quality sheet glass in the country and is the largest exporter in this segment. For any further information, You can check their website - www.gujaratborosil.com Anutone Acoustics Ltd. joined CCPS as an Corporate Member Anutone has joined CCPS as a corporate member. It is India’s foremost technology company in the construction sector. They served the needs of rapidly changing markets of specialty interiors with emphasis on acoustical comfort, environmental, industrial and product noise management and specialty exteriors with emphasis on energy savings. For any further information, You can check their website- www.anutone.com Ishanya and CCPS tie-up to improve craftsmanship in interiors and exteriors
CCPS 4TH PUBLICATION “Construction Products in India”: CCPS has brought out “Construction Products in India” fourth in series, is now available for sale. The Publication enlists new and latest construction products with their technical specifications, usages, properties and manufacturers in India. There is a special concession offered to all professionals in the construction industry, educational institutions and students. For further details, contact CCPS office.
Stone Artifact Promotion Project The main aim of the project is to compile a manual on promotion of Rajasthan stones and artifacts. As of now, CCPS has compiled the standards from Bureau of Indian Standards and field survey has already been started in various parts of Rajasthan. On the Stone Artifacts Promotion Project, a total of 9 clusters had been identified for field survey. DRONAH-CCPS had completed field surveys of six stone clusters by July, 2007, and an additional two clusters were surveyed in August. One remaining cluster is currently being surveyed and will be completed by October. The data gathered for all the surveys includes detailed field notes mentioning names of quarries, suppliers (raw and finished), craftsmen, and exporters and describing the various processes and products which have emerged from each of the team’s cluster visits; a databank of process and product photographs; sketches by master craftsmen and by surveyors; and lists of contact names and addresses.
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