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CCPS Ushers In Era of Standardization in Indian Construction Sector

Confederation of Construction Products and Services, a non profit organization committed to improvements in quality and efficiency in construction industry, is entering into an exclusive and unique agreement with Ishanya India’s first International Design Centre and Specialty Mall that will create not just training facilities for all associated with the interiors and exteriors, but will, in essence, establish standards that mean quality assurance and excellence for workmanship in the industry.

A jointly promoted and managed Training and Development Centre -- the Ishanya- CCPS Training and Development Centre -- located at Ishanya, in Pune is being set up to help bring about the improvements. This partnership will enable consumers and industry to use new materials and technologies effectively bridging the current gap between technology and its actual on-site application.

The memorandum of understanding will be signed on 25th May 2006 in Delhi by Mr. Shrikant Somany M.D, Somany Tiles Ltd., on behalf of CCPS and Mr. I.S Narula C.E.O and President, Ishanya. The Ishanya-CCPS certification for craftsmen should be virtually a quality assurance that will greatly benefit all home and office owners. The Ishanya CCPS partnership will bring trained and certified craftsmen into the field.

CCPS will also announce the launch of its D&W standardization initiative’s implementation phase. This exercise is part of the second phase of CCPS Doors and Windows Standardization Initiative that is expected to bring a higher degree of order in the sizes of doors and windows in use in the country. An approach plan for Greater standardization in sizes of doors and windows and associated elements will reduce wastage, bring economies of scale and improve quality. CPWD, HUDCO, NBCC, AIS Glass Solutions Ltd. Fenesta Building System and AIFGMA are among the prominent organizations who have expressed commitment towards this initiative.

To meet the increasing demand of quantity and quality, construction industry has to be more organized and standardization is the natural step in that direction. Standardization of doors and windows sizes is just a beginning towards modular construction.