Smart Infrastructure

The Siemens Building Technologies Division presents Synco IC, a cloud-based system for the remote control and monitoring of HVAC plants. Synco IC is one of the first building automation systems designed specifically for use in smaller and medium-sized buildings. Up to now, it has not been economical to use building automation in properties of this size. Synco IC provides a complete plant overview and shows the most important information about the connected plants at a glance. Operators see immediately which plants are connected to the building automation system, whether any...

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister today instructed officials to complete the work on the Rs 333-crore fiber grid in the state by March, 2016.In a review meeting, N Chandrababu Naidu today apprised that under the fiber grid project, the Infrastructure Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (INCAP) would lay 30,000 km of cable network in the state, an official release said.He sought the completion of the grid, meant to provide three services of video, internet and telephone at the doorstep, by March, 2016. The Chief Minister directed the officials to complete the...

The Andhra Pradesh Government is mulling changes like using pre-fabricated and pre-cast technology and introducing PPP model to bring in improvements in its public housing programme.Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who today held a review of the NTR Housing programme, told officials that Andhra Pradesh should emerge as a state with one of the best public housing models, a government release said. “Previous Governments have brought bad image to the Government by constructing low-quality, sub-standard houses which are not habitable. They have not been able to make use of prime...