Directors Address

The calendar year has been rather exciting for us. We have started many new relationships with clients as well as vendors this year. We have also welcomed 350 new members to the SJCPL family while keeping attrition considerably lower than the previous years. This year has also marked considerable progress in terms of construction technology. Optimization in concrete manufacturing and the introduction of newer formwork systems has considerably helped us in improving the quality of our output.

Having said that, the New Year brings with it new opportunities and new aspirations as well. This year at SJCPL, we have resolved to create and become better leaders by practicing good leadership. We look at leadership as a learnable skill that can be mastered through practice.

Bhargav Jangle
Director, SJ Contracts Pvt. Ltd.

We believe that leadership is not really about being in charge of the job or its subsequent results, but it is actually about nurturing the people who are in charge. We believe that leadership is not really about being in charge of the job or its subsequent results, but it is actually about nurturing the people who are in charge. Looking after professional needs, academic needs and even personal needs is the only way to unleash the true potential in individuals and enable them to become the best leaders.

Practicing good and conscious leadership will thus be the ethos of our resolution this year.

Everyone at SJ contracts wishes you a very Happy New Year.

New Projects

  • Life Republic Township Sector R1
    Residential Project by Kolte Patil Developers Ltd – 400,000 square feet
  • Lunkad Commercial
    Commercial Project by Lunkad Realty – 25,000 square feet

Achievements

Awards won by SJCPL

At the Well Built Structures Competition (WBSC) 2017, organized by Builders’ Association of India, SJCPL was honored with three prestigious awards

  • Well Equipped & Well Mechanized Site – Balewadi Tech Park Site
  • Well Built Commercial Project – KPIT Technologies Ltd Office building
  • Young Entrepreneur Award – Saurabh Jangle, Director SJ Contracts

I Care Initiative

Health Check Ups

One of our many efforts towards integrating the iCare values of SJCPL involves caring for the people that work for us! We regularly organize health camps at all our projects. This quarter, health checkups were undertaken for all laborers and their families at the Gera Imperium Rise Project in Hinjawadi and the Amanora Project at Hadapsar which cumulatively covered workers from three sites. They were conducted by doctors along with trained medical professionals. Besides routine examinations and prescriptions for common health issues, tetanus injections were administered to all laborers. A 108 Ambulance Team explained to all workers about emergency medical response and care. Counseling sessions were also conducted for labor on issues concerning physical and mental health.

Events

Marathon

720 members from SJCPL participated in the PRBM Marathon for the 3rd consecutive year on 19th November 2017. Resonating with our iCARE philosophy, we believe that physical fitness is absolutely essential for overall happiness! The PRBM Marathon was an opportunity to motivate a culture of holistic well-being in the SJCPL family.

The enthusiasm and unity displayed were overwhelming and this marathon witnessed the highest ever participation from SJCPL! The event was followed by a small prize distribution ceremony for all the fastest finishers within SJCPL.

Announcement

Ms.Chitra Gore, Project Co-Ordinator at SJCPL was nominated to the Managing Committee of the Pune Chapter of ICI (Indian Concrete Institute)

Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) is a national organization of engineering professionals employed in concrete construction and associated research. It is dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge, promotion of the latest concrete technology and also works towards addressing the research needs on the subject. Ms.Chitra Gorhe is the only woman on the managing committee of this prestigious institution!

At SJCPL, we greatly value access to sustainable and advanced concrete technology, since more than 90% of the concrete we require across all our projects is produced in-house. This is done at our 9 batching plants that have a cumulative capacity of 300 cum/hr. We’re grateful that this representation at ICI would mean access to technical know-how and the latest developments in concrete technology that can be applied to make our projects more sustainable and cost-effective for us and ultimately, our clients.

5S Initiative

The Kaizen philosophy and 5S method is an internationally acknowledged practice that is dedicated to the improvement of productivity, efficiency, quality and in general, business excellence. Through consistent and dedicated efforts, we at SJCPL have begun adhering with the 5S philosophy, starting from our main warehouse and aiming to integrate it to the entire company and subsequently, even our projects. The 5S method involves Sorting-Arranging-Cleaning-Standardizing-Disciplining of material resources to increase their lifecycle and utilize them more efficiently. Implementing this has helped us in reducing wastage that results from poor stock-keeping and also enabled us to meet our increased demand for resources with our existing stock, thereby reducing costs.

Featured Projects

L&T Strategic Systems Complex, Talegaon

The Strategic Systems Complex (SSC) is a state-of-the-art facility set up by L&T at Talegaon, Maharashtra. This project was awarded to SJCPL in 2008 and we were involved in the total turnkey construction of the project. Being one of the first facilities set up by a private player for the production of Strategic Weapon Platforms, Sensors and Military Engineering Systems, we had to bear in mind the minute functional and form details that were unique to this project.

Spread over an area of 30 acres, the facility area includes dedicated spaces for

  • Two Assembly & Integration Shops with self-equipped modular workstations
  • Electronics Shop dedicated for manufacturing of electronic systems
  • High-Pressure Test Facility for hydro-pneumatic systems
  • General Purpose Test Facility for the integration of special products
  • Insourcing Facility for Fabrication of Military Engineering Systems
  • Administrative Block with Platinum Rated Green Building

The administrative block of the project was awarded a platinum rating LEED Certificate. We were also honored with the Best Industrial Project Award by ASEA for this project.

Castel Royale Towers

Currently, Pune’s tallest tower, standing at 110 meters, Castel Royale is an ultra-luxurious residential project that offers premium apartments overlooking the lush greenery of Pune University. Amidst tough competition from reputed contractors from Mumbai, SJCPL was awarded this project in 2009 after convincing ABIL about our capabilities to execute this grand project. The project consisted of total 3 towers in Phase 1. Timely delivery and quality construction in Phase 1 meant that the subsequent phase of 3 towers was also awarded to us. Till date, SJCPL has constructed all the 5 towers for this project.

Executing Pune’s tallest buildings required the use of specialized formwork and techniques. Some of the equipment and formwork used in the project include

  • Aluminium Panel System for Walls.
  • Aluminium decking Panels for Slabs
  • Potain Tower Crane
  • Concrete pump for 150m height which was used for the first time in Pune
  • External Plaster of 110 m building done on Suspended Rope Platforms
  • Alimak Passenger hoist for 100m height which was used for the first time in Pune
  • Total Station used for all line out on each floor to maintain plum through 100m
  • On site batching plant of 30cum/hr

Learning & Sharing

High Quality & Cost Efficient Free Flow Concrete Developed by SJCPL

After a fair amount of R&D, SJCPL’s team of concrete technologists have developed a Free Flow concrete mix at conventional concrete cost, thus allowing us to provide better quality concrete to our clients at the same price. Free flow concrete uses high-quality ingredients such as high range water reducing superplasticizers that allow the concrete to flow freely with minimum vibration.

Our team has closely worked with a leading specialty chemical company Sika, which has developed a special composition for us. The key role is played by the PCE based admixture to achieve an initial flow of 660 mm and at 3 hours flow of 400 mm. Its high water reducing & dispersion properties help the concrete to achieve free flow properties.

We are currently using Freeflow concrete on projects which require monolithic construction using aluminum formwork systems or at locations where pour height is greater than 3 m or in members where there is dense reinforcement.

These are some of the key advantages of the new concrete

  • Faster construction, as placement of concrete is done very fast.
  • Reduction in manpower at site for placement and compaction
  • Superior surface finish plus complete elimination of honeycombing
  • High water reduction, resulting in high density, high strength and reduced permeability
  • Reduction in noise pollution due to considerably lesser use of vibrators