Director’s Message (From Suhas Jangle)

Every new year brings with it a new set of goals, challenges, and possibilities.! This makes the beginning of a new financial year extremely exciting as we set our annual targets and start planning on how to achieve them. The past quarter has set these plans in motion and I am happy to announce that things are proceeding as planned.

I would like to take the time out to express my gratitude to all of our long-standing clients for their continuous support as well as welcome on board our new clients who have so kindly placed their trust in us. We promise to pursue excellence in quality and timeliness across all our projects.

Suhas Jangle
Director

In light of this theme, we have taken up several initiatives to reinforce some of our central support functions. We have set up a new and larger central warehouse unit along with an asset repair and maintenance workshop to increase the efficiency of our material distribution and upkeep. We have also started preparations to attain the ISO 45001:2018 certification that stresses on standardizing the Occupational Health & Safety measures are undertaken. In our efforts to further protect the environment, SJCPL is also implementing an Environmental Management System that will help us further reduce our ‘Carbon Footprint’ in 2018.

Finally, I would like to address all the new members of the SJCPL family. Welcome aboard! We are glad that you have chosen to grow as a professional with SJCPL. I would also like to forward a warm welcome to all our new vendors! Here’s to rising higher, together!

New projects

  • M Agile
    15,00,000 sq. ft.
    Commercial Project by Malpani Group
  • Amar Business Zone
    850,000 sq. ft
    Commercial Project by Amar Builders
  • Serum Institute Canteen Building
    200,000 sq. ft
    Serum Institute of India

Work completed in Q 1: 2018-2019 (Stats for the quarter)

  • Concrete Poured – 49075 m3
  • Rebar Placed – 5626 MT
  • Built-Up Area of Slab casted – 8,32,239 Sq. ft
  • Formwork – 2,54,515 Sq. m

Table Formwork System

A table form/flying form is a large preassembled formwork and falsework unit, often forming a complete bay of suspended floor slab. It offers mobility and quick installation for construction projects with regular plan layouts or long repetitive structures, so is highly suitable for flat slabs.

At SJCPL we have been using table formwork systems since 2010, which enables faster construction, higher labor productivity, higher quality finish, and better safety.

As of today, we have an inventory of 19,000 Sq. m of different table formwork systems. We are using a variety of systems – a conventional table made of props + H20 beams to large size aluminum frame tables which cover an area of 60 sq. m in just one table. In order to implement table formwork for our residential projects, we have procured a very advanced truss type system from Canada which even incorporates drop beam formwork as part of the table.

Recently we had a project which required 350mm thickness slabs at a height of 8m. Executing this work in a conventional manner would have been very time-consuming.

After a lot of R&D, our formwork team developed an aluminum H-Frame system where each vertical has a safe load carrying capacity of 8MT. The end result was an 8m height table formwork system made of Aluminum H-Frames and aluminum primary/secondary beams. Labor productivity achieved was far ahead of industry standards and resulted in the completion of 9 lakh Sq. ft of 8m height slabs in a period of 12 months.

iCARE Initiatives

Employee felicitation - Silver Jubilee Celebrations

Commitment and adaptability are major pillars on which SJCPL stands tall and we are proud to say that we have 5 employees who have showcased these values and have been our ‘Pillars of Strength’ continuously for more than 25 years! It has been a great experience to see them grow from eager youngsters into the professional stalwarts they are today. As our company is 28 years old, all of these employees are individuals who have been part of the Inception team.

A small program was hosted to felicitate Suresh Sakore, Prashant Muley, Sitaram Tanpure, Ganpat Sonkamble and Awadhraj Yadav for their extraordinary dedication and commitment towards building SJCPL into the company it is today. Mr. Suhas Jangle also took the opportunity to share some personal memories and experiences with each of them.

English Communications Workshop

As a company, SJCPL believes in the power of continuous learning and thus the iCARE initiative focuses on helping groom our employees into better professionals and people. One such initiative is the ‘English Communication Workshop’ which was conducted in May and June. Becoming better at communicating in English not only increases confidence but also enhances one’s ability to comprehend situations more effectively and perform day to day activities in a more efficient manner. The workshop is one part of SJCPL’s initiative of grooming future leaders and change agents. It also is a great opportunity for employees to brush up their personal skills as well as. Thirty-six participants from a variety of cadres have successfully completed the workshop!

Workers skill up-gradation

‘ Kushal’ is a skill up-gradation program launched by CREDAI Pune Metro in partnership with that National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC). The program was conceived to improve the skills of the construction workforce in India. Through Kushal, SJ Contracts has managed to train over 300 workers over the last 6 months. Workers of various trades such as masonry, carpentry, and steelworks have been trained. Each training session was conducted with a class strength of not more than 30 workers so that each worker got the attention he/she needed to practice and perfect their skillset under the able guidance of the coaching staff from NSDC. The learning pedagogy included 20 days of ‘On-The-Job’ training along with a few classroom sessions.

A practical test was conducted at the end of each training program to assess how well each trainee has understood and mastered the skills that were taught. We are thankful to the Kushal program and CREDAI Pune Metro for partnering with us in this endeavor.

Featured Projects

Future Towers, Amanora Township 22,00,000 sq. ft

Future towers located in the Amanora Township are also popularly referred to as ‘India’s iconic vertical city’. This resplendent structure stands out in Pune’s skyline thanks to its hexagonal grid design and sloping elevation. The project has a total built-up area of 2.2 million sq. ft consisting of 9 wings ranging from 19 floors to 30 floors. The project consists of 1200 apartment units.

SJCPL was the core and shell contractor on this project and has delivered 2.2 million sq. ft in a short period of 24 months. The use of tower cranes, aluminum truss table formwork and maximum mechanization of all activities has helped in achieving 120,000 CUM of concrete & 12000MT of rebar in just 24 months. The entire structure has Post Tensioned slabs. The most challenging feature of this project was four triangular openings of 13.5m height which required 12 inclined transfer girder beams of 3.3m (w) x 2m (d) x 20m (inclined length); each beam having a self-weight of 350 MT.

SJCPL was awarded the prestigious ‘Well Equipped & Well Mechanized Project’ award for this project.

Chakan Plant, Lear Corporation I 200,000 sq. ft

Lear Corporation, a Fortune 500 company is a leading supplier of automotive seating and electrical systems for most car manufacturing companies across the world. In 2010 they decided to set up a new plant in Chakan to cater to the booming automotive industry around Pune and SJCPL was chosen as the general contractor for this prestigious project. In phase 1 of this project, 200,000 sq. ft of plant area along with all infrastructure development was completed in only a short period of just 7 months. This feat of efficiency & timeliness in construction impressed the management at Lear corporate so much that they promptly awarded phase 2 & 3 of the project to SJCPL. The plant area includes a PEB shed having column spacing of 24mts x 24mts, administration office with premium finishing, double-glazed façade, canteen building, scrap yard, and a security cabin. The distinguishing highlights of the site are it’ sits administration building façade, decorative compound wall, exposed colored aggregate plaster, and epoxy flooring in the plant area.

Achievements

No form of appreciation is better than a client coming forward and open appreciating one’s efforts. Our team at the Gera Imperium site made the entire SJ Contracts family proud by completing RCC Slab placement for Project Gera Imperium with zero ‘lost-time’ hours. What’s more inspiring is that the project was scheduled to take 16 months but took only 14 months to complete. SJCPL congratulates the project team for a job well done!

Corporate Initiatives

Implementation of Integrated Management Systems

SJ Contracts has been certified as an ISO 9001:2015 organization for the last three years. Every year, we adopt an outlook of continuous improvement in standardizing our business processes. The implementation and certification process has been an immense learning experience for the entire organization. We have developed a substantial team of ISO internal auditors with audits being conducted every quarter.

We feel confident about having set up a sustainable Quality Management System (QMS) over the last three years. Hence, SJ Contracts has decided to initiate the implementation of an Integrated Management System, wherein we shall adopt and implement the ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 standards; i.e. Environmental Management Systems and Occupational Health & Safety Management systems respectively. The Integrated Management System (IMS) combines all related components of the business into one system for easier management and operations.

With an Integrated Management System (IMS) in place, each of our 1000+ employees will be able to work alignment to a single goal: improving the performance of the entire organization.

The past three months have been a great learning experience as well as a hectic implementation phase. We have spent much time in aligning and standardizing all our business processes across multiple functions. A core team has been set up for the purpose of seamlessly implementing the IMS across all projects. The IMS will facilitate an assurance in quality, safety and environmental sustainability during the execution of all our projects. Benefits will also be seen in the form of savings as a result of lesser wastage and preventive actions undertaken.

Backward Integration of Ready Mix Concrete production

RMC or Ready-Mix Concrete is one of the most crucial materials in our supply chain. Due to its intrinsic properties, maintaining an uninterrupted and good quality supply of RMC to a project is of critical importance from the point of adhering to a project’s schedule. We have, therefore, over the past few years, started lowering its dependency on external suppliers of RMC by setting up our very own RMC plants at a few strategic locations in the city which enables us to create supply lines to all current projects.

As the production of RMC at these plants is under the SJ Contract’s control, we will be able to closely monitor and ensure that only the best quality of concrete is supplied to our sites. We have also been able to develop some very innovative mix designs for specialized concreting purposes. Currently, we have 9 RMC plants that cater to 85% of our concrete requirements. A fleet of 25 transit mixers handles the responsibility of delivering RMC in a timely and efficient manner. Our total production capacity, across 9 plants, is approximately 350 CUM per hour. In the future, we plan to be completely self-sufficient when it comes to our RMC requirements.