Coimbatore: Not many people know that new buildings built for the government eroded medical colleges and hospitals in Perundurai finished in just 45 days.
While the work at 69,200.56sqft Building began on May 18, finished on July 1, despite the pandemic situation, using precast concrete construction technology.
The project was executed by tirupur-based Teema builders with 156 employees in place and 370 others.
At the factory by complying with all Covid-19 prevention measures.
All material is produced at the factory and gathered at the construction site.
The thin size of the building and speed where it was built had helped the structure of finding a place in the Elite World Records, Asian Records Academy and Tamilan notebooks as “the largest hospital building built by precast concrete technology in the shortest period”.
Preced concrete technology is increasingly popular because of the construction of spiral and labor costs, constantly fluctuating the price of raw materials such as cement and steel, and the availability of bricks.
More and more contractors choose for precast technology for infrastructure projects such as flyovers and government buildings.
The hospital, which has two blocks connected to each other, is equipped with 401 beds, which has oxygen facilities.
200 beds left at public wards.
The district government has allowed the contractor to continue construction, despite a pandemic, because the building will be useful if there is a third wave.
Features of precast concrete construction technology made from wall slab systems without columns or beams that run through them.
Builders say this will allow modifications and options to utilize empty space at any time.