HCC bags Rs 182 crore from Department of Atomic Energy

The order is for building premium highrise residential towers at Kalpakkam

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC) has bagged order worth Rs 181.65 crore from the Department of Atomic Energy to build premium highrise residential towers at Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu. This is an item rate contract to be completed in 30 months.

The scope of the project includes construction of five high rise residential towers of ground plus 15 floors housing 600 apartments. The total built up area for the entire construction will be 7.5 Lac sq.ft. This facility would provide accommodation to Department of Atomic Energy Officers working at IGCAR, Kalpakkam.

This is the second order HCC received from DAE for construction of residential towers for its officers. HCC is also currently constructing the six high rise residential towers of ground plus 18 floors housing 312 residential apartments for Senior Officers working at BARC, Anushaktinagar.

HCC has constructed 65 per cent of the country's installed nuclear power capacity and is currently constructing the first phase of Integrated Nuclear Recycle Plant of BARC in Tarapur and Units 7 & 8 (2?700 MW) PWHR at Rawatbhata, Kota, Rajasthan.