An architect/building planner or the developer’s job is not completely done till the residents come to inhabit the place and find it free of any glitches. More often than not, troubles begin for the residents a few months after inhabiting the place when some of the hidden factors in a building give in and cease to function as they ought to, thus causing grief to residents. Shoddy wiring jobs, poor plumbing, weak structures in certain sections, are some of the incidents that can play havoc with residents’ lives.

As population continues to grow at a steady pace, a larger number of people are moving to cities, which means the development in urban infrastructure has to happen simultaneously to meet this influx. Plumbing infrastructure thus becomes an important part of the city planning to address issues of sanitation, waste disposal and household water usage. This must be taken care at the planning stage itself. It is the job of the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) contractor to create building layouts that simplify his task and benefit a project in terms of the cost in the long run. A building layout that is optimised for MEP services will not only have a lower construction cost, but it will also help conserve the design team’s budget by minimising coordination efforts.

AUTHORITIES MUST STRESS ON QUALITY PRODUCTS TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED OUTCOMES THEY SEEK.

The Finolex Urse plant.

CHANGE OF DEMAND

In India, developers prefer to adopt any of the seven types of pipes in water supply systems of a building: Cast iron (CI) pipes, steel pipes, galvanised iron (GI) pipes, copper pipes, plastic or polythene or PVC pipes, asbestos cement (AC) pipes, and concrete pipes.