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Bridging the East West divide

Maria Isabel Jimenez Leon, Spanish Architect and Sustainability Champion at Gallopper Talks regaled all on the east west divide, using light humour to drive home her points. She proves that a serious topic like Sustainability can be tackled with a…
Construction Equipment Finance and Leasing

After a slowdown of four years, the construction equipment industry in India is seeing a steady revival. Growth figures are expected to reach $5 billion by 2020 from $2.8 billion today, according to ICEMA. The industry’s revenue estimates are touted…
Kala Ghoda Arts Festival

The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is an annual festival, nine days long, commencing always on the first Saturday of February and closing always on the second Sunday in February, in the Kala Ghoda area of South Mumbai. From its inception in 1999, the Festival has…
What does the client have that designers often overlook?

The answer is of course Financial Freedom. Architects and Interior Designers build beautiful homes for clients; even better looking hotels and resorts. Often it turns out that the designer overlooks profitability of the project. One often hears architects saying (almost proudly) “I…
Translating clients’ ‘hopes, wishes and wants’ into ‘needs’ through Pre-Design

“Development activities that include design and construction are long drawn and expensive affairs, and sometimes a nightmare for all participants. Business risks to the client because of budget and schedule over runs must be minimized if not eliminated entirely. And…
Crowdsourcing Eyeballs @Gallopper

We have now launched Gallopper TV. This is the Indian Construction and Building Industry’s first focused YouTube channel. We have begun by putting up soul-searching interviews with a few from the sector, who are doing path-breaking work. Those featured, refrain…


