Larsen and Toubro Limited was founded in 1938. For the past six decades, L & T Ltd. is the largest engineering and construction conglomerate. The business areas covered include real estate construction, electricals, electronics, fertilizer projects, hydraulic equipments, medical electronics and most recently information technology. The construction businesses of Larsen & Toubro cover more than 80% part of the revenue pie.

An insight of the company history shows the evolution of L & T from the dream of Danish engineers Henning Holck-Larsen and Soren Kristian Toubro. Today Larsen & Toubro Limited is a leader in construction and engineering in India. The information technology division of L&T called Larsen & Toubro Infotech ltd is a jewel in the crown of the group.

The Larsen and Toubro subsidiary Engineering Construction & Contracts (ECC) division is India’s largest construction organization. The construction works spread to all realms of civil, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation constructions. ECC believes in providing highly skilled and trained workers with a professional and vocational training behind them. This is provided by Construction Skills Training Institute (CSTI) – a L&T subsidiary. It is located in Chennai and Panvel (near Mumbai). Further campuses are being set up in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi and Kolkata.

L & T Engineering and Construction

L & T housing is into construction business with subsidiaries in their respective fields including:

ROADS

  • L&T Transportation Infrastructure Limited (L&T-TIL) – construction of 28 Km bypass road at Coimbatore and a two-lane bridge across river Noyyal at Athupalam
  • Gujarat Toll Road Investment Company Limited (GTICL) – 51 Km, four-lane toll road from Ahmedabad to Mehsana
  • Gvk Jaipur-Kishangarh Expressway Limited (GVK-JKEL) – a six-lane expressway on NH-8
  • L&T Krishnagiri Thopurghat Toll Road Private Limited (L&T-KTTRPL) – a 62-km long four-lane divided road from Krishnagiri to Thopurghat on NH-7 in Tamil Nadu
  • L&T Western Andhra Tollways Private Limited (L&T-WATPL) – four-laning of the 56 km road from Jadcherla to Kothakota section of NH-7 in Andhra Pradesh on BOT basis
  • L&T Vadodara-Bharuch Tollway Limited (L&T-VBTL) – six-laning of NH 8 from Vadodara to Bharuch in Gujarat (83.3 km strech)
  • L&T Inter-State Road Corridor Limited – four-laning of the 76-km highway between Palanpur and Swaroopgunj on the East West Corridor (NH-14)

BRIDGES

  • Narmada Infrastructure Construction Enterprise Limited (NICE) – design, construction, maintenance and operation of the second Narmada bridge at Zadeshwar on NH 8 in Gujarat.
  • L&T Western India Tollbridge Limited (L&T-WITL) – construction of the two-lane bridge across river Watrak on NH 8
  • Second Vivekananda Bridge Tollway Company Limited (SVBTC) – finance, design, build, operate and maintain the proposed 6.1-ms long six-lane bridge on NH – 2 across river Hooghly, near Kolkata, in West Bengal on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis.
  • L&T Panipat Elevated Corridor Private Limited (L&T-PECPL) – construct 3.4 km six lane elevated flyover on NH 1 in Haryana

AIRPORTS

  • Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) – construction of a 4000-m runway, a state-of-the-art terminal building and other infrastructure needed to efficiently manage a modern airport in a joint venture with Karnataka State Industrial & Investment Development Corporation (KSIIDC) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Siemens, L&T and Unique Zurich Airport of Switzerland.

HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS

  • Singoli Bhatwari Hydro-Electric Project – development, finance, construct, commission and operate this project on BOOT Basis for a period of 45 years

IT PARKS

  • L&T Infocity Limited (LTIL) is a JV of L&T and Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited (APIIC) for developing HITEC City (Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City).
  • L&T Infocity Lanka Private Limited (LTILPL) – project management services and promoted the IT facility for HSBC in Colombo.
  • L&T Infocity Infrastructure Limited (L&T IIL) – a subsidiary of LTIL and has developed an IT Park in Salt Lake, Kolkata.
  • Vizag IT Park Limited (VIPL) – IT Park project for HSBC Electronic Data Processing India Private Limited (HDPI) at Siripuram, Visakhapatnam.
  • L&T Tech Park Limited – formed to promote a state-of-the-art IT Park in Kakkanad, Kochi. www.lnttechpark.com
  • L&T Phoenix Infoparks Limited – developing HITEC City II at Gachibowli and Intellicity at Nanakramguda in Hyderabad.
  • Cyber Park Development & Construction Limited – development of a state-of-the-art “Cyber Park” in Electronics City, Bangalore.

TRADE & EXHIBITION CENTRES

  • Hyderabad International Trade Expositions Limited (HITEX) is promoted by L&T Infocity Limited (LTIL)
  • Andhra Pradesh Expositions Private Limited organizes exhibition / trade fairs and events at the exposition centre in collaboration with national, international event management companies.

RESIDENTIAL UNITS

  • L&T Arun Excello Realty Private Limited – an integrated township “Estancia” on GST Road, Chennai.
  • L&T South City Projects Limited – to develop an integrated township at Siruseri on the Old Mahabalipuram Road, Chennai
  • L&T Vision Ventures Limited – to develop a township in Vizag on a 55 acre land

COMMERCIAL COMPLEXES

  • CSJ Infrastructure Private Limited – to develop an integrated commercial complex in Chandigarh
  • L&T Crossroads Limited – a JV between L&T and Piramal Holdings Limited, has developed a covered car parking spaces (7 levels) and air-conditioned commercial

Other projects include building of area ports and water supply projects. The annual report and balance sheet of the company recite the success story. The offices of L&T are expanding to global trade centres like USA, Europe, Middle East and Japan. L& T is also the first few companies to be awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification. Recently the Pai office of L & T Infotech was in news for certain illegal operations and an aggregate amount Of Rs. 10 crores was paid to the Indian government without nay protests against the allegations.

CONTACT DETAILS:
Head Office Address:
L&T House Ballard Estate
P.O. Box 278
Mumbai 400 001
Phone: 91-22-67525656
Email: ccd@lth.ltindia.com
Website: www.larsentoubro.com