The Shapoorji Pallonji group is as a business house has a long and a rich history. Its construction business dates back to as old as one hundred and forty years. It was during those days it built a water reservoir to meet the water demands for residents of the city of Mumbai or the erstwhile Bombay. In those days, it was known as Little wood Pallonji and company. It later became Shapoorji Pallonji and Co Ltd. This is a great company, has continuously taken up challenges, and met deadlines while completing projects on time. Under the able guidance of Pallonji Shapoorji, this company has grown from strength to strength.
Today this company has entered the real estate, construction, and infrastructure market in a big way. Today it is a global giant. Today it is no more confined to the city of Mumbai. It is today involved in construction and infrastructure related activity across the length and breadth of this country. It is also the first Indian company to venture out in the Middle East in the 1970s. It has done some fabulous construction work in Muscat also.
Let me now tell you the various diversifications that this company is into. This group is into real estate, construction, and even gone on to build roads under a sister firm called SP roads. It has to its credit completed the Jammu Udhampur highway. It is also into the power sector. The Samalpatti power is a power generation plant. It has also ventured into the water purifiers business under the brand of Eureka Forbes. Thus, today it is more into diversification. However, the core business is still construction and infrastructure. Let us now look at some of the major construction activities undertaken by them over the years.
It has completed various factory buildings for Skoda, Tata and Volvo, Coco cola, GE, LG, Parle, and Tisco. It has also been credited to the construction of nuclear research labs for Wockhart hospital. It has constructed nuclear waste handling and various scientific research centers across the length and breadth of this country. Cricket is a religion here in India. This is one thing, which unites Indians from Jammu and Kashmir to Kanyakumari. The SP group has left its mark here also. They have constructed the famous Brabourne stadium in Mumbai and the Vidarbha cricket stadium in Nagpur. They also have constructed the Homi Bhabha auditorium.
The SP group has done some fine work while constructing for the hotel sector. The Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai is a landmark of Mumbai. The credit for construction of this magnificent hotel goes to Shapoorji Pallonji and co. It has also done the construction work of Maurya Sheraton towers, which is another landmark hotel. The hospitals constructed by the company are all world class. The Dinanath Mangeshkar hospital in Pune is a Shapoorji Pallonji construction. The Max Devki Devi hospital in New Delhi is also another of there construction. In Mumbai, it has constructed most of the major hospitals in Mumbai. The Shapoorji Pallonji group has constructed breach Candy, Lilavati Hospital as well as the Tata Memorial hospital in Mumbai.
Mumbai as a city is an island. It has no place to expand. Hence, the only place it can move is upwards. This city is filled with many a skyscraper. The Shapoorji Pallonji has to its credit constructed Imperial towers in Mumbai. As it is into real estate, it also has many housing projects to its credit. Some of the major apartments in Mumbai are the Sterling apartments, NCPA apartments Crescent heights, and the Great Eastern Royale in Mumbai. The company has also made its presence felt in the real estate market of Kolkata. Highland Park and Sukho Bristi are some of its major ventures in the real estate market of Kolkata.
It has also constructed malls and multiplexes all over the country. It is responsible for the construction of multiplexes of the Inox group in Vadodara and Pune. It has also constructed the spice mall world in Noida, and the GVK one in Hyderabad. It is present across the length and breadth of this country. It has also built power plants for the Tata and Siemens group.
If you move around this country, you will see some of their constructions all around. Some of there land mark constructions in the city of Mumbai are the Bank of India building, Citibank, State Bank of India, HSBC Bank, and the IL FS building. The LIC building and the RBI building are the two major landmark buildings they have constructed in New Delhi. In Kolkata, they have the majestic VSNL building to there credit. In Jaipur, they have the world trade park to there credit.
The I.T sector is growing rapidly. The greatest advantage here is that it is a non-polluting industry. Thus, I.T parks are coming up across the length and breathe of this country. The SP group has also built I.T parks for all major I.T players in the country. TCS, Wipro are all in its list of clients who they cater to.
As mentioned earlier this is a company, which is not limited to the Indian shores only. Today it has presence all across the globe. Today it is present in many countries. The Middle East countries were it is doing business is Muscat, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar. It has also made its presence felt in the famous Caribbean Islands. It has presence in Guyana in the Caribbean’s. It is involved in some of the best constructions worldwide. Some of its major constructions worldwide are Ebene cyber city Mauritius, Stone palace Oman, Providence Cricket stadium Guyana, Seat of Government Ghana, Hotel Kabul Serena that is situated in Kabul in Afghanistan.
The Shapoorji Pallonji construction company is the oldest and the best construction company in India. It is in fact the first construction company to get the ISO 9001 certification in India. Like a true leader, this company sets its self-high standards. It has always completed projects within the stipulated time. The quality of work here is also very high.
CONTACT DETAILS:
Mumbai Regional Office
C/o Cyrus Investments,
2nd Floor, Esplanade House,
Hazarimal Somani Marg,
Near Alexandra School, Fort,
Mumbai-400001
Maharashtra India
Phone: 91-22-66695700
Email: paras.vishwakarma@shapoorji.com