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too many expensive items. TDC went   overrun. To manage this problem,
                                             on with a design that had an exquisite   TDC strategizes the whole project in
                                             chandelier in the centre of the ceiling   advance, thus foreseeing possible
                                             with mirror box around it. The usage   setbacks before hitting site. This
                                             of mirror in ceiling and walls with   includes extensive time and resource
                                             the right balance of lighting creates a   (material, labour, equipment)
                                             plethora of reflection, rendering the   management. They want to
                                             space magnificent.                   demonstrate by example that timely
                                                                                  project completion is monetarily
                                             Keeping Up With New Trends &         favourable to all parties – the client,
                                             Technology                           the contractor and the designer.
                                             JC Ventures Workplace was a Design   Another focus of TDC is to establish
                                             & Build project of 12,000sqft; time   sustainable design as indispensable.
                                             was of essence in this project. Critical   Vernacular architecture is the
                                             Chain Project Management (CCPM)      precursor to sustainable design and
                                             was used which is a resource (people,   the amount of time and resources one
                                             equipment, physical space) oriented   can save by adopting local materials
                                             method of planning and managing      and technology is remarkable.
                                             projects. A project plan or Work     Educating the client and the
                                             Breakdown Structure (WBS) was        contractor of possible green initiatives
                                             created on Microsoft Project software.   and the potential payback throughout
                                             The plan is worked backwards from    the building life cycle help them bring
                                             the completion date with each        sustainable design into practice.
                                             task starting as late as possible,
                                             recognizing that tasks are more likely   ‘Trust’ – a key to develop a good
           Apurva Singh Bhadouria            to take more time than less. This helps  team
           Co-Founder                        in evaluating and working towards the
                                             estimated finish date more accurately.   The key to developing a good team
                                             Also, BIM (Building Information      is trust. They believe that every
                                             Modelling) which is a 3D modelling   team member with their unique
                                             technique was applied using REVIT    skill set is an equal contributory
                                             software for clash detection of      force. It’s important to appreciate
                                             services and seamless delivery and   that diversity and complement
                                             maintenance of the project.          each other’s skill. TDC completely
                                                                                  drives on collaboration; therefore
                                             As a result of these techniques among  communication also plays a huge
                                             other factors, JC Ventures Workplace   role. And at the end it’s essential to
                                             was completed in a record time of 70
                                             days.

                                             Always Ready For a Healthy             “
                                             Competition

                                             “We believe in healthy competition,     We seek to convert
                                             it keeps you on your toes. The only     our weaknesses
                                             way to tackle a competition is to keep   into strengths
                                             improving ourselves. We seek to
                                             convert our weakness into strengths     and threats into
                                             and threats into opportunities by
                                             working at ourselves consistently.”     opportunities by
                                             TDC’s work on making the industry       working on ourselves
                                             better                                  consistently.

                                             One industry practice that is hard
                                             to overcome, especially in cities like                             “
                                             Indore and Bhopal is, time and cost
                             Sakshi Jain
                            Co-Founder
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