Fruit and Vegetable Project
New Delhi 1985-86
A pilot project of National Dairy Development Board comprises a central distribution facility for fruits and vegetables. The centralised distribution facility has a production block, an engineering store, a godown, a service block, workers amenities and an administration block.
The production block with a covered area of over 18000 sqm has a storage capacity for 12000 tons of fruits and vegetables. To meet the temperature requirements of different articles in the production block there is a deep freezer at -20°C temperature, cold rooms at 4°C and despatch areas at 20°C. The structural system consists of steel trusses of 24m and 36m span supported on steel columns and clad with insulated panels.
The production block was designed and supplied by a French firm on a turnkey basis. The structural designs and the drawings submitted were vetted by us. The other buildings of the central facility covering 8000 sqm were designed by us.
Production Block:
Turnkey Suppliers: Fives Cail Babcock
Design Check: J Ghose
Other Buildings:
Architect: Design Group
Design Engineers: B B Chaudhuri
CM Sardana Ekbal Hussain
Wholesale fruit and vegetable market
Madras
1989-90
Architect: Kuldip Singh
Commercial centre
Cochin
1981-87
Architect: Kuldip Singh
Sangam Cinema
New Delhi
2013
Architect: Arcop Associates
Crescent Shopping centre
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1987-89
Architect: Akbar Design Consultants
Flower Market
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2013
Architect: Kuldip Singh