HOWE (INDIA) PVT. LTD.

Consulting Engineers - Project Managers

A few of our Completed Projects

For the “Greenfields” Jawaharlal Nehru Port at Nhava Sheva, Mumbai, HOWE provided conceptual plans, project reports, model studies, detailed designs and specifications for all works/components, tendering as per World Bank norms, and complete project management. The $900 million project included dredging and reclamation, berths, computerised container and bulk material handling terminals, inland CFS’s, harbour craft, navigation aids, extensive infrastructure, roads, bridges, railways, and a complete township for 11,000 inhabitants.

 

HOWE were responsible for the design and project management of the staff housing project built by Towell Construction for the University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 45 buildings with 672 apartments, infrastructure including power generation, sewage treatment, irrigation, landscaping, HVAC, furnishings, and all other services and utilities were included. A precast concrete panel system and onsite factory (designed by HOWE) allowed completion in less than 18 months. HOWE managed the turn-key construction.

The Visakhapatnam Outer Harbour was engineered and project managed by HOWE following extended site investigations and studies. The breakwaters are the longest in India and the ore export berths are for  200,000 DWT ships. The material handling system is rated at 8000 TPH. Included are a fishing harbour, sand by-passing, harbour craft, rail yards, navigation aids and all infrastructure facilities.

 

HOWE have also designed the container terminal and various other works in the Visakhapatnam Port and carried out studies and reports to increase the capacity of the ore export, oil and coal import facilities in the Outer Harbour for various clients in India and abroad.  Innovative engineering solutions abound.

The Mormugao Port development project , engineered and managed entirely by HOWE included oil and ore berths for 100,000 DWT ships, dredging and reclamation works, barge unloading docks, bulk iron ore receiving and shipping systems, all ancillary and infrastructure facilities. The bulk ore terminal export capacity is over 12 million tonnes/year.

Other works designed by HOWE in the Mormugao Port include general cargo berths, alumina handling, ship repair and other facilities.

For a new export port terminal at Sept Iles, Canada. HOWE performed detailed studies for LabMag GP Inc (subsidiary of the New Millennium Capital Corp.) The terminal is a part of a US$ 2.75 billion mining, processing and transportation project. HOWE selected a number of potential sites; the alternative locations, layouts and systems were thereafter developed and analysed using advanced simulation techniques. The various proposals were designed in sufficient detail to enable costing and evaluation to find the optimum solution. Some of the key aspects of the terminal are: 1) Export of up to 22.5 mtpa, 2) Ships up to 360,000 DWT, 3) Limited shipments during winter ice, 4) Cost effective material handling and stockpiling systems, 5) Loading of both Lakers and Ocean bulk carriers, 6) Ship loading rates of up to 16,000 TPH.  

The complex transport terminal at Hazira engineered by HOWE for the ESSAR GUJARAT steel plant is for the import of iron ore pellets, limestone, scrap steel, general cargo and the export of Ferro-alloy/additives and HR coils. Included are a railway network, marshalling yard, all the related utilities and handling systems, a 420m long steel sheet pile jetty, a 280m piled berth. Ships range from barges to 40,000 DWT bulk carriers.

 

Equipment includes: 4, 200 TPH barge unloaders, 6, 160 TPH gantry cranes, 2, 500 TPH ship unloaders, a ship loader (HOWE’s patented design) and a  yard crane for 25 ton HRC coils, a truck dumper, mobile cranes, tractor-trailers, locomotives, a 450 m conveyor system. The handling system allows receiving and shipping of various materials, cargo, and finished steel products via road, railways, ships and barges.