PWD floats tender for phase II of Trichy Elcot IT park

 

After a brief delay, the Public Works Department has floated a tender to take up the Rs 42.26-crore project to expand Elcot IT park at Navalpattu near Trichy city. For the first time, PWD’s building maintenance and construction wing was asked to execute and oversee the project.

The 60,000-square feet office space of the existing phase I of Trichy IT park has been occupied completely for the past few years. As there was demand for more office space from Chennai, Bengaluru and Trichy-based IT and ITES companies, Elcot finalised a proposal in July 2018 to expand the IT park on the Navalpattu campus. After a slow beginning, Elcot management in February informed that PWD will execute the proposed phase II of the park. As a follow-up, PWD building maintenance and construction wing has floated a tender inviting class I PWD contractors for the expansion project. Official sources said that the proposed phase II will have five floors, including the ground floor, which will have 1.13 lakh square feet floor area.

Barring the common area, reception and restrooms, the park will have 62,000 square feet office space. The floor space and number of floors were evolved by the chief architect of PWD based on the requirements furnished by Elcot, for which PWD will identify an eligible contractor before September 2020, sources said. “We will commence the civil work by December 2020. The overall duration of the project is 18 months,” a senior official with PWD told TOI. It may be recalled that the detailed project report (DPR) was prepared in December 2018.

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