Know which Indian company is attempting for Guinness World Record in infra domain
01 Jun 2022 10:30:08
When the word "record" pops up in our minds, the name of the oldest record-keeping system, popularly known as the Guinness Book of Records, comes up. The greatest record book in the world is not just an ordinary book, it is a book that contains record-breaking achievements of the human and natural world. Right from a question like "Which is the tallest statue in the world?" to "Which is the largest airport in the world?", the Guinness Book of Records is a book that contains the answers to life's biggest and foolest questions.
The book itself holds a world record, as the best-selling copyrighted book series of all time. The book was first published in 1955 in The Guinness Book of Records and is now so popular that it is available in many different languages. For the unreserved, Guinness World Records maintains a database of more than 40,000 record categories, and only about 3,000 of those records get featured on the Guinness World Records website.
Every year, nearly a thousand people across the world apply to the Guinness Book of Records in the hope of getting their names printed in the rarest of rare books. Apart from new records, GWR also receives over 50,000 inquiries each year from potential record breakers. However, very few very lucky people manage to do it through their record-breaking achievements. About 4,000 world records are published in the Guinness World Records books each year.
Just like others, a renowned 35-year-old Pune-based infrastructure giant is also hoping to write history by getting itself registered as India's first-ever infrastructure company in GWR under the category of "Longest Piece of Bituminous Concrete Laid Continuously". The proposed Guinness World Record is for the longest continuous section of bituminous concrete.
It should be highlighted, that there are very few registered Guinness Books of World Records related to the infrastructure domain. Qatar is one of the few countries that has achieved the Guinness World Records title for the longest continuous piece of asphalt concrete.
Qatar's Public Works Authority-Asha completed the 25.275 km longest piece of asphalt concrete in less than two weeks. The road was part of the Al Khor Expressway and took 10 days to complete, working 24/7.
Rajpath Infracon Pvt. Ltd. is aiming to break this record by continuously building 75 kilometers of bituminous concrete national highway between Amravati and Akola in just 5 days. As per reports, they will be commencing work on this project from June 3 to 7, 2022.
Interestingly, the company has already carved its name in the Limca Book of Records, by constructing a 39.69-km road between Pusegaon and Mhasurne in Satara within 24 hours. The road was three and a half meters wide and 39.69 kilometres long, covering Pusegaon, Jaigaon, Aundh, Gopuj, and Mhasurne. The work was completed with the help of about 474 workers and 250 vehicles and machinery.
The company is now trying to set new benchmarks in the Indian infrastructure industry, with timely completion of projects and compliance with the highest and most stringent quality standards. The company and its entire team have been working on the preparation for this world record for the last six months. As per the company, this world record is measured by the length of the bituminous concrete laid without break and is expressed in kilometers.
The record attempt is for a continuously laid bituminous concrete surface laid during the attempt, that is to say, that there can be no breaks in the surface as it is laid, distance-wise and time-wise. The width of the bituminous concrete surface that is being laid during this attempt is within a range of 3.5 meters i.e. 11 feet and 5.795 inches and 9 meters i.e. 29 feet and 6.331 inches for the length of the road constructed.
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