FASTER GREENER GROWTH

A silent revolution is underway as RMC and automated batching plants reshape how Indian developers build faster and cleaner.

- By Team CW

Ready-mix concrete (RMC) and advanced batching plants have quietly moved from being efficiency enhancers to the backbone of modern construction in India. From large integrated townships near new airports to hyper-dense heritage cores in major cities, developers and equipment manufacturers, and material producers now see concrete not as a commodity, but as a precision-engineered product that can make or break timelines, quality and sustainability outcomes.

Across the board, developers describe a step change in both quality and speed after moving decisively to RMC supported by automated batching. Summing up this shift, D Kishore Reddy, Chairman and Managing Director, Mana Projects, says, "The use of RMC supported by automated batching plants has significantly elevated both quality and speed across our projects." Reddy links this to precise proportioning that ensures uniform strength and controlled workability, which in turn cuts idle time, rework and manual adjustments. For Bengaluru-based ELV Projects, the impact has been equally transformational. Vivek N, Executive Director, ELV Projects explains that at ELV Projects, the adoption of RMC and automated batching has reshaped the company’s construction process “by ensuring consistent, superior quality through precise mix designs and error-free automated proportioning.” The shift away from on-site mixing has reduced delays, cut material wastage, and enabled high-volume, continuous supply to support large developments.

Developers working in constrained urban locations report similar gains.