Two business verticals of Larsen & Toubro — the Heavy Civil Infrastructure and Heavy Engineering — have jointly been awarded an order from the Department of Atomic Energy of Government of India, for establishing the LIGO India Observatory. The observatory will come up at Aundha in Maharashtra’s Hingoli district.
Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory is used for detection of gravitational waves caused by cataclysmic cosmic events through multikilometer-scale wave detectors using laser interferometry. The initiative will be one of India’s flagship “Mega Science” projects, developed through a collaboration between premier Indian research institutions — including RRCAT and IPR — and the LIGO Laboratory of the United States, with support from Caltech and MIT.
L&T’s project scope encompasses comprehensive engineering, procurement and construction of vibration sensitive specialized high-precision civil infrastructure, along with the manufacture and installation of ultra-high vacuum compatible 8 Km beam tube and critical equipment for vacuum infrastructure.
Integration of mechanical, electrical, HVAC, fire protection, vacuum control, monitoring system and all support utilities are also in L&T’s scope. The project completion deadline is 48 months.
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