NBCC was incorporated as a public Limited Company 45 years ago in November 1960 as a wholly owned Government of India Enterprise under the aegis of the Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation.

The main line of business of the Corporation is execution of civil engineering projects, rendering of consultancy services and development of real estate projects with major focus on home markets and turnkey projects.

The NBCC has established itself as a FlagShip company in the country for construction of high-rise chimneys and cooling towers using slip form and jump form technologies. NBCC is also in the process of establishing its expertise in UASB Technology the most economical for execution of Sewage Treatment Plants.

Being a nodal agency, NBCC has been promoting the use of trench less technology in India. The Corporation has also acquired directional drilling equipment to take up the projects to be executed through this technology. NBCC is a MoU signing company with the Government since 1992-93 and its performance has been rated as Excellent for the last three years. In tune with the economic liberalization, it has entered into agreements with a number of multinationals, private and public firms for exploration of business.

Memorandum of Understanding between NBCC and Ministry of Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation for the year 2002-2003 was singed on 27th March 2002.

The objectives of the company are

• Thrust on Hi-tech Projects in environmental, infrastructure development and power sector by adopting new materials, methods and hybridization of technologies.
• To ensure timely completion of projects.
• To ensure skill and knowledge development fostering professionalism.
• To operate in difficult and remote areas where called for, keeping in view commercial viability.
• To be actively associated for skills up-gradation in construction trades in the country in association with CIDC & IGNOU.
• To pursue operational strategies as "A Team in Pursuit of Excellence".

Areas of Specialization

• Chimney
• Cooling & TV Tower
• Transmission Lines
• Real Estate
• Environmental
• Tube / Metro Rail
• No-Dig Project
• Transportation
• Hospitals / Hotels
• Consultancy
• Township / Universities
• Airports
• Project Management

NBCC Has Been Ranked At 179" Among Top 225 International Contractors By Engineering News Records, A Publication Of Mc. Graw Hill Of Usa.

NBCC is one of the largest Indian Companies having to its credit completion of large value projects of diverse nature such as Roads, Highways, Bridges, Flyovers , Subways, Complexes, Institutional Buildings, Schools, Universities, Industrial Structures, Power Plants, Cement Plants, Chemical Complexes, Paper & Pulp Projects, Fertilizer Plants, Refineries, Coal Handing and Ash Handling Plants, Pre-stressed Concrete Works, Oil Jetties, Pile Foundations, Housing Complexes, Tall RCC Chimneys, Marine works, Water Supply & Sewerage Schemes, Infra-structural Development Works, TV Towers, Railways Projects etc.

The annual turnover of NBCC is about Rs.4030 million and NBCC has till date successfully executed and handed over projects over Rs.50, 000 million to its satisfied clients. Today, NBCC occupies its rightful place as a pioneering construction organization in the country, as well as leads the way for project exports, keeping efficiency, excellence in quality and management as its indices. NBCC is a harbinger of construction.

NBCC has on its roll over 1300 highly qualified and experienced engineers, technocrats and professionals who have exposure to execution and management of large value projects. The project monitoring of all the project of NBCC is done by planning and programming with computerized network based system. NBCC has its own in-house Consultancy Division, which is staffed with highly qualified, experienced Architects, Engineers, and Structural & Service specialists.

Few Landmarks of NBCC in India

• Tallest TV Tower in India 
• Tallest Multi-flue Chimney in India
• Mass Housing projects
• Construction of ESIC Hospitals
• Water Treatment Plants
• Modernization of Airports e.g. Baroda, Bhubaneswar, Delhi, Jodhpur
• 8 Lane (33.2 Mtr. wide) Bridge Across the river Yamuna in Delhi
• Largest Office Complex in India, Housing 34 PSUs for SCOPE in New Delhi
• 220 KV Transmission line for Salal Kishanpur Sarna (J&K)

Landmarks of NBCC Abroad

• Super Speciality Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital at Male, Maldives
• Kohalpur National Highway for 48 KM length in Nepal
• Shutait Sewerage Scheme, Baghdad
• Fly-over on Airport Road, Baghdad
• Five Star Hotel at Mosul and Doken, Iraq
• Industrial Building & Main Stations for Baghdad - Alllquaim Railway Projects
• Indira Gandhi Centre for Indian Culture (IGCIC) at Phoenix, Mauritius
• Construction of Residential units in the earthquake affected areas at Turkey.

In tune with the changing environment, NBCC has been diversifying its activities from time to time. Its thrust areas are:

• Environment Engineering Plants
• Real Estate
• Project Management
• Trench less (No dig) Technology
• Tall Stacks
• Cooling Tower