The 10 Most Prominent Engineering Consultants in 2018

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CONSULTANTS IN 2018 Vinayak Sane Managing Partner & COO

Vinayak Vaidya Founder & CEO

Expert’s Voice Latest Technologies & Future of Construction Art of Planning Strategies for being a Successful New-Age Engineering Consultant

ABHIYANTA CONSULTING ENGINEERS LLP

A Pioneering Consultant for Design of Electrical and ELV Services

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he engineering space is full of challenges and complexities.

Innovation is the influence that is helping the market players to construct a prominent framework and convert these challenges into opportunities. Flexibility combined with solid innovations can hold the reins of industrial engineering and create a one-of-its-kind history.

Technology has changed infinitely in the last few decades, so has the volume and variety of deployments. Today, the giant as well as small, rapidly-moving robots are dominating many factory floor for creating a newer, safer, and well-defined engineering platform. Industrial Robotics is undoubtedly progressing, wherein robots are becoming more capable and smarter day-by-day. These advanced bots and the engineering world are going hand-in-hand. And the advent of Industrial Robotics is a boost to the engineering sector. It is effectively disrupting the loopholes of the demand and supply. Working behind the scenes is what best describes it! It helps to overcome the current shortage of skilled labor and aging population, and generates profitable outcomes. These bots are surely going to make an impact on the existing as well as emerging market players. With its novel approach and strategic capabilities it can successfully match the majority of customer needs.

Industrial Robotics Empowering the Engineering Space

In a world where few people have the knowledge of industry working pipeline, Industrial Robotics can give a unique view of all the on-site operations, thereby empowering the confidential, mission-critical stuff of the engineering world. It can enhance the abilities of the engineering processes and help achieving better technical and execution levels. Its most important benefit is the efficiency and accuracy in operations. The combination of speed and uptime leads to higher throughput at lower operating costs and deliver great ROI. It is also impacting the engineering space at its social, economic and environmental highgrounds. Creating a niche with its smooth moves, it is playing a significant role to keep engineering corporates thriving and spawn employment openings.

Engineering is all about teamwork, communication and building true relationships, but days are here, where one can experience the existence of an eye-pleasing hydraulic colleague. Industrial Robotics is the next big thing in the evolution of engineering world. It will surely drive the tangible world towards a better pathway of civilization. Robotics will constantly be the backbone of the fast paced operations and quality engineering services. This synergy of bots and engineering has a benchmarking potential to spread horizontally across diverse industries and develop a better infrastructural sphere.

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Consulting Engineers Group Contributing to the Construction Space with Comprehensive Services

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Satyam Venture Engineering Services A Trendsetter in the Automotive Industry

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Treading an Extra Mile to Deliver EďŹƒcient Engineering Solutions

Satyan Consulting Engineers

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Offering Complete & Sustainable Solutions

Roark Consulting Engineers

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Manifesting & Transforming Architectural Vision into Reality

Karmaa SR Consultants Unfurling Cost-effective Engineering Solutions under One-roof in Industrial & Warehousing projects

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Meet the Go-getters of the Engineering World

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ver the last decade, the idea of embracing technology changes has received increasing recognition and acceptance among consulting engineering firms. Their practical framework of understanding the consistencies of the engineering world is unfolding remarkable innovations for the mankind. With experience and strong technical expertise, the engineering consultants are successfully planning and designing a wide range of services boosting the business world.

While 2017 was an enthusiastic year for the engineering sector, 2018 is a year which has taken it beyond the success horizons. Recognizing the consultants that are revolutionizing the engineering space and keeping innovation on their radar by staying up-to-speed with the developments, we have come up with this special edition of “The 10 Most Prominent Engineering Consultants in 2018.” This issue has featured a handful of professionals offering a diverse and engaging mix of creativity and distinctiveness. This edition of ours will help you to walk through a list of companies embracing multi-disciplinary approach and covering a range of relevant issues in its sector.

On the cover of the issue, we have featured Abhiyanta Consulting Engineers LLP, a leading proprietary consultancy firm offering outstanding Design Consultancy for the electrical projects. The company is outshining its competitors with its innovative solutions and redefining the Engineering space.

Apart from such insightful cover story, we have also enlisted Ducon Consultants, which is crafting-out prominent solutions with an aim to empower the engineering space. Karma SR Consultants which excels in offering comprehensive engineering services under one-roof industrial and warehousing projects, Roark Consulting Engineers is a pioneer in providing best-in-class structural design services to its clients across the globe, Satyan Consulting Engineers effectively delivers engineering solutions within a vast plethora of engineering areas and SEED Engineering Consultants offers a wide-range of efficient engineering solutions in the building services industry.

While flipping the pages, take a note not to miss out the exclusive interviews with Mr. Vishwas Jain, Managing Director at Consulting Engineers Group Ltd. (CEG) and Mr. Rao S Vadlamudi, Founder and CEO of Satyam Venture Engineering Services.

Turning some more pages will help you find out articles masterly crafted by our in-house editors which include Strategies for being a Successful New-Age Engineering Consultant from Strategical Manifesto and Engineering Design Services are the Need of the Hour from Editor’s Desk. The article Latest Technologies & Future of Construction by an industry expert, Antriksh Tawar, Director at Manomav Engineers, would take you on a journey showcasing the tech-based innovations in the construction world.

These articles will surely help you understand the current market scenario of the construction industry. Looking at the emerging opportunities and the growing possibilities this issue of ours will introduce you to a whole new world of novelty.

So enjoy the exciting read!

Vinayak Vaidya Founder & CEO

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CONSULTING ENGINEERS LLP A Pioneering Consultant for Design of Electrical and ELV Services SUBSTATION to WORKSTATION

Abhiyanta work towards the demands of a true integrated approach for the buildings of the future on a converged platform

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n India, the significance of Engineering Consultancy Services is escalating with the thrust on infrastructure services. The country is witnessing the development of a versatile network of engineering consultancies with expertise across a wide-ranging spectrum of disciplines.

These firms are the key drivers in revolutionizing the country’s growing engineering consultancy space.

Established in 1991, Abhiyanta Consulting Engineers LLP is amongst the leading proprietary consultancy firms offering outstanding Design Consultancy for the electrical projects. The company started its journey with a curated focus on the industrial projects and has expanded its horizons by taking up commercial, residential, hospital and institutional projects which helped it to create its niche in the marketplace. Situated in Pune, the firm is focusing on the engineering consultancy field particularly in industrial projects as well as the Infrastructure projects.

Beginning with few sq. ft. of area in its initial days to today’s 200 lakh sq. ft. of area, Abhiyanta has been rolling out innovative electrical solutions for over three decades.

By capitalizing on the extensive knowledge of codes and standards, and the latest technology, the firm’s project designs perform smoothly from ideation to conception leading to an outstanding construction. The firm has effectively designed electrical services for some of the most prestigious residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial projects in and around Pune.

We continually demonstrate our deep commitment to business integrity and quality work in helping to achieve the future of services design

Keeping-up with the Latest Trends Technology transformations with digitization along with BIM, AR/VR, mobile user interfaces allowing real-time communications are the major upgrades. Even in architecture, 3D printing to 3D scanners creates digital models that have made the consulting organization think out-of-the-box. Use of IoT in the applications and solutions has made the consultants make changes in the tenders or specifications to accommodate the technology upgrades.

Embracing these latest trends and inclusion of processes in the day-to-day operations, it inculcates strong CRM (Customer Relationship Management) skills in its employees for good answerability to the organization. This helps the organization to achieve higher profitability.

Foreseeing that the BIM (Building Information Modeling) is excessively used in MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing) design for which the use of Revit in Acad design is necessary, the firm already has its own draftsmen trained on the platform. The firm is making unified efforts to create a framework of experts for larger project base value.

Meet the Dynamic Duo Mr. Vinayak Vaidya is the Founder and CEO of Abhiyanta Consulting Engineers LLP. After pursuing Electrical engineering with an aim to start a design consultancy and attain experience, Mr. Vaidya joined a contracting firm. Later, to experience the on-site operations, he worked with the TIFR (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) projects division for GMRT (Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope) project. This on-field experience helped him to gain expertise in workable methods and design along with actual practical knowledge which helped in formulating design guidelines, quality drawings, and specifications.

Another significant persona is Mr. Vinayak Sane, Managing Partner and COO, graduate in Electrical Engineer who started his career in manufacturing and then extended his arms in the field of consulting. Being an entrepreneur, he wanted to get into design of electrical engineering. With senior electrical engineering stalwarts around him, Mr. Sane decided to pick up a new trend Integrated Building Management Systems – a combination of fire alarm and life safety, security and surveillance and building automation on a single platform. Gaining knowledge by understanding the implementation processes and learning the ropes of design, Mr. Sane migrated to the field of design.

Passion for good and clean designs and recognizing the need to increase the offering from Electrical + ELV (extra-low voltage) to the entire MEP (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing) helped the duo to work together and frame the cornerstones of Abhiyanta Electrical Consultants & Engineers. In the year 2016, the firm was converted to Abhiyanta Consulting Engineers LLP, currently catering to all verticals (except oil and gas) by adding LV (low-voltage) design & MEP coordination capabilities with increasing demand of the projects.

A Unique Firm Quality of design based on the industry standards, innovation in design, converting these designs in high quality drawings and accurate BOQ (Bill Of Quantities) sets the firm distinctive.

Acknowledging client requirements and co-relating it with new products, innovative layouts without compromising the reliability and safety has helped Abhiyanta to establish itself as a trustworthy brand. Keeping abreast of development in electrical industry, incorporation of industry needs in the design and going beyond the usual brief has been constantly empowering the firm in taking client engagement to a new level.

It is a firm that supports the client with its state-of-the-art design, modular enough to adapt new technological updates and rugged enough to last the life of the project. Further, Abhiyanta is committed to bring out the best in its employees, clients and projects while upholding the highest standards of its discipline, work ethic, and integrity.

Reliability and safety integrated in any design, the firm has regular design meetings for solutions, product presentations from system suppliers or OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers). Abhiyanta prominently focuses on client servicing and continuous meetings with the regular attendance to the product presentations and expositions helping it in networking with the OEMs and upgrading the designs and specifications. Further, it also plans regular soft skill development lectures for the engineers.

Surpassing Challenges Since inception, Abhiyanta has been taking unified efforts for tackling every challenge to withstand the complexities of the market. The biggest challenge was to train and motivate the manpower to suit its standards. Consistency in quality outputs is always a challenge. “We have set design and quality check procedures along with use of software

We prioritize our client's objectives, budget and time frame for each project to provide a high-quality product in an efficient and cost-effective manner

programs developed by us has helped us in overcoming the quality & time challenges” says the duo.

The core team has successfully embraced the changes happened in the low voltage product and systems. Also the complexity of project services and number of services to be incorporated in limited spaces available pose major challenge in the design. With meticulous work and coordinated designs, Abhiyanta has unlocked the success doors and proved to be a trendsetter in the engineering as well as design consultancy.

Emphasizing the Core Values Passion, commitment, integrity, innovation, and accountability are the virtues on which the foundation of Abhiyanta’s project engagement depends. It focuses on providing value to the customers and building long term relationships.

The company dedicates its success to its in-house electrical design consultants who are always in a state of training and updating their skill set. Additionally, staying current on codes, LED technologies, power issues and software is paramount to the success of the projects undertaken by the company.

Notable Milestones in the Journey Over the years, the company has achieved various milestones of which the few are:

Customer satisfaction is our motto, integrity is our religion, and our design theme is Substation to Workstation

- Worked as consultants for M/s Irridium India Pvt. Ltd. for their Generic Gateway at Pune.

The philosophy which the company follows in its designs and operations to craft best-in-class design and engineering services include:

- Test facility for 100 MW Hydro & Turbo alternator at M/s CG ELIN Ltd. (now VA Tech) Plant at Mandideep.

- Detail Engineering based on actual data collection.

- Completed successfully test bench for 4.5 MW Pump Set for M/s KSB Pumps Ltd, Pune.

- Design Based on Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) norms.

- EON Campus, the largest ITES SEZ in Pune.

- Safe & Reliable electrical system at optimum costs.

- Trump Towers, Pune.

- Converting detail engineering in appropriate drawings & details.

- RITZ Carlton, Pune.

- Accurate Quantity Estimation.

- Kirloskar Brothers, Corporate office, 1st Green Building in Pune.

Diversified Range of Services Abhiyanta undertakes design consultancy for various systems including Receiving stations upto 132 kV, H T (high tension) Distribution & Substations, Electrical Power & Lighting, Convenience, Earthing & Lightning Protection, DG (diesel generator) Set Systems, Security Systems viz.

Fire Alarm, CCTV, Access Control, and Communication Provisions.

It is an electrical consulting organization with its core expertise being design and engineering of the Electrical, Life Safety and Security System Design Consultancy along with the ICT (Information and Communication) systems.

- Two Level Drawing & Data checking.

- Personalized attention to each project.

Future Outlook Having worked across Pan India, Abhiyanta Electrical Consultants & Engineers LLP is planning to deliver novel design services to the areas other than Pune and is all set to open offices in other cities in the near future. The organization is planning to have its own in-house MEP team of professionals.

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Abhiyanta Consultants abhiyantaconsultants.com

Vinayak Vaidya Founder & CEO, Vinayak Sane Managing Partner & COO

Abhiyanta Electrical Consultants & Engineers LLP is a consultant for Electrical & Security systems.

Ducon Consultants duconconsultants.in

Devendra Chandrakant Shah Founder & Managing Director

Ducon Consultants Private Limited is an engineering consultancy firm practicing in the field of structural design, industrial planning, MEPF, HVAC, and project management.

Karmaa SR Consultants karmaasrconsultants.com

Rajesh Ukey Director

Karmaa SR Consultants Pvt. Ltd. is a multidisciplinary engineering consultancy firm providing all the services under one-roof.

Raje Structural Consultants Private Limited rajeconsultants.com

Varun Raje Director

Raje Consultants Pvt. Ltd. is a leading name in Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Construction and Consultancy all over India and abroad.

Roark Consultants roarkconsultants.com

Pankaj Gupta Founder & CEO

Roark Consulting Engineers is the pioneer in providing expert structural design services to clients across various areas.

Rodic Consultants rodicconsultants.com

Neeraj Bali CEO

Rodic Consultants is a comprehensive consultancy service provider, delivering integrated end-to-end solutions across key sectors of India’s infrastructural development.

Satyan Consulting Engineers distilleryconsultant.com

Satish Yadnik Founder

Satyan is an engineering consultant firm that provides overall solution from process design, process development to process engineering to distillery, starch & evaporator market segments.

Seed Engineering Consultants seedengineering.com

Sanu Mathew Co-founder & Managing Director

Seed delivers a wide-range of efficient engineering solutions in the Building Services Industry.

Sun and Jay Group sunjay.in

Sivakumar Marimuthu, Managing Director

Sun and Jay Group provides specialised consultancy services in the field of Project Management and Execution of Energy Projects.

Umas umasindia.com

Prajakta Mate Director (Finance)

Umas is an Industrial Engineering Consulting Firm providing our clients with problem-solving expertise to address problems of defects, waste and poor efficiencies in operations.

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marque for its global, distinguished, and integrated range of skills and expertise and is a trusted name for delivering engineering excellence in the field of infrastructure development is Consulting Engineers Group Ltd. (CEG). Mr. Vishwas Jain is the Managing Director at the company. CEG is an international infrastructure consulting organization providing services for Highways, Bridges, Rail, Metro, Tunnels, Buildings, Water Resources, Urban Development & Geotechnical Investigation. To get more insights about CEG’s prominent services and uniqueness, we bring you an exclusive interview with Mr. Vishwas.

1) Kindly brief us about your consultancy.

Consulting Engineers Group Ltd. is an ISO 9001:2008 accredited leading international consulting organization providing comprehensive professional consultancy services for all the facets of planning, preliminary and detailed engineering design and construction supervision of Infrastructure development and management projects.

Founded in 1984, CEG has grown exponentially and transformed into a multidisciplinary organization in the ambit of infrastructure and now employees over 1100 professionals working from various offices globally. CEG today has a wide ranging portfolio and has successfully implemented several iconic infrastructure projects. CEG have a current turnover of INR 1.27 billion and international experience of working in Bangladesh, Australia, Ghana, Liberia, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania.

2) Brief us about the Founder/CEO and his/her contribution towards the upliftment of the consultancy.

What was the source of inspiration for your consultancy to be a pioneer in the Engineering Consultants segment?

The genesis of thought prevailed since completing engineering in year 1983 to be an entrepreneur and do something in the core civil engineering field. Having strong certainty in mind, he could never think of getting a job and thus never tried. As a humble beginning, he started with

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environmental consultancy and geotechnical investigation and now it is one of largest Indian Infrastructure company associated with many iconic projects in India and abroad and responsible for creating employment opportunities for more than 1100 engineers and professionals.

3) What are the distinct products and services provided by your consultancy, setting you apart from your competitors?

We are known to deliver best technical solutions to our clients at par with International quality. We pride ourselves for the wide range of services that we can offer under a single roof. CEG is the only Indian owned organization in the country to have the capabilities for infrastructure consultancy services along with complete facility of laboratory and field investigations for varied development projects. Our sister concern – CEG Test House And Research Centre Pvt Ltd. Is a well-known in the engineering and FMCG industry, where in it is fully equipped to provide testing services ranging from construction material, non-destructive, geotechnical investigations, water testing, environmental monitoring, food and pharma testing with due approvals from the concerned authorities like NABL, MoEF, FSSAI etc. Also, we have always re-invested our profits in the interest of company which has led to a situation where we proudly remained a debt free company from the past 30 years.

4) What are the key attributes that helped your consultancy to overcome the challenges?

The essence of any company’s consistent growth is based on how they chose to interact with their clients.

Accordingly we have always made our efforts to maintain the quality of our deliverables to the best possible manner and provide the consultancy keeping our ethical policies on top priority. A lot of this has also been possible due to the support of well-experienced senior professionals with similar minds who have always encouraged such policies and also communicated these to their colleagues to inculcate the same values.

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5) What is the current scenario of Engineering Consultation industry, from your point of view?

In a developing country, the key to growing at a higher rate lies in the ability to create world-class infrastructure.

Infrastructure development has contributed lot in GDP growth of India. Now Indian consulting companies and professionals have gained rich experience using latest technology. Indian consulting companies are now actively participating in third world countries including African sub-continent, South east Asia and other part of world.

Indian consulting companies have observed more fast growth in other countries during last one decade. Our biggest strength will remain experienced professional manpower ready to take challenge in any part of world. I feel, consulting industry will keep excelling at international level in future. Unlike few year ago when we were looking to bring international consulting companies to India for better technology, now we are in the position to provide our know how to others which is at par with International standard.

Present perks and salaries offered within India is continuously attracting many Indian professionals to come back to home country, who have spent considerable time abroad working in International culture and got varied exposure with technology.

I strongly feel, Indian consulting companies will keep growing their business within India and at international level.

6) With the massive advancements in the Engineering industry, what are the opportunities and challenges evolving with it?

Infrastructure industry in India is with full of opportunities.

We still to go in long way to strengthen our infrastructure especially in Road, Rail, Metro, Airport, Power, Water resources etc. Infrastructure is an area where there lies huge opportunity, which can be tapped by evolving an integrated development programs within different sectors and regions.

There is a need for some radical decision-making and good project development. We still face several challenges such as the delayed project completion, cost overrun, land acquisition problems, lack of coordination between multiple stakeholders in the infrastructure sector, lengthy document processing time, lack of Clarity and procedure in resolving Environmental issues etc. We need strong political stable polices for smooth and faster development. Today’s infrastructure is under intense pressure to operate at the speed of development - that means being infused with the agility to adapt as quickly as customers and the market demand. We also need to run continuous training and capacity building programs for all stake holders involved in developmental activities. No developing country can afford to waste a small money by creating inferior quality of 18

infrastructure where we need more attention so that each and every rupee spent contributes to nation development.

By having involvement of good consulting companies, responsibility of quality issues can be addressed.

7) What are the benefits gained by your clients while doing business with you?

Our working principle has been very simple, to produce such quality work that one client who becomes associated with CEG would never leave us. Our clients are located in nearly every part of the country. But whoever and wherever they are, we spend time getting to really understand our clients, listening to them closely. We differentiate ourselves by focusing on the value they’re looking for and having a strong, global network with deep roots and local knowledge, delivered to wherever it’s needed. In every case, our purpose is twofold: to help our clients find solutions to their important problems and to work with them, and our other stakeholders, to build trust in society.

8) What is the role of your employees behind your consultancy’s success? How do you keep them motivated?

As our vision and mission, we feel our employees are our assets and we are firm believers of advancing our employees further in their career which is one of the main reasons of success of CEG. We have implemented very strong Human Resource polices in the interest of welfare of our employees. Their work and contribution are being recognised and incentivised. We give entire credit of success of CEG to our people who created growth path for us. We are proud to create a safe place to work for professionals coming from across the country without having any fear for women employees.

9) What would be your advice for the budding startups and entrepreneurs in the industry?

First of all, find your passion and work hard with clarity in thoughts endlessly. Believe in yourself and also let others grow with you. Every person you meet is game changer and learn from them. Difficult is not impossible, just keep going. Delete word struggle and take everything easy.

10) Brief us about your consultancy’s future perspectives.

We aim to remain committed to our profession and success shall follow. We don’t aim for everything; however, we do aim to be the best in the industry in whatever we do.

Transport sector is our hard-core strength and we really enjoy the fact of being the preferred choice for Roads, Rail, Airport, Metro projects among our esteemed clients. Our near future plan is strengthening ourselves in Metro, Rail and Airport sectors. We also look forward to develop our capabilities in water sector. |October 2018|

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anu Mathew is the Co-founder and Managing Director of SEED Engineering Consultants.

He is an Electrical engineering graduate with over 28 years of experience in Building Services Design, Site Supervision and Project Management of High- & Low-Voltage Power Systems. He is one of the lead designers in the team and has experience in design & supervision of engineering services systems for Airport, Utilities, Commercial, Residential, Retail, Hotels, School, Hospital and Infrastructure Planning projects. Sanu persistently encourages the team with his passion for excellence and keenness for sustainable design.

Groundbreaking Products and services “Seed’s core principle is to integrate sustainability and energy-efficient design in its products and services from the concept stage itself.”

SEED offers a curated set of comprehensive MEP which generally includes Plumbing, Fire Fighting, Fire Protection, Electrical, HVAC, Networking (Telecom / Data / Structural Cabling / ELV), BMS, CCTV and Lighting design. The company prominently designs exclusive products for Vertical Transportation, Gas Bank, Irrigation, Solar works, Bio digester, STP, WTP / RO etc.

It provides Green Building Accreditation services like EDGE, LEED, IGBC, GRIHA, etc. The company also delivers ELV system

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design services, Specialist lighting, Audio Visual - IT and Acoustic consultancy.

Design- Every engineer at SEED is empowered to consider the smallest of details and their respective impacts at this level.

The Success Story As Peter Senge rightly said “Seeds do not contain the resources needed to grow a tree. These must come from the medium or environment within which the tree grows. But the seed does provide something that is crucial: A place where the whole of the tree starts to form. As resources such as water and nutrients are drawn in, the seed organizes the process that generates growth. In a sense, the seed is a gateway through which the future possibility of the living tree emerges.”

Similarly, it was not an easy task for SEED to outshine the existing competitors and withstand the market complexities during its initial stage.

But, the experience of the Directorial board helped the company to address the client needs and convert every challenge into opportunity in order to climb the stairways of success. With a vision to bridge the gap in the field of Building Engineering and to positively impact the various parameters related to the design of MEP Engineering Services, SEED established itself as a one-of-its-kind brand. Also, the hard work, experience and perseverance of the project team during those initial budding years drove way to the future possibilities.

Apart from this, the mantra which has helped the company to prosper over the years and create a niche in its sector is:

Integrate- This step influences the efficiency and economics of operation in the project. Promoting a blend of technology, keen observation and human experience enables seamless integration of each service into the system.

Sustain- At this level the company strives to transcend industry expectations by planning systems and technologies to last the test of time with a sole purpose to promote durability and sustainability in a project.

Today, the company is amongst the leading and trustworthy enterprises in its sector, providing tailored services which are successfully quenching customer requirements.

A Unique Consultancy SEED is on a mission to offer deep technical insights to satisfy the owner, operator, and the customer underlining three key aspects of any project including: COMFORT- The company manages the operations, using global standards of Ventilation and Thermal comfort along with the flexible and adaptable design.

CAPEX- The company offers financial analysis to facilitate informed CAPEX

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OPEX- SEED believes that energy savings of twenty percent (or greater) can be achieved through a technical review of plant equipment and operations and resulting implementation of energy conservation measures (ECMs).

Consistently Motivating Workforce is the Forte “Continuous professional development is considered key at SEED” At SEED, professional development program is offered to the employees in various capacities. This program infuses excellence in oneself and establishes a big picture for the organization and employees with efficient people management skills. It also augments with comprehensive case studies, psychometric tests, and various exercises as well as outdoor and indoor activities.

The company is continuously engaging its employees in various coaching programs and encourages them to participate in the competitions. The next step would be creating an intranet where the staff can interact and share information with each other which can pave a pathway for e-Learning.

Futuristic Vision SEED has witnessed steady growth to its African business. As a strategy to support this demand and to work more efficiently with our partners a new office is going to be launched in ‘Dar es Salaam’. It is the economic center and a former capita of Tanzania. And as a part of its growth planning in the national market SEED will also establish an office in Mumbai.

Apart from Growing the business, SEED recognizes its Academic & Social responsibility. SEED has launched a training academy for young engineers and students. ‘SEED ACADEMY’ is one of its kind initiatives to inculcate the budding engineers, architects and technicians with the zeal to conquer the knowledge and understanding which lies in the multifaceted Building Services Industry. As part of the CSR initiative this institute imparts free training and scholarships to needy students to establish a successful career in engineering and built environment fields.

SEED has committed to various CSR initiatives like DFWAC (Dubai Foundation for Women & Children), Pain & Palliative Care Units, Kerala and supporting Labor Camps in Dubai.

This year we will be taking on initiatives which focus on empowering the underprivileged children from at risk communities. We will focus on education and nutrition. We recognize the future of this world is children, health, education and safety are the pillars on which these children will rise and be successful.

The company’s vision for 2030 is: • Create contemporary landmark developments for residential use, business and finance, retail and leisure elements.

• Create an accessible, comfortable, healthy and safe place for all users outdoors as well as indoors.

• Create a sustainable urban environment that minimizes water usage and waste production, utilizes architectural and landscape treatments to reduce power demands and encourage alternative means of transport.

• Use open spaces, landscape and light to create a sense of place, comfort and safety for users.

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decision-making ideally classified or ordered according to capital outlay and ROI criteria along with improved care and long-term cost savings.

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Expert’s Voice

LATEST TECHNOLOGIES AND Future of Construction I

n today’s word, where population has reached 7.8 Billion and is estimated to reach 10 Billion by 2050, Earth would become smaller place to live. For catering the needs of society, we have to develop Big & Complex Infrastructure as well as smart & sustainable dwellings. To be prepared for such requirement, Construction Industry needs to adapt latest technologies to keep its foot with Industrial Revolution 4.0. If you look deeper in to it, Industry is experimenting many new technologies which will strengthen our decisions and productivity to deliver complex projects.

Currently, India is witnessing fast pace of construction in infra projects with many new technologies and equipments but if we would talk about buildings, we are still lacking to adapt new technologies. With new technologies developing in the world, we can surely work on setup where Homes and Building components will be made in a factory and it can be installed at site. Pre Fabrication & Modular Construction Technologies enable us to do this.

Prefabrication is the practice of assembling components of a structure in a factory or other manufacturing sites, and transporting complete assemblies or sub-assemblies to the construction site where the structure is to be located. It reduces cost of on-site work and ensures quality. Consistent indoor environments of factories eliminate most impacts of weather on production.

Autonomous Construction Technology is another technology which is making a shift from Labors to Machines. By using Robotics and AI, many companies are developing tools and equipments which are automatic and can be used at site to make on-site work more productive.

3D printing is the computer-controlled sequential layering of materials to create three-dimensional shapes. There are a

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variety of 3D printing methods used at construction scale, these include the following main methods: extrusion (concrete/cement, wax, foam, and polymers), powder bonding (polymer bond, reactive bond, sintering) and additive welding. It enables construction to be undertaken in harsh or dangerous environments not suitable for a human workforce such as in space. For Making small and compact Homes this is reducing time by almost 70%. It is very useful for catering Mass Population.

Many Companies and researchers are now making Advanced Building Material which are economical, highly durable and are faster in execution. Soon 60-70% of all building Material which we are using today will change to more productive alternative.

Imagine Driverless Equipments and Machines which can be controlled sitting far away from site improving productivity and efficiency. Now Wireless Monitoring & Connected Equipment technology are making their way forward. One of the biggest Construction Equipment Manufacture has successfully tested First Driverless Truck.

When it comes to Design and making, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality is allowing Customers to walk and feel the Project before they hit the Ground. It improves decision and gives you power of Imagination. Building Information Modeling is another Great Technology which is giving new wings to design. It is making your Physical Building into a Digital Model to use it with Other Technologies. 3D Scanning & Photogrammetry using Laser scan & LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) Technology is helping converting New & existing buildings into Manageable 3D Models. It is strengthening BIM and AR VR Technologies.

We in Manomav is doing extensive R&D to combine all

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this technologies to use it for construction phase of building and delivering a product which can help Managers for better supervision.

Along with these Technologies, software are now in the market which can be used for Cloud based Real time Collaboration of all digital data. It is enabling different Teams to work together and achieve common Project Goals.

Companies are making it an integrated, collaborative suite of finance, operations and project management applications for contractors and capital project owners. Microsoft is also developing wearable headsets which combines data and details with virtual reality.

Antriksh Tawar Director

ABOUT THE AUTHOR The Director at Manomav Engineers, Antriksh Tawar is an IIT Delhi alumni. He prominently handles the R&D operations of the company for new technologies which can be executed at construction projects. Antriksh has a vast experience in the eld of Management and Building Information Modeling. He has been a part of various projects such as Chandigarh International Airport, Safdarjung Hospital Project, Government Housing Development project in Noida & Ghaziabad and OPGC Merry Go Round Railway Corridor Project. |October 2018|

Big Data & Predictive Analysis is another technology which is now touching construction industry. Each Construction Project generates a lot of data from Initial to Closure phase. All the learnings and outputs can be used in Future for various purpose. Big Data & Predictive Analysis helps to collect this data, prepare Models for Analysis and then using it on New Designs and Projects. This will help in Predictive Analytics for taking better and informed decisions, Waste Estimation and possible outputs.

All these technologies are going to play a vital role in future. Companies and professionals in Construction have to line up with this new trend to stand firm in this changing era. This will only enable us to cater such a huge demand of future. When we talk specific about India, there is a big age gap between people who is selecting career in construction field. At every other Project, you can find mix of very young and very old professionals. This gap poses a challenge to adapt these new technologies. Even in Manomav we are facing the similar challenge while working on almost all above technologies. All I can say at last is famous quote of George Bernard Shaw “Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”

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Editor’s Desk

ENGINEERING

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ight from the invention of wheel, all the things that humans have created has a reason behind it.

More or less all the man-made objects that we see around us have one thing in common -engineering design component. Taking simple example of a spoon, where the aesthetics may vary but the engineering design constituent in a spoon is what makes it useful to serve or eat food.

While 2017 was a year which introduced various technological advancements, the year 2018 is witnessing rapid developments where engineers are integrating IT more and more tightly into the design of products. Today, consumer durable manufacturers are selling appliances-asa-service engineered with built-in IT. This enables the business world to connect with a smart platform for predicting, preventing, scheduling maintenance and generating proďŹ table outcomes. Also, the engineering services outsourcing (ESO) industry is rising with the ESO providers holding the reins of integration of engineering and IT. With the evolution of this industry the engineering design services are becoming the need of the hour.

A Tech-enabled Changing Face Today, people are no longer satisďŹ ed with a functional product, they want it to be appealing. As such, the scenario is changing with the engineering design services focusing

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on usability coupled with attractive packaging. As CAD (Computer Aided Design) and CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) tools are getting complex and powerful, organizations are exploiting their potential to offer prominent and cost-effective engineering design services.

Acknowledging the need of innovative services they are playing a key role in transforming the engineering world.

Realizing the full potential of the growth opportunities, the engineering design service providers are changing the delivery model. They are focusing on the fact that engineering products must address the challenges of IT-enabled engineering by broadening their scope and enhancing their investments in new processes and technology. Additionally, the industry players are leveraging higher level of experience and exposure for a better tech-enabled future.

Disrupting the Engineering Services Delivery Current trends in the sensor technology, wireless communications, cloud computing, and big-data capabilities are enabling the IoT to rapidly transform the engineering services delivery landscape. IT and embedded electronics are boosting the engineering space with distinctive delivery approach which can help the organizations to craft out services that can revolutionize the traditional practices.

Further, engineers and designers are creating products as well as artifacts by capturing their own usage data and establishing a continuous feedback loop. Profusion of data and devices are creating intelligent engineering applications to customize and monitor the entire product experience.

This includes ideas like the connected car, real-time and continuous healthcare, and remote monitoring of smart homes.

The Prominent Steps to be Taken Deciding to go ahead with the product is the first and approaching a professional engineering design services provider is the next step in order to roll out a best-in-class product or artifact. Here are the steps an engineering design services provider undertakes to pass on a healthy design to the environment.

Identification of the Design Needs This involves a listing of the product function, requirements of the clientele, and prospects about the product features.

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Gathering Information about the Product This step is all about research. It also involves the identification of the loads, boundaries, conditions as well as forces that will be applied on the product. On the other hand, significant measures are taken in order to outsource an enhanced and appealing product.

Innovation is the Key Engineering is a mixture of creativity and science. Also, there can be more than one solution to develop a distinctive product. This step deals with discussion about the innovation ensuring that the costs and time of development are kept to the minimum. This novel approach would help companies develop robust product designs.

Most Feasible Solution It involves the best possible solution that quenches the requirements of the product & consumer and models a prototype using CAD or CAE software.

Implementing and Testing The dawn of 3D Printers has made prototyping flexible and easy. Most of the leading companies use a 3D printer to create a 3D object followed by its testing that provides engineering design services. This helps validate the product functioning, fit, form and ergonomics leading to enhanced product design performance.

The following steps are rehearsed till a groundbreaking engineering design solution is being attained. Design engineering is the driving force behind each product that is being developed for the customers. Recognizing that proper design engineering is the cornerstone for creating a successful product – be it a household entity or a multifaceted architectural marvel, customers are going for the companies that have hands-on experience in providing these services. Embracing the opportunities related to design engineering, companies can offer value-added services that are customized to the customer’s needs.

The Next Big Thing Since the industrial internet is becoming more secure, industrial automation, robotics and 3D printing are enabling a new energy which will create a more pronounced change in the near future. Design-to-print concepts of additive and 3D manufacturing would positively impact the product maintenance and repair necessities. In this way, the business model along with the design engineering will shift towards greater sharing of risk and reward between the clientele and the service provider.

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Satyan Consulting Engineers Offering Complete & Sustainable Solutions

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ccording to the Government’s policy, it is anticipated that mixing of 10% ethanol in petrol has a high potential, and thus has a potential for new ethanol projects to come up in India. The country’s yearly growth in petrol consumption is approximately 30 billion liters with annual growth of about 10%.

Considering India’s existing petrol consumption of around 25 billion liters per annum, its present requirement of ethanol at the rate of 10 % mixing is around 2.5 billion liters per annum.

distillery, starch, and evaporator market segments.

To achieve ultimate aim of mixing 22% ethanol in the petrol, it is not possible to meet demand with available feed stock. In order to meet the above requirement, alternative source such as biomass is an option to produce cellulosic alcohol in the near future.

One such consulting firm that provides services to develop processes and plants is Satyan Consulting Engineers.

The technical team of Satyan Consulting Engineers is further strengthened by Sudhir Yadnik, a Mechanical Engineer with more than twenty-five years of experience in the field of design, fabrication, project planning, installation, and commissioning. The company consists of a small team of most competent & experienced process engineers in process design and process development.

Satish is a Chemical Engineer and also completed his Business Management from Pune University. He is the corner stone of Satyan and seamlessly manages the functions of the company.

He has a vast industrial experience and expertise in the field of distillery (alcohol technology); corn wet milling process for starch manufacturing, and evaporators for distilleries, chemical, pharmaceutical sector.

Journey of Satyan Established in 2006 by Satish Yadnik, Satyan is a proprietary concern. It also develops ammonia stripping system, methanol recovery system and many other distillation systems especially for solvent recovery. Satyan Consulting Engineers was molded with an idea to provide process engineering support to

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Distinctive Services Offered by Satyan Consulting Engineers Satyan delivers engineering solutions within a vast plethora of areas such as- General Consultancy, Feasibility study and report, Process Design Packages, Process Simulation, Process Modeling & Solution, Custom Solution,

Energy Conservation, Process troubleshooting, Detail Engineering, Piping design and 3-D modeling, Project Management, and Commissioning and trouble shooting.

The firm is known for its services to modernization, de-bottlenecking, and troubleshooting of existing plants. Its services to the process plant simulations, of distillation systems for industrial, potable, fuel alcohol, and evaporator, are notable. The company has configured numerous of most energy efficient distillation system based on the available energy. This was achieved by cascading distillation columns, using distillation column energy for evaporation, and evaporation by evaporator dryer vapors.

Noteworthy Associates & Clients of the Company The company has long standing association with AdvanceBio LLC, located at DuPont Circle, Ohio, USA; with expertise in bio-based fuel and chemical consulting services & technology. The key persons, of AdvanceBio LLC Bipin Shroff has more than forty years of experience with equipment fabrication, ethanol plant design, project management experience including multiple biomass-based ethanol project.

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For process plant automation, Satyan is closely working with a Pune-based Ditap-V Automation Pvt. Ltd. The company provides process support for wet milling corn starch technology to Meinhardt Group, a Singapore-based company.

Satyan also provides support to the pharmaceutical industry mainly in the field of solvent recovery system; it has designed one such system for methanol recovery with its associates Herring Plus Co. Ltd. The company is also associated and well acquainted with fish meal technology and works closely with its customer Janatha Fish Meal, one of the biggest manufacturers of fish meal and allied products in India and abroad.

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The company provides technical consultation to Sri Renuka Sugars, in the process development in the area of design and process engineering in all their units located in India. It has also designed ethanol plant 300 KL/day capacity for one of their units in Brazil.

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plant based on grain in Bihar having capacity 100 Kl/day.

Design of one of the biggest bio methanation spent wash evaporation plant for Bajaj Hindustan 1600 M3/D supplied by KBK Chem Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Pune.

Design of evaporator plant for Birla sugar plant (Two Plant) supplied by Shri Samarth Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Pune.

Vetting of design and drawings for Chandigarh distilleries. Design review of pioneer distillery Pathankot for their grain based plant. Complete design review and project management for 30KL/D grain based alcohol plant.

200 MT/day turnkey starch plant.

300KL/D ethanol project for Brazil distillery for shri Renuka Sugars.

Bajaj sugar- Plant by Shri Samarth Engineering Pvt Ltd, Pune.

Kranthigrahi sugar- Plant by KBK Chem Pvt Ltd, Pune.

Rena sugar- Plant by Naran Lala Process.

New swadeshi, Birla group- Plant

by Shri Samarth Engineering Pvt Ltd, Pune.

Seohora sugar, Birla group (Only Degasification)- Plant by Shri Samarth Engineering Pvt Ltd, Pune.

Major Assignments & Achievements

Future Scope of Work

The company was honored with a fastest growing Indian consultancy company award, in the year 2014 held at Bangkok (Thailand) in the international achievers conference.

Speaking of the future of his company Satish asserts, “Satyan Consulting Engineers closely working with their associates and looking forward for a role as a process validation for such projects being setup in India & to be part of team for meeting government of India’s objective.”

• Design review and vetting complete engineering and design including process simulation for distillation

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Satish Yadnik Founder

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We provide comprehensive engineering and consulting solutions, to develop a sustainable future

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Services offered by AdvanceBio LLC include- technical due diligence, process design package, process trouble shooting & process, and technology upgradation.

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Interview with Insights Success

Mr. Rao S Vadlamudi CEO

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atering comprehensive solutions to the automotive industry, one-stop shop for the all the engineering requirements across the globe; Satyam Venture Engineering Services (Satven) is one of the leading companies. Mr. Rao S Vadlamudi is the founder CEO of Satven. Since its inception, the company has been consistently delivering quality services efficiently with complete data confidentiality in a cost-effective way for its customers. To get more insight about Satven’s high value services and uniqueness, we bring you an exclusive interview with Mr. Rao. 1) Kindly brief us about your consultancy.

Satyam Venture Engineering Services (Satven) was established in the year 2000 with a singular focus & objective – to cater to the varied & complex design & mechanical engineering needs of the automotive industry. The company has today grown multifold to become one of India’s leading automotive engineering companies.

Satven’s clientele currently consists of 75 active customers worldwide – this prestigious list includes 9 of the top 10 global OEMs and 9 of top 20 automotive Tier-1 suppliers.

Satven provides comprehensive solutions to the automotive industry that cover a wide range of engineering activities, including but not limited to Product Design & Development, Full Vehicle Crash, NVH, Durability, Value Analysis / Value Engineering (VA/VE), Dimensional Management, Sourcing, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechatronics, myriad non-linear

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A Trendsetter in the Automotive Industry successful track record of delivering high value-added services to major OEM and Tier-1 suppliers around the world.

He was the Vice President at Venture LLC, USA, playing a key role in corporate business planning and development.

He was also instrumental in developing the joint venture between Venture LLC, USA and Satyam Computers, Hyderabad (now Tech Mahindra).

Satven was the first to set up an Offshore Development Centre (ODC) in India for Global Automotive customers in its early stages.

Satven has established a leading-edge Mechatronics Lab (with SIL/HIL/MIL Testing, MBD Development, ECU & PCB Design), adorned by upgraded technology and provides Digital Manufacturing Solutions covering Plant Layouts, Process & Plant Simulation for processes like moldings, stamping, welding, painting & assembly and ergonomic studies.

3) What are the distinct products and services provided by your consultancy, setting you apart from your competitors?

Satven supports the complete product lifecycle and renders Design Engineering Solutions covering Concept Design, Full Vehicle & Sub-system Teardown, Competitive Benchmarking, Product Design, Product Engineering, Product Validation & Verification, Application Engineering, Value Analysis/Value Engineering, Dimensional Management, Should Costing, Tool & Die Design, and Manufacturing Engineering Services.

2) Brief us about the Founder/CEO and his/her contribution towards the upliftment of the consultancy.

What was the source of inspiration for your consultancy to be a pioneer in the Engineering Consultants segment?

CEO, Mr. Rao S Vadlamudi has been successfully driving the growth of Satven since its inception and has a

4) What are the key attributes that helped your consultancy to overcome the challenges?

Commitment, Innovation, Integrity, Respect for people and Trust, high-quality standards & efforts towards continual improvement have been the key attributes for Satven in evolving and emerging as a strong and trusted Design &

and linear FEA, Competitive Benchmarking, Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE), Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Multi-Body Dynamics (MBD).

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Engineering Services partner for global OEMs and Tier-1 and Tier-2 suppliers.

5) What is the current scenario of Engineering Consultation industry, from your point of view?

Stringent compliance, optimized fuel efficiency, improved emission levels, lower costs, faster turnaround, Geo-specific vehicle configurations, Driverless Vehicles, Electrical Vehicles are the new growth corridor for the Automotive Industry. OEMs are expecting valuable contribution from Design & Engineering Service providers in these emerging technology areas whereas there are only a few services providers who are up to the mark to take up those challenges in totality.

Satven’s strong penetration across the globe and a treasure trove of 18 year experience across product domains makes it an ideal partner to work collaboratively with customers towards new technology development.

6) With the massive advancements in the Engineering industry, what are the opportunities and challenges evolving with it?

Automotive industry is ripe for disruption and the game-changing disruption is already happening, however there is still no integrated perspective how it will shape up in the next 5 to 10 years.

It will be interesting to see how this disruption will affect traditional vehicle manufacturers and suppliers, potential new players, regulators, consumers, markets, and the automotive value chain.

A paradigm shift in the industry is already creating opportunities for new entrants, Mobility providers, tech giants and specialty OEMs and increasing the complexity of the competitive landscape. New disruption will inevitably force traditional car manufacturers to compete on multiple fronts.

7) What are the benefits gained by your clients while doing business with you?

• Extended teams with the right skills to suit our customer’s budget and time constraints • Continual improvement • A marked reduction in design & development cycle times.

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• Global presence • A one-stop-shop for virtually all engineering requirements.

8) What is the role of your employees behind your consultancy’s success? How do you keep them motivated?

Our associates are committed towards building a sustainable relationship with our clients through continual improvement in our services and providing best-in-class solutions that truly sets us apart from our competition.

Satven has a robust Rewards & Recognition (R&R) Program which is implemented at the global level. We believe that R&R is a powerful communication tool that proliferates & helps assimilate the most important outcomes people create for our business. It is a potent reinforcement process of actions and behaviors that the organization would want to see repeated. Our rewards range from individual monthly rewards to quarterly team rewards.

These rewards are meant to recognize Satven’s shining stars for their technical competence & people management skills and to felicitate them for instances where they went beyond the call of duty.

9) What would be your advice for the budding startups and entrepreneurs in the industry?

Focus on making your customer more interested while you’re sharing your knowledge, your passion and your experience to help them solve their business problems.

Ensure you’re paying attention to your customers’ needs, Building rapport creates trust and credibility. Make sure there’s something special about your product or service other than the price.

10) Brief us about your consultancy’s future perspectives.

OEMs are now focusing more on safety, usage patterns, Infotainment, advanced driver assistance systems, regulatory compliance for emission, supplier ecosystems, price etc. and the convergence of internet, mobile technology, machine learning and ever changing customer demands are making the game even more interesting and challenging.

We see a lot of opportunity for growth which is allowing Engineering Service providers like Satven to lead the disruption rather than fearing of the same.

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Roark Consulting Engineers

Manifesting & Transforming Architectural Vision into Reality

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he world is radically transforming and redefining itself into urban growth centers. Today’s construction projects have fast-track schedules with a challenging design and tight deadlines.

In this cut-throat competitive scenario, one has to be technically sound and efficient to be at the forefront of this industry.

Build on the strong foundation of innovation, creativity, and superlative quality, Roark Consulting Engineers LLP is the pioneer in providing expert structural design services to clients across various areas, since 1991. With its engineering expertise, Roark is posed to deliver best-in-class engineering consulting services to its clients scattered all around the world.

In the year 2010, Roark Consulting LLC was incorporated in AZ, USA to formalize structural engineering services in the Global AEC marketplace.

Veteran Leader of Roark Consulting Engineers With over three decades of experience in structural planning & design of textile plants, mustard oil projects, sponge iron plants and infrastructure projects, Pankaj Gupta is the Founder and CEO of Roark Consulting Engineers. He did his graduation in civil engineering from prestigious IIT-Kanpur in 1988. Pankaj has given his fruitful contribution to various infrastructures like landmark DND toll plaza, Delhi-Gurgaon link, landmark projects like national war

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memorial, and many others. His area of expertise lies in steel structures and seismic resistance of structures.

Astounding Services Quenching Business Needs Roark Consulting is dedicated to provide expert structural design services to its clients in various areas.

New Building Design (RCC, PSC & Steel) that creatively adapts to form and function, utilizes sustainable design concepts and includes performance-based engineering. With an experience of designing of more than hundred million square feet area, new building design is the core area of expertise.

Design-Build is the area that recognizes the value of fully integrating design with construction techniques and efficiencies to achieve economy in construction. By combining in-depth knowledge and experience with impeccable ethical standards, Roark is achieving milestones in construction without compromising on the quality aspects.

Roark is especially focusing on Seismic Resistance of Building Structures. The art and science of earthquake- resistant design is a continually evolving process that requires a combination of experience, scientific research and a practical knowledge of construction. Database and review of the effects of significant earthquakes worldwide on building structures, has led the firm to

incorporate precautionary methodologies in the design process, which seek to pre-empt similar disastrous consequences in the future.

Seismic Risk Assessment, Evaluation, and Analysis of built structures, that focuses on specific performance objectives, which are suited to the project and with techniques that are derived from statistics of the historical performance of buildings in earthquakes.

Seismic Strengthening and Rehabilitation service with a keen sense of fully utilizing existing buildings components, and feasibility of construction with the least disruption.

Peer Review & Proof Consultancy with a proper sense of balance between the reviewer and the design professionals.

The company is experienced in establishing design performance standards and providing design verification and review. It also provides responsive solutions for challenging projects that require specific performance goals and damage control.

Roark is the pioneer in the process of executing outsourced structural engineering projects from all over the world. The company has been executing projects from five continents since 1998 through the state-of-art communication and data transfer infrastructure. The long list of foreign clients and successfully completed projects outside India, speaks the

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Quality-Based Business Philosophy Maintaining high-quality standards has always been the primary goal of the company. The company follows a multi-layered review quality control process for the entire flow of work, starting from conceptual structural arraignment to the final details worked in the drawing. Project work is continually evaluated by senior engineers for accuracy and consistency throughout the design phase so that the design solutions meet the clients’ expectations and are in-line with the project goals. The company is continuously working towards quality work and customer satisfaction at a competitive cost. Knowledge is the most important component of a consulting organization. Therefore, Roark devise various methodologies to keep abreast of the latest technological developments. Its services are meeting the high professional as well as ethical standards.

Maintaining Balance between Economy and Sustainability In the construction industry, it is

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important to explore several solutions to given design to achieve profitable business outcome. The company gives several innovative solutions for the given design. Those solutions are then evaluated for costs and benefits, including constructability, and compared to the specific project’s goals. After that, an ideal and often unique solution is selected for construction. This approach usually results in a significant reduction of construction costs as well as reduces long-term operation and maintenance expenses without harming sustainability. Roark strived to mobilize the best resources from around the world to satisfy the clients.

Innovation and Safety: Designing Path for the Future Roark deploys high-end tools like latest software and web-based application to achieve innovative and creative solutions. It strives to provide a stimulating, stable, rewarding, diverse, and a safe work-environment.

Progressing forward with a positive outlook for the future, the company is dedicated to design safe and reliable structures in the healthy builtenvironment. With its expertise in engineering, Roark will continue to deliver innovative and curated set of world-class construction services in the coming years.

Pankaj Gupta Founder & CEO

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We provide our services with high ethical and professional standards along with innovation and superlative quality

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expertise of the company in this area.

Roark is a group of highly talented, experienced, and educated professionals with deep knowledge of structural and seismic engineering.

The company has achieved the respectable position in this sector by exceeding client’s expectation.

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Sustainable Talk “

SUSTAINABLE

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ou cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make” Jane Goodall.

Recently India went through an enormous change; the “plastic ban” that was instigated in the country, it was a huge step towards a sustainable future. The modern lifestyle and societal practices have led to climate change, pollution-related illnesses, and rising energy costs, suggesting that these choices cannot be sustained indefinitely. We are surpassing the capacity of the planet to be able to afford many of the resources we use, and to accommodate our emissions.

Recognizing this problem, that is the need to live within limits and to ensure more equality in access to the restricted resources is the heart of the concepts of sustainable development and sustainability.

Making the human activities moderate, so as to allow an unrelenting use of the resources infinitely is sustainable

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development. Living with the ecological limits of the planet has become a necessity with the ever increasing population. This has urged engineers to develop more sustainable and green solutions to these issues.

To achieve this, a new field of engineering has emerged, which is known as sustainable engineering. It deals with the manufacturing and development of products that fit the present needs of the humans, without compromising the needs of the future generations. There is an increasing need of environmental engineers to come up with holistic and effective solutions to defend our vital life sustenance systems, while supporting the basic needs of the growing human population. Conceptions like life cycle thinking, sustainable systems engineering and industrial ecology are chief elements in the tutelage and work practice of a sustainable engineer. Few trends that can be followed to address these issues are: • Using methods that decrease environmental damage, to provide the ever increasing population with sufficient food, water, shelter, and mobility.

• Development and designing of products and practices so as to cut down the wastes, by using this waste as an input for another product.

• Integrating environmental and social restrictions; as well as economic considerations into engineering decisions.

• Designing, renovating and constructing new residential and commercial structures in a more environment friendly manner, to cut down on emissions, illnesses, and energy consumption.

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goal of a sustainable future can only be attained when all the fields of engineering incorporate sustainability into their practice. By observing the interaction between ecological, technical, economic and social systems, to achieve sustainable engineering has taken the concept of environmental engineering to the next level.

Sustainable Engineering as Profession “Engineering in context, engineering with a conscience, engineering for a finite planet, and the indefinite future.”

—Benoit Cushman Roisin.

Provision of sustainable infrastructure will require a boost in the number of students who take up environmental engineering with an aptitude towards sustainable development. This will require a great deal of collaborations between sustainable engineers, biologists, ecologists and geologists to carryout activities within major projects. To become an environmental engineer one will not only need to have a skill in mathematics and science, but one will also need to be creative and must have a fascination towards solving problems. An added attribute towards becoming a successful environmental engineer is to be a people’s person. Being able to work in teams and understanding what people need to work effectively is a key.

The profession is highly lucrative and high paying, an environmental engineer specializing in sustainability can work for the United Nations, Government Departments or in large companies. Private consulting companies that work for water, infrastructure, natural resources, manufacturing, and environment sectors, also hire environmental engineers. Monitoring the impacts of climate change on infrastructure, and finding ways to reduce this impact, or implementing national reforms, or an international approach to improved environmental management, are some of the projects that the Sustainable

engineers develop. Being an environmental engineer specialized in sustainability, has an added advantage.

One can: • Gain an insight into the holistic principles of industrial ecology, eco-design, risk management, resource efficiency, sustainable consumption and production.

• Understand the sustainability and environmental outlines on the corporate and regional sustainable development.

• They have an expert awareness in sustainability assessment techniques and tools, such as life cycle assessment, environmental footprint, material flow analysis and input-output analysis.

• Climate changes, energy futures, water availability, low-carbon living, waste management, and so on, are some problems that are in urgent need for solutions, which sustainable engineers address.

• Develop and encourage concepts of resource efficiency and eco-design.

Future Prospective of Sustainable Engineering These are just the tip of iceberg; the aspects of development and problems that can be addressed in this field rise with the growth in the new technological advancement. The amalgamation of interdisciplinary sectors of engineering will have a huge impact on how this field progresses.

In the 21st century, there is a dire need for engineers to design and develop products and structures that are energy efficient, can be produced in bulk, have a very low impact on the environment and basically reduce the emissions of pollutants. One needs to set long term and short term goals to achieve minimum use of fossil fuel resources and reduce the waste generated from engineering processes and products to a bare minimum. To attain this goal, more students should be made aware of the advantages of sustainable engineering, and choose it as a career option.

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Karmaa SR Consultants

Unfurling Cost-effective Engineering Solutions under One-roof in Industrial & Warehousing projects

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ngineering space has gained a greater significance over the last decade due to the technology advancements and exceptional discoveries. Encountering the demands with the state-of-the-art services have become the need of the hour.

Established in 2010, Karmaa SR Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (KSRCPL) is a multidisciplinary design and engineering consultancy firm providing all the services under one roof, required to set up an industry.

Headquartered in Mumbai, with branch offices at New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Goa & JV office in USA (Michigan) the company offers cost effective engineering solutions to its clients. It is a privately held company with more than 60 highly skilled architects and versatile engineers from all disciplines of engineering, who execute more than 150000 technical man hours per annum.

Karmaa has earned professional repute in providing value added engineering services and solutions with enhanced customer satisfaction. The organization provides technical expertise and knowledge and minimise the operational expenses of its clientele. In the past decade, the company has delivered projects to the tune of more

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than INR 1000 Crores encompassing an area of more than 1000000 sq. m.

An Enterprising Pragmatic Persona Rajesh Ukey is the Director of Karmaa SR Consultants Pvt. Ltd. He has an unparalleled industrial experience of over thirty years. Hard work and Perseverance is what describes Rajesh. His benevolence and goodwill in the industry has assisted the company to create its niche by overcoming the complexities of the market. Rajesh’s sheer determination and unified efforts has successfully framed Karmaa amongst India’s leading design and engineering consultant in industrial sector.

“At Karmaa, every project is given sufficient qualitative time to look into all technical aspects and we implement each project with thorough engineering concept, by implementing all the latest ideas and concepts of advance engineering,” asserts Rajesh. “We salute our esteemed clients for being the integral part of Karmaa’s growth,” he added further.

Noteworthy Achievements Over the years, KSRCPL has expanded its territory from pan-India to a renowned brand overseas. With its

novel approach, the company has been able to achieve extraordinary milestones and collect several jewels in its pocket including: - Selected as “25 Most Promising Engineering Consultants in India” for year 2016 by Consultant Review Magazine - Won “Outstanding - Concrete structure,” “Best Architectural Services,” and “Best Structural Engineering Services” Awards - 2014 Conferred by Ultratech cement (Aditya Birla Group) - Nominated for Best Industrial project award for industrial project engineering consultancy by AESA in 2012-13 - Single source EPCMV for technically complex facilities for industrial projects About KSRCPL With unmatched knowledge of engineering processes and technology capabilities, Karmaa offers a full range of services from architectural to landscaping and interior. Under its architectural and engineering services, Karmaa has extensive services for its clients such as architectural, civil

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Apart from construction management, Karmaa also covers up compliance and validation services which assist its clients in commissioning and validation of the processes, all the statutory approval, drawings and documentation support as well as licensing services on demand. The emphasis on one stop solution acts as a key differentiator of the company. The team internally coordinates between different engineering disciplines and expedite the output of the project.

KSRCPL’s vision is to provide the qualitative services par excellence to the ultimate satisfaction of the client with its unique features including: - Design build capability on client requirement - Well & high end technical experience for small / medium / large technically complex project in all disciplines of engineering

- LEED (Green Building) certification capability - Full infrastructure with latest engineering & architectural software.

Future Prospects Going forward, the company envisions establishing an independent firm for design and build concept of the project.

Additionally, it plans to spread its wings across the national boundaries and consolidate its position abroad. In just a few years, the company has been able to attract big named clients and getting repeated orders that indicates the level of satisfaction and trust the clients have on the company. Now, it is planning to aid customers abroad, Karmaa has already got some clients from Gulf, South American countries and African continent.

According to Rajesh, based on the principles adopted by the company and on the support and appreciation it has so far received, Karmaa is full of confidence that it will continue to develop and achieve its professional aspirations. On a parting note he adds that, “We keep on challenging and competing with ourselves, to innovate sustainable and eco-friendly products and material for cost optimization and a greener future. We have eons to go.”

Rajesh Ukey Director

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Crafting Structures and Building Trust since 2010

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construction, structural analysis and design, pre-engineered building analysis, electrical systems, instrumentation, automation, fire fighting, mechanical piping, and processing etc. From concept to commissioning, the company’s vast pool of highly experienced professionals from all disciplines of engineering renders engineering and construction management services which include all pre-construction activities, site supervision, and construction management support.

- Innovative, cost effective project solution

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Art of Planning

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STRATEGIES for being a Successful New-Age

ENGINEERING CONSULTANT

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ngineering Consultants are the one offering expert advice on a subject and bringing a different perspective to virtually any engineering project.

Creating innovative solutions catering to engineering or science-related matters from industries and construction firms to governments and other interested developers is what makes an engineering consultant distinctive.

But providing independent expert opinion service, or solutions is not an easy task.

With fast paced technological advancements and growing customer demands, it is essential for an engineering consultant of today to have a hands-on experience along with capabilities to fulfill their multifaceted roles.

Being project-specific is not the only criteria, an advisor and catalyst providing actionable decisions are also significant in

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driving a project beyond the horizons. Enhancing their decision-making skills and affiliation are few keys that would surely help the emerging engineering consultants in unlocking the success doors.

Right Tools and Materials Converting ideas into reality needs a hardware-specific co-working space. Making a checklist of the vital tools like a mountable light fixture, 3D printer etc. would be of great use for ideation, designing, modeling, prototyping and crafting-out an exceptional project. Access to these tools along with few up-front investments in time and money can help out a consultant in the long run.

Building Connections and Communicating with Clients Recognizing the opportunities is one of the major challenges for the existing as well as emerging engineering consultants. Learning from the people around, and buildingup connections can convert every obstacle into an opportunity. Uncovering the industry needs, by interacting with the people of various backgrounds can help the consultants in developing their own skill sets. Further, going to the industry meet-ups in an area is also a great way to start.

Predicting the complexities and updating the clients about the delays as well as progress would build a sense of trust in them. Calling out in-person meetings and showing what’s done and what’s coming next can successfully help the engineering consultants to create its niche in the industry.

Additionally, taking about the future projects can help the consultants in retaining the existing clients and empower upcoming client engagements.

Smart Quoting and Planning Asking people who have done similar projects is a good place to start which can help the consultants in quoting the right projects as quoting a project for the first time is difficult. This will also help them with smart planning of the cost-plus contracts, production and labor costs. Scheduling a project depends on a bandwidth and smart planning that would make it flexible enough for on-time delivery and client's delight.

Make a Difference People come to consultants for various reasons; they don’t have the time to come up with solutions, in search of right guidance, or the lack of expertise. Painting a canvas of results can help the clients in perceiving the engineering

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consultants as a trustworthy problem-solver. Creating value with expertise and thinking intelligently about what people will need can strengthen ones persona will surely make a difference in the society. Introducing a solution, defending it, and implementing it completely will surely guide the clients to come back to a consultant. Embracing changes, exploring every entity of the project and generating profitable results would help the emerging consultants in achieving milestones and developing a one-of-its-kind history. Constantly thinking of solutions to a variety of engineering problems and preparing for the possible scenarios is one of the best ways to add bigger piece to the success pie. As a consultant, one should have that firm grasp of knowledge, ideas, and opinions. Delivering a strong point of view will create a win-win situation as people hire consultants for their idea and opinions.

Taking project related operations as a challenge and keeping client satisfaction as the prime motto, an engineering consultant can transform the engineering services world. Prominent market capabilities attained by a consultant would show clients they are the best man or woman for the job. Besides, being persistent and dedicated towards the work is amongst the leading strategies for being a successful New-Age engineering consultant.

The Future Canvas The future of engineering consultancy require a new and more co-operative relationship between the customer and the consultant. The emerging tech-based trends will make the solutions easier to implement leading to a platform that will dissolve the boundary line between customer and the consultant. In the coming years, this relationship would turn-out to be an efficient partnership boosting economic and environmental sustainability. This will make the engineering consulting world highly agile. New growth opportunities would arise for the consultants which will expediently ignite new skills in them.

These opportunities can also prove to be a game-changer for the small-to-medium-sized engineering firms. The coming future will witness path breaking business models that would transform the traditional economic and operational models. Business strategies related to engineering consultancy would transform into a new framework of efficiency and agility along with a significant cost and value proposition.

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T H E

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PROMINENT

MOST

Engineering

CONSULTANTS IN 2018

Ducon Consultants

Endeavoring to Bring Innovation in Projects

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ith three decades of collective experience and expertise of over two thousand successful projects, Ducon Consultants Private Limited is one of the most renowned enterprises in the field of Structural Design, Industrial Planning and Project Management.

Headquartered in Ahmedabad, the company has evolved from a proprietary firm named Ducon Consulting Engineers, which was incepted in the year 1988. With the motto of “Satisfaction of our clients and delivering a design which is sound, economical and matches the requirement of our clients”, the firm brings enthusiasm, experience, and a solid client commitment to its every project.

Vision and Mission The firm’s vision is to ascend to global heights of excellence in the sector of structural and architectural projects. It does this by continually offering world class design, innovation, services as well as building a loyal and reputed clientele base. In addition, the firms’ mission is to raise the benchmark of quality, service, and design with every project, while valuing customer satisfaction and stakeholder trust.

An Erudite Leader Devendra Chandrakant Shah is the Founder & Managing Director of Ducon Consultants Pvt. Ltd. As the technical visionary of the company, his experience spans over thirty-five years

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in business and covers all aspects of structural design, industrial planning, and construction engineering. He is experienced in the design of a wide variety of building types including retail centers, office buildings, schools, hospitals, university campuses, convention centers, residential housing, high rise buildings, renovation and retrofitting of structures. His experience also includes design and master planning of more than five hundred industrial campuses.

Due to his large portfolio of work in the planning and design of heavily serviced industrial units, he has developed a keen sense of mechanical, electrical and plumbing services.

Devendra has a thorough understanding of the construction economy and its applications. His expertise lies in developing innovative, sound structural systems which appeal to architectural aesthetics.

Core Values Teamwork The firm strongly believes that their primary assets are the people. Ducon further rewards its employees and provides opportunity and encouragement to the people in realizing their true potential. The firm works with its clients as a team and develops a mutual trust, which Ducon thinks is the foundation for its success.

Longevity Ducon believes that tomorrow is better than today and make the best of every

day to create a lucrative future, building small benchmarks to create milestones.

Environment Nature is one of our most precious allies and Ducon strives to protect and preserve it through its eco-friendly design and execution advancements.

R&D By embracing the boon of technology, the firm explores newer avenues of success by adding precision and perfection in its projects. There is a constant process of developing innovative structural systems that is safe, aesthetically beautiful and cost effective to our clients by complying with all the necessary Indian standard codal provisions.

Clientele Ducon has fulfilled every relationship through its quality deliveries. Each project is a testament to the satisfied needs and expectations of the customers. With over 2000 projects & Working for the biggest names in real estate arena as well as Industrialists of Ahmedabad, Surat, Bengaluru, Hyderabad & Gurgaon depicts their reach and clientele across the nation.

Dominating Industry with Exceptional services Over the years, Ducon has empowered and embellished a multitude of facilities including hospitals, recreation centers, educational campuses, public

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Ducon has also endeavored to bring the innovation to its projects. To empower these work standards, it has set up internationally acclaimed state-of-theart infrastructure and has accepted software like STAAD, ETABS, SAFE, RCDC, AutoCAD and STRUDS form the core of the design and drafting departments.

Ducon provides following services across the entire lifecycle of a project.

• Industrial Architecture • Structural Design • MEPF & HVAC Design (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing & Firefighting) • Project Management Services • Tendering & BOQ • Retrofitting & Rehabilitation • Earth Retention systems More than Just a Consultancy Ducon strives to transform mundane tasks into magnificent ones and transforms impossible ones into incredible. It is the principle of the company that the progress of an

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employee represents the true growth of the company. It strives to continue to attract the best and the brightest talent, provide opportunities and career paths for its staff and develop the leadership as it grows and evolves in the building industry. At Ducon, initiative and innovation are always rewarded with responsibility and freedom to explore better ways of doing any kind of engineering work. The organization’s staff comprises more than ninety professionals who have skills and expertise to draw upon the broad resources of the company to give the best services to the clients.

Customer Acclaimed Services As a consultancy firm, Ducon has rendered its services to some of the foremost urban spaces and systems in Gujarat and all over India. The breadth and amount of the firms’ work earmark its goal to give the best. Ducon ensures diversity in the projects that its clients can entrust upon it. Whether the focus is on designing new buildings or dealing with issues related to existing buildings, the corporation take up challenging projects and assist clients in developing the best solutions and incorporating the best practices which comply to all statutory, local as well as international codal provisions, adequate detailing, cost-effectiveness, all while maintaining the schedule for deliverables.

Consultancy for the Future The firm is fulfilling its vision thoroughly and is continuously making improvements. Ducon enjoys a wide and evenly distributed coverage of clients all over India and is enhancing its communities. It will continue to understand the capabilities of the advanced software, be able to operate it at a basic level and provide the concepts and innovations needed to drive the industry forward.

Devendra Chandrakant Shah Founder & MD

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We provide distinct services across the entire lifecycle of a project

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assembly buildings/spaces, malls, commercial & residential multi-storied structures, stadiums, banquets, hotels, clubs, multiplexes, townships, religious & institutional campuses as well as over six hundred industrial structures.

Its expertise has carved a niche for itself regionally as well as nationally, across various prime urban spaces and systems. Through its vast experience and expertise, the corporation ensures that its clients are delivered solutions adhering to their needs which are compliant to statutory, local as well as international norms. Whether it’s conceptualizing an innovative design, taking on a challenging project, working on a cost-effective plan or chasing a short deadline, Ducon has excelled on all fronts.

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