The 10 Prominent Project Engineering Solution Providers

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Shashi Kiran Shetty Chairman

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Editorial “To motivate your team, you must communicate both up and down channels” -Colin Howard

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eaningful relationships may take time to develop and usually are the product of a number of communications. Communication is not just about speaking or hearing of people, it’s about the understanding complete message. Nothing is more important to success of project than effective communication. Everything in the project depends on how efficiently one communicates with people. Around ninety percent of the project manager’s time is spent on communicating what is going to be done in the project. Effective communication is about being there for everyone, being in touch with the real challenge of the project, and understanding real issues within a team.

The Art of Effective Communication in Project Management

Project leadership calls for clear communication about responsibility, performance, expectation, and goals. With organizations becoming increasingly projectized, project manager’s role has grown to accommodate the ever-changing complexity of the business environment. Project engineering is complex and technical, but not everyone who works has the same technical expertise, which makes it even more important to have good communication. Regular reporting of the project status is vital for the success of any project. Project team members need to collate, collaborate, share, and integrate information and knowledge to realize project objectives. A project often fails because the project manager fails to clearly articulate the vision to the team members. The whole team should be able to visualize the end result of the project in order to work with a common goal.

Given the organizational and geographical diversity, it is important to consider all types and methods of communication during project management. We are leaving in an era where technology allows people to communicate with every team member. Uses of digital networks, video conferencing, social network platforms, effective use of emails, free internet calls are transforming communication in an amazing way. Active listening is the biggest factor affecting effective communication. It shows that team members are genuinely interested and engaged with the project manager while talking. It will help the project manager to connect with team members.

Cost, time, scope and quality are the four cornerstone factor on which success of the project depends. The project manager’s skills to communicate have an impact on the cornerstone areas of project management. The successful execution of a construction project depends heavily on the project manager’s abilities as a communicator to lead the team and manage a project successfully. It is a function that integrates cost, scope and time to achieve the quality product. Effective communication is the foundation that supports cornerstones for achieving any project objectives.

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Project Management: A Way towards Successful Project

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roject Management is responsible for planning, completion of the project, overseeing workers, schedule, and overall budget of project. It encompasses various sectors from construction, software, IT, manufacturing to various large scale engineering projects. It is important to recruit, hire and train people with solid project management skills for successful completion of project. Without proper project management consultant, the project could get held up because of unexpected reasons which affects the overall efficiency of project and even leads to project failure.

In this edition, we introduce “The 10 Prominent Project Engineering Solution Providers” in 2018, in order to assist businesses to choose their right project engineering solution provider. Assessing the scenario in versatile perceptions, our magazine has brought light into the companies, who have flaunted some excellent project management companies which provide project management services with proper planning and execution. This list will lessen the search of organization that has perfect project management solution providers.

In this issue, we have specially featured, Allcargo Logistics as cover story. Allcargo Logistics is a logistics company which comprises global Multimodal Transport Operations (LCL, FCL, and air services); pan India CFS & ICD operations, Project Forwarding & Crane Rental, E-commerce logistics, Ship Owning, and Contract logistics.

A N Prakash Construction Project Management Consultants is amongst the leading companies in India, offering innovative Construction Project Management Services to wide spectrum of construction projects. ABS Aircon Engineers offers world class HVAC solutions for wide range of industry segments and applications. Atlas Project Management is one of the leading international project management consultancies in the Indian construction industry. Virtuso Engineering Consultancy Services is engaged in providing diverse range of professional services to clients. Through innovative and fully-integrated approach complemented with unrivalled technical knowledge and professional Design Engineering & Project Management skills. ImageGrafix Software Solutions is a leading value added solutions provider of state of art and globally proven engineering and project management software products in India. Kashish Project Management & Consulting Engineers provides end-toend Project Management solutions using the best of International Standard Practices & Expertise with focus on Reality & Facility Management. Manomav Engineers is an engineering construction consultancy which concentrates on solutions related to construction planning and implementation. Satyam Ventures Engineering Services is leading company which offers product development, manufacturing engineering, computer aided engineering, and engineering support services to clients. Shrikhande Consultants Private Limited is one of the first to provide Project Management Consultancy Services for construction supervision in India, since 1979.

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Since inception, HOCHTIEF (INDIA) Pvt. Ltd. is providing innovative engineering services to diverse sectors.

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It’s time to flip the pages and enjoy engineering experience with a feeling of reading pleasure.

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Shashi Kiran Shetty Chairman

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ver the years, the Indian

sub-continent shareholders are shaping the infrastructure segment through significant investments. But to operate optimally in this sector, the investors have to focus on logistics management.

A company that helps its clients by offering cost and time effective solutions in the project engineering division is Allcargo Logistics Ltd. The company’s experienced team works closely with its clients in terms of designing and optimizing their logistics requirements.

Established in 1993, Allcargo is one of the country’s largest private sector logistics companies that provide integrated end-to-end solutions to its clients. It encompasses a list of services that include global Multimodal Transport Operations (MTO); Container Freight Stations at major Indian ports; projects and engineering

solutions, coastal shipping and contract logistics.

key markets and through global consolidation of mergers. It operates in over 160 countries with more than 300 offices and facilities. The company has set its benchmarks throughout the world in this industry and has notched up revenues of approximately 1 billion USD.

Allcargo’s project engineering division has been sub-divided into categories which include operational bandwidth, technical expertise, and qualified personnel in order to handle heavy engineering projects across geographies and complex terrains. In the last two decades, the company has set a benchmark across diverse industrial domains like oil & gas, power, thermal, wind, infrastructure, steel and cement, renewable energy and manufacturing. It is highly consolidated and maintains the global reputation position as a preferred solutions partner towards its clients.

While specializing in providing a one-stop project solution for lifting, shifting, construction and erection services across multiple project sites.

Shashi Kiran Shetty, Chairman of Allcargo Logistics Ltd, laid the foundation of the company in 1993 with a vision to create an integrated logistics service entity. Over the last twenty-five years, Shashi has been instrumental in establishing illustrious industry benchmarks and supported the experts in transforming the company from a small freight forwarding firm into a global leader.

Presently, Allcargo has strategically expanded its service portfolio across

A multidimensional journey that began with a single step by Shashi has led

A Pioneer and a Professional Entrepreneur

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A digitally empowering global logistics player of future-ready e-commerce solutions

Allcargo to attain the enviable position of becoming a 1 billion USD company with footprints in over 160 countries.

The company is consolidating with the series of organic and inorganic expansions while holding its firm position as one of India’s leading business association as well as the largest publicly listed logistics company in the country.

Under the dynamic leadership of Shashi, Allcargo, with its subsidiary ECU Worldwide became the global leader in less than Container Load (LCL) services. Besides, it has the widest Container Freight StationInland Container Depot (CFS-ICD) network in the country.

Shashi has also received numerous awards for his contribution to this industry which includes Lifetime Contribution to Freight at the Global Freight Awards, November 2015; Commander of the Order of Leopold II - the highest civilian honor by the Royalty of Belgium, 2015 and Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Literature) at Mangalore University, 2015. Maritime Association of nationwide Shipping Agencies (India) (MANSA) recently felicitated Shashi with the Past President’s Award for exemplary contribution in the Shipping and Logistics Industry. Recently, Shashi attended Harvard University’s executive program for owners/presidents. He believes in perseverance and determination and has positioned Allcargo Logistics as

one of the most professionallymanaged and process-driven organizations.

Allcargo remains a much-preferred projects solutions partner in handling complex projects.

The Specializing Core Value Theory

Unique Project Forwarding and Engineering Solutions

The core values of the project engineering division include a focus on customer’s need and serve with ingenuity. Allcargo has incrementally improvised this division at its center and accomplished a significant amount of entities returning with endless business opportunities which is a testimony of confidence.

Allcargo provides the finest project and engineering (P&E) solutions in India.

The company acquires the leadership position in services to sectors such as thermal power, power distribution, wind energy, and oil & gas. It has been the major recipient of maritime and logistics awards due to its significant contribution to the industry. It provides measurable equipment such as heavyduty cranes, marine equipment, hydraulic axles, and other special equipment’s especially procured to meet the client’s needs.

Allcargo ensures complete task efficiency through its state-of-the-art fleet of cranes and advanced and well- maintained self-owned trailers, hydraulic axles, cranes, girder bridges, barges. With industry recognized safety accreditations like OHSAS and LEEA, advanced vehicle tracking systems and with the support of a trained professional team in the P&E division,

Allcargo is specialized in providing advanced, integrated project engineering and shipping solutions to the clients which shaped the organization to extend project forwarding, engineering and lifting solutions. It also excels in formulating exclusive logistics solutions for formidable projects at unreachable and difficult terrains through specialized skills in handling high-end equipment while constructing bridges, pontoon ferries, girder bridges, motorized and hydraulic jacking machinery as per the specific project requirements.

The company’s team of competent technical professionals offers the best possible technical knowledge and advanced engineering solutions at varied stages of the project execution cycle which is assisting the organization to reach a distinct competitive edge over its peers. In addition, the team of professionals has expertise in providing specialized integrated solutions in project engineering and shipping. On top of that, the professionals take pride in providing high-level precision engineering services with one-stop solutions for executing extremely challenging tasks across difficult terrains and geographies.

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The convenience of one partner of all the logistics needs

Allcargo’s remarkable curated lifting and transport solutions have helped clients to enhance their installation efficiency and site handling capacities.

Focusing completely on adherence to safety protocols on a high standard level, the professionals introduce state-of-the-art turnkey, to offer end-to-end solutions for complex, out-of-gauge and handling of OverDimensional Cargo (ODC). It has the ability to covering the gamut of Factory-to-foundation movements, highly complicated and critical load solutions.

MT to 3000 MT. The strategic collaborations with the clientele have enabled the company to offer specialized services to partners with enhanced skill in areas like turnkey lifting and transport operations, Factory-to-foundation heavy lifting and multi-modal transportation projects, erection & shut-down projects, salvage & wreckage removal of ships, offshore installations, and brand-new & existing equipment trading.

Eye-catching Services to Clientele

To achieve success in the project engineering sector, one needs a lot of patience and ready to invest in good decision-making abilities. In other words, emerging entrepreneurs in this sector need to focus on the core value of ‘Customer First’ solution-based approach. They also have to focus on understanding the customer’s needs and work with self-belief in their abilities.

Allcargo is specialized in offering peculiar services like project logistics feasibility and final reconciliation. It offers crane rental services through a fleet of captive heavy cranes including crawler cranes, telescopic cranes, truck lattice cranes, and all-terrain cranes equipped with ultra-modern crane technology to operate in complex work environments. It is also specialized in providing shore-based management solutions for the oil & gas industry through its multimodal transportation services.

Allcargo has proven their expertise in ship chartering services for heavy lift & general cargo along with ODC and heavy lift planning & execution. Its service portfolio is being extended to provide jetty design construction & engineering services and Factory-tofoundation solutions. It also offers extremely curated technical services that are high on quality and low on cost in order to provide value-added delivery to customers within the stipulated timelines.

Moreover, it has entered into exclusive understanding with globally renowned industry leaders and specializes in heavy lifting and transporting loads which range from 70

Advice for Emerging Project Engineering Entrepreneurs

The Future Roadmap Currently, the industry is undergoing a massive change in this fiercely competitive world. The organizations which sustain this change and have the capabilities to accomplish the benefits from technological advancements, cost-leadership, innovative ideas will lead the pack. Particularly, those organizations which invest in their core values will have a strategic advantage to re-orient the sector.

In the upcoming years, Allcargo is expecting to become a digitally empowering global logistics player by providing future-ready e-commerce solutions. On the other hand, the experts are focusing on the company’s transition to reach the mission as a 2 billion USD global entity by 2020 as part of the strategic ‘vision 2020’ of the company.

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A. N. Prakash Construction Project Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd. anpcpmc.com

A N Prakash Head

A.N. Prakash Construction Project Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd is amongst the leading companies in India, offering innovative Construction Project Management Services to wide spectrum of construction projects.

ABS Aircon Engineers Private Limited absairconengineers.com

Balakrishna B. S, Vinod Saladi, Vilayath Ali (Founders & Directors)

ABS Aircon Engineers offers world class HVAC solutions for wide range of industry segments and applications.

Allcargo Logistics Ltd allcargologistics.com

Shashi Kiran Shetty Chairman

Allcargo Logistics is a logistics company which comprises global Multimodal Transport Operations (LCL, FCL, and air services), pan India CFS & ICD operations, Project Forwarding & Crane Rental, E-commerce logistics, Ship Owning, and Contract logistics.

Atlas Project Management Pvt.Ltd. atlaspm.co.in

Siddhartha Lal Founder

APM is one of the leading international project management consultancies in the Indian construction industry.

ImageGrafix Engineering Amir Mohsen Heshmati Services Pvt Ltd CEO imagegrafix.in

ImageGrafix Software Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (IGSS) is a leading value added solutions provider of state of art and globally proven engineering and project management software products in India.

Kashish Project Management & Consulting Engineers kpmcqtr.com

Er Nitin Kumar Devadiga CEO

KPMC provides end-to-end Project Management solutions using the best of International Standard Practices & Expertise with focus on Reality & Facility Management.

Manomav Engineers Pvt Ltd manomav.com

Abhinav Bhardwaj, Antriksh Tawar, Akhil Saxena (Founders)

Manomav Engineers is an engineering construction consultancy which concentrates on solutions related to construction planning and implementation.

Satyam Ventures Engineering Services Private Limited satyamventure.com

Rao Vad C.E.O

Satyam Ventures Engineering Services is leading company which offers product development, manufacturing engineering, computer aided engieering and engineering support services to clients.

Ravindra N. Shrikhande Chairman Rajeev N. Shrikhande Managing Director

SCPL is one of the first to provide Project Management Consultancy Services for construction supervision in India, since 1979.

Sandeep Kumar Jain Director

Company is engaged in Providing diverse range of professional services to clients. Through innovative and fully-integrated approach complemented with unrivalled technical knowledge, and professional Design Engineering & Project Management skills.

Shrikhande Consultants Private Limited scplasia.com Virtuso Engineering Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. vecspl.com

Gopan Pillai Managing Director

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HOCHTIEF (INDIA) A Pioneer of Engineering Services

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ngineering is a diverse industry with various segments. Engineering service industry has witnessed substantial growth in recent decades, and has evolved to encompass a broad range of new product development, project-engineering and engineering consulting functions. Since inception, HOCHTIEF (INDIA) PVT. LTD is providing innovative engineering services to diverse sectors.

In an Interview with Insights Success, Gopan Pillai, the Managing Director of HOCHTIEF (INDIA) PVT. LTD gave some insightful answers highlighting the influences made by the company to take this industry to next level.

1. Briefly tell us about your organization and its vision HOCHTIEF (INDIA) PVT. LTD., known as HT India, is a 100% subsidiary of the well-known construction group HOCHTIEF AG from Germany, which remains as one of the largest construction companies in the world, being part of the ACS group and having big conglomerates like TURNER and CIMIC under its umbrella. This unit in India was founded in 1999, with the sole purpose of supporting the parent company in its activities, by providing engineering at an optimum cost.

Over the last 18 years, the company has grown to a well-grouped 230 engineers, with rich exposure to international engineering practice. A small team of 20 engineers which started with structural engineering support, has now grown into a team of engineers from various fields like Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire-fighting, etc.; having diversified areas of involvement like engineering support, design development, peer review, construction related supports, pre-tender support, technical coordination and overall project support.

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It is our Vision to provide the best quality of the services to those clients who value technology supported solutions.

2. Tell us about Project Engineering from your point of view.

For HOCHTIEF India, Project Engineering is the conversation of Ideas into Reality incorporating Engineering Design into it. Under the label “Project Engineering”, we offer a diverse spectrum of project services to suit the individual needs of our clients. These services can be mixed and matched as desired, and are individually customized to suit the needs of each project.

With our technical expertise and our project management skills we can attend to client’s project’s needs regardless of its size and complexity. Whatever be the requirement, we can provide support during all project phases from inception, preparation and realization to handover and operation.

3. Kindly describe the CEO/Founder of the company and his/her contribution towards the growth of the company.

Gopan Pillai is the Managing Director at HT India and heads the Indian office for its global operations. He is an experienced Civil engineer who has pursued his postgraduation in Structural Engineering. Besides this, he is also a management professional. Gopan has been in the construction industry for over three decades and has equal exposure to domestic as well as international markets within his involvement in designing, project management, and operations of various prestigious projects. Gopan joined HOCHTIEF in 2010 as the CTO (Chief Technical Officer), thereafter, taking the operations as the COO (Chief Operating Officer) in 2012 and has been a Board Member since 2014.

Nanda Kumar, the Managing Director (Former) who have served HOCHTIEF in various roles during his tenure of thirty-six years, served right from a Management Trainee to the Commercial Manager and Director. He was instrumental in establishing the Indian office and developing it into a self-standing organization. Upon his retirement in 2016, he continued to be the whole-time Director till March 2018 and opted complete retirement from active services.

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4. Explain the company’s journey till date and the strategies that you’ve used to overcome the initial struggle Coming with a construction background and acting as purely an in-house team there was no signs of growth as compared to other forms of industry or with similar service providers. Even the neighbours never knew what was happening within the four walls. From a European market when the services spread to Middle East, there were no ripples, neither was there any bigger growth. When the services were also extended to handpicked third parties, there were signs of improvement. The real impact came when a face lift was made and additional portfolios included into the list. The decision in between to make the unit self- standing and making the management responsible to work on a plan with experienced hands brought in from the international market triggered a drastic difference.

Rather than selling the services, efforts were in to highlight the capabilities attracting external clients. Adopting the right technological advancement combined with a systematic business development, HT India could spread its wings globally. And, when the local market started thinking of adopting international standards and qualities, HT India has already been in the limelight.

5. Being a Project engineering solution provider, what are the unique methods followed by the company and how is your company different from its competitors?

First of all, HT India does not believe in competition. Every organization can perform its own way and finally the purpose is to satisfy the requirement of its clients. The competitive clause comes on the side of the client when they evaluate the support in terms of quality, timely delivery and the price associated with. Repeated clients to HT India indicate that the solutions provided are to their requirements.

From HT India, every client gets due attention and there will be specific personnel available to understand their needs and suggest a proper solution to them. The scope involved in the proposal will be very clearly discussed and frozen before any attempt is made, and a suitable proposal with various options are then arrived at and discussed with the client. The matter will be followed up until the client is comfortable to arrive at a decision of their choice and there

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will be absolutely no influence made into that aspect. Sufficient support and advice is provided to make the scope aligned so that the cost involved can be within the budget in hand. Once the Project starts rolling, the support is always made available beforehand so that the Client need not even ask for it.

6. Kindly share us about the distinct services/ solutions that benefit your client base.

Under the Digital Engineering Solutions banner, HT India provides the following services • Building Information Modeling (BIM) : Where we engage in engineering services like 3D digital model making, visualizations like animations, flythrough videos, 4D phasing (time factor), As built documentation, Asset Management etc.

• Detailed Engineering Services: Design development, Detailed Structural Engineering, Demolition and Temporary work solutions, Bar Bending Schedule, Precast engineering etc.

• MEP Services: Designing, Modeling, CoBie Enrichment, Detailing, Shop Drawing, Pre-bid & Post-bid services etc.

• Project Management Services: Conceptual Planning, Design, Budgeting, Peer Review, Preparation of drawings, Pre-bid & Post-bid services, Tender stage support, Bid support etc.

7. Tell us about the awards and achievements received by the company in the recent years.

HT India’s awards always have been limited to the appreciation and feedback received from the Client or its representatives. The extent of repeated clientele enjoyed by the company itself is the biggest award for its noble involvement.

8. Where do you see yourself in the coming decade? What according to you will be the future of Project Engineering Solution Providers?

HT India is in an industry which is focused now by technological advancement. The changes happening are so fast that adapting to the same itself is a challenge. Equally challenging is the fact that the stakeholders need to be aligned with it.

This is the time to set the standards, enlighten those involved on the significance of the change and the biggest factor is to make it feasible. In the coming decade, we envisage a time when virtual project management leads the show thus eliminating the uncertainties faced in the construction industry.

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ABS Aircon Engineers A Pioneer of Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Systems

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eating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems are becoming one of the key building blocks in modern infrastructure. Rise in infrastructure, rapid urbanization and growth in commercial properties are some of the key factors which fuelling the market for HVAC systems in India. Efficient, energy-friendly heating and cooling systems can cut costs and maintain the perfect temperature inside any workplace. To be frontier of this industry, companies need to have the requisite domain knowledge, proper execution of project within stipulated timelines and budget.

With strong customer focus, dedication, and scientific approach, ABS Aircon Engineers Pvt. Ltd. is recognized as a leading provider of end-to-end solutions in HVAC segment.

What started off as a sales and Service Company for residential air conditioning segment in Bengaluru is now capable of executing large commercial air conditioning projects across various industry segments. It is now executing complex and technically demanding projects across various industry segments.

One-stop Platform for all HVAC Needs ABS Aircon Engineers offers world class HVAC solutions for wide range

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of industry segments and applications.

Be it comforts air-conditioning, process cooling, clean room, server room applications or ventilation and exhaust systems, ABS have implemented robust solutions. ABS’s strong in-house capabilities in detailed engineering, procurement, project management, engineering, and after-sales service help them to meet client expectations. The company is one-stop platform for all HVAC solutions and caters to various sectors such as healthcare, IT/ITES, commercial, industrial, and hospitality.

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Regular and effective maintenance is essential to keep the installation run

We have necessary expertise to detailed engineering, supply, Install, commission, and maintain sophisticated HVAC systems

smoothly. The company extends strong after sales service support to every installation. ABS has been awarded by German major M/s. Bosch for achieving One Million Safe Man Hours in projects, not once but twice. As an organization, it pays utmost attention to safety norms and safety practices in all project sites. ABS is in the HVAC big league with clients of repute like Bosch, Mercedes-Benz, AMD, Citibank, SAP Labs and Amazon.

About the Trailblazers With over two decades of experience in HVAC industry, Balakrishna B. S (Founder and Director), Vinod Saladi (Founder and Director), and Vilayath Ali (Founder and Director) are charting the course for the future of the company. They started their entrepreneur journey with establishment of ABS in 1996. On account of their dedication, passion, and urge to keep raising the bar, the company has become a successful Contracting Company in HVAC segment.

Balakrishna is responsible for developing market to provide’ cost-effective HVAC Solution for various segments like Industrial, Pharmaceuticals, office buildings & commercial spaces, Hospitals, Hospitality, IT & ITES offices etc.

Vinod and Vilayath are involved in

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executing wide range of projects covering various segments. Vinod has been the head of project services and finance function since inception. He has been associated with industry body “Indian Society for Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers” (ISHRAE). He has held positions like Chair-Publications, Vice Chair-Membership and contributing to the development in the field of HVAC through the professional body ISHRAE. Vilayath has been the head of project operations function ever since inception of ABS. Under the leadership of the trio, ABS has gained the recognition in the industry for on-time delivery with unwavering commitment to the cost, quality and right engineering solutions.

Today, ABS is a company with an order book of over 100 crores in business and branches in Hyderabad, Chennai, Trivandrum, and Pune.

Detailed Engineering and Planning: The Pillars of Services What sets ABS apart from the competitors is its approach towards detailed engineering and planning. The company’s designs are technically sound and aesthetically good. A clear understanding of site conditions and restrictions help them to develop optimal cost effective methods. This ensures that there are minimum revisions in the design at later stages

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Vilayath Ali Founder and Director

Vinod Saladi Founder and Director

and adhere to the timelines of the project. The company’s design & planning professionals help customers in reviewing system design, operating procedures, and safety and performance standards. The Company provides energy efficient HVAC solutions with global quality standard for a greener planet.

Walk an Extra Mile for Customers ABS is dedicated to complete every project absolutely in line with the scope of work and timelines given by customers. Apart from meeting the quality expectation of customers, the company deploys their own in-house quality protocols. During the execution of project, the company is hand-holding their customers and are accessible to them at every step of the way.

ABS’s core team is are highly responsive and are experienced to work around various challenges that crop up from time-to-time. The company is very well known for its swift trouble shooting, the ability to handle equipment of all major manufactures, and smooth handover of services to customers. The company

uses best project management tools and tracking system for the customer’s satisfaction. At every stage of the project, the company is mindful about the safety of the materials and workforce used. The company’s safety standards are among the best in the industry.

Future Roadmap According to independent report, HVAC sector in India is forecast to reach USD3.97 billion by 2019. Indian commercial air conditioning demand expected to rise by about eight times in the next 20 years. ABS is progressively moving forward with positive approach to become most preferred HVAC contracting company in India. The company will continue to upgrade knowledge base and methods in order to cater new standard which would come into effect.

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A.N. Prakash Construction Project Management Consultants Rendering Professional Consultancy Services to the Construction Industry

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he growing Indian economy has demanded a conducive environment for its continuity and sustenance, which in turn initiated the need for the creation of world-class infrastructure for India and as a result the construction industry has gained the focused attention. Presently construction industry is the second largest sector of the country, after the agriculture.

Construction Project Management a subset of Project Engineering, plays an important role in successful completion of projects.

With over three decades of experience in Construction Project Management Consulting (CPMC), A.N. Prakash Construction Project Management Consultants Pvt. Ltd (ANPCPMC) is amongst the leading companies in India, offering innovative Construction Project Management Services to construction projects.

ANPCPMC has always been contributing to improved performance, efficiency and profitability to a wide spectrum of projects. Being the pioneers in the field, the company always looks-out for cutting-edge concepts and technologies that add value to projects.

The professional and ethical standards created by the company are what makes it one of-its-kind-brand. With a

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motto to deliver excellence, its services include mapping client requirements, effective planning, vendor management, quality control, auditing, bill checking, certification, safety, etc.

With constant and unified efforts, today, ANPCPMC is a team of more than 140 qualified, dedicated, and motivated personnel.

Award of Excellence for contribution to the corporate world by the University of Engineering and Management (UEM) Jaipur and Kolkata. APJ Abdul Kalam Award “Viswakarma” for excellence in construction management instituted by International School of Business Research.

ANPCPMC has vast work experience in construction project management across a wide spectrum of projects such as Industrial Structures, Multistoreyed commercial and residential buildings, Luxury Hotels and resorts, Pharma Plants, Hospitals, Malls, University Campuses, Educational Institutions, both in India and overseas.

Meet the Dynamic Persona A N Prakash is the founder Managing Director of ANPCPMC. In 1986, he started as an individual and later converted ANPCPMC into a wellknown player in the consulting space in India and overseas. Mr.Prakash has been felicitated by various professional bodies and institutions such as: Indian Concrete Institute, Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India), Ultratech Cement, Brigade Group, Civil Aid Technologies Pvt. Ltd., etc.

Over the years, by the dint of hard work ANPCPMC has been recognised for its achievements. It has received many awards, to name a few: the

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Mr. Prakash’s technical papers have been published in national and international journals.

Passionately interested in continuing education for the engineering professionals, Mr. Prakash founded the School for Construction Management Excellence (S-CME) in 2011 for fresh engineering graduates and practicing construction professionals.

Strategies Adopted to Overcome the Initial Struggle “The professional journey has been

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very exciting and a learning experience in meeting our clients’ expectations”, says A N Prakash.

Standing tall with the principles of pro-activeness at every stage of project life cycle with the growing customer demands was definitely not an easy task.

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Astounding Services of ANPCPMC In its broad perception, the project management may be viewed as the art and science of mobilizing and managing the people, materials, equipment and money to complete the project on time within budgeted costs and meeting the specified technical performance standards. ANPCPMC provides diversified construction project management services to a wide clientele in the built environment sector of the construction industry. Its knowledge management approach improves the performance of the construction methods selection activity resulting in:

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Seamless division of work packages to ensure coordinated project execution.

Comprehensive contracts with little left for escalation or claims.

Identifying the best suited consultants /contractors.

Creating a practical project plan to optimize sequential and parallel activities to minimize execution time.

Sequencing plan to provide work fronts for all agencies and avoiding idle time and claims thereon.

Refining approaches to reduce rework and ensure coordinated working of agencies.

Timely suggestions for cost control, including managing change order costs.

Providing alternatives to resolve site problems.

Coordinating the testing under simulated conditions including load tests.

Individual and integrated testing to ensure working of all systems in coordination.

Ensuring closure of snag lists.

A Distinctive Company Embracing its ethical practices, ANPCPMC focuses on delivering quality work and fair treatment to all stakeholders. Its abilities to build

harmonious relationships and leveraging accumulated knowledge enhances work efficiency. Its in-house Senior Managers expertly handles important functions of project life cycle. The company consistently strives to innovate, train, share knowledge, and audit internally to attain long-term associations with its clients. Maintaining transparency in its policies and operations sets ANPCPMC apart of its competitors.

Futuristic Vision With expertise in the projects that the company handles, it aims to participate and win at least one national award.

The company is striving hard to get featured in the Op-ed (opinion editorial) of one internationally recognized construction industry related publication in the near future.

Taking on newer challenges and embracing every opportunity through its competence and confidence, it is on a mission to acquire at least two global customers in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa)/ MENA (Middle East and North Africa) region.

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INTERVIEW WITH INSIGHTS SUCCESS

Rohit Mallya Technical Head Ranal Software Technologies

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Ranal Software Technologies Technology conglomerate for Software Solutions

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as Project Management, Process Planning, Airline & Travel Booking, B2B/B2C Systems & Custom Development.

In an interview with Insights Success, Rohit Mallya, Technical Head at Ranal Software Technologies gave some insightful answers highlighting the influences made by the company to take construction industry to next level.

In early 2000’s taking advantage of already available Engineering Expertise expanded into newer areas of Mfg. Engg. design, Virtual Validation & Robotic simulations services. As time progressed Ranal grew vertically to support customers through the complete product lifecycle & horizontally into newer segments of Aerospace, Defense, Railways, Heavy Engineering & Industrial Machinery to name a few.

ndia has long associated with information technology, and over the years it has witness significant trends within country. Technology has transformed the modes of business operation as well as market competitiveness. Ranal Software Technologies is one such technology firm that offers best-in-class software solutions globally.

1. Kindly brief us about your consultancy.

Ranal, a technology conglomerate is a Provider of Technology Software solution to its customers worldwide.

Journey started over 3 decades back with development of Advanced Technology Solutions in areas such as Digital Manufacturing that helped organizations to Simulate & Analyze performance of Mfg. systems such as Robots, Machines & other Factory floor equipment as well as human interactions in a Mfg. floor.

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Given early head start in the Digital Manufacturing space, complimented with rich blend of both Engineering & IT expertise has helped to deliver solutions effectively to address customer business challenges. Thus, making us trusted solutions partner for Engineering & Manufacturing.

2. Brief us about the Technical Head and his 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?

Rohit Mallya, holds a masters degree in Industrial Engineering and has

played roles as a Business Analyst, Trainer, and Application Specialist before moving into the current role of Technical Head at Ranal Software Technologies. During the career he has worked through the solution lifecycle right from requirement gathering to post implementation support for companies of varying sizes and sectors like automotive, auto supplier, industrial machinery, defence labs, PSU’s etc. The area of expertise has been in Digital Manufacturing, Change Management, Project Management & Enterprise Application implementations. On the personal front he is always updated technology and gadgets which has been a inspiration to look out for newer and better ways to address customer business challenges.

This experience has been instrumental in carrying out discussions with client leaderships and derives their digitalisation journey to improve the overall business. Familiarizing the latest industry trends to academics through talks and workshops is of keen interest.

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

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approaches to compete with the global players. The global exposure from executing projects for global companies gives us in depth understanding on Engineering solutions.

development is key to inspire companies in adopting digitalization.

The decades of engagement with customers globally made us understand that today organizations are more and more looking for companies that are able to solutions that help address business challenges solutions approach over software or services.

Currently the decisions are based on and the effect of it are Brain Intensive, High time to validate, Approximation Error and Impact due to Automation.

The varied expertise that comes from Product Development, Engineering Services, Software Sales gave us the agility to orient our approach to the changing business environment swiftly to support further towards Industry 4.0 through addition of Virtual Reality, Motion capture through body suite and gloves over & IOT solutions in addition to the standard software for digital manufacturing solutions which has been close to us through our decades of expertise. Now is the right time to that organizations are adopting these technologies that help in optimizing the product costs and lifecycle, this is exactly/accurately the space that is addressed through our solution.

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

The global group expertise coming from product development, sales and services for automotive, aerospace & heavy engineering companies has been key in localizing our solutions for Concept & Product Designing, Tools and Fixture Design, Engineering Analysis, Discrete Event Simulation, Robotic Analysis and Ergonomic Analysis. We understand Indian market and help Indian Companies to digitalize. We also believe that skill

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

Currently most decisions with respect to process and plant capex investments are based on Averaging, Approximation & past Experience.

These methodologies are brain intensive, error prone and validation is possible only after investment is made.

Usage of solution based consultancy will assist customer realize results earlier and scientific approach for decision making.

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

The trends in the industry are Globalization, and Indian companies trying to setup operations in other countries. These leads to new challenges in industries like Speed to Market, Growing demand, Unpredictability & Varying Demand, Geographic etc 7. What are the benefits gained by your clients while doing business with you?

Indian needs. We have been able to get the help our customers to start looking at approaches like Virtual Commissioning, Virtual reality and motion capture based solutions which has reduced the time spend on preparatory activities.

8. What is the role of your employees behind your consultancy’s success?

How do you keep them motivated?

The key to success has been the employees who come with vary experience backgrounds. This allows multi-disciplinary teams to deliver the solutions based on customer requirement. The success of the engagements has been the key motivation of the team.

Strengthening and developing the ease of doing things by adopting new technologies in all stages of manufacturing like starting from Production & Planning till production and Launch.

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

We intend to be leaders in our market niches seeking for technological excellence in our products and customer delight in our own methodology. And to support companies in Technology advancements and opportunities that emerge in with our customers.

We have presence across geographies and our primary focus is to provide solution to our customer which can bring productivity and sustainability in their business.

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Atlas Project Management Offering Constructive Solutions for Building Projects

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roject Management is one of the complex roles in project, encompasses various streams starting from business development, resource utilization, planning to detailed engineering, and customer satisfaction. A virtuous project manager should have knowledge of people with effective communication and understanding of cost structure of project. To be frontier of the industry, emerging as well as existing companies has to be technically sound and efficient.

With vision to develop a project focused organization of young leaders with high integrity and technical skills, Atlas Project Management Pvt. Ltd. (APM) was established in 2011 by the senior management team of Altus Group India. Since its inception in 2011, APM has been growing steadily and has secured new projects throughout India in various industry sectors.

APM has established project management services in the tough Indian construction services, first as Page Kirkland group and then Atlas Project Management. In these years the company had realigned the thought process and systems to match the growing needs of the industry and hand hold their clients and teams to

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achieve successful project closeout.

The Driving Force behind Atlas Project Management Siddhartha Lal is the Founder of Atlas Project Management Pvt. ltd.

With over twenty years of experience in delivering major national as well as international project, Siddhartha is proactive individual with high technical and management skills with commercial focus. During these years he has worked extensively in design, project management, procurement & contracts management and construction of various types of projects such as residential, retail, commercial, hospitality, mixed-use developments, townships and urban developments.

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Siddhartha’s career commenced at Raina and Associates, an Agha Khan Award winning architectural studio in New Delhi. Throughout his career, he worked with various reputed architects and interior designers, project management companies such as Kohn Pederson Fox, BBG-BBGM, WATG, HOK, DP Architects, Chhada & Siembieda, CES, Page Kirkland Group, and Feedback Ventures. He was Director of Altus Group (Altus Page Kirkland) in India until 2012 when he founded his own successful business, Atlas Project Management.

Some of the key clients he has consulted include DLF, Accor Hotels, Starwood Capital, Vornado Reality, InterContinental Hotels, and Hilton Hotels.

Originally from Australia, David Bramble brings over 30 years of project management experience in the property industry to India where he is now based. Over the years, he has worked extensively in project management, construction management and methodology analysis, contracts management, programming and planning, QA implementation and management in varying sectors including residential, commercial, and educational and hospitality. Originally from a

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contractor background, he carries extensive hands on experience in project implementation through to end user project delivery in the luxury finishes sector with many of his previous projects winning industry awards.

Delivering Quality Services within Tight Timeline In collaboration with clients the company has developed the optimum level of reporting. It has developed a complete Project Procedures Manual that is tailored to suit each project and client. The company delivering following project management services.

The company’s procedures manual serves following purposes · Introducing, informing and directing all parties to the project operational procedures i.e. who, how, where, what and when. · From the project outset, it establishes and enforces uniform procedures. · Reject documents, reports and templates ready for use. · Consistency in application by all staff across the sites.

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· Time Management · Contracts Management The company delivering following construction management services · Construction Inspection · Contracts execution · Construction coordination · Site management The company also offers following services · Pre-acquisition Due Diligence · Project Management and Advisory · Quality Inspection and Audits · Safety Inspection and Audits The APM team brings with them over fifty years of cumulative industry experience and have proven expertise in overcoming project hurdles and achieving on-time delivery in the Indian market with every project receiving the tailor made implementation of tools and skills it needs for successful delivery of project.

Values Based Preposition Atlas’s dedicated senior management has expertise in project management, contracts management, design and

program management. It is known for its national experience across India and proven expertise in overcoming project hurdles and achieving on time delivery. Atlas used established quality assurance systems and procedure manuals for effective management and Reporting. The company has global support network to deliver best in class project management services. Complete project procedures manuals tailored to suit each project and client.

Future Roadmap In the coming decade project management will be integral part of all projects happening across the country. Hiring a project manager shall be as important as hiring an architect or engineering consultant.

Progressing forward with positive approach, Atlas will continue to deliver best in class project management services.

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KPMC A Trustworthy Service Provider Delivering Superlative Projects ON-TIME

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riginated in 2017 with zeal to empower the vision of esteem clients of construction industry, Kashish Project Management & Consulting Engineers (KPMC) focuses on the reality & facility management. It provides end-to-end project management services using the best of international standard practices and expertise. More importantly, KPMC is managed and operated by qualified professional team who has more than 23 years of vast experience in working with International & National construction industry across various sectors. This includes residential, commercial, facility management, infrastructure, metro corridors, and marine facilities, so on.

Since its inception, the professional team of KPMC have successfully managed prestigious mega projects under extreme challenging environment and completed on time.

They are also committed to focus on understanding and achieving clients objectives in fulfilling and delivering quality projects ‘ON TIME’ under prestigious flagship.

Presently, KPMC handles 5 Star Resort Project in Maldives for American Hotel Flagship Group. It has also engaged with renowned clients and consultants such as Nakheel Dubai, PEO Qatar, Gammon Dubai & India,

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Emirates Properties Dubai, and KCD Qatar, to name a few.

Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India).

An Adroit Leader Er Nitin Kumar Devadiga is the CEO of KPMC, who has a vision and passion to deliver international living standards with value for money. Over the last two decades, Nitin has relentlessly gained and shared his expertise with top notch clients and construction organisation for prestigious projects in India, Middle East, and Asia. He is a renowned Civil Engineer with MBA in Construction Management and Master in Project Management from IIM, Rohtak. He is one of the fellow members of

Er Deepak T Deshpande is the Director Projects of KPMC. Bachelor of Civil Engineering and He is having an expertise experience of 34 years in India and Middle East Asian Countries like Kuwait, UAE, Oman and Qatar.

Specialized in Project Execution and Operations. Mastered and shared his valuable contribution in Residential, Commercial Buildings and Townships.

Petro - Chemical/ Pipe Manufacturing Industries - Projects, Expansions and Modification & Rehabilitation works.

P M C for the Residential, Commercial and Industrial Projects, in India and Abroad.

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Assisting Esteem Clients Being a one-stop professional service provider, KPMC offers wide range of services to its esteem clients through a dependency relationship and assisting them during its three typical stages of project cycle. This includes Ÿ Pre-Construction Management (PCM)

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In KPMC, the professionals embark on new projects while taking detailed information on client requirements.

They undertake series of planned activities across concepts, design, planning, procurement, construction, close-out and customize them in synchronization to suit client’s vision.

This includes overall planning, authority compliance, coordination, monitoring and controlling of a project from inception to completion in order to deliver a functionally and financially viable projects that will be completed on time. Plus, it is also delivered with best quality standards within the budget cost. As Client representative, KPMC is trustworthy and represents on empowering vision through interacting with contractors, major subcontractors and all other consultants to comply and deliver superlative projects.

The Specialized Techniques In the initial stages, the company has adopted certain strategies like defining milestones, establishing clear communication, managing project risks, avoiding scope creep and evaluation of project. KPMC initiates construction management strategy with project control, specific procedure and practice construction management techniques (inclusive of civil, MEP & HVAC, interiors, landscaping, energy conservation, recycling of used water plants, rain water harvesting, P&I for Industries etc.)

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It incorporates unique techniques which helps the company to offer onsite solutions with an end-to-end project management platform. It avoid scope creep by determining project goals (cost, schedule, quality) through a systematic process with proper planning and understanding of the customer needs.

In other words, the project managers assign different methods, tools, techniques & competences to a project which enables them to a successful completion & handing over on time.

Project managed by structured application of good practice, shows consistently better performance on deliver as promised by realistic expectation, faster delivery through reuse of common & known project management processes and less surprises during project expected.

These experts documents the core set of skills that are needed to accomplish the workload and analyze the strengths and weakness of the team members.

They also train them to enhance their knowledge and close the skill gaps, if required. Although it’s impossible to predict every potential risk but project managers can anticipate which part of

the project is likely to fail with their strategic planning and through collecting information in beforehand.

Accordingly, they can develop control measures in order to deal with the risks.

Future Endeavors Presently, KPMC is offering professional services to its valuable clients & organizations to attract investors, buyers and end users and to have a competitive advantage edge over others. KPMC is very optimistic about its future and it assures to be in the most desired and recognized list of project management solution providers in the upcoming years too. Further, the CEO of the company, Er Nitin asserts “Project management service providers will have a great future in India with introduction of RERA.” To know more about the company visit www.kpmcqtr.co

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n the corporate world, the office of project management (PMO) has many different titles. Some of the common names are program management office, portfolio management office and project management office. As the name describes itself, the PMO involves the management, full control, and maintenance of the overall project for the entire organization. It also offers tools, resources, guidelines, standards and assistance to all the project managers.

There are two types of management offices i.e. centralized and decentralized. Centralized PMOs comprises enterprise-wide projects and implements the standard tools and techniques prescribed by the enterprise PMO. The decentralized focuses on a program or project. As it provides support within the program, its scope and influence is limited and it falls under the program manger’s authority. Regardless the type, the major function of such office is to provide decision support information for the projects. Corporations with PMOs are more likely to have project success; consequently, it has led to a rise in management offices.

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The Need of a Project Management Office The requirement of a PMO demands a hard and good look at the company’s operations. Executives need to observe and see if the different streams of company are working together across the installed systems and groups in harmony or they operate solo and do not have any interaction with the other machines. The PMO can definitely help in the latter case. It is also helpful in deploying significant projects or in changing the project strategies. If the running number of project is high and they have important level of cost and impact, then any organization will really benefit from PMO. It should also be noted that the PMO runs directly proportional to the length of the project. Larger the project, bigger will be the budget, thereby more need of PMO for efficient management.

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issues, communicates, and gives early warnings of troubled projects. It integrates project level status reporting and produces program level status for the executive reviews. Consistent performance reporting guidelines are also enforced by this office so that the projects perform efficiently and consistently.

Governance This function provides decision support for the project sponsors, stakeholders, and decision makers that are involved in the program, enterprise, or in the organization.

Sessions like documenting governance decisions and tracking actionable items enable the administrators’ support needed for the effective decision making.

Financial Management sForecasting future expenses and tracking the actual spending while navigating an enterprise internal billing can be done with the help of PMO. It can also become a full time role in an office. For financial success, reporting cost variances and adjusting program predictions is also a

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critical function that can be handled by the PMO. Schedule Management Analysis of project milestones and integrating them into the overall program level is another important key aspect of the PMO. The level of the program or the project is summarized of critical program milestones and may integrate detailed program schedules. It also monitors schedule variances and recommends corrective actions.

Resource Management The effective utilization of resources demands a high value of manageability of its allocation and capacity needs. Well distributed resources can assist a corporation in sharing additional skills across the program. Better decisions can be made by project prioritization and establishing resource management models and tracking utilization. The key to effective resource management is the reliability and quality of the data and PMO offers multiple ways in managing, collection, and reporting process.

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Risk, Scope, and Issue Management The PMO supports individual projects and programs by evaluating issues, risks, and changes to the program.

Programs are organised according to the synergies gained from working as an integrated set of activities. Key processes are used by PMO and scope, issues, and risks are integrated to enjoy the mutual benefits.

Quality Management PMOs provide quality management by delivering control, inspections, assurance over quality management.

This function is always critical for consistency delivery to the clients.

PMO can inspect project deliveries and also provide coaching required for additional management support.

Supplier Management PMO monitors the various programs’ suppliers and notifies the program manager with the performance issues.

Individual supplier work and its performance are integrated through PMO in order to understand the performance reporting standards.

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such as facility management, document management are also supported. Its scope depends on the form and needs within the enterprise or program. Once any corporation determines its use of PMO, they can use these functions as a checklist to develop the project office.

Communication Management Adequate communication is a must requirement in every project and program. PMO establishes overall communications standards to follow in a program, although the frequency and the target audience may vary at the project or at project level. It also assists program managers in developing necessary communications to the stakeholders.

While developing a first PMO, corporations must have a developm ent plan. They must also prioritize their specific functions depending on the needs and project management maturity. Fully functioning established PMOs aid industries in managing processes and integrating the programs and projects in organizations and enterprises.

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1% Indian retail sales driven by brick-and-mortar stores, but smaller cities remain underserved Good quality mall stock to increase by 10-15%; mediocre-to-weak stock to decline by 5-10%.

While brick-and-mortar and e-commerce stores will continue to co-exist in India, e-commerce today, it has a definite edge over physical retail in tier II and tier III cities of India, warns ANAROCK Retail’s report 'Rebirth of Retail Malls: New, Improved and Revitalized’. The report, mentions that India’s tier-II and tier-III cities will be key contributors to the retail growth in the future of country.

The organized retail market is growing at CAGR of 20-25%. Around hundred million people out of India’s 300-400 million-strong middle class family are living in tier-II and tier-III cities. Thus, significant portion of Indian retailers’ target clientele lives in the non-metro cities. Cities of India such as Jaipur and Surat, household incomes are expected to cross Rs. 800 billion and 26 other cities will cross Rs. 400 billion by 2020. Considering the rising purchasing power and the consumption pattern in these cities, the slow deployment of physical organized retail there is worrisome.

Tier-II cities alone received investments of more than USD 6,000 million between 2006-17 and tier-III

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cities received around USD 500 million. Tier-I cities collectively saw USD 1,300 million investments in the same period. The numbers speak for themselves.

Investors and mall developers are beginning to realize the massive potential of these ‘smaller’ markets and trying to make their presence felt.

However, the speed of quality retail deployment must pick up a considerably faster pace to leverage the huge opportunities India’s tier-II and tier-III cities offer.

According to the reports, lack of physical outlets is allowing e-commerce to flourish in these towns and cities. It is growing rapidly and is expected to cross USD 100 billion of value by 2020. The major share of online shoppers in India includes millennial (Gen Y) aged 18-35 who currently account for 34% of the population. The high purchasing power of online shopping population is insufficiently tapped in these cities due to the lack of good quality physical retail spaces.

On a larger scale, the report confirms that the Great Indian Mall Story is alive and growing rapidly. As much as 91% of retail sales in the country are driven by brick-and-mortar stores in India.

With respect to the quality of the operational mall stock, around 40-45% meet ‘good quality’ requirements, 30-35% of them are in the mediocre range, while the remaining in the weak category. In the next 5 years, good quality stock will increase by 10-15% while the mediocre and weak stock may decline by 5-10%, respectively.

The report also examines the syndrome of failed and struggling malls, and envisages re-inventing strategies for retail malls to strengthen their positioning in the evolving digital era.

It makes a strong argument for the Technology Imperative as physical retail’s only viable means to counter e-commerce competition.

In a country like India that boasts of a population of 1.35 billion and the rapid adoption of the tech-savvy culture, modernization and innovation are critical for the survival of brick-andmortar stores.

In the final analysis, the advantage that physical retail has over e-commerce is essentially the ‘experience’ factor. By uniting conventional methods with key success elements of digital experience, brick-and-mortar retailers can offer consumers an experience surpassing that of online shopping.

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CEO Talk

About the Author Anuj Kejriwal is MD & CEO at Anarock Retail.

He is CEO & Managing Director for ANAROCK Retail, the retail division of ANAROCK Property Consultants headed by real estate industry stalwart Anuj Puri.

ANAROCK Retail is the result of a strategic partnership between ANAROCK and Faithlane Property Advisors, which was launched in 2017.

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Overall, he has 13 years of hands-on experience in advising domestic and multinational retail property owners, occupiers and investors.

At ANAROCK Retail, he aligns the retail business to ANAROCK’s ďŹ rst-inindustry business models to dovetail with the overall operations and consequently deliver a unique bouquet of services to its retail clients.

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Manomav Engineers Providing Best-in-class Construction Planning and Implementation Solutions

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roject engineering is detailed working of high-level objectives of any project. Be it adding value to the specification of works or generating engineering documents for workmen level execution, project engineering plays a pivotal role in numerous sectors.

Various tools and technologies like Building Information Modeling, Documentation Control Software, CAD Software, and Tender Documents are transforming the construction sectors.

In this cut-throat competitive scenario, one has to be technically sound and efficient to be at the forefront of this industry. With an aim to manage construction projects with engineering and the latest monitoring technologies, Manomav Engineers Pvt. Ltd. (ME) is a growing construction project management and engineering consulting company of India. ME is a group of IIT Alumni who are integrating technology in the field of construction with clientele like L&T, Shapoorji Pallonji, Tata Motors, HDFC, and many others. The Company provides engineering services like Bar Bending Schedule (BBS), Quantity Surveying (QS), and Building Information Modelling (BIM) Services.

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About the Trailblazers Abhinav Bhardwaj, Antriksh Tawar and Akhil Saxena are the Co-founders of Manomav Engineers.

Abhinav and Antriksh are IIT Delhi Alumni whereas Akhil Saxena is PEC Alumni. The company’s founders are implementing best construction monitoring technology in Indian environment by integrating building information modeling, automation, drone control, technological dashboards, automation, construction analytics, and PMP based project management processes in the construction industry. With key strengths in technology and marketing, Abhinav is working on growth and finance of the company. Antriksh is leading business development and recruitment in the organization with his

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key strengths on research and development. Akhil is leading operations with his key strengths on engineering and management.

“We believe that our life on earth is all about improvising Individual, Industry & Infrastructure honest manner. We born to innovate and implement the latest technologies in the Infrastructure sector. We grow to establish our brand value from our retail industry. We gain strength to train individuals on vocational grounds”, states the core team.

Promising Services Quenching Every Business Needs Customers are primarily engaging with the company’s end-to-end project management services. The company concentrates on solutions related to construction planning and implementation. Additionally, the company provides services in cost engineering, quantity surveying, MEP coordination, shop drawing & bar bending schedule preparation, schedule development and monitoring, construction quality and safety audits.

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helps in saving overall time and cost along with quality delivery of the product. The company has expertise in standard tools of construction like BIM, Primavera and many others.

Additionally, it is developing in-house ERP for contractors. The company believes in sharing knowledge by training staffs of an organization.

The core of the construction industry lies in quality workmanship. The company strengthens the process of workmanship with enterprise solutions which help in managing material, cost and reducing paperwork. The company’s developed tools are in line with the requirements of customers by capturing their data from projects; analyzing it and presenting it in more useful information.

Surpassing Challenges Manomav overcomes all initial struggles and sees challenges as an opportunity to learn and grow. Over the years, the company has developed processes that are being taken care by senior managers of the company. With a positive attitude, the company overcomes all challenges like the recession in real estate, RERA and also adopts numerous immediate changes like demonetization and GST. Efforts Fueling the Success Engine Manomav Engineers have been part of $1.2 Billion worth construction SEPTEMBER 2018

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projects since 2012 with a team size of fifty plus engineers from IIT, NIT, PEC and NICMAR like institutes.

Six years’ journey of Manomav has contributed to the employment of more than hundred engineers and many entrepreneurs to the construction industry.

Offering innovative solutions is specialty of the company. The company brings the tested processes as part of organizational services for customers. It helps their customers for end-to-end delivery. With flexibility in control over the project, the company’s organizational processes are developed in line with PMBOK while integrating Automation and BIM capabilities. It is experimenting with virtual reality and drone technology for bringing more value to customers and leading the construction monitoring space in India.

Manomav Engineers conduct training for organization staffs and make sure that they are equipped with the latest set of knowledge in the construction industry. The company has helped Morbi Ceramics to conduct their Summit in 2017 by technically auditing their applications. Founders of the company have been felicitated by Krishna Institute of Engineering and

Technology for Engineering Entrepreneurship Talks and The Entrepreneurship School in association with the Indian Railways for big data and analytics in railways. Manomav Engineering has been certified with ISO 9001:2015, MSME and Builder’s Association of India.

Future Roadmap In Building Construction, the company sees themselves as the end-to-end solution provider in construction lifecycle from Design to Asset Maintenance. Progressing forward with a positive approach, it will continue to collect execution information using new technologies to generate integrated dashboards for building projects.

In linear projects, the company will continue to deliver best in class Building Information Modeling, Drone Technology and Other Evolved Technology for developing better clarity of Project Planning and Execution.

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Shrikhande Consultants Pvt. Ltd. Premier Civil & Structural Engineering Consultants

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N. N. Shrikhande & Co. and later as Shrikhande Consultants Pvt. Ltd., the company is one of the well-known consulting agencies in the country, working in the field of civil engineering and offering varied services which include structural designs, MEP, project management, technical audit (for quality & cost), third party monitoring and some other services in collaboration with the concerned professionals in their respective areas.

The work portfolio consists of handling residential and institutional buildings/complexes, industrial complexes, infrastructural works comprising highways, bridges, flyovers, marine structures etc.

About the Trailblazers After a stint of about nine years’ service in design offices of India and abroad (in both private & public sectors) and occupying incrementally higher positions, N. N. Shrikhande (Chairman Emeritus) established a consulting partnership firm in Mumbai in 1959, initially under the name of Shrikhande and Vajifadar (later changed to N. N. Shrikhande and Co.).

The firm working exclusively on structural designs and related works supervision relentlessly aiming at laying a strong value – based foundation with commitment to quality and timely execution of works, grew progressively to greater heights to make a name in the field. Enthused by

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the very encouraging results as a result of the ethical work culture, integrity and dedication taking deep roots in the organization, the founder decided in 1978 to spread the wings and established a Private Limited Company, Shrikhande Consultants Private Limited (SCPL). This was to cover many an additional service beyond structural designs such as project management / engineering, technical audit, proof consultancy etc.

N.N. Shrikhande was personally felicitated by the Institute of Structural Engineers, Mumbai. He also received “Udyog Ratan” Award by the Institute of Economic Studies, New Delhi, and ‘Life Time Achievement Award’ by Indian Concrete Institute, Maharashtra Centre.

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Our services are derived from our commitment to produce consistently high quality work within the constraints of the client's schedule and budget

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy N.Y. (USA) is the Chairman of the company. He is responsible for policy making, technical operations including planning, design, repairs & retro fitting and R & D functions. He develops Quality Policy, Quality Objectives of the company and building Organizations Technical capabilities.

He is Civil-Structural Engineer with more than four decades of rich and vast experience in the designs of many a varied and interesting structures varying from residential complexes to light/heavy industrial structures, bridges and jetties, special structures like chimneys, shell / folded plate roofs.

Rajeev N. Shrikhande is the Managing Director of company. He is responsible for overall functioning of the organization also managing the external interface of the company.

Under his leadership, the company has formed associations with many world renowned multinational consultancy companies to execute many big infrastructural projects. He is responsible for growth of business, formulates strategies to ensure continual growth and provides leadership. He led the company into providing different services like Structural Design, Proof Checking of Design, Detailed Project Report (Feasibility Studies), Project and Contract Management, Technical Audit etc. In different areas like Transportation, Irrigation and the

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international organization for standardization (ISO 9001:2015).

Innovative Services Benefiting Client Shrikhande Consultants Private Limited (SCPL) provides service beyond structural designs such as project management engineering, technical audit, proof consultancy etc. project management involves a critical role from inception of the project to its completion stage covering different activities like scheduling, cost budgeting, value engineering, risk identifying, monitoring and controlling, time line optimization, resources allocation etc.

As structural designers, SCPL provides optimized and innovative designs and solutions for different structures of varied complexities by utilizing expertise developed over long years by appropriate use of latest computer technology. As far project management / engineering is concerned, apart from implementing the requisite functions under its role with substantial care and concern, SCPL lays special emphasis on constructability issues, supply chain management, coordination issues with multitude of different agencies (owners, architects, consultants and contracting agencies in different disciplines etc.), safety awareness and finally while operating the contract, to act as quasi-arbitrator within the framework of Contract to avoid future disputes Unlocking the Success Doors What started off as small residential

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units in Mumbai is now carrying out massive project works of varied nature across India as international agencies. The company is emphasis on continuous training and development of their employees in office and field, inculcating a spirit of team work and mutual respect amongst them and taking special efforts to strengthen the core values of integrity and deep involvement in the project functioning in terms of quality, schedules, cost etc.

While talking about the success of the company Rajeev says, “our clients and all other agencies connected with any project work has been the greatest reward received by SCPL over the years”. It has also been recipient of different awards and certificates for their services such as certificate for ‘Excellence in Productivity, Quality, Innovation and Management’ by the Institute of Economic Studies (IES), New Delhi, ‘Appreciation Certificate’ from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay for dedication shown by our team in successful completion of refurbishing of convocation Hall at Powai campus, Mumbai, and ‘Certificate of Merit’ by the Maharashtra Chapter of American Concrete Institute for design for structure at Indore for Dept. of Atomic Energy. In addition to the above, the institution of Engineers (India), Belapur local Centre adjudged Vishnudas Bhave Natya Griha, Vashi,

Navi Mumbai, the project managed by SCPL, as the second best infrastructure building. Similarly Institution of Engineers (India), Belapur local Centre nd had placed SCPL as 2 , in the competition Organized on the subject ‘Best Housing Scheme’ in Thane and Raigad Districts’.

Future Roadmap As for peeping into future, SCPL notes that economies in many advanced countries in the world are today showing a downward trend. These countries with their huge experience and great resources are seeking new pastures in rapidly developing countries like India, where opportunities appear to be endless. Companies in India have the great advantage of favorable economic working conditions and in a far better position to compete with companies from abroad.

To achieve this SCPL is continuously upgrading their services in various areas. SCPL’s aim is to have a serious fresh insight in the matter so that it can achieve a quantum jump in the quality of its working and prove to be second to none, when it comes to final success of any project.

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