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stablished little less than a decade ago with the aim to provide bespoke consultancy services to Kenya’s construction industry, Otto Mruttu & Partners has more than achieved this initial vision having played a substantial role in some of the country’s most innovative and unique projects.

Since February, 2008, the firm has grown from a sole proprietorship to a limited entity in 2012, similarly expanding its client base from an initial private focus to later entail government institutions and international organisations/ governments as well.

Attaining and then retaining key clients along the way, the Company is renowned in the country

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Combining Kenya’s brilliant ideas with the creative imagination of Otto Mruttu & Partners’ architects, has helped to foster a portfolio steeped in physical, cultural, historical, environmental and behavioural splendour Writer: Matthew Staff Project Manager: Kane Weller and industry for the solutions and knowledge it can offer; much of which emanates from the practice’s owner and manager, Otto Mruttu who himself is a chartered architect with more than 15 years of architectural experience.

“I currently employ six architects and administration staff that help in

ensuring that we offer an impeccable service to the construction industry,” he introduces. “These services include but are not limited to land search services, full architectural designs, interior designs and contract administration.

“We currently have projects in most of the major towns in Kenya and we continue to explore opportunities to work in remote areas of Kenya and even outside of the country too.”

Realms of architecture, commercial, convention centres, education centres, hospitality, malls, recreation centres, residential and retail have all benefitted from the Company’s approach over the years, and in all cases they have thrived as a result of Otto Mruttu and Partners’ devotion to bridging the constructed world and the natural world.

“Nothing exists in isolation,” the Founder adds. “Physical, cultural, historical, and behavioural facts must be reflected in the finished work. A quality design will emerge when you combine a client’s brilliant ideas and the creative imagination of our architects.”

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Imagination derives from a carefully selected workforce that has in turn repaid the loyalty shown to them by the Company. And year after year, management and employees work collaboratively and professionally to instil the most logical and innovative of technological advances in order to keep abreast of the newest innovations in the field of architecture.

Compounding the notion even further, however, is the incorporation of environmental considerations; optimising the built environment and the green agenda in Kenya.

“Our environmental credentials have resulted in the design of exemplary buildings which have won awards,” Mruttu says. “We strive to provide the most responsive design solutions, responding to time, the place and the environment.

“Awards such as the Architectural Association of Kenya’s Excellence in Architecture Award 2014 for Pwani University Sports Centre in the Best Ongoing Project Category, and Architectural Association of Kenya’s

Excellence in Architecture Award 2016 in the 1st Runners up award for the best Residential Building Project Category, have shown us that we are on the right track.”

Other lauded projects and achievements include Emmarentia Apartments, Wakio Trading Limited, CCK Convention Centre, Oasis Mall, Top Plaza Office Building, Jade Gardens Apartments, Lavington Town Houses, the Karen Enkaji, Karen House, and Achelis Kenya.

And such a portfolio inevitably paves the way for enhanced interest and appeal as the Company looks to leverage previous successes even more extensively in the years to come.

“We are currently working on a 38-storey mixed-use university building known as The Torch of Knowledge Tower, for Moi University.

When completed, it is expected that this building will be a world-class teaching facility housing lecture theatres, classrooms, laboratories, multi media studios, a commercial zone, and a teaching hotel,” Mruttu emphasises.

The Strength of Ideas “We believe in the strength of ideas and the power of relationships. Since 2008, Otto Mruttu & Partners has worked with some of the world’s most admired clients. From the neighbourhood elementary school to the Blue Chip corporate campus to the most advanced biomedical research facility, Otto Mruttu & Partners is setting worldwide standards for exceptional service and design innovation in architecture, interiors, branded environments, planning and strategies, and urban design. We are nationally and internationally recognised for achievements in arenas of corporate, commercial and civic; healthcare; higher education; primary education; and science and technology. With each project, we learn and evolve creatively and professionally.”

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or more than 40 years, Abdul Mullick Associates (AMA) Consulting Engineers Ltd has emerged as one of Kenya’s leading multi-discipline engineering firms, and - on the anniversary of its 40th year reaffirmed its dedication to continuous improvement by unveiling its new fiveyear strategic vision.

Engaged in infrastructure, building, multipurpose dams, and capacity building over the years, AMA’s development path has been one driven by ongoing expansion and diversification; an ethos reflected in its almost unparalleled portfolio.

Across areas of consultancy, surveying and training, bridges, water and irrigation, environmental and geotechnical activities, and much more, AMA has become renowned for carrying out assignments with knowledgeable and efficient professionalism; optimising the knowhow of its skilled workforce.

“Our mission is derived from the core business of AMA,” affirms the Company on its website. “This is to conduct studies for engineering infrastructure development and maintenance; for project management of engineering infrastructure; to carry out restructuring and capacity building for engineering institutes; and to advise clients on sound policies related to engineering infrastructure.”

AMA is an incorporated Kenyan company with specialisation in undertaking feasibility studies, design and management in transportation; in transportation infrastructure, structural, civil and water engineering; and in environmental and social services in East and Central Africa.

The Company adds: “Our ultimate vision is our statement of intent, which aims to energise and drive our organisation and people to new heights and constant achievement; and to provide an internationally comparable, efficient and sound engineering practice in Kenya and the region.”

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One of the Leading Engineering Consulting Firms in Kenya

Design & Management Consulting Surveying & Training Structural & civil Engineering Water, Irrigation & Bridges Environmental & Geotechnical

AMA has become renowned for carrying out assignments with knowledgeable and efficient professionalism; optimising the knowhow of its skilled workforce.

Abdul Mullick Associates (AMA) Limited Upper Hill, Kiambere Road Woodlands Business Park, Suite B & C (Ground Floor) P.O. Box 66266, 00800 Nairobi, Kenya T: +254 20 358 7821 | C: +254 736 271 198 E: info@ama.co.ke | www.ama.co.ke

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Better architects designing better buildings

Ongoing investments into staff members help to facilitate operational excellence across each aforementioned project, with special emphasis placed on the provision of an exemplary working environment.

Investments into technology, equipment and new premises help to create this hub of innovation and knowledge sharing, and are compounded by numerous collaborations with other proficient players in the industry.

“We hire the best and keep them

We provide an attractive work environment that has resulted in minimum staff turnover with some of our current staff having joined us at inception

motivated to continue offering the best whilst with us,” Mruttu explains.

“We conduct regular training and offer our staff the opportunity for continuous professional development.

“We provide an attractive work environment that has resulted in minimum staff turnover with some of our current staff having joined us at inception. We focus on providing the best team for the job regardless of their origin and then work on transferring the required skills and knowledge.”

Subsequently transferring this internal quality to its external clients, Achelis K Ltd’s Office Building, Workshop and Stores for M/S Achelis (K) Ltd on Mombasa Road, Nairobi. New office building, warehouse and stores on a 2.5 acre site along Mombasa Road in Nairobi. Construction works began in August, 2013 and completed in August, 2015

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Award Winning Proposed Pwani University Sports Complex. Proposed Sports Centre in coast “an intelligent project”. Proposed Pwani University Sports Center in Kilifi. This project received the Architectural Association of Kenya’s Excellence in Architecture Award 2014 in the Best Ongoing Project Category.

The award was for the use of environmentally friendly methods of cooling and ventilation incorporated in the design.

This award winning project is scheduled to be built at an estimated cost of KShs.880 Million, the center will provide exemplary sports facilities to the students and community. The facilities will include football, hockey and rugby pitches; squash, badminton, tennis, basketball and volley ball courts, indoor naturally cooled basketball court, Olympic sized swimming pool and a tartan running track.

This project cites the incorporation of cultural references which have been missing in local architecture.

The project is “an intelligent and suitably ordered project in a rambling campus landscape and shows that cultural references can be respectfully be absorbed into modern buildings without resorting to cheap façade antics.”

It will be a collection of buildings that whisper instead of shouting and that betray a confidence of line and detail which should result in a fine environment for large gatherings of people once it is built.

Otto Mruttu & Partners has been able to showcase its innovative ethos and its commitment to excellence on an increasingly widespread scale since its inception nine years ago, ensuring that each project has the potential to be a best-in-class example, and that every project is a space that enhances daily life.

The Company details: “We create spaces that achieve the clients’ vision and enhance daily life. Our people are enthusiasts. We are passionate about our work and are driven to achieve the visions of our clients. Through our commitment to sustainable

As a comprehensive international firm practicing in regional centres, Otto Mruttu & Partners is always close to its clients

Lavington Town Houses. This project comprises of 8no.

Luxury town houses on one of the most sought after neighborhoods in Nairobi and has a unique smart home automation solution providing for exemplary energy efficient and automated living. Was completed in August, 2015

design, we are constantly creating solutions that contribute to human and environmental health of our global ecosystem.

“As a comprehensive international firm practicing in regional centres, Otto Mruttu & Partners is always close to its clients. We practice under a common philosophy and standard of excellence, operating as if we were in one, single office location.”

Mruttu adds a final note on the Company he has nurtured since day one: “In the future, we hope to be better architects, designing better buildings and at the fore front of innovation.”

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