SpEC (Specialised Engineering consultants)opens second office in India

Seeing the huge potential for specialised consultancy in the field of electro-mechanical design and supervision, UAE-based Specialised Engineering consultants, has opened its second office in the country.

With mega projects like Smart city and Medi city coming to Kochi, SpEC views Kerala as an area of vast growth potential, the firm's Managing Partners Syed Sabzada and Syraj Hamza said at a press meet here.

The company, which has offices in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, started its operations by opening an office at Kozhikode followed by the one at Kochi. There is lack of professionals at present in India to take care of the mega projects coming to the country, Sabzada said.

SpEC management team is associated with various projects in UAE, including Internet city, Media city, Knowledge village, Financity city, Dubai Sports city, Marriott Hotel among others. They are also involved in various Data Centre design projects for Emirate Airlines group, Dubai Mercantile Exchange.

Among its projects in India, SpEC has taken up the design and supervision of the Choice Group's Rs 50 crore tallest residential building in South India -- The Choice Paradise in Kochi which is expected to be ready by 2009.

It is also involved in the Rs 80 crore expansion project of the Le Meridian Hotel here for setting up convention centre, hotels rooms and a new shopping centre, the company's Director India operations Ashar Panakat said.

The current project list of SpEC worldwide includes US$ 670 mn, 3.2 mn square feet area development project comprising hotel and service apartment.
Total value of the projects designed and implemented by the consultants exceeds US$ 2.5 bn internationally.

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