MEA October 2017

16 MEA MARKETS / October 2017 , Design Group Engineering Consultants LLC (DGEC) is one of the leading Engineering Consultancy firms in Oman, offering specialized Architectural & Engineering services, including BIM (Building InformationModelling), as well as Project Management Consultancy. Damodar R Katti talks to us about the company’s success and his own, discussing being awarded 2017 Leading Founder andManaging Director Awards andMost Trusted Founder andManaging Director for Providing Outstanding Business Services – Oman. Founding and Managing Greatness DGEC specializes in implementing Building Information & Modeling (BIM), and offers consulting services and solutions to the challenges in various sectors and on a variety of projects, including iconic buildings, healthcare and educational buildings. Alongside these offerings, the firm also works on projects such as logistics warehousing, industrial, roads and infrastructures, multi-level car parking lots and project management. Damodar discusses the reputation of DGEC and talks about the team he has behind him, all of which contributes to the company’s continuing success. “Today, DGEC are renowned and highly recommended among major Architects, Builders, Contractors, Developers, Corporate Giants, and fraternity of Structural Engineers. Our Senior Design Team comprises of highly qualified, experienced and motivated Architects, Designers and Engineers, and are enriched with experience in typical fields of engineering and who form the nucleus of the team. “Dedicated talents pool with core engineering skills in key industry segments which is our hallmark makes our service line a completely integrated service model. Complex projects, collaboration with downstream parties for project delivery, cost effective, environmentally friendly solutions, core engineering and quality systems – DGEC has proven track record of providing integrated engineering solutions. “We are proud to announce that DGEC has achieved ISO 9001:2015 Certification during August 2017. This accreditation will help further improve our service to customers making us more efficient and maintain high standard of service delivery. We are now working towards achieving the ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001 Certification” A couple of accolades received by DGEC are as follows: • ‘Consultant of the Year 2012’ for our involvement in the prestigious Royal Opera House for Diwan of Royal Court. We are also working on the current Mini Royal 1710ME02 Opera House - a 500 Seat Theatre coming up behind the Royal Opera House for Diwan of Royal Court. • Awarded by MEED in the National Winners category for 2015 for ‘Small Project of the Year’ for a logistics project. • We were shortlisted as the finalists for ‘Construction Week Oman Awards 2016’ in three categories: Consultant of the Year, Infrastructure Project of the Year and Project Manager of the Year.