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HOCHTIEF INDIA
Offering Best-in-Class Building Solutions
through Digital Processes
Gopan Pillai
Managing Director
Being a part of one of the largest construction
industries in the world, Hochtief (India) Pvt. Ltd,
also known as HT India is a 100% subsidiary of the
well-known construction group Hochtief AG from
Germany. It is a part of the ACS Group and has big
conglomerates like TURNER construction Company from
US and CIMIC from Australia under its umbrella.
HT India was established in 1999 with a vivid purpose of
supporting the parent company in its activities by providing
engineering at an optimum cost. The main motto of
HT India is to provide all kinds of engineering solutions
from under one roof.
About the Compassionate and Dedicated Duo of
Hochtief
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
post-graduation 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 with
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
had engaged 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.
Unique Services under One Roof
Under the Digital Engineering Solutions banner, HT India
provides the following services:
• Building Information Modeling (BIM): Here the
company engages in virtual construction with a
philosophy to construct digitally first by developing
engineering 3D model coordinating various disciplines,
visualize practical issues, identify clashes, resolve them
and finally come out with an optimum engineering
solution which can be constructed without hindrance.
This philosophy is further extended till completion of the
construction and to facility management stage thus
providing comfort of maintaining the facilities. Along
with this, other areas of support are provided for
animations, tender support, fly through videos 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.
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|October 2018|