Danish multi-disciplinary engineering, design and consultancy Ramboll inaugurated a new Engineering Centre in Hyderabad, to fuel its telecom business both in India and other markets. Soren Holm Johansen, Ramboll’s Group Executive Director for Markets and Global Practices, inaugurated the facility which will have 230-strong team focussing on tower engineering which involves the analysis and design of masts, towers and monopoles in addition to tower marketing and technical support, manufacture and sale of towers.

Ramboll’s telecom services range from tower solutions including design, smart site, rapid deployment, camouflaged and individual solutions, tower reverse engineering (TLVA), software engineering services to radio frequency and electromagnetic field related services.

Along with this, Ramboll will also provide its engineering and design expertise in transport and planning and urban design sector from its Hyderabad centre.

Soren said Ramboll has built a strong presence in the market worldwide as sustainable society consultants.

Eyes M&As

Ramboll India is actively looking forward to grow its presence in more sectors and markets by the process of merger and acquisitions, especially in the area of Rail, Planning and Urban Design, and Building Structures and Services (Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing).

“India is a key market for us and we will continue to make strategic technological infrastructure investments and pick top engineering talent in India,”Soren said.

Founded in Denmark in 1945, the Euro 1.4 billion enterprise Ramboll operates more than 300 offices in 35 countries and employs 13,000 plus experts globally.

In India, Ramboll employs over 800 employees in Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Chennai and Bengaluru, with Gurgaon being the Head Office.

Soren believes India will contribute significantly to its global growth ambitions: “The new Hyderabad engineering and design centre is the testimony of our commitment to grow our presence in India. In the telecom sector, as the largest towers, masts and monopoles providers, our objective is to further consolidate and maintain leadership in markets worldwide including India.”

Pawan Maini, Managing Director, Ramboll India and Ramboll Engineering Centre, said: “Having the design and engineering centre in Hyderabad adds tremendous strength to our research, development and innovation to serve our Clients more efficiently. Some of the most notable projects in Hyderabad include structural design consultancy for Amazon Headquarters and a ridership study for Hyderabad Metro Rail.”

“2015 was a good year for Ramboll India as we clocked revenue of around Rs 160 crore. We are bullish on the Indian market and confident to achieve the mark of Rs 2,500 million by 2018,” Pawan said.

“Our journey in India over the last 18 years has been remarkable. We have grown organically and also inorganically by acquiring companies like Whitbybird, IMIsoft, and Gifford and are further looking at joining hands with like-minded companies in the area of Rail, Planning & Urban Design, MEP, Project Management and Structures,” said Pawan.

Pankaj Sachdeva, Telecom Director, Ramboll India. said, “The engineering centre in Hyderabad will further strengthen our sales and marketing teams to maintain our leadership position in the global market.”

Growth plans

On growth acceleration, Pankaj said Ramboll is a pioneer in the tower loading validation analysis (TLVA) services and has undertaken these activities for major industry players like Indus Towers, VIOM and Bharti Infratel. “For other telecom solutions, Ramboll’s key clients include Reliance Jio, Indus Towers, Bharti Infratel, American Tower Corporation, Airtel, Vodafone and Idea among others. Ramboll has a wide client base in countries like Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Australia and Myanmar geographies. A lot of work behind the new telecom offerings that Ramboll provides globally will be done in Hyderabad by the dedicated teams of local engineers,” added Pankaj.

Some of the other projects undertaken by Ramboll India include the design consultancy services for the Eastern Peripheral Expressway around Delhi and a mega project to supply tubular towers to Reliance Jio.

“We provide an array of innovative design offerings to our clients. In telecom, Ramboll’s unique tower design offerings such as triangular tubular lattice tower concept is a classic example of our research, development and product innovation,” said Pawan.

“Ramboll remains focussed and upbeat to respond to the rapidly evolving markets, as we begin to realise incremental growth in our business, especially in this part of the world,” Soren said.

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