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DOHA • Qatar's constant construction
activity has attracted, Neilsoft, a specialist
engineering services company, to the country.
Neilsoft, based in the western Indian city
of Pune, is planning to use Doha and Dubai
as springboards for an initial foray into
the Middle East region. The company already
has offices in the US, the UK and China.
Neilsoft is looking at revenues of $14m
this financial year, but with a 50 to 60
per cent growth rate, is hoping to hit the
$100m mark in the 2011-12 fiscal. According
to director R D Shah: "We are here
to offer engineering services to the building
and industrial sectors. At some stage, we
hope to venture into the energy sector here."
The company is hoping to open shop here
and in Dubai and garner fees of $500,000
by March next year. Starting off as software
developers, the company has moved to the
services sector.
Outsourcing of engineering services to
India will earn that country revenues of
$20bn by 2015, a figure that will substantially
grow, Shah said. He stated that as is the
practice with other Neilsoft offices outside
India, the Doha office will account for
10 per cent of the company's activities
here while the rest will be carried out
from the firm;'s Pune offices. This allows
the company to save substantially on costs.
The company now has 730 employees on its
rolls which will rise to 3,500 by 2011-2012.
Regional Sales Manager (Middle East) V
G K Nayar stated: "We are talking to
companies here and into two to three months,
we should get contracts."
Neilsoft offers services in structural,
electrical and material engineering, piping,
air-conditioning and fire protection. "Our
software background allows us to use the
latest in design tools which enables us
to deliver quality services," according
to Shah.
The company, with its experiences in places
like the US, Europe and the Asia-Pacific,
has gained an in-depth knowledge of the
respective regions' building codes, stated
Shah.
He added that Qatar's use of the British
code and Neilsoft's knowledge of the ins
and outs of it, should give it a leg-up
on other competitors as well as make an
impression on contractors here.
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