It is evident how vital of a role do MEP consultants play with respect to any construction project, whether it be residential or commercial. MEP design experts create a significant impact on the comprehensive performance of a project pertaining to its efficiency and utilization. Vikas Joshi & Associates (VJA) is one such renowned MEP consultant in Mumbai with a reputation and expertise amounting to more than 40 years, and a vision to create innovative MEP design solutions with relentless pursuit of excellence.
The firm offers end to end solutions in all major services from predesign to post commissioning stage, under one roof. His team of highly qualified associates and a family of dynamic young and enthusiastic engineers have helped VJA to achieve and command respect in today’s competitive industry. The firm got its first big break when it bagged the Malegaon Spinning Mills project in 1980.
Since then, the firm has added a myriad of prestigious projects to its list ranging from refineries, hospitals, hotels, residential buildings to complex chemical plants and diesel locomotive factories. Vikas Joshi and Associates has won many accolades and awards of which, Best MEP Consultants as awarded by IIID Mumbai (Institute of Indian Interiors designers Mumbai); along with Architect Abha Narain Lambah, awarded the First prize for Conservation of Convocation Hall of Mumbai University, by UNESCO Asia Pacific Region; are worth the mention.
“In the industry, the name Vikas Joshi and Associates is synonymous with integrity and quality. We have built long standing relationships with all our clients on the back of our superior workmanship. We only partner with vendors whose values match with ours,” says Mr Vikas Joshi, the Founder of VJA.
Expertise Redefined
After graduating from the Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, Karnataka in 1976, Mr Joshi joined his family electrical contracting firm. After gaining three years of work experience in contracting, he realized the importance of engineering consultants. This led him to form his own consulting firm in 1980 which is Vikas Joshi and Associates.
Mr Joshi is a Fellow of Institute of Engineers, Kolkata, and a Chartered Engineer. He is also a member of Consulting Electrical Engineers of Maharashtra (CEEMA), Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE) and Fire and Safety Association of India (FSAI). He has been involved in numerous national and international projects – given his vast experience in diverse range of projects.
Overcoming Adversities
Vikas Joshi and Associates has faced numerous daunting challenges over the years. Despite the challenge of high attrition, Mr. Vikas Joshi has always hired fresh engineers and trained them to achieve perfection. The rapid pace of change in technology has been another major challenge. Before the technology era, one would use drafting tables and stencilling to create designs.
Today manual designing, reporting, and accounting has been taken over by computers, software and computer aided designs and operations. It has been a classic ‘shape up or ship out’ situation for the industry. Over years, the entire team at VJA has put in long hours to get acquainted with the latest computer aided tools and technology to stay ahead of the curve.
The team at VJA states that looking at the pandemic and the vaccine program now being implemented; India is definitely going to rebound and grow at a phenomenal pace. In the post pandemic world, Aatmanirbhar Bharat will gallop and reach out to almost all global markets in different industry segments like retail, healthcare, manufacturing, IT, data centres and host of other industries.
Vikas Joshi and Associates is perfectly poised to leverage its 4 decades of experience and expertise spanning across industries to contribute to design needs of these industries. Further, as part of Mr Joshi’s vision to contribute to the engineering community, he intends to start an academy to train fresh graduates into the practical world of engineering.
The following list of works, clients, and architects bear testimony to VJA’s expertise and excellence.
Hospitals: Wockhardt Hospitals, Fortis Hospitals, Apollo Hospitals, Ruby Hall Clinic, Pune, Asian Heart Institute BKC, Mumbai, Guru Nanak Hospital, Mumbai. D.Y Patil Hospital at Pimpri.
Manufacturing Plants: Industry leaders like Cipla, Glenmark, Zandu, JB Chemicals, Dr. Fresenius Pharma, Siyaram Silk Mills, Balkrishna Tyres, Govind Rubber. GE Locomotive Factory, Bihar.
Retail Chain Projects: D mart Chain, Big Bazaar Chain, McDonalds Food Outlets, Star Hotels: Silver Sands Beach Resort, Daman, Taj Vivanta Trivandrum, J.W. Marriot Panjim, Goa (PMC).
Commercial projects like office interiors for many Multinational companies and Banking Industries: Dena Bank, Bank of India, Citi Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce, SEBI, UTI, Stock Holding Corporation, SBI Many Branches.
Educational Institutes: Indian Institute of Technology Campus at Indore. Indian Institute of Management Campus at Indore, American School of Mumbai, WE School. Matunga.
Residential Buildings, Malls and Celebrity Homes: Rustomjee Group, Rommel Group, Satellite Group, Godrej Properties Group, SP Group. Purvankara Group Bangalore. Mannat of Mr. Shah Rukh Khan; Mr. Rahul and Rajeev Bajaj at Pune.
Townships: Northern Coalfields Township at Singrauli MP Indian Navy Residential Project – Seabird Karwar.
Conservation and Heritage projects such as:
- revamping of BMC Head Office at CST
- Convention Hall of Mumbai University (UNESCO First Prize)
- Crawford Market Revamping. Raj Bhavan Darbar Hall and Secretariat Building for Governor of Maharashtra
- Asiatic Library, College of Engineering, Pune
- Vice Regal Lodge at Shimla (Partly); and many more
