Grace Engineering Works

Grace Engineering Works is located over at No. 5 on Reddy Street. It’s right on the 1st Cross in the Athipet area of Ambattur. If you know the industrial side of Chennai, you probably know how these streets look. We’ve been in this building for some time. It's got high ceilings and enough room for the machines. Every morning we roll up the shutters and the noise from the other shops nearby starts up too. It’s a busy little pocket of Athipet. The floor is usually a bit dusty and there's always a smell of metal or oil in the air, which is normal for an engineering place. We don't have a fancy office or a receptionist. Usually, one of us just wipes their hands on a rag to talk to whoever walks in. Reddy Street can get cramped when trucks are trying to move around the 1st Cross, so it’s always a bit of a squeeze. We just keep our heads down and focus on whatever is on the workbench. Sometimes the heat gets a bit much in the afternoons, but we just keep the fans going and stay at it. We’ve gotten used to the rhythm of this place. Nothing too complicated, just a local shop doing its thing in Ambattur. We keep our tools organized as much as we can, though things usually get messy when we're in the middle of a big job.