Savjani A & E Consultant, Gandhinagar

Our office is tucked away in Soja, which is part of the Kalol area in Gandhinagar district. Specifically, we are over at Gosai Dharmendrapuri Vishnupuri. It is a quiet spot, away from the main city noise. We do a lot of consulting for architecture and engineering projects around here. Usually, the desk is covered in rolls of tracing paper and a lot of pens that may or may not work. We spend a good chunk of our day looking at rules and regulations for buildings in Gujarat. It can be a bit dry, but someone has to do it. We travel back and forth between Kalol and Gandhinagar quite a bit to meet people or check on things at the government offices. The roads are okay, but the heat in the afternoon can really slow you down. We aren't a big firm with hundreds of employees. It's a small team, and we all end up doing a bit of everything. Sometimes we are drawing plans, and other times we are out in the field measuring a fence line. It's practical work. We don't use big words or try to impress anyone with fancy presentations. We just try to get the dimensions right and make sure the structures will actually stand up. It's a steady life here in Soja. We have been doing this for years, and we know most of the local developers and what they need to get their projects approved and moving forward without too much trouble.