Graniite Construction Company, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E

We run things from 64 A, Maharani Indira Devi Road in the Pallysree area of Behala. Even though the name mentions Abu Dhabi and the U.A.E., our daily life happens right here in Kolkata. The office is usually a bit of a mess with blueprints and construction schedules spread out over every flat surface. We spend a lot of time on the phone talking to sites or dealing with suppliers who are stuck in traffic. Behala is a crowded place, so just getting materials moved around can be a real headache some days. We have a small team here and we all know each other's families. Most of our work involves the nitty-gritty details of building things, which means a lot of checking and re-checking figures. We don't have a shiny glass office; it is just a regular Kolkata building where we can sit and get the work done. In the afternoons, we usually have some tea and talk about the progress on the different projects we have going on. The connection to the Middle East keeps us busy with a lot of international coordination, which means sometimes we are in the office at odd hours. It is a practical life, focused on bricks, mortar, and making sure the structures we are involved with are solid. We are just local people in Pallysree doing our part in a much bigger construction world across the ocean.