Mott Macdonald

Mott Macdonald has a spot at 333 on the 1st floor of the Rajshekhar Housing Society in Thakurdwar, Mumbai 02. This is part of old Mumbai, so the streets are narrow and the buildings have a lot of character and history. Being located in a housing society means it is a bit different from a standard glass office building. You see the residents coming and going while we are trying to finish our engineering reports. It is a bit of a maze to find us for the first time, but once you are in, it is actually a quiet place to get work done. We have desks squeezed into the rooms, and the lighting is just okay. We deal with a lot of local infrastructure projects from this specific office. The 02 pin code area is always buzzing, and we can hear the bells from the nearby temples sometimes. Our tea breaks are usually taken standing up near the window so we can look at the street. We do not have a big cafeteria here. There is just a small pantry where someone is always heating up their lunch box. It feels more like a home that slowly turned into an office over time. We keep our files in big cabinets that line the narrow hallways. Sometimes the neighbor’s cat wanders in, and we have to gently shoo it out. It is a very local way of doing business. We focus on the engineering and the numbers. We do not have a lot of time for polished presentations.