What Desai & Associates does

Desai & Associates Ltd is a privately held civil, structural, and environmental engineering consultancy incorporated in 2005 and headquartered at 88 Pope Hennessy Street, Beau-Bassin, Mauritius. The firm delivers feasibility studies, design, tender documentation, contract administration, and site supervision across civil, structural, and environmental engineering, with additional depth in hydrology, hydraulic engineering, water resource management, flood prevention, wastewater engineering, and water supply. It is registered with the Construction Industry Development Board of Mauritius and is led by Principal Jayesh M. Desai, who brings 35+ years of infrastructure and built-environment experience.

The firm's commercial model is project-based professional services, quoted per engagement with no public pricing or recurring-revenue disclosure. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales through direct engagement with government ministries, parastatals, and selected private-sector clients. Notable mandates include the Port Louis Land Drainage Study for the National Development Unit (NDU), a Framework Agreement with NDU for drainage and roadworks consultancy covering 25+ projects, design and project management for NHDC's 347-unit housing development (works value MUR 350 million) and MUR 225 million apartment rehabilitation, a World Bank-funded Land Drainage Study in association with Z&A S.A., and the Mauritius Wastewater Master Plan (2014–2033) with SGI Studio Galli Ingegneria and Sari Consult.

Operations are concentrated in Mauritius, with stated project presence in Rodrigues, Seychelles, Mozambique, Kenya, and the broader Indian Ocean region. The firm is founder-owned with no disclosed external investors, no parent company, and no public listing. Marketing is limited to a Wix-hosted website, Google Places listing, and Facebook page. There is no disclosed AI/ML capability, no proprietary software product, no API, and no published revenue, headcount, or funding data.

Name

Desai & Associates

Legal name

Desai & Associates Ltd

Website

https://desai-associates.mu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Desai & Associates Ltd is a privately held civil, structural, and environmental engineering consultancy headquartered in Beau-Bassin, Mauritius, providing feasibility, design, project management, and site supervision services to the Government of Mauritius, its parastatals, and selected private-sector clients across the Indian Ocean region.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Civil Engineering Consultancy

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Water, Wastewater & Hydraulics Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Permitting, Siting & Environmental Impact (EIA/NEPA) Advisory (EUAMANAB), Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE), Infrastructure, Engineering & Public Works Technical Assistance (WASH/Transport/Energy) (BPADAEAF)

Keywords

• Civil engineering consultancy
• Structural engineering services
• Environmental engineering consultancy
• Infrastructure project management
• Flood drainage engineering

Headquarters

HQ city

Beau Bassin

HQ country

Mauritius

HQ region

Africa

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Engineering Consultancy Services: Professional consulting services providing feasibility studies, design, tender documentation, contract administration and site supervision for infrastructure projects in the construction industry. Revenue generated through project-based professional service engagements with both public and private sector clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Desai & Associates Ltd provides civil, structural, and environmental engineering consultancy services together with project management services to public and private sector clients. Deliverables span feasibility studies, design, tender documentation, contract administration, and site supervision for infrastructure projects including land drainage, flood mitigation, housing developments, road construction, water supply, wastewater systems, and biotechnology facilities.

Product overview

Desai & Associates Ltd is a civil engineering and project management consultancy firm that offers a unified suite of integrated services. The core offering consists of civil, structural, and environmental engineering consultancy, complemented by project management services. These services encompass feasibility studies, design, tender documentation, contract administration, site supervision, and infrastructure assessments. The firm's expertise spans land drainage studies, flood mitigation, housing infrastructure, road design, storm water networks, sewerage systems, and water resource management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Civil Engineering Consultancy Services Provides civil engineering consultancy including feasibility studies, design, tender documentation, site supervision, and infrastructure assessments for projects in the construction industry, delivered to public and private sector clients.
• Structural Engineering Services Provides structural engineering design and repair services with coordination of architects, mechanical and electrical engineers, quantity surveyors, and land surveyors for infrastructure and built environment projects.
• Environmental Engineering Services Provides environmental engineering consultancy services across a broad spectrum of infrastructure and built environment projects, including water resources, wastewater, and flood-related work.
• Project Management Services Provides overall project management, contract administration, and site monitoring services on infrastructure development projects for both public and private sector clients.
• Water Resource Management and Flood Prevention Studies, designs, and implements flood mitigation measures to reduce flooding risk from surface runoff, including hydraulic assessment for different flood return periods and catchment-level drainage studies.
• Water Supply and Treatment Engineering Engineering services for water supply infrastructure and treatment systems serving municipal and project clients.
• Wastewater Engineering Survey and design of sewerage systems, including street sewers, gravity mains, rising mains, and pumping stations for municipal wastewater networks.

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Development Unit (NDU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesai & Associates Ltd was appointed by NDU to undertake the Port Louis Land Drainage Study following flooding events. The firm is also retained as one of the consultants under the Framework Agreement for provision of consultancy services for drains, roadworks and amenities projects.
• Z&A S.A.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesai & Associates Ltd served as the local associate for Z&A S.A. on a World Bank-funded Land Drainage Study for Mauritius project. Desai & Associates was responsible for all field surveys of catchment areas including rivers, hydraulic analysis assistance, preparation of cost estimates, and report writing.
• SGI Studio Galli Ingegneria and Sari Consult LtdcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesai & Associates Ltd served as the local technical and administrative support team to SGI Studio Galli Ingegneria and Sari Consult Ltd of Italy for the Wastewater Master Plan for Mauritius (2014-2033). Responsibilities included liaising with ministries and parastatal bodies, hydraulic designs of proposed sewerage systems, and preparation of CAD drawings.
• Aadicon BiotechnologiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDesai & Associates provided global consultancy for the design, tendering and monitoring of construction works for a Biotechnology Centre including structural design of 10,000 sqm of floor area for bull, cow and goat pens and frozen semen laboratory.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Royal HaskoningDHV: Dutch-origin international engineering consultancy with strong water, flood resilience and maritime/coastal infrastructure practices. Comparable to Desai's hydrology and flood mitigation consulting work, particularly in tropical and small-island contexts.
• WSP Global: Major international engineering consultancy with strong water, environment and infrastructure capabilities. Comparable to Desai across civil, structural and environmental engineering services for government and public-sector clients globally.
• Mott MacDonald: Global engineering consultancy with deep water, wastewater, flood management and infrastructure advisory practices. Highly comparable to Desai's hydrology, wastewater master planning and land drainage work, though operating at vastly greater scale across international development-funded projects.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with extensive water resources, environmental and civil engineering practices. Comparable in service mix and government/municipal client orientation, with the scale and geographic reach that Desai lacks.
• Arup: International engineering and design consultancy covering civil, structural, environmental engineering and project management. Highly comparable to Desai's integrated engineering offering for public infrastructure, though operating globally with much larger project scale.

Regional players

• Egis: French-headquartered engineering group with significant operations across Africa and the Indian Ocean. Directly comparable to Desai for water, transport and urban infrastructure consulting across the same geographic footprint (Mauritius, Seychelles, Mozambique, Kenya).
• SMEC (Surbana Jurong): Engineering consultancy with established Asia-Pacific and African presence and strong water/infrastructure capabilities. Comparable to Desai for government infrastructure, drainage and water resource consulting in developing markets, though at significantly larger scale.
• Artelia: France-based multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with growing operations in Africa and Indian Ocean territories. Comparable to Desai for civil, structural and environmental engineering on government infrastructure programs in similar geographies.
• GIBB: Leading African engineering consultancy with deep water, transportation and structural engineering practices across sub-Saharan Africa. Comparable to Desai for public-sector infrastructure consulting across the African geographies where Desai has begun operating (Mozambique, Kenya).

Broad incumbents

• Jacobs Solutions: Large global professional services firm with extensive water, environmental and infrastructure consulting practices. Overlaps with Desai's environmental engineering and project management offering as part of a much broader portfolio across public-sector clients.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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