Harnessing engineering talent for AECO sector
A big beneficiary of the entire process of rejuvenating American infrastructure, new and specially old and decaying one- could be India- as a large amount of work at different levels, especially at the middle to lower end of the engineering spectrum can get transferred to India/ Indian companies provided they develop the skills enough to deliver. At the moment, a few Indian companies measure to the demands made by such work, and in large quantum. The point in consideration is that the amount of workflow could be huge and it could support a larger number of medium sized players in this field, and also many new niche level enterprises working on multiple upcoming technologies.
Supporting initiatives for growth in the engineering services field is a HR driven activity. While high end software and applications/ packages play a key role, these are only a common factors across the competition board. The difference comes in at the human level. To scale up businesses and output, the human element becomes extremely important to take on multiple tasks, ensuring quality output. Significant quantum of effort will have to go in skill up-gradation and quality output, also supported by improvement in fundamental engineering knowledge.