SthalaDevelopers · Chennai
A grade-A warehouse with a precast plinth and loading docks in Sriperumbudur

Design & build · Commercial

One contract, one date, one team on site.

You bring the brief and the land. We bring the building.

On a design-and-build contract, Sthala carries the design, the approvals and the construction under one lump-sum price. If the drawings and the site disagree, that is our problem and our cost, not a variation order on your desk.

Our in-house team is 38 engineers and architects. Structural, MEP and façade consultants are appointed by us and answer to us.

Commercial projects delivered
29
Built area
52 lakh sq.ft
Typical contract
₹40 Cr – ₹320 Cr
Defects liability
12 months, then AMC

What we build

Three kinds of building, done many times.

We turn down hospitals, malls and anything over 30 floors. Staying narrow is why our estimates hold.

Meridian Works, an office on OMR with deep concrete sunshades

Offices

Shell-and-core or fully fitted. Floor plates from 25,000 to 60,000 sq.ft, IGBC Gold as standard.

Example
Meridian Works, OMR
Built
4.2 lakh sq.ft in 26 months
A long warehouse with loading docks in Sriperumbudur

Warehouses

Pre-engineered steel and precast, 12 m clear height, FM2-grade floors rated for 8 tonnes per sq.m.

Example
Arcot Logistics Park, Phase I
Built
3.6 lakh sq.ft in 11 months
A school with terracotta screens around a shaded courtyard

Schools

Campuses phased around the academic calendar. Noisy work stops at 7:30 am on school days.

Example
Vidya Mandir, Pallavaram
Building
1.1 lakh sq.ft, 3 phases

Capabilities

What we do in-house.

Work we do ourselves is work we can schedule. Everything below sits on our payroll, not a subcontractor’s.

  • Design management

    Concept to working drawings with our architects, coordinated in a single BIM model at LOD 350.

  • Approvals

    CMDA and DTCP planning permission, TNPCB consent, fire NOC from TNFRS, and the completion certificate.

  • Cost planning

    A quantity-surveyed estimate before you sign, and a monthly cost report against it.

  • Structure

    Our own formwork, two batching plants and a crew of 640 for RCC work across sites.

  • PEB & precast

    Steel buildings and precast panels erected by our crews, with a supplier yard in Oragadam.

  • MEP coordination

    HVAC, electrical, plumbing and fire services coordinated in the model, then tested and commissioned by us.

Recent clients

Arcot LogisticsCoromandel BiosciencesVidya Mandir TrustKaveri TextilesMeridian Realty PartnersPalar Foods

Safety record

1.8million

safe man-hours since our last lost-time injury

Counted across all sites since 14 January 2025. Every worker gets a 4-hour induction before entering a site, and every site has a full-time safety officer, not one shared between three.

LTIFR, FY 2025–26
0.00
Certification
ISO 45001:2018
Safety officers
1 per site, 1 per 150 workers
Worker housing
BOCW Act compliant

How a project runs

Six stages, one price fixed at stage two.

The lump-sum price is fixed once the concept is signed off. After that it moves only if you change the brief.

  1. 1

    Brief & feasibility

    Site visit, soil test, a zoning check and a one-page answer on what you can build and roughly what it costs.

    2–3 weeks · free
  2. 2

    Concept & price

    Plans, massing and outline specification, with a fixed lump-sum price and a completion date.

    6–8 weeks
  3. 3

    Approvals

    We file and follow up with CMDA or DTCP, TNPCB and the fire department while detailed design runs in parallel.

    3–5 months
  4. 4

    Detailed design

    Working drawings, the BIM model and procurement of long-lead items such as lifts, transformers and steel.

    Overlaps stage 3
  5. 5

    Construction

    A project manager you can call, a weekly report with photos and a monthly site walk with your team.

    10–28 months
  6. 6

    Handover

    Testing and commissioning, as-built drawings, O&M manuals and a 12-month defects liability period.

    4–6 weeks
Four Sthala site engineers in hard hats reviewing a drawing on a floor slab

Talk to us

Send us the plot and the brief.

You will get a feasibility note within three weeks from Vikram Natarajan, head of design & build, and the engineer who would run your site.