Where we work · West Bengal
Office interiors in Kolkata
We take on office fit-out projects in Kolkata, run from our Mumbai head office. The city’s offices are concentrated in Salt Lake Sector V, New Town (Rajarhat) and the central business district around Park Street and Camac Street.
01 — Overview
Fit-outs in Kolkata
Kolkata’s modern office market is centred on Salt Lake Sector V, the city’s established IT hub, and on New Town in Rajarhat, with its IT parks and SEZs. The traditional business districts around BBD Bagh, Park Street, Camac Street and Chowringhee remain home to corporate, banking and professional firms, many of them in older buildings.
The climate is hot and humid for much of the year, with a strong monsoon from mid-June to early October, violent pre-monsoon thunderstorms (Nor’westers) in spring and occasional cyclones from the Bay of Bengal. Humidity-resistant materials, good sealing and protection of services from water matter, and refurbishments in older central buildings often have to work around ageing services and limited access.
02 — Districts
Where we work in Kolkata
Salt Lake Sector V
Kolkata’s original IT hub, with dense clusters of technology offices and business parks.
New Town, Rajarhat
A planned township with IT parks, SEZs and Grade A office towers, where much of the city’s new office space has been built.
Park Street and Camac Street
Central business streets with established office buildings used by corporate and professional firms.
BBD Bagh
The historic administrative and banking district around Dalhousie Square, with government offices, banks and long-established companies in older and heritage buildings where refurbishments need extra care.
03 — Planning
Building in Kolkata
Humidity and the monsoon
Months of humidity and heavy monsoon rain call for moisture-resistant boards, sealed joinery and services kept away from leaks, with deliveries and wet trades planned around the weather.
Older buildings
Central Kolkata has many older and heritage buildings. Refurbishments here work around the existing structure, ageing electrical and plumbing services and, in buildings on the Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s graded heritage list, the heritage rules on alterations.
IT park and SEZ rules
Offices in Sector V and New Town are often in IT parks and SEZs, with fit-out manuals, working-hour rules and procedures for moving materials in and out.
04 — Outside Mumbai
How we run projects away from Mumbai
One contract, one team
The Designo team that designs projects in Mumbai designs yours, and one contract covers design, civil work, joinery, electrical, finishes and systems, wherever the site is.
Reviews online and on site
Briefs, layouts and 3D views are reviewed with you online, with visits to the site for the survey, at key stages of the work and at handover.
The same standards
Work runs under the same ISO 9001 quality and ISO 45001 safety practices on every site, with the same checks before handover.
The same warranty
Every project carries the same 10-year warranty, with maintenance after handover.
05 — Questions
Asked and answered
Do you take office fit-out projects in Kolkata?
Yes. We take on office fit-outs in Kolkata, from Salt Lake Sector V and New Town to Park Street and the central business district, run from our Mumbai head office under the same contract, process and 10-year warranty.
Can you refurbish an office in an older Kolkata building?
Yes. Refurbishing an older building starts with a survey of the existing structure and services, then partitions, ceilings, electrical work and systems are planned around what can be kept or upgraded, in an order that disturbs neighbouring tenants as little as possible, under the ISO 45001 safety practices we follow for work in occupied buildings.
Which materials suit Kolkata’s humid climate?
Kolkata stays humid from the pre-monsoon months to the end of the monsoon, so moisture-resistant boards, sealed joinery edges and rust-resistant hardware last longest. Heavy downpours can waterlog streets and lower floors, so in ground-floor and basement offices it pays to keep electrical panels, server racks and stored materials raised and away from walls that take rain.