During the forecast period, 2021 to 2026, the demand for engineering services is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 8 percent. Global spending on smart cities would rise from USD 14.85 billion in 2015 to USD 35.35 billion. Engineering services companies are essential facilitators of this holistic approach since they are modernizing infrastructure to include sensing technology and data analytics that could enhance people’s lives.
Therefore, the development of engineering and design solutions is currently being fuelled by new investments for industry expansion and significant infrastructure developments in nations like the Philippines, China, India, and Indonesia.
Another factor influencing the market is digitalization, which has led to an increase in the need for advanced IT solutions from businesses, like engineering analytics, the internet of things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI), in order to stay competitive and sustain their momentum. This is due to the increased adoption of industrial IoT across many industry sectors, which has resulted in an exponential rise in the demand for engineering services to manage intricately connected infrastructure.
Kilojoule Consultants is a design firm that specializes in creating buildings that precisely adhere to international standards for the built environment and the cold chain industries. The Engineering Consultancy Services partnership firm was founded in 2008 and is registered with the SEC. It was created by a group of engineers with various specialties working together.
Promising a Gamut of Services
The company is driven by the founder’s vision and mission. “Having learned the culture of diligence and professional integrity, the company aims to be one of the prime movers in providing quality consultancy services to its clients in the country, to be the foremost design consultant and authority in the field of ventilation, refrigeration and air conditioning recognized for bringing change in technology adaptation, increased capability and efficiency”, shares Dominador De Guzman Castro Jr. (Jojo), Founder, Kilojoule Consultants.
Kilojoule offers consulting services and a range of solutions, primarily in the areas of air conditioning, cold storage facilities with blast or spiral freezers, HVAC refrigeration design, ventilation, building design, efficiency audits, and project and construction management. As evidenced by some of their recent projects, the
organization provides continuous assistance and seeks novel solutions to customer problems.
The partners have completed several design projects recently, particularly those related to cold storage facilities. With a resort that experienced AC breakdowns within a year of installation, the company has initiated an air conditioning project. Kilojoule greatly aided the resort by advising them on the best types of A/C systems to employ, constructed from special materials, and linking them to the makers.
The company has also worked on projects for a commissary kitchen that effectively exhausts smoke, an innovative thermal energy storage technology air conditioning system for a well-known local burger company using a special phase change material instead of halocarbon refrigerant, a processing and cold storage facility for salmon of a publicly listed company that eventually bought their partner out from another country, and the only sausage casing manufacturer outside of North America, and Mexico.
What sets Kilojoule Consultants apart from the competition is their attention to detail which they diligently inculcate in all their designs. Designing just for the purpose of coming out with plans and drawings will never give you the satisfaction of seeing to light what you have planned, strategized, and created thus, we offer project management to our clients as well, especially the minutiae and specifics, the why’s of using this material versus another, using temperature controlled doors and openings instead of the standard industrial doors which break down in a year, and so on”, further shares Jojo.
What sets Kilojoule Consultants apart from the competition is their attention to detail which they diligently inculcate in all their designs
Future Roadmap
With a strong presence in the Philippines, the company sees major growth opportunities in the coming years. This is because the country is still catching up with its neighbours, and significant measures are being taken to quickly bring the country to par with the surrounding nations. Currently, the country only has 0.5 percent volume of the total cold chain capacity thus, during summer, all cold storage facilities are full and refrigerated trucks are always in demand. Likewise, since there are no refrigerated facilities in major provinces, food wastage especially plant and fruit produce goes as high as 25 percent. The firm is working to find solutions to these issues which are facing the Philippine population through its innovative solutions.
Jojo G. Castro, Professional Mechanical Engineer & Principal
Dominador De Guzman Castro Jr. (Jojo) overcame hardships to earn an engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of the City of Manila. From a young age, Jojo started working, which instilled a passion for starting his own business. Having worked with several governmental and private companies throughout his career, developing his skills and building strong business acumen, he built multiple businesses over the years with different partners, a couple of which are still running. His last establishment is Kilojoule Consultants which he has opened with 3 engineer partners.
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