About GD Waldner

GD Waldner is a specialist in designing, engineering, and delivering turnkey laboratory solutions that enable scientific, industrial, and educational innovation. They combine German design and technology with decades of local expertise to plan, construct, and equip advanced labs tailored to clients’ needs, focusing on safety, energy efficiency, and ergonomic functionality. Their offerings include laboratory furniture, fume hoods, process systems, and customised learning spaces, as well as installation, maintenance, and lifecycle support services across industries like pharmaceuticals, biotech, chemicals, healthcare, and education. GD Waldner positions itself as a long-term partner to help organisations create future-ready research environments.

Project Name:

Agratas Energy Storage Facility

Location:

Prestige Tech Cloud (Cirrus),

Bangalore

Project Category:

Industrial MEP / Energy Infrastructure

GD Waldner delivered a highly complex, high-value MEP infrastructure project for Agratas Energy Storage Solutions, supporting a specialised R&D facility spread across G+3 floors. The mandate involved the end-to-end execution of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, designed to meet stringent technical, safety, and performance requirements typical of advanced energy infrastructure projects.

With a project value of ₹70 Cr, the scope covered over 3,600 MEP line items across HVAC, electrical systems, firefighting and specialised plumbing. Execution required tight coordination between 30+ vendors and a cross-functional internal team of 30 members spanning design, procurement, finance, project management and site supervision. The scale, data intensity and stakeholder complexity made this a mission-critical project where structured project controls and real-time visibility were essential.

Complexity of the Project

MEP projects are notoriously data-heavy due to the high volume of components and dependencies.

Complex SKU Management: The project required tracking 3,600+ distinct MEP line items. Unlike civil work, MEP involves thousands of variable components (fittings, valves, ducting, cabling). Managing this volume on spreadsheets creates a high risk of unbilled quantities and “scope creep.”
High-Value Material Control: With ₹9.95 Crores of high-value stock (copper, specialised steel, and equipment) on-site, the gap between “Material Inward” (GRN) and “Actual Orders” represented a critical margin risk. In MEP, paying for material that never arrived or was over-supplied is a primary source of leakage.
Vendor Reconciliation Load: The team managed ₹42.45 Crores in outbound orders to equipment suppliers and labour contractors. Reconciling these against ₹38.48 Crores in client billing was essential to maintain cash flow, as MEP payments are often front-loaded for equipment procurement.

How RDash Helped

GD Waldner utilized Rdash to digitize the commercial backbone of this heavy engineering project, moving from fragmented data to a unified “Maker-Checker” system.

Granular Inventory Intelligence (Ordered vs. Received)

With thousands of MEP components arriving on site, tracking exactly what was delivered against what was ordered is usually a manual nightmare.

The Logic: RDash linked site stock entries directly to ordered line items, creating an automatic Ordered vs. Received view for every SKU.
The Impact: The team tracked delivery status directly in RDash Insights with no manual spreadsheets, clearly seeing what was ordered versus received. This prevented over-acceptance and partial delivery of materials, maintaining visibility across ₹9.95 Cr of inventory.

Digitising the Procurement Chain

Action: GD Waldner migrated their vendor contracts to Rdash, establishing a digital record for ₹42.45 Crores of committed value.

Result: This enabled a strict approval workflow for every PO and payment. The system flagged deviations in rates or quantities during the invoicing stage, preventing the common 2% margin leakage often seen in MEP variations.

Unified Technical Coordination

Metric: 70+ Design Files and 400+ Activities tracked.

Impact: MEP execution relies on strict sequencing. RDash acted as the central repository for all GFC (Good for Construction) drawings and schedule updates, ensuring that the 30+ collaborators were synchronized on the critical path, reducing clashes and rework.

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