Jayadev Edakkandy, holder of B Tech. in Architectural Engineering from the NIT Calicut with Post Graduation in Urban & Regional Planning from the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad, is the Founder – Director and Principal Architect of Dubai based 3rd Column Engineering Consultants, Architects, Engineers and Urban Planners. Specialized in Architectural Design, Urban Planning and Project Management, he is a very senior and talented Architect – Urban Planner, with over twenty years of experience in Architecture and Design Management.
He is a registered member of the Society of Engineers (UAE). As Principal Designer, he has award winning projects that range from urban master planning to retail, hospitality and mixed-use developments. His vision and creativity provided a successful environment for all involved, whether it is in the case of a themed retail, master planning for federal buildings or mixed-use developments.
Jayadev’s responsibilities include creation, co-ordination and management of project design from concept through the design development phases. His contributions on award-winning designs around the world, especially in India, Middle East, Turkey, Kenya and Europe have all won recognition at the international level.
He has worked as Design Manager with Eronat Engineering Consultants (lately known as Cubellis Costa International), Dubai, as Senior Architect with Archon Engineering Consultants, Dubai and as Chief Architect with Team Plus, Consulting Architects, Trichur, India, before launching his own practice 3rd Column Engineering Consultants at Dubai.
3rd Column Engineering Consultants under his dynamic leadership along with its Managing Director & Partner Hari Anandan, has undertaken prestigious international projects worth about AED 800 million. It continue to deliver effectively with a core supporting team of highly competent Project Managers, Architects, Structural Engineers and Civil/Service Engineers.
The current projects undertaken by the company include, Remodelling the existing villa to office of the Netherlands Consulate at Umm Suqaim, Dubai, The Rainbow Towers, UAQ, Office & Factory Building for Comat Industies, Dubai, Warehouse Building for Union Plastic Industies in DIP, Ground + 6 Floors Apartment Building for Fugen Homes, UAQ, New Office Block for VAM Drilling Middle East, Jafza, Dubai and Office Warehouse Building for Sarsan Steel Industries L.L.C in DIC, Ground + 6 Residential and Commercial Tower in Somaliland, Kilua Homes Residential Development in Mombasa, Kenya, Buds Public School in Dubai and a number of high end private villas across Dubai.
Some of the major projects with which he was associated before starting the 3rd Column Engineering Consultants include Rainbow Towers, UAQ, UAE, 60 Floors Residential Tower at Dubai Marina, 38 Floor Commercial Tower at Jumeirah Lake Towers, Dubai, 35 Floor Commercial Development City Tower, Damascus, Syria, Bab Al Bahar Hotel, Residential & Commercial Development, Al Marjan Island, RAK, Beach Resort, Fujairah, UAE. Emmar Wojhath Sales Centre, Dubai, Bina Aerated Concrete Block Factory, Abudhabi, UAE, Taqdees Multi-speciality Hospital, Aluva, City Centre, Trichur, Library Building for Farook College and so on.
Born in Ponnani and settled later in Peringavu in Vilavattom Panchayat of Trichur District, he is the Grandson of late Shri. Edasseri Govindhan Nair, a much admired Malayalam poet. He is born to C.N.Radhakrishnan Nair an Ex. Service person & Lab Technician and Girija Radhakrishnan Nair a housewife. Jayadev’s family include his wife Ammu Jayadev a housewife and two sons Sachin Jayadev who is doing his 5th Grade and Vivek Jayadev doing 2nd Grade.
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