Group history
What a named Starneth legal entity was contracted to do on a named project during a stated period. The work is attributed to the entity that held the contract, not to the brand in general or to a different present-day entity.
Company
A practice organised around evidence
The people who approve landmark projects are personally accountable for the decision. They need clear evidence, precise responsibilities and claims they can verify.
How we describe our work
Three kinds of experience, never blended into one claim
Engineering firms routinely merge company history, the careers of individual staff and local delivery capability into a single impression. It reads well and it does not survive diligence. We keep them apart, in our documents and on this site.
Individual experience
What a named person did, at a named employer, on a named project. It belongs to that person and travels with them. It is never presented as company scope, and it is only published with that person's consent and evidence of the role.
Indian delivery capability
What this practice can deliver in India, including engineering, supplier qualification, erection engineering, commissioning support and lifecycle work with Indian partners and supply conditions.
Where we cannot evidence something to that standard, it does not appear here. That is why this site is smaller than it could be, and why what is on it can be checked.
How we work
Load reaches the ground, or it does not
Engineering judgement is not a matter of opinion at this scale. A load path either closes or it does not; a fatigue life either meets the design requirement or it does not; a certification body either accepts the evidence or it does not. We would rather have that conversation early, when the answers are cheap.
In practice this means we push hard on the questions that clients often defer: what the ground investigation actually says, what the governing wind case implies for operating availability, how large a component can physically reach the site, and which body will assess the evidence.
None of those questions slow a project down. They move the expensive decisions to the period when changing them costs a drawing rather than a season.
Leadership / 01
Leadership
A clear line of accountability.
Dr. Zama M.S. is the Founder and Managing Director of Starneth India. He leads the company's strategy, partnerships and accountable delivery of landmark observation-wheel projects in India.
Chiel Smits is the Chief Executive Officer and owner of Starneth Holding B.V. A mechanical engineer by training, he brings extensive experience in managing the design and construction of major offshore, observation-wheel and mobility projects.
- 01Evidence firstClaims are separated, sourced and written to withstand diligence.
- 02Clear accountabilityCritical decisions keep a visible owner and a documented basis.
- 03Built for IndiaDelivery planning starts with Indian sites, partners and supply conditions.
Operating model in India
Engineering here, with the supply chain that exists here
Indian fabrication is entirely capable of supporting a landmark wheel. Realising that takes engineering effort well ahead of the first cut plate.
Our operating model assumes a regional supply chain rather than an imported one. That changes what the engineering has to produce: fabrication packages sized to real supplier capability, acceptance criteria a fabricator can be held to, and a qualification process that starts long before a tender closes.
It also changes how we work with clients. A local content requirement introduced as a procurement condition, without that preparation, simply transfers a technical problem to a bidder who cannot solve it inside the tender period. Doing the preparation is the work.
- EngineeringStructural, mechanical, electrical, control and safety.
- Supplier qualificationAssessment against written acceptance criteria.
- Erection engineeringSequence, temporary works, tensioning and survey control.
- Commissioning supportTest programme and the evidence an assessor will read.
- LifecycleInspection regime, spares strategy and technical support.
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