Dott Services Limited, commonly referred to as Dott Services, is a

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n engineering and construction company. As of December 2021, it is one of the leading companies in the engineering and construction fields, in the

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. Headquartered in

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, Uganda's capital city, Dott Services is active in Uganda,

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and

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Overview

Dott Services was established in 1994 by four engineers who graduated from the same engineering college in

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: (a) Venugopal Rao (Executive Director, Dott Services) (b) Maheswara Reddy, (Managing Director, Dott Services) (c) Prasad Reddy and (d) Komi Reddy. Each of the founders/directors own 25 percent of the company

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. As of 2021 the company employed an estimated work force of between 500 and 1,000 people.

Ownership

The business is privately owned by the families of the four original founders. The table below illustrates the shareholding in the company stock.

Governance

The executive chairman of the company is Venugopal Rao, an Indian national. Maheswara Reddy, another Indian national, is the managing director. The contracts manager at the company is Engineer Jamesone Olonya, a Ugandan national.

Projects

This is a partial listing of past and current construction projects, where Dott Services Limited is or was the lead contractor: 1.

Iganga–Tirinyi–Kamonkoli–Mbale Road The Iganga–Tirinyi–Kamonkoli–Mbale Road, also known as the Nakalama–Tirinyi–Kamonkoli–Mbale Road, is a road in the Eastern Region, Uganda, Eastern Region of Uganda, connecting the towns of Iganga in Iganga District, Namutumba in Namu ...

: The tarmacking of this road to class II bitumen standard, with shoulders, culverts and drainage channels, was ongoing as of July 2020. 2. The Ishaka–Kagamba Road: This road was converted to bitumen surface in 2016. 3. Jinja-Kamuli Road: The road was resurfaced in 2007, in preparation for the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kampala, Uganda and as of 2021, is under preparation for resurfacing. 4.

Kampala–Mityana Road The Kampala–Mityana Road is a road in the Central Region of Uganda, connecting the capital city of Kampala to the town of Mityana in Mityana District. Location The road begins in the Busega neighborhood, in Lubaga Division, northwestern Ka ...

: The , Muduuma–Mityana section of the Kampala–Mityana Road, was converted to class 2 bitumen standard, by Dott Services Limited, between 2008 and 2012. 5. The ''Hoima-Kiziranfumbi-Kabaale Road'', and ''Kafu-Masindi Road'' are both contracted to Dott Services Limited, as part of ''Uganda's Oil Roads''. 6. Dott Services is contracted to build/repair/improve several roads in

, including (a) ''Korogwe–Mkumbara–Same Road'' (b) ''Kawawa–Nduoni–Marangu Mtoni Road'' (c) ''Mkuu–Tarakea Road'' and (d) Marangu–Kilacha–Rombo Road''. 7. Dott services also done Rural electrification Projects in various regions in the country and also water, sewer, irrigation as well.

Recent developments

In 2021, Dott Services Limited was selected to construct a number of roads inside the

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, linking that country to Uganda, to the east. The roads, totaling , in length, include the

Kasindi–Beni–Butembo Road Kasindi–Beni–Butembo Road, is a road in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, connecting the towns of Kasindi, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Beni and Butembo. The road allows interconnection between Uganda and DR Congo, facilitati ...

and the

Bunagana–Rutshuru–Goma Road The Bunagana–Rutshuru–Goma Road in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), connects the towns of Bunagana in Uganda with the similarly named Bunagana in DRC. The road also connects these two towns to Bugani, Rutshuru, Rum ...

References

External links

Official Website
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