Ganesh Chaudhari, Director, FMG

Ganesh Chaudhari is a highly accomplished professional in the Construction industry, who specialised in High Performance industrial flooring & fiber reinforced concrete technology. In January 2019, he founded FMG, a consulting & EPC concrete flooring organisation headquartered in Mumbai.

With around 30 years experience in construction industry and 12 million sqm of fibre reinforced concrete completed under his belt across the globe, he is the most experienced fibre reinforced concrete professional in the Indian flooring industry. In addition to his passion and drive for promotion of FRC, he successfully implemented high performance flooring applications like Jointless, Seamless floors in South Asia, Middle East and North America.


Collaborative Research Efforts

Signed MOU on July 15, 2019, between IIT Madras and IITM for research on durable concrete solutions for Indian conditions.

In July 2022, Launched SPADIF™, a design software for industrial flooring, in collaboration with IIT Madras and IIT Palakkad.

Pioneered Steel Fiber Dosage Concept based on test & design through FRC tests at IIT Madras.

Presentation of SFRC Approach at ICI Nagpur Centre

Launch of FRC Handbook at ICI Nagpur


Innovative Methods

Introduced performance-based SFRC approach for tunnel support systems in Himalayan geology.

Introduced Jointless and Seamless floors across North America, the Middle East, and South Asia during Bekaert's tenure.

Implementation of Post-Tensioned (PT) Slab systems for residential and commercial buildings during the tenure at TATA STEEL.


Knowledge Dissemination

Co-Chairman ICI TC 09: Guidelines for Slab on Grade Applications.

Chairman ICI TC -12: Technical committee for Industrial floor Repairs.

Executive Member: ICI Education & Training Committee.

Executive Member: ICI TC 01 Fiber Reinforced concrete.

Ex-Vice President (W) ICI.

In ICI FRC (Steel & Polymeric) Recommendations on Specifications, Conformity & Test Methods.


Technical Publications

E-Handbook on Warehousing standards for PM GATISHAKTI.

Co-Author, FRC Chapter: Contribution to the preparation of the Handbook on Advanced Concrete Technology.

Bachelor's in Civil Engineering, PG in Operation Research from Mumbai University.

Masters in Systems & Marketing from Mumbai, AME from INSEAD @ Fontainebleau, France.

Industry Speaks

"It was my pleasure to work with Ganesh and his team, his professional leadership, attention to detail. Ultimately his unconditional support with the highly technical projects we are involved with lead to our joint success."

Rory Simpson-Heath
GM - Industrial & CFSF (LGS) Structures,
SFR Concrete Floors & Raft Foundations,
Ind. Coatings & Waterproofing Systems

"Pioneered the concept of steel fiber dosage based on tests and design in India, transforming product sale to concept sale. Techno-commercially astute."

Ajay Singam
Director at Avcon Technics Pvt. Ltd. & Rocland Pvt Ltd.

"Ganesh is very passionate about the use of fibres in concrete. He has also successfully brought about a change in the flooring technology through the use of steel fibres. He has worked hard for bringing in steel fibres in the flooring industry and the performance of SFRC has been well established through testing as per International standards as well as through his interaction with IIT, Madras."

Balasubramanian Kandaswami
Managing Director at Concrete Quality
Concepts Pvt Ltd - An IIT Madras incubated

"His attitude to genuinely help his clients grow using their products and services was exceptonal. This allowed him and company form a close alliance with his customers. I think this played a big part for Bekaert to expand the market for steel fibers and be a leader, while also winning customer loyalty. Most flooring specialist/ fibre users in India will vouch for this."

Prasad Sevekari
Concrete can be what you want it to be!

"Excellent command on his subject, in depth knowledge on steel fiber design & execution of super flat floor is incredible. His highly professional approach always works positively for progress of the project."

Sandeep Sawant
Director - at Indiacrete Ready Mix, Mumbai

"I know Ganesh since 2007, He is a challenge loving hard worker, master strategist, inspiring leader. Knowledge & Passion are the key words in his success. He has greatly contributed to transform Indian concrete flooring industry from old ways to new concepts and ideas. He is a great human being & exceptionally skilled go getter."

Sanjay Tekale
STA Concrete Flooring Solutions

"Ganesh is an exceptionally well-motivated professional, with a very human touch. He is a great motivator of his teams and a true leader. Ganesh has that ability to see opportunities for co-operation and product placement. He has been a pleasure to work with."

Neil Williamson
Semi-Retired Flooring Consultant

"Ganesh is a great manager, leading by example. Very transparent in his communication, Ganesh has multiple talents; combining technical background with sales skills. He has a high level of energy and a positive attitude."

Christophe Cortinovis
Chief Operating Officer @RCR

"One of the most genuine and solutions driven professional in the industry. I can see the hard work and dedication that Ganesh put into the Bekaert team building in India even today. Their success today is in part due to the process and relationships Ganesh built yesterday."

Amin Nayyar
CEO at ANA Design Studio Pvt. Ltd.

"'Ridiculously Efficient' is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Ganesh. I had the pleasure of working with Ganesh over two years, collaborating on various projects; but of course, we have been interacting and dealing on lot many complex issues even till date - a person who will never ever leave you. Ganesh's ability to juggle multiple projects was unlike any I have seen before and made a dramatic difference in the productivity level of our team."

Jitendra Pathak
Professional with 17+ years in Sales & Marketing,
Business Startegy and Operations
in Construction Solution Industry

"FMG’s Site team was sincere and responsible towards the final quality of the floor. We are satisfied with FMG’s Technical and Execution capability and will consider them for our future projects."

AMALGAM DESIGN LAB PRIVATE LIMITED

"We are satisfied with FMG’s Technical and Execution capability and will consider them for future projects."

CEAT