CEBÚ | Aegis PeopleSupport House [14F|bpo|u/c]

[bakasaurus]

pics of the render please!!

[betro]

BPO pours $15M into building
By Debra Magallon-Estero



A BUSINESS process outsourcing (BPO) company is investing $15 million in the construction of its first company-owned building in Cebu, to show its intention to grow its business in the country.

The Aegis PeopleSupport building, located at the Asiatown IT Park, will also increase the company’s employee base in Cebu from 2,500 to 5,000.

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“We want to create more jobs and grow the (domestic) market here,” Aegis chief operating officer for India and the Philippines Rajiv Ahuja said yesterday on the sidelines of the project’s groundbreaking ceremony.

He said that it is the company’s policy to build and operate its own building in every area it operates in. In Cebu, Aegis PeopleSupport plans to build two.

The first phase of construction, set to be completed in 18 months, involves an 11-story building with a gross floor area of 13,900 square meters. It will occupy a land area of 2,200 square meters.
Second

The second phase, whose construction date is yet to be set, will involve a 15-story building covering a total floor area of 12,700 square meters. Aside from offices, the first building will house parking spaces, retail establishments at the ground floor, an employee food court, a multi-purpose function area and training rooms at the mezzanine.

Both buildings will be registered with the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) as information technology (IT) facilities.

Aegis has a workforce of 32,000 agents with multilingual capabilities in 32 locations worldwide. The company serves more than 60 Fortune 1000 companies in the areas of acquisition, customer care, technical support, receivables management, health and transaction processing.

Ninety percent of Aegis Philippines client portfolio is in the United States. But at the end of this year, 200 to 400 members of the company’s work force will service domestic clients.

In India, Ahuja said, 19,000 employees out of Aegis’ 23,000 workers cater to domestic companies.

Among the industries the company is considering for its domestic account are banking and financial services, technical support, telecommunications, travel and hospitality, healthcare and media, and publicity.

Aside from the domestic client base, Ahuja said the company is also preparing for new accounts after it has observed a 30-percent increase in the number of inquiries about its services.

“The BPO industry is pretty much recession-proof,” he said. He added the inquiries come from companies from different industry sectors.

Although the BPO industry in India is bigger than the Philippines’, Ahuja said Filipinos have distinct advantages that will help the country grow. These include the Filipinos’ ability to adopt the American culture and their “extremely good” English speaking skills.

Filipinos are also disciplined workers, he said.

In the next two years, Aegis is looking at increasing its workforce in the Philippines from 8,000 to 15,000.

[diehardbisdak]

inconsistent ang news....unsa kaha gyud ma-una...ang 15-storey or 11-storey...but the forumer from People Support na available na ang render pero 14-storey ra siya...

[bOrN2BwILd]

mao ra pod nas budget...ang usa 900million pesos..ang usa kay 15million dollars ra...
layo bayag biya kung icompute

[Jarenz]

Originally Posted by diehardbisdak

inconsistent ang news....unsa kaha gyud ma-una...ang 15-storey or 11-storey...but the forumer from People Support na available na ang render pero 14-storey ra siya...

Mao dili jud ko musalig anang mga press release...

Much better directly from the owner, project engineer, or architect...

[diehardbisdak]

at least ang news sa Daily Tribune ni-match sa render (14-storey) nga nakit-an sa forumer nga taga AITP

Originally Posted by earlat

actually naa nay design gi-post sa gawas sa among floor. 14-storey building cya tapos naay dako kaau nga helipad sa pinakataas..

[tj_brewed]

If the rendering that was shown to us last year by Bong Borja during one of the Q meetings (President of PS when I was still with PeopleSupport and when the company wasnt part with the Aegis group yet) hasnt been changed - then its design is similar to other existing BPO buildings in the IT Park.

[diehardbisdak]

was that a 14-storey building @jech...? ...but @earlat's post sounded like the rendering has just been recently displayed...

[tj_brewed]

Originally Posted by diehardbisdak

was that a 14-storey building @jech...? ...but @earlat's post sounded like the rendering has just been recently displayed...

When I left PeopleSupport (February 2008), it hasnt been displayed yet. However, we have Q meetings (every quarter of the year) and with the last quarter meeting that I had attended with, Mr Bong Borja discussed about the construction of PS Baguio and he shared the rendering plus PS Cebu and the rendering too. Yup, that was more than 11 floors; he wasnt able to discuss about the building's rendering in detail that time because it was still on the planning stage (that time) and it hasnt been approved by the company's stockholders as well. Hence, they didnt display the rendering.

So, if the same rendering will be followed, as far as i can remember - it looks similar to the other existing BPO buildings. But then again, i could be wrong ehehehehehe...

[earlat]

Originally Posted by diehardbisdak

was that a 14-storey building @jech...? ...but @earlat's post sounded like the rendering has just been recently displayed...

yep naa na cya rendering, gi-display cya sa lobby sa 2nd floor in Skyrise Bldg.

[Henz]

Originally Posted by earlat

yep naa na cya rendering, gi-display cya sa lobby sa 2nd floor in Skyrise Bldg.

please take a picture.. and post it here.. we are dying to see that...

[diehardbisdak]

Originally Posted by earlat

yep naa na cya rendering, gi-display cya sa lobby sa 2nd floor in Skyrise Bldg.

...bai, request mi og pic...please...thanks in advance!

[tj_brewed]

dili bai ang tawag dapat.....

girl, trulalo jud na naay rendering? shodi mangatik ha? maawardan jud ka sa mga kemberlo eklabuz. Majombag ta dire. lolz.......so post na rendering ha? shodi mag dugay dugay kay 48 years na mi naghulat ditetch.

joke lang...yeah earlat, pls post the rendering..thnx

[slimer]

hehe unsa na @tj? russian?

[Jarenz]

[CentOS]

[CentOS]

gi send na nako from a PS employee

gikan sa pikas forum

[Hiroshima]

Nice though boxy..
Nindot kay daghan glass.. ma relate nako ang design sa UC banilad.. hehe

[bakasaurus]

Nice enough yeah. Thanks for the render. Im one who really appreciates the design more than the height. Although when both height and design go together, then that should be really great. Pero bitaw usahay mas ganahan ko magtan-aw ug building na dili kaayo taas pero maayo kaayo ang architecture.

[federalist]

modern look.