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Engineering services as strategic infrastructure: How EU accession, banking discipline and private capital are re-shaping Serbia’s engineering economy

Engineering-related business services sit at the core of Serbia’s EU-accession economy, yet they remain structurally under-analysed because they do not present themselves as a headline sector. They do not dominate GDP tables, they do not absorb large volumes of bank credit, and they do not announce billion-euro projects under their own name. And yet, by […]

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Permits as a bottleneck: Environmental and industrial permitting engineering as a scalable European support service

By 2025, permitting emerged as one of the most decisive constraints on European industrial, energy, and infrastructure investment. Capital is available, technologies are mature, and demand is visible, yet projects stall because permits take longer, require more evidence, and face higher scrutiny than at any point in the last three decades. This is not a

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Engineering without borders: How Europe’s industrial asset shortage is turning Serbia into an engineering-as-a-service hub

Across Europe, industrial capital is no longer constrained by financing or technology. It is constrained by people. By 2025, the most binding bottleneck across manufacturing, energy, utilities, and heavy industry is not steel, power, or software—it is the shortage of engineers capable of supporting live, regulated assets. This shortage is structural, forecast to persist through

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Engineering against obsolescence: Spare-parts redesign and lifecycle continuity as a strategic service export from Serbia

One of the least discussed but most destabilizing forces in modern industrial systems is component obsolescence. High-technology machinery increasingly combines mechanical structures designed to last 20–40 years with electronic components whose commercial lifecycles may be 3–7 years. The resulting mismatch creates a structural risk for OEMs and operators alike. When a critical component is discontinued,

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Serbia’s engineering ascendance: The hidden backbone of Europe’s new metals and materials economy

Europe’s race to rebuild its metals, minerals and advanced-materials ecosystem is reshaping industrial strategy across the continent. Smelters, refineries, processing plants, battery-chemical lines, recycling hubs and hydrogen-ready metallurgical facilities are now central to the EU’s competitiveness. Yet behind this transformation lies an often unspoken reality: Europe does not have enough engineering capacity to design, optimise

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Engineering as the foundation of bankability: Why Serbian lenders now require EPC risk matrices, ITPs and grid preparedness

Project finance is changing rapidly. What lenders once accepted as “EPC contractor reputation” has evolved into a rigorous, quantifiable requirement: engineering traceability, risk transparency, and asset-level assurance. Lenders across Europe and the Western Balkans are tightening due-diligence criteria as energy markets become more volatile, technology lifecycles shorten, supply chains strain, and grid operators impose stricter technical

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Technical due diligence for banks and investor defence, OE and engineering verification

For every project that reaches a bank’s credit committee, there are dozens that never should have. They collapse not because the idea was poor, but because the due diligence was superficial. Technical Due Diligence (TDD) is the process that distinguishes investable projects from aspirational ones — and for investors, it is the first, and often

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Engineering, investment and oversight: How Owner’s Engineers shape the financial and technical success of industrial projects

Modern industrial facilities — whether energy plants, steel works, logistics hubs, or manufacturing lines — are no longer built in isolation. They are financial assets as much as they are engineering projects. Every pump, transformer, and foundation represents both technical performance and capital investment. Engineering today must therefore serve two masters: This duality has given rise to one of the

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Electrical and mechanical design engineering, supervision of works and Owner’s Engineering in industrial projects in Serbia

In addition to electrical and mechanical design engineering and supervision of works, the concept of Owner’s Engineering (OE) has become integral to the successful development of industrial projects in Serbia. Owner’s Engineering provides independent oversight and project management services to ensure that construction aligns with the owner’s expectations, budget and timeline. This role serves as a bridge between the client

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Engineering bankability: How design certainty translates into financial confidence

Bankability begins long before contracts are signed or funding is arranged. It starts in the design office, where each technical decision defines cost exposure, construction risk, and operating reliability. For investors and lenders, engineering soundness is not a technical luxury—it is financial assurance. The Owner’s Engineer (OE) translates design integrity into credit confidence. A project’s

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