Dar Al-Handasah
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Services | Multi-disciplinary architecture and engineering consultancy |
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Number of employees | 7,860 (2021)[1] |
Website | www |
Dar Al-Handasah Consultants (Shair and Partners;
Over the years, Dar has provided consultancy services to more than 950 clients in 60 countries and has handled over 4,000 projects involving a collective investment of over US$300 billion (construction costs for executed projects, excluding planning projects). With a permanent staff of 9,250 (including 6,300 professionally qualified engineers; architects; town planners; environmentalists; economists; finance, marketing and management specialists; quantity surveyors; and others) and over 4,000 successfully completed projects, Dar Al-Handasah does work in a wide range of engineering fields.
History
Dar Al-Handasah was established in November 1956, and given the Arabic name دار الهندسة Dar Al-Handasah meaning "the house of engineering". It was founded by Kamal Shair (1930-2008) and three fellow professors in Engineering from the American University of Beirut (AUB) Engineering School.[2] Later it was named Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners.
In 1986, the company acquired the United States-based design firm of
The firm won the
Subsidiaries and affiliations
- Dar Al-Handasah is a member of Dar Group companies.[5] The Dar Group companies also includes:
- T. Y. Lin International[6]
- Introba (Merger of Integral Group and Ross & Baruzzini, Inc.)
- Landrum & Brown
- Maffeis Engineering S.p.A.
- GPO Group
- Perkins and Will
- Currie & Brown
- Penspen Group
- R&H Railway Consultants Group
- D2 Consult International GmbH
Selected projects
- Prai River Bridge – Penang, Malaysia[7]
- Haramain high-speed railway – Saudi Arabia[8]
- Jamaraat Bridge – Saudi Arabia[9]
- Al Bayt Stadium – Al Khor, Qatar[11]
- Lusail Sports Arena – Lusail, Qatar[12]
- Iconic Tower – New Administrative Capital, Egypt[13]
References
- ^ "About". dar.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "About - History". Dar. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
- ^ "BEIRUT-BASED ENGINEERING FIRM HAS DESIGNS ON PERKINS & WILL". Chicago Tribune. 5 June 1985. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "IStructE - Structural Awards 2008". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2007-12-11.
- ^ "Dar Al-Handasah - Overview". www.dar.com. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
- ^ "Dar Al-Handasah - Overview". dar.com. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "Sungai Prai Bridge Penang Malaysia Expert witness". bridgelab. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Haramain High Speed Rail (HHSR)". www.dar.com. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Hajj 2021 explained: Jamarat Bridge". Arab News. 2021-07-19. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "The Abraj Al-Bait Towers in Mecca, Saudi Arabia". Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Qatar 2022 stadiums continue to take shape despite pandemic". thepeninsulaqatar.com. 2021-01-04. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "LUSAIL SPORTS ARENA". Maffeis Engineering (in Italian). Retrieved 2022-05-24.
- ^ "Iconic Tower: Tallest skyscraper in Africa rises from the desert in Egypt's New Administrative Capital". The National. 2021-06-29. Retrieved 2022-05-24.