Dar Al Handasah (Shair and Partners) (Greater Beirut)

 engineering, company

Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners) (Arabic: دار الهندسة‎) is a leading international multidisciplinary consulting organisation in engineering, architecture, planning, environment, project management, and economics. Founded in 1956, the firm’s activities expanded rapidly within the Middle East and worldwide. During the 1970s, operations were expanded into Africa and subsequently in Asia and Europe.

Dar Al-Handasah is a private company owned by working partners and completely independent of any interests in the fields of construction, contracting, or manufacturing. Over the last 50 years, it has grown steadily to become one of the top ten international consulting firms in the world based on Design Revenue from Projects outside home country, as classified by ENR.com magazine (a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill Construction) last year, 2008 .[citation needed]

The Firm has maintained a position among the world’s top international engineering design and supervision consultants since the early 1980s. Its principal design head offices and technical support facilities are located in Cairo, London, Beirut and Pune, with a network of permanent local offices throughout the Middle East, Africa, Central-Eastern Europe, CIS and parts of Asia.