Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners)
“The GCC's most embedded airport engineering consultancy.”
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Company brief
Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners), trading as Dar, is one of the world's leading multidisciplinary consultancies, providing design, planning, engineering, sustainability consulting, digital solutions and services, and project management for buildings, cities, transportation, civil infrastructure, water and the environment. The company was founded by Kamal A. Shair and is the founding member of the Sidara collaborative, a global collective whose pillar firms also include Perkins&Will, T.Y. Lin International, Currie & Brown and Wood. According to its public website Dar comprises more than 10,700 professionals across 60 offices in the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe, has delivered over 4,500 projects worth more than US$540 billion for more than 950 clients worldwide, and works across markets including Civic and Commercial, Cities, Transportation (including airport and aviation infrastructure), Water, Power, Telecommunications, Oil and Gas and Heavy Industry. Service expertise spans Planning and Strategy, Architecture and Design, Engineering, Environmental, Economics, Project and Construction Management, Facilities Management, Digital Solutions and Services and Smart Cities. Recent featured airport-related work explicitly cited on Dar's website includes Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and Wilson Airport (WAP) in Kenya, Hamad International Airport in Qatar (the Qatar Airways Technical Paint Hangar) and a confidential MRO hangar in the United Arab Emirates. The website also mentions Dar's role in designing infrastructure for "Europe's most ambitious new airport", supporting the largest renewable energy intervention programme in Sub-Saharan Africa, and delivering the world's largest university for women in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Indexed product lines
Architectural and design consultancy across civic, commercial, transportation and infrastructure projects.
Multi-discipline engineering consultancy across structures, MEP, civil, transportation and aviation systems.
Master planning and strategy services for cities, transportation hubs and large-scale developments.
Project management and construction management services delivered to owners and operators.
Environmental and sustainability consulting, including energy transition advice and renewable infrastructure.
Smart cities advisory and digital solutions and services, including digital twins and operational technology.
Facilities management and operational support consulting for completed assets.
Economic and financial advisory linked to infrastructure and city projects.
Where their equipment is in service
Featured on Dar's homepage as Latest Work alongside Wilson Airport in Kenya.
Featured alongside JKIA on Dar's Latest Work section.
Qatar Airways Technical Paint Hangar at Hamad International Airport, featured on Dar's Latest Work.
Confidential MRO hangar project in the UAE, featured on Dar's Latest Work; specific airport not disclosed.
Operating in 5 countries
Five indexed product lines.
Sourced from www.dar.com, with the lines most relevant to Gulf operators surfaced first.