The Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) is delighted to welcome Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners) – a planning, design, management and supervision consultancy – to the organisation.

Founded in 1956, Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners) is one of the world’s leading design firms. The company has ranked highly on Engineering News-Record’s annual Top International Design Firms and Top 150 Global Design Firms lists for the past 30 years. In 2015, Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners) took out the eighth and fifteenth spots on the lists, respectively.

Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners) is staffed by more than 6,900 professionals, who work out of 40 offices across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe. Its main design centres are based in Beirut, Cairo, London, Pune and Amman.

Iraq-based projects the consultancy firm has worked on include a mixed-use project in Al Rasheed, Baghdad (conceptual master plan); the American University of Iraq at Sulaimani (master plan, presidency building and quad one buildings); Erbil City Centre; and Kurdistan Gate.