50 Most Admired: Architects/engineers/consultants

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HYDER CONSULTING
There’s nothing like a list of high-profile international projects to underline your company’s reputation for project delivery, quality and technical ability – and Hyder Consulting’s achievements are legendary.
Established in Dubai 45 years ago as a subsidiary to its UK parent company, Hyder Consulting has been behind some of the Middle East’s most iconic projects – including the Burj Khalifa, The Dubai Fountain and Ski Dubai. Of the five tallest buildings in the world under construction, Hyder is involved in the design and construction of four of them, including the Burj Khalifa and Pentominium Tower in United Arab Emirates, and Al Quds Tower and Doha Convention Centre and Tower in Qatar. Hyder has also worked closely with architect Eric Kuhne in developing the infrastructure master plan and sustainability reports for the award-winning 56m ft2 Mohammed Bin Rashid Gardens in Dubai; while the infrastructural consultancy work for the 34km2 $20bn Al-Madina Azarqa (Blue City) development in Oman, was another mammoth undertaking.

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KEO INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS
KEO International Consultants is well versed in the complexity of construction in the Middle East – and its string of international awards, constant rankings as one of the best design and engineering consultancies in the world bears testimony to that.. Established in 1964, the firm’s international reputation for planning and urban development, design, project and construction management, infrastructure and contracts and quantity surveying services is the envy of its competitors. The company is actually structured in to five individual firms following each of those disciplines, with offices in Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, the UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Al Gharbia and Ajman), Saudi Arabia, Kuala Lumpur and Washington DC. KEO handled detailed architectural design and construction supervision of the 7-star Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi which hosted the 2004 GCC summit conference; the new Al Ain Diwan Building in Al Ain for the Ruler’s Representative in the Eastern Region of UAE; Najmat, Al Reem island in Abu Dhabi and five major master plans for urban developments throughout the UAE (Khalifa City A, Mohammed Bin Zayed city, Capital City District, Emerald Gateway ad South of Shamkha).