construction project management founded 1984 headquarters athens greece abu dhabi uae area served europe middle east north africa key people nikolaos k. berios founder and ceo website berios.com berios greek ; arabic is the name used to collectively refer to berios s.a. located in athens greece and berios ltd. located in abu dhabi uae which are both construction civil engineering companies that were founded by nikolaos k. berios . berios specializes in the civil engineering analysis construction and project management of detail oriented private buildings . contents 1 history 1.1 nikolaos berios 1984 1989 1.2 dritsas berios 1989 2010 1.3 berios s.a. 2010 to present 1.4 berios ltd. united arab emirates 2013 to present 2 projects 2.1 notable projects 3 references history edit berios offices abu dhabi located in tower 3 of the etihad towers berios offices dubai located in the binary tower nikolaos berios 1984 1989 edit the company was founded in 1984 by nikolaos berios as an independent civil engineering company . for the first years after its inception berios was engaged in the study and supervision of small private projects in athens greece . in 1989 the company s activities were expanded to include project and construction management . dritsas berios 1989 2010 edit in 1989 1 the company was converted into a limited company ltd. having now two equally liable members nikolaos berios and ioannis dritsas and was consequently renamed dritsas berios . in 1999 the firm s offices were relocated from athens province of nea filadelfia to 90 kifissias avenue in maroussi athens ; this was a much needed step for the facilitation of the company s steady growth . in 2001 1 the company was converted from limited ltd. to soci t anonyme s.a. with each of the two shareholders owning 50 % of the total shares . berios s.a. 2010 to present edit in 2010 1 the entirety of ioannis dritsas shares were acquired by nikolaos berios who thereby became the sole shareholder of the company which was thus renamed berios s.a. . during this period the company s activity grew considerably undertaking projects both throughout greece and abroad . the economic crisis that hit greece in 2009 crippled more than any other industry the construction sector by 2011 the construction activity in the country had decreased by almost 40 % 2 causing a large number of civil engineering and construction companies to declare bankruptcy . in order to combat the strenuous economic conditions and avoid a halt in the company s continued growth berios ltd. was established in 2012 1 in nicosia cyprus with the goal to expand berios activities to the united arab emirates . berios ltd. united arab emirates 2013 to present edit in 2013 new offices were established in the etihad towers of abu dhabi . the company expanded its activities to include interior design and architectural studies . in 2016 an additional office location was established in uae located in dubai s business bay . projects edit the majority of projects berios engages in are office buildings that range from 1 200 m2 up to 40 000 m2 and luxury residences that range from 500 m2 to 6 000 m2 . however the company has often undertaken industrial transportation and marine construction projects as well as special buildings such as churches medical centers and infrastructure works . notable projects edit olayan group headquarters in glyfada athens greece bold ogilvy headquarters in gerakas athens greece 3 holy temple of panagia faneromeni in vouliagmeni athens greece 4 references edit a b c d berios s.a. berios s.a. company profile . retrieved 2014 06 27 . nikolaos eriotis ; evangelos poutos ; evgenios retsinis ; dimitrios vasiliou 2013 07 01 . the impact of greek economic crisis on profit of the greek construction industry . ti journals . retrieved 2014 06 27 . 89 1 greek architecture yearbook issue 89 volume 1 in greek . domes . april 2010 . 147 in greek . ek magazine . february 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title berios & oldid 739239160 categories construction and civil engineering companies of greececonstruction and civil engineering companies of the united arab emiratesengineering companiescompanies based in athenscompanies established in 19841984 establishments in greecehidden categories cs1 greek language sources el articles containing greek language textarticles containing arabic language text navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 15 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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