issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message dar al handasah type private partnership founded 1956 founder kamal a. shair headquarters beirut lebanon area served worldwide key people talal k. shair chairman ceo services multi disciplinary architecture and engineering consultancy number of employees 6900 2014 website www.dar.com dar al handasah shair and partners arabic is an international project design management and supervision consultancy and founding member of the dar group . it is a multidisciplinary consulting organization for architecture engineering planning environment project management and economics . dar al handasah has served over 950 different clients in 63 countries with a staff of 6900 operating from 45 offices in the middle east africa asia and europe with five design centers in beirut cairo london pune and amman . contents 1 history 2 corporate affairs 3 awards 4 references 5 external links history edit dar al handasah was established in november 1956 and initially given an arabic name dar al handasah which means in arabic the house of engineering . it was founded by four professors in engineering from the american university of beirut aub engineering school . 1 corporate affairs edit dar al handasah has its headquarters in beirut lebanon with clients all over the world . also its principal design head offices and technical support facilities are located in beirut lebanon cairo egypt amman jordan pune india and london united kingdom with a network of permanent local offices throughout the middle east africa central eastern europe cis and parts of asia . the company operates in a number of business lines like architecture building engineering mechanical engineering electrical engineering construction services design & planning economics energy resource & environment mining oil & gas project management cost consultancy transportation and water . awards edit in 2006 the firm won the istructe supreme award and the award for transportation structures for the design of sungai prai bridge . 2 references edit about history . dar . retrieved october 5 2016 . 2006 istructe awards external links edit architecture portal lebanon portal official website http enr.construction.com people toplists topintldesign topintldesign a z.asp 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