History
Our Story
Our history is marked by growth, perseverance, and strategic leadership. Through changing times, we’ve remained committed to quality and innovation.
In 1969, Mahmoud Sami Abdelkawi and Ashraf Hassan Allouba founded ECG Engineering Consultants Group as a business partnership.
One of our first consultancy contracts was the US$2.5 million Qena-Safaga Portable Water Pipeline in Egypt in which we provided designs and construction supervision.
ECG debuted abroad, when it won its first cross-border deal to develop the Man-Made River project in Libya worth US$2 billion.
We also scored two momentous contracts for the Greater Cairo Waterworks Master Plan worth US$1 billion and the Port Said Water and Waste Water Master Plan worth US$150 million. Both projects funded by USAID.
ECG completed a series of groundbreaking wastewater schemes in collaboration with CH2M HILL, Metclaf & Eddy, and ES Parsons.
Those included the water supply for Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, the Rod El Farag water treatment plant, and the Alexandria Wastewater Upgrade Program.
ECG went from strength to strength as it changed its legal status from a partnership to a joint stock company.
Soon after, our branch in Abu Dhabi, UAE opened its doors.
To empower our engineers and architects, we also launched the CADD System and our Oracle-based database.
All eyes were on ECG as we won two key airport contracts to execute Terminal 3 at Cairo International Airport and renovate Terminal 1.
Our wide range of capabilities was put to test once more when we secured the contract for the Attaqa Thermal Power Plant, our first project in the power sector.
Transforming the engineering landscape one year at a time. After establishing our Union Association to acquire company stock, we opened our branches in Dubai, Qatar and Sudan.
Amongst our most significant accomplishments was the US$1 billion ElKuraimat New Combined Cycle power plant, and winning the state-sponsored worldwide competition to develop Smart Village, Egypt’s state-of-the-art communications along with information technology business hub.
The regional real estate boom was upon us and we were very much part of it.
We developed Burj Al Alam and OQYANA in Dubai, as well as Al Wa’ab City in Doha. The regional real estate boom was upon us and we were very much part of it. We developed Burj Al Alam and OQYANA in Dubai, as well as Al Wa’ab City in Doha.
However, Egypt has the lion’s share with mega-projects such as Madinaty, Garden Heights, Cairo Festival City and Marassi.
This was an important year for us on the national front.
In 2009, our Smart Village branch office officially inaugurated, signaling our intention to sustain further developments in Egypt.
Our environmental commitment led to our company registration with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Those were an incredible four years for ECG with expansions across Africa, Asia and Europe.
We opened branches in Assiut (Egypt), Libya, Tanzania, Uganda, Kurdistan-Iraq, Kuwait, Al Ain (UAE), Saudi Arabia and France.
We also secured some very high profile clients around the world. In Egypt, we scored Terminal 2 and Le Meridien Hotel at Cairo International Airport, St. Regis Hotel, Mall of Arabia, and Porto October, in Morocco we landed Porto Agadir, in Qatar, the Qatar Naval Base and Doha Island Resort.
ECG obtained the first LEED platinum building certification in the Egypt and the North African region. Today this certification, for the Crédit Agricole Egypt’s Head Office Complex, is one of a handful of LEED Platinum status buildings in the entire African continent.
In Egypt, ECG undertook various nationally important notable mega projects: Cleopatra Business and Industrial City, New Mansoura City, Sheikh Zayed City Extension, New Beni Suef City and Al Sadat City Technology Parks, New Assiut City Electronics Factory, Al Massa Park in the Administrative Capital and Borg Al Arab International Airport Extension.
ECG assumed the full programme management, supervision and design role for the delivery of the New Naval Base Project, Qatar, capital value over USD 3 billion. Capability in Saudi Arabia greatly increased especially in NEOM, 14 projects including the Oxagon to Gayal 110 km, 1,200 MLD, water transmission system. Healthcare expansion, Egypt: 60 new hospitals and medical facilities.
Regionally, ECG engaged on one large scale project after another. Qatar Rail Transit Orientated Developments. Infrastructure, External Works and Overlay for FIFA Training Sites/Stadia in Qatar. Kaust Tier III Data Centre in KSA. Senegal based SEEN Hotel and Residences.
The Dorsch Global, the largest independent planning and consulting company for engineering services in Germany, has formed a strategic partnership with ECG Engineering Consultants Group and acquired a stake of 60% thereof.
ECG greatly increased its presence in Africa, outside of Egypt, with the award of the, USD 900 M, Coopbank Business City (CBC), for the Bank of Oromia in Ethiopia, 60 storey office tower, 25 storey 5 star hotel and 4 level mixed-use podium.
Building on this strategic partnership, 2025 marked a defining milestone in ECG’s journey, as the company became 100% acquired by Dorsch Global. This full integration further deepened the collaboration established in the previous year, strengthening the exchange of expertise and global best practices. As a result, ECG expanded its international reach and enhanced its capability to deliver large-scale projects across multiple markets.
