What makes us the premier design firm in the MENA region and Sub-Saharan Africa?

The answer comes in one all-encompassing word: Versatility.

Versatility is what allows us to meet the requirements of diverse projects and respond to the needs of different individuals. Versatility is what allows us to innovate and adapt wherever we are in the world. Versatility is also how we always manage to reconcile cost-effectiveness with great quality.

Our extensive range of engineering and design services plays a great role in enhancing this versatility as well:

ECG’s engineering services cover MEP, infrastructure, transportation and process engineering, in conjunction with a range of supplementary engineering services. These include civil and environmental engineering, together with fire protection, lighting, communications, security, and building management systems.

Our design services, on the other hand, cover Front-End Engineering & Design (FEED), Conceptual Design, Preliminary Design, Basis of Design Reports (BODRs), Schematic Design, Design Development, Detailed Design, Design Optimization, Construction Documents, Value Engineering and Computer Simulations.

We will admit we are perfectionists. When it comes to architectural design, we want to be innovative, functional, beautiful, environmentally friendly, and above all we want to leave a legacy for the generations to come. We also want to bring all that to every possible structure. Whether it be a bridge or a highway, an exterior or an interior, we want it to shine. 

Although this perfectionism keeps us up all night, it also pays off. We are very proud of our contributions to some of the most prestigious projects in the region: From landmark high-rises and mega residential compounds, to business parks and LEED compliant buildings, and from acoustics and vertical transportation to conveyor systems and much more.

The International Medical Center (IMC) is a tertiary care hospital with a capacity of 300 beds, located in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The IMC intends to expand its current range of medical service provision, through establishing its own educational service by building a state-of-the-art medical college.

The IMC project encompasses the following components:
Medical College: The College is designed to support current and future technologies and techniques for surgical, interventional, and emergency procedures, in addition to critical and acute patient care, and providing a collaborative teaching, training, and research facility, which will also undertake clinical research activities.

Hospital Tower Expansion: The expansion of the existing hospital tower covers an area of about 24,500 m² , and is designed as a standalone infrastructure, comprising:

• Basement & Ground Floor: Existing structure and construction are utilized, while the internal organization of the building is altered.
• Floors 1–8: Covers new construction of clinical floors that utilize the existing structure below, while reinforcing where necessary.
• Mechanical Floor: The tower’s top floor enclosed, environing the mechanical equipment for the new tower.
• Roof: Consists of elevator bulkheads, stair bulkheads, fans, and cooling towers.

Campus Master Planning: Comprises all Campus services, excluding the laundry and warehouse programs—which are located offsite in the Service Building—and a parking garage across Bothour Al-Mahabbah Street.

Westridge is a neighborhood of NEWGIZA, the upscale residential compound located on Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road (Kilometer 22), only 6 km away from the Grand Egyptian Museum.

This project covers the residential units included within the Westridge Neighborhood whose design features a high level of elegance, seclusion, and connection to nature. The neighborhood stretches over a total plot area of 531,987 m². It contains a variety of residential units with a total built-up area of 211,516 m²:

• RB09 Apartment Buildings (each with a built-up area of 3,225 m²)
• RB10 Apartment Buildings with lakeside views (each with a built-up area of 1,543 m²)
• Rock A RB11 Apartment Buildings (with a built-up area of 1,592 m²)
• RT08 Two-Unit Townhouse Blocks (with a total built-up area of 610 m²)
• RT08 Four-Unit Townhouse Blocks (with a total built-up area of 1,220 m²)
• RT09 Two-Unit Townhouse Blocks (with a total built-up area of 680 m²)
• RT09 Four-Unit Townhouse Blocks (with a total built-up area of 1,360 m²)
• RT10 Two-Unit Townhouse Blocks (each with a built-up area of 750 m²)
• RT10 Four-Unit Townhouse Blocks (each with a built-up area of 1,500 m²)
• RT11 Lofts (each with a built-up area of 355 m²)

Spread over a total land area of approximately 30,433 m², the Warehouse Park is located at Phase 1B of the Industrial Valley in King Abdullah Economic City, Saudi Arabia.

Emaar, The Economic City (EEC) intends to develop 12 fully serviced shell warehouse buildings with a total builtup area of 12,540 m², with a view to creating a landmark of warehouse buildings. Each unit has a ground floor and mezzanine, with a total built-up area of 1,045 m².

The warehouse units are intended for commercial activities relating to logistics, storage & distribution, light manufacturing, as well as assembly, and will be leased by EEC to individual tenants.

With a modular warehouse building design, the warehouse units will allow for flexible combinations in
terms of size and layout to serve the requirements of tenants with respect to the main functions of each
commercial activity

The objective of the study was to identify appropriate ways and means to provide suitable sanitation services involving sewerage systems, sludge management and disposal, solid waste and drainage for the population in
the district centers.
The study examined and recommended the rehabilitation, extension, and upgrading of existing sanitation facilities, and the provision of new facilities in order to improve public and environmental health. It also identified and
recommended appropriate criteria and guidelines for environmental protection from human waste disposal and wastewater discharge and for upgrading and installing of new sanitation facilities in the district centers.
The study was conducted in two phases: phase 1 involved preparation of master plans for all the 43 district centers, and phase 2 involved the feasibility studies, detailed engineering designs and tender documents for
the seven districts.

The scope of work was divided into two phases:
Phase 1: Development of Master Plan

• Overview of water supply, sanitation, solid waste, sludge and drainage situation in Malawi.
• Recommendation for the enhancement of the quality of service delivery.
• Data collection and analysis, study of existing facilities and preparation of service criteria.
• Preliminary study of the existing environmental conditions, problems and risks to public health.
• Implementation of beneficiaries assessment to determine community demand for services and socio-economic impact of project activities.
• Social Impact Assessment (SIA).

Phase 2: Feasibility Study, Designs and Tender Documents

• Feasibility studies and preliminary designs.
• Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
• Financial and economic analysis.
• Institutional analysis.
• Detailed designs, and tender documents.
• Evaluation and recommendations.

Within King Abdullah Economic City (KAEC) lies the new communities of Al Murooj over an area of approximately 525 hectares.
The development comprises fifteen residential communities, a sports complex and a town center. Among these communities:

• Beach Community 1 (BC1): an upscale beach residential community that includes 108 Villas, extending over an area of approximately 32 hectares. BC1 is connected to other communities of AlMurooj through a 350-meter long pier stretching across the sea with recessed pools built along the pathway.
• Beach Community 2 (BC2): an upscale beach residential community that includes 392 Villa plots, extending over an area of approximately 68 hectares.
• Beach Community 3 (BC3): an upscale beach residential community that includes 220 Villa plots, extending over an area of approximately 280,381 m² .
• Golf Community 1C (GC1c): a residential golf resort community that includes 108 villas, extending over an area of 14 hectares.
• Pradera Golf Community (GC-1B/GC2): covers an area of 196,215 m² accommodating 147 villas.
• Golf Community 3 (GC3): covers an area of 262,694m² accommodating 238 villas.
• Golf Community 4 (GC4): covers an area of 244,570m² accommodating 226 single-family villas.
• Golf Communities (GC5): covers an area of 295,380m² accommodating 260 single-family villas.
• Golf Communities (GC6 & GC7): GC6 covers an area of 200,362 m² accommodating 168 single- family villas, while GC7 covers an area of 203,013 m2 accommodating 175 single-family villas.
• Town Houses Community 1 & 4 (TH1 & TH4): two adjacent townhouse communities that include 523 units, extending over a total land area of approximately 34 hectares.
• Town Houses Community 2 (TH2): townhouse community including 148 units, extending over a total land area of approximately 70,000 m² .
• Town Houses Community 3 (TH3): townhouse community including 234 units, extending over a total land area of approximately 176,000 m² .

The project also encompasses the infrastructure works (irrigation, drainage, mechanical systems and overall lighting) as well as the construction management and supervision for an 18-hole golf course and lakes existing in between. The golf course is centralized amongst the golf communities GC1, GC2 (Pradera), GC3, GC4 and GC5 on a total area of approximately
677,000 m² .

Furthermore, the scope covers evaluation of the existing utilities, a network of primary roads (over 9 km long) in addition to primary infrastructure with all related tanks and pump stations serving the town center and AlMurooj communities.

Scope of Work

• Review and update of feasibility studies.
• Collection and review of available information.
• Investigate health/ environmental sanitation, social, economical, financial and organizational aspects and legal provisions.
• Update available survey information and mapping.
• Carry out necessary domestic and industrial waste fi eld and laboratory water quality investigations including site investigations of the proposed facilities.
• Compare wastewater flows with those provided in the water supply project data.
• Provide basic design data for target years 2000 ,1990 and 2010.
• Develop design criteria, preliminary designs and cost estimates for sewerage disposal, on-site disposal systems as well as solid waste disposal facilities.
• Investigate the possibility of reuse of treated sewage, sludge and refuse.
• Prepare a feasibility study and engineering standard designs for conventional wastewater treatment, reuse of treated wastewater and waste sludge, drainage systems and solid waste collection and disposal systems.
• Investigate and recommend new organizational and management structures and arrangements.

Engineering and management services related to the preparation of the year 2010 sewerage facilities Master Plan and a feasibility study for sewerage and sanitation from 1990 through the target year 2000 in the
Governorate of Kafr ElSheikh.

The study comprised collection and evaluation of engineering data, economical analysis, elaboration of design criteria, selection of alternative technical solutions and investigation of preliminary designs and cost estimates. This lead to the implementation of the recommended sewerage treatment facilities, storm water drainage and solid waste collection and disposal systems. The study also comprised the necessary organization and management arrangements and training requirements. This included the identification and justification of the recommended first stage implementation program (year 2000).

Scope of Work

ECG scope, with others, included providing construction management services for Alexandria Wastewater Program (Phase II). This included the administration of Host Country Construction Contracts awarded for the construction of wastewater treatment facilities, pumping stations and support facilities. The intent was to award Design/Build Contracts for the subject facilities in accordance with the USAID regulations for Two-Stage Bidding procedure.

The construction management services comprised the following tasks:

• Review of environmental assessments.
• Review of soil investigation.
• Surveying sites for facilities and/or pipeline routes.
• Prequalification of Design/Build contractors.
• Review of Bases of Design Reports for the subject facilities. Review of criteria for a comprehensive Quality Control Program for Design/ Build contracts.
• Review of the necessary Invitations for Tenders (IFT).
• Review of cost estimates.
• Evaluation of technical and commercial tenders.
• Monitoring of all construction activities.
• Staff Training on maintenance of facilities.
• Provision of claims handling and arbitration assistance as required.
• Providing the primary survey control for the Construction Contractor.
• Providing related complementary support activities to the Alexandria General Organization for Sanitary Drainage (AGOSD) in the following categories: administration, engineering, design, inspection, maintenance and procurement.
• Overall direction and management of the project.

This program aimed at expanding the treatment capacities of Alexandria’s East and West Wastewater Treatment Plants, increasing the capacities of six pumping stations, and constructing support facilities. The program was funded in part by a grant from the United States Agency for International Development USAID.

The improvements included:

• Expansion of the treatment capacity and other improvements to the six major pump stations, namely: Ras ElSoda, Maamoura, Sporting, Smouha, Sidi Bishr and East Zone.
• Expansion of the east primary treatment plant from a capacity of 410,000 m³ / day to 607,000 m³ / day, and expansion of the west primary treatment plant from a capacity of 186,000 m³ / day to 460,000 m³ / day.
• Expansion of the sludge dewatering and disposal facilities to accept the sludge from the expanded treatment plants, and facilities at the mechanical dewatering facilities to improve odor control.
• Provision of additional support facilities, including a training/service center, workshops, a garage, storage areas, and other ancillary buildings and equipment.

ECG, in joint venture with others, performed the following services:

• All necessary survey, studies, preliminary and detailed designs, tender documents and cost estimates.
• Advising and assisting AGOSD in evaluating tenders and awarding equipment and construction contracts.
• Performing construction management and supervision services during the construction phase.
• Training AGOSD personnel on the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of the project.
• Preparing O&M Manuals.
• Assisting in starting-up and initial operation of the project.

As part of the Alexandria Wastewater Program (Phase I), this project aimed at upgrading Alexandria West Treatment Plant to an average capacity of 186,000 m³ / day.

The project includes improvements to existing treatment facilities and construction of new structures for the primary treatment of wastewater.

The upgrading program includes the following major items:
• New influent pumping station (955,000 m³ /day – circular slurry wall 54 m diameter).

• New headwork.
• New primary clarifiers.
• New sludge-blending pumping station.
• New primary sludge pumps, scum pumps and W2 water pumps with hydro-pneumatic tank.
• New staff housing.
• Modifications of the existing building to house W2 water pumps and blowers.
• Modifications of existing building to serve as workshop and storage facility.
• Modifications of existing grit tanks to serve as W2 storage reservoir.
• Yard piping (200 mm to 2750 mm diameter).

ECG, in joint venture with others, performed the following services:

• All necessary surveys, studies, preliminary and detailed designs, tender documents and cost estimates.
• Advising and assisting AGOSD in evaluating tenders and awarding equipment and construction contracts.
• Performing construction management and supervision services during the construction phase.
• Training AGOSD personnel on the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the project.
• Preparing O&M Manuals.
• Assisting in starting-up and initial operation of the project.

As part of the Alexandria Wastewater Program (Phase I), this project aimed at upgrading Alexandria East Treatment Plant to an average capacity of 410,000 m³ /day.

The project included improvement of existing treatment facilities and construction of new structures for the primary treatment of wastewater.

The upgrading program included the following major components:

• New headwork structure for screening, grit and scum removal and fl ow measurement.
• New flow split structure.
• Construction of new eight (8) clarifiers, each of 35 mm diameter and 4.5 depth.
• Eight (8) new pumping stations including four (4) primary sludge pumping stations, a sludge transfer pumping station, a W2 water pumping station, a recycle pumping station and an employee housing wastewater pumping station.
• New on-site employee housing.

The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) requested USAID/ Egypt’s assistance to develop a program that would mitigate the efforts of rising groundwater in the vicinity of Great Sphinx of Giza, as well as the Pyramids Plateau at Giza.

The Pyramids Plateau, forming part of an important UNESCO World Heritage Sites includes what is arguably the richest concentration of Egypt’s most ionic monuments: the Great Sphinx, the Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Khafre, the Pyramid of Menkaure, the Sphinx Temple, and the Valley Temple. In recent years, the water table has risen to the point where standing surface water has appeared in the Vicinity of the Sphinx Temple, as well as to the east and in front of the Valley Temple. Surface
water has also appeared on the south side of the Great Sphinx in an area of archaeological significance known as the Workers Tombs.

The main objectives of this project are to identify the sources and quantity of groundwater to be mitigated and to design a system that would protect the antiquities from future degradation from groundwater.

Another major objective is to build the capacity of Egyptian experts to perform groundwater studies, and develop engineering studies for groundwater lowering projects in antiquities area.

The multi-functional pharmaceutical plant is constructed to be in compliance with the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards. It aims to enhance the local manufacturing of pharmaceutical products in order to meet the rapid increase in demand. The plant is constructed on a total land area of 115,000m² with estimated built-up area of 41,000m².

The project comprises plant building, services building, prefabricated warehouse and associated facilities. The plant building is composed of a ground floor and a mezzanine. The ground floor occupies an area of 22,500m² that includes a production area of 8,360m², sterile rooms with an area of 1,140m², a warehouse with an area of 5,750m², a Research and Development (RD) laboratory with an area of 1,800m², in addition to other necessary facilities. The mezzanine floor occupies an area of 16,140m², comprises an area of 12,290m² for mechanical equipment, an administration area of 2,020m², laboratories of area 1,200m² and other related facilities. The services building houses cooling towers, boilers and other electro-mechanical equipment serving the production area. It covers an area of 1,730m². The project facilities include, but not limited to, a maintenance workshop, an emergency diesel power plant, water tanks, fuel tanks, an industrial waste treatment plant, road network and parking facilities, a drip irrigation system, green areas and windbreaks. The plant and the services buildings are connected together by a steel bridge, 120m long, to carry power lines and HVAC piping system (load 1.5 tons/m).

Qatar Petroleum (QP) entrusted ECG Engineering Consultants Group with developing the 10-year master plan and maintenance management plan for roads in Dukhan fields. The project site is located at approximately 80 km west of Doha with 65 km long and 12 km wide. Dukhan Fields approximately covers 767 km2 and comprises oil and gas facilities along with supporting services and infrastructure.

The project included three main stages:

• Conceptual Design: producing Site Survey Report containing all information gathered.
• Preliminary Design: drafting the 10-year Master Plan of Dukhan Fields Roads Development and Roads Maintenance Management Plan.
• Detailed Design: developing a final copy of the 10-year Master Plan of Dukhan Road Networks and Roads Maintenance Management Plan.
   

The Golden Domes Hotel & Mall is a luxurious visitor attraction located in Nasr City of Cairo on a plot area of 23,000 m². With prestigious entrance approaches, the development comprises a hotel, mall, and day-use
building, as well as a kids play area, green areas, and water features.
With a total built-up area of 25,881 m², the hotel consists of 11 floors arranged as follows:

• Three lower floors: luxurious entrance & lounges, restaurant, cafeteria, gym & spa, two ballrooms, and business center
• Eight typical floors: 344 rooms including single rooms, double rooms, suites, VIP suites, and royal suites

With a built-up area of 11,280 m², the mall consists of two floors housing shops, two food courts, two movie
theaters, and a hypermarket. The day-use building consists of two floors with a total built-up area of 1,767 m². The building comprises 21 chalets overlooking a swimming pool. A two-level basement with a built-up area of around 38,250 m² occupies the entire plot area. While the basement is
mainly utilized as a parking area (455 cars), it also contains a kitchen and other services.

To merge all of its offices in Egypt, IBM launched a new, all-encompassing branch in Giza. Equipped with state-of- the-art systems and equipment, the structure comprised a basement, a ground floor, and three typical floors occupying a total built-up area of 6,400 m².

Bawabat Makkah is a new visionary suburb strategically located at the western entrance of the Makkah Al- Mukarramah Region. The area of Bawabat Makkah covers approximately 83 km²  of land and will have an estimated population of 690,000.

Sumou Real Estate Development Company is developing the Dhahiat Sumou Project within Bawabat Makkah. The company has entered into a joint venture with Bawabat Makkah Company to develop the first mixed- use development in the new suburb. When complete, the development will be a major attraction in the Makkah Al-Mukarramah Region, with the responsibility of setting a standard for the future development of the whole suburb of Bawabat Makkah.

On a plot area of 12,000 m²  and with a built-up area of 1,500 m² , the building is designed to be cost-effective, creative, unique, and appropriate to Makkah’s culture and climate. It consists of the following:

• Ground floor: main entrance, reception area & VIP lounge, main exhibition & multipurpose halls, offices of bank representatives, sales offices, kids area, prayer rooms, toilets, and cafeteria; and
• First floor: administrative area for managers, meeting room, and archives.

The site layout is designed to include a prestigious entrance approach, green areas, water features, as well as 75 parking spaces and an outdoor parking area for golf carts.