Dubai, 8 June, 2008: Hyder Consulting, the award winning international advisory and design consultancy, recently received the Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) David Hughes, who was accompanied by Marie Dignan, CIBSE's Director of Education during their one day visit to Dubai.

A team of Hyder Consulting experts including Bill Jolly, sustainable Design Group Manager, Alistair Mitchell, Senior Mechanical Engineer and John Walker, Senior Electrical Engineer took the visiting dignitaries on an escorted tour of the Burj Dubai site to show them examples of the consultancy's MEP work done on the development.

CIBSE is a UK-based institution for building services including heating, ventilation and air conditioning.

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About Hyder Consulting Middle East
Hyder Consulting is an award winning international advisory and design consultancy. Spanning more than two centuries of engineering and technical excellence, the company employs around 4,700 people worldwide. It has permanent offices in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia and New Zealand. The company was listed on the London Stock Exchange in October 2002.

Hyder Consulting Middle East has been established in the region for the past 45 years, and is today at the forefront of regional growth, contributing to the engineering of prestigious developments such as the Burj Dubai and City of Arabia in Dubai; Shams Development on Reem Island in Abu Dhabi; Lusail and Education City in Qatar; and Al Areen Desert Resort and Spa in Bahrain.

A regional team of 1,200 diverse and highly qualified staff operates from offices across the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar. Working closely with its international network of staff resources, and utilising the latest technology and systems, the company delivers world class solutions in the following disciplines on which clients and partners can build and grow.

- Masterplanning, Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture

- Environmental                               

- Structural and Civil Engineering

- Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP)

- Water, Wastewater Treatment and Networks 

- Oil and Gas Engineering

- Telecommunications

- Transportation and Highways Engineering

- Bridges 

- Facades

- Infrastructure

- Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)

- Light Rail Systems

For more information, visit www.hyderconsulting.com

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