EC Harris is an international built asset consultancy firm headquartered in the

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. It is a key part of

Arcadis NV Arcadis NV is a global design, engineering and management consulting company based in the Zuidas, Amsterdam, Netherlands. It currently operates in excess of 350 offices across 40 countries. The company is a member of the Next 150 index. A ...

, following the companies' merger in October 2011.

History

Founded in 1911 by Edward Charles Harris, EC Harris began as a multi industry

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business. By the 1950s, the business was largely property based, focusing on civil engineering and infrastructure development. It was in 1986 that the company started Europe's first

facilities management Facility management or facilities management (FM) is a professional management discipline focused on the efficient and effective delivery of logistics and other support services related to real property and buildings. It encompasses multiple d ...

consultancy services, and in 1996, the business began to offer full life cycle capital project and facilities consultancy. In 2003, EC Harris became a

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(LLP). EC Harris merged with

on November 2, 2011, after a vote of EC Harris' 183 partners on October 31, 2011. This grew the work force EC Harris had access to over 21,000 professionals as a subsidiary of Arcadis. The merger led to an 84% boost in Arcadis' revenues in August 2012.

Regions

Europe

60% of the company's revenues come from the United Kingdom. In 2007, however, the company began the process of opening new offices in

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, and

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, expanding on a presence in eastern Europe they established in the middle of the 1990s. In the United Kingdom, EC Harris issues reports on the efficiency of space development for both private and public industries. In February 2012, EC Harris warned that the

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would negatively impact the development of office space development in London throughout that decade. They were also a consultant for the

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. The company employs the most

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s in the United Kingdom.

Middle East and Asia

EC Harris has developed large scale construction complexes in

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Dubai Dubai (, ; ar, wikt:دبي, دبي, translit=Dubayy, , ) is the List of cities in the United Arab Emirates#Major cities, most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai, the most populated of the 7 ...

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, and

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, establishing a presence in the Middle East in the year 2000 after a five decade long absence from the region. They currently have 250 employees between their Dubai and

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offices, as well as offices in

Doha, Qatar Doha ( ar, الدوحة, ad-Dawḥa or ''ad-Dōḥa'') is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor, it is home to most of the cou ...

and

Dammam, Saudi Arabia Dammam ( ar, الدمّام ') is the fifth-most populous city in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca, and Medina. It is the capital of the Eastern Province. With a total population of 1,252,523 as of 2020. The judicial and administrative ...

. Projects in the region include the Al Wahda Sports Club's Grand Millennium Al Wahda Hotel, Abu Dhabi's largest hotel complex. In June 2007, the firm was awarded the management contract for over £19 billion in construction contracts by the government of Dubai, and an £10 billion beach residential and commercial area construction contract by the government of Abu Dhabi. EC Harris issues investment reports on other regions of Asia as well for the wider Middle East, and nations including China.

External links

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References

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