Dar Group 2021 Annual Report

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Leadership & Governance

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Our ESG Commitment

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Creating a Sustainable Future

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Talal Shair. Chairman and CEO

Creating a resilient future requires a deep understanding of sustainable systems; unwavering commitment to innovation; and dedication to designing buildings and infrastructure that uplifts and inspires. The scale and scope of Dar Group’s design, engineering, and consulting expertise makes a lasting impact around the world.

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Leadership & Governance

Our Companies

The founding company of Dar Group, Dar is an international multidisciplinary consulting organization that specializes in engineering, architecture, project and construction management, facilities management, environment, and economics. Across the Middle East and Africa, Dar is recognized as a pioneering and leading force in the development of transformational, large-scale infrastructure and ambitious building environments. Dar operates out of five primary design centers, located in Beirut, Cairo, London, Pune, and Amman. These centers are supported by a network of 47 offices in 30 countries throughout the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Europe. Since 1956, the company has provided a wide array of integrated consultancy services to more than 950 clients in 63 countries, delivering more than 4,000 projects with a collective investment value of over USD 290 billion.

CORE BRANDS

Our Companies

Countries

Stations Total

ProJECT Details

Cairo Metro Line III

Cairo, Egypt

In Egypt’s largest city, the Cairo Metro Line III connects communities, increases access to commercial and educational centers, and plays a crucial role in the country’s climate ambitions through low-emission transportation options. Dar was responsible for preparing the detailed design of the line, along with its elevated stations, viaducts, and a heavy maintenance depot with 32 buildings, and all related infrastructure. The project won Engineering News Record’s 2021 Global Project of the Year in Rail and Transit.

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Cairo Metro Line III

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Creating a Sustainable Future

18.6k

Employees Combined

Our ESG Vision

Working together toward a common ESG framework, across all of our companies

PROJECT

2021 proved to be a year of renewed focus and strategic growth for Dar Group. As the global community slowly recovered from the impacts of the global pandemic, we helped clients adapt to present-day challenges, plan for a resilient future, and aspire to sustainable legacies. Throughout the world, our diverse workforce drew upon the values that bind us—imagination, commitment, determination, and resilience—to grow revenues to $2.37B, launch new initiatives, drive research and innovation, and deliver impactful projects for clients and communities around the world.

Talal Shair Chairman and CEO, Dar Group

In gratitude,

Founded in 1935, Perkins&Will is an interdisciplinary, research-based architecture and design firm committed to designing a healthier, sustainable, more equitable world. The firm provides integrated services in architecture, interior design, branded environments, urban design, and landscape architecture, and is a global leader in multiple market sectors, including civic and cultural, corporate and commercial, healthcare, higher education, sports and recreation, and transportation.

Currie & Brown is one of the world’s top construction consultancies. With principal offices in London, Dubai, Mumbai, New York, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, the firm’s portfolio spans Europe, the Americas, India, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific. Currie & Brown provides a range of specialist skills, including cost management, project management, building surveying, and advising on public-private partnerships (PPPs), in both the private and public sectors. The company operates in fields as diverse as property, transport, logistics, high-tech, education, government, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, residential, and retail.

SPECIALTY BRANDS

Penspen is a global team who design, maintain, and optimize energy infrastructure to improve access to sustainable energy for communities worldwide. For almost 70 years, Penspen has helped to meet the world’s evolving energy needs by providing consulting, project, and engineering solutions across the entire energy asset lifecycle. Established in 1954, Penspen joined Dar Group in 1986. With a commitment to improving the performance and efficiency of its clients’ businesses, Penspen employs 900 engineers across its operations worldwide, serving over 10,000 projects in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, the UK, and the US.

TYLin is a globally recognized, full-service infrastructure consulting firm committed to providing innovative, cost-effective, constructable designs for the global infrastructure market. With over 3,000 employees working in 60+ offices throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe, TYLin provides support on projects of varying size and complexity. Established in 1954 in Los Angeles, California, TYLin became a Dar Group company in 1989.

Integral Group is a global network of sustainable design professionals focused on “deep green” engineering and consulting for the highest-performing buildings in the world. Founded in 2008, the mission-driven company is a leader in corporate social and environmental responsibility, pursuing and achieving superior energy performance and high standards of health and well-being for clients worldwide. The firm employs more than 650 professionals across the USA, Canada, the U.K., New Zealand and Australia.

Founded in 1949, Landrum & Brown is one of the world’s oldest and most accomplished aviation planning consultancy firms dedicated to serving the global airport community. By bringing passion and creativity to solving the most complex global aviation challenges, L&B continues to provide services to many of the world’s top one hundred airports with a rich history in serving the top fifty U.S. airports. The firm’s global footprint now expands to airports and aviation facilities on all seven continents, and deliver innovative aviation planning and development solutions.

Ross & Baruzzini delivers integrated technology, consulting, and engineering solutions for safe, sustainable, and resilient facilities. Working across various industries, it brings specialized expertise in Medical Equipment Planning; Technology Systems; Physical Security; Digital Transformation; and Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection Engineering.

Partnerships & Initiatives

Collaborating with external partners and advancing internal initiatives to amplify our impact

PROJECT

Meet the Sustainability Council

Bringing together leading experts from across our companies to identify and scale internal best practices and client offerings.

CHANGEMAKER

As one of the world’s largest privately-owned architecture, engineering, and consulting groups, Dar Group plays an important leadership role in fostering a sustainable future.

Partnerships & Initiatives

As part of a commitment to research and advocacy, Dar Group partnered with the World Green Building Council to publish research on accelerating the build-environment’s pathway to net zero. Beyond Buildings: Why an integrated approach to buildings and infrastructure is essential for climate action and sustainability argues for systemic and integrated infrastructure solutions to improve sustainability outcomes. The report calls for the building sector, infrastructure sector, and policymakers to respond to the climate crisis with a holistic and coordinated approach.

Dar Group companies engage in partnerships and initiatives that advance our ESG ambitions:

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A STRATEGY FOR GROWTH As a Group, we took time this year to set the course for future growth. The Dar Group 2025 strategy focuses on accelerating our leadership in mobility, aviation, healthcare, and high tech; investing in environmental services, energy transition, and water; and maintaining core growth in buildings and infrastructure. Our companies will be supported by a Group-wide sustainability focus and investment in digital innovation. We will apply this strategy regionally, to leverage synergy between our companies, maximize investment, and respond to local needs and opportunities. A SUSTAINABLE AND INNOVATIVE FUTURE Our recently formed Dar Group Sustainability Council brings together leading experts from across our companies to identify and scale internal best practices and client offerings—and we are already benefitting from their leadership. With their guidance, we signed on to the WGBC’s Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment and have embarked on a Group-wide ESG reporting framework. POSITIONED FOR SUCCESS As I reflect on the challenges and opportunities before us—from urbanization, to sustainable infrastructure, to the energy transition, I am certain that Dar Group’s expertise is needed now more than ever. The projects, initiatives, and talent featured in this report are a testament to our impact. Moving forward, we are in a strong position to join our clients, partners, and communities in designing and engineering a sustainable, equitable, and beautiful world, together.

offices

#10

International Design Firms

2021 Revenue by Region (US$)

1025M

AMERICAS

337M

APAC

658M

Middle east

173M

africa

202M

UK & Europe

Board of Directors

Talal Shair

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Bashar Rihani

Director of Transportation – Dar

Bassam Shakhshir

Regional Director of Operations – Dar

Danny Aoun

Regional Director of Operations – Dar

Sari Gedeon

Director of Project Management & Contracts – Dar

Phil Harrison

Chief Executive Officer – Perkins&Will

Neil Bruce

Non-Executive Director

Catherine Tobiasinsky

Group Chief Growth Officer

Bassam Shakhshir

Regional Director of Operations – Dar

Bashar Rihani

Director of Transportation – Dar

Talal Shair

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Michael Helou

Group Chief Strategy Officer

Matthew Cummings

Chief Executive Officer – TYLin

Peter O'Sullivan

Chief Executive Officer – Penspen

Executive committee

Phil Harrison

Chief Executive Officer – Perkins&Will

Camille Sifri

Independent Committee Member

Beshara Wakim

Director of Operations: Kuwait – Dar

Ibrahim "Abe" Saad

Independent Committee Chairman

Khalil Darawish

Independent Committee Member

Euan McEwan

Independent Committee Member

Audit committee

buildings

transportation

industrial / petroleum

Sewer / waste

water

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.2

2017

885

2017

1201

2021 Revenue by Market (US$ million)

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2.5

2.4

2.3

2.2

2017

2.47

2017

2.44

2017

2.46

2017

2.25

2017

2.37

Gross Revenue (US$ billion)

power

telecom

manufacturing

2017

ENR ranking*

ENR’s Top 225 International Design Firms – Regional Rankings

Buildings

ENR Top 225

Transportation

Sustainability impact “Beyond Buildings”

Dar Group

Currie & Brown partnered with OneTreePlanted to plant 2,114 trees—one for each employee in the global business. The initiative offsets more than 50 tons of carbon - an equivalent of more than 2 million smartphone charges or 400,000 miles driven each year.

ONETREEPLANTED

Currie & Brown

Integral Group’s Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility (CSER) report is the fourth publicly released on the firm’s “Commitment to the Planet and our People.” The report tracks performance across five categories: environmental footprint; justice, equity, diversity + inclusion (JEDI); health + wellbeing; education + impact; and safety + resilience.

A Commitment to the Planet and People

Integral Group

Perkins&Will design leaders are collaborating with C Change Labs and Building Transparency Canada on a $460,000 grant from the CleanBC Building Innovation Fund to develop the Tally Climate Action Tool (tallyCAT). Users of the tool will have real-time access to the embodied carbon impacts of building materials, through a plug-in that integrates directly into common BIM software such as Revit and Rhino.

Enabling Lower-Carbon Design

Perkins&Will

Meet the Sustainability Council

In April 2021, Dar Group established a Sustainability Council to bring together leadership and best practice from across its leading and specialist brands. The Council advises the Dar Group board on sustainability trends that impact business operations, client service offerings, and industry partnerships. Under the Sustainability Council’s leadership, Dar Group companies signed on to the World Green Building Council's Net Zero Buildings Commitment, partnered with the World Green Building Council on original research, and initiated work on the Group’s first ESG reporting framework.

Kathy Wardle, Chair Perkins&Will Rachel Jordan-Evans Penspen Adam McTavish Currie & Brown Balsam Nehme Dar Richard Palmer TYLin Group John Reinhardt Dar Group Catherine Tobiasinsky Dar Group Megan White TYLin Group

THE COUNCIL INCLUDES:

Kathy Wardle, Chair Perkins&Will Rachel Jordan-Evans Penspen Adam McTavish Currie & Brown Balsam Nehme Dar

Bringing together leading experts from across our companies to identify and scale internal best practices and client offerings.

Richard Palmer TYLin Group John Reinhardt Dar Group Catherine Tobiasinsky Dar Group Megan White TYLin Group

Our ESG Vision

We believe our ESG commitment is critical to galvanize the collective power of our people, inspire the communities we work with, and enable thriving built environments and ecological systems. Under the direction of the Dar Group Executive Committee, and with the leadership of the Dar Group Sustainability Council, we established a framework and common set of priority reporting topics for upcoming disclosures. With a goal of transparency and integrity, governance – and holding ourselves accountable for our impact in the world – we will use Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) standards for sustainability, reporting initially on five GRI topics:

Working together toward a common ESG framework, across all of our companies

Occupational health & safety management system Hazard identification, risk assessment, & incident investigation Occupational health services Worker participation, consultation, & communication on occupational health & safety Worker training on occupational health & safety Promotion of worker health Prevention & mitigation of occupational health and safety impacts directly linked by business relationships Workers covered by an occupational health & safety management system Work-related injuries Work-related ill health

GRI 305 Emissions

GRI 401 Employment

GRI 404 Training & Education

GRI 403 Occupational Health & Safety

Occupational Health & Safety

Average hours of training per-year, per-employee Programs for upgrading employee skills and tuition assistance programs Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews

Training & Education

As part of our first-year reporting efforts, Dar Group companies will disclose the following:

Employment

New employee hires and employee turnover Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees Parental leave

Carbon Emissions

As part of our first-year reporting efforts, Dar Group companies will disclose the following:

Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions Energy Indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions GHG emissions intensity Reduction of GHG emissions Emissions of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) Nitrogen oxides (NOx), sulfur oxides (Sox) and other significant air emissions

Miles in Length

7.1

Chicago Lakefront Trail

Daily Trail Users

30k

Length of Bascule Bridge Structure

286ft

ProJECT Details

Chicago Lakefront Trail

Chicago, Illinois, USA

The Chicago Lakefront Trail connects the parks, beaches, and cultural institutions along 18 miles of the Lake Michigan shoreline. Visitors and residents alike use the trail for healthy and active transportation, including walking, running, and biking. TYLin worked with the Chicago Department of Transportation and the trail’s design team to bring the project to life, providing Construction Management services for all three phases. TYLin also led modifications and rehabilitation of the historic Chicago River bascule structure to develop a crossing for the trail over the Chicago River during Phase three of the project.

Description

Al Bayt Stadium

Stadium Capacity

60k

Structural Tent Dimensions

372.5 x 310m

ProJECT Details

Al Bayt Stadium

Al Khor, Qatar

Designed as a centerpiece of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, the Al Bayt Stadium is inspired by and named after the traditional bayt al sha’ar tents used in Qatar and across the region. The detailed design incorporates best practices for circulation, security, convenience of operation, sustainable construction, and maintenance. Celebrating the region’s legacy, the stadium’s upper tier of seating will be disassembled following the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and donated to developing countries in need of sports infrastructure.

Description

Proof of Concept Bridge

Structural Tent Dimensions

372.5 x 310m

ProJECT Details

The Smart Bridge

Beirut, Lebanon

An example of award-winning innovation, the Smart Bridge is a two-meter interactive pedestrian bridge made from a fiber-reinforced polymer. It was conceived and realized through state-of-the-art technologies and processes, including generative design, additive manufacturing, and sustainable materials. The structure is a proof of concept that construction — currently one of the world’s most dangerous and most polluting industries — can be more intelligent, more visually arresting, safer, more sustainable, and more innovative. The Smart Bridge won the 2021 Autodesk Excellence Award in Product Design and Manufacturing.

Description

The Smart Bridge

Residential Units

8,000

Commercial Space

700k ft

ProJECT Details

Lakeview Village Development

Mississagua, Ontario, Canada

The Lakeview Village development is a newly planned, mixed-use community at the site of the former Lakeview Generating Station on the Mississauga waterfront. To support the project’s commitment to sustainability and smart city technology, TYLin prepared a comprehensive Sustainability Strategy Report with a focus on Energy, Waste, Water, Healthy Living and Smart City Innovation. As part of the desire to achieve net zero energy, TYLin is exploring District Energy for heating and cooling. As an alternative to traditional waste collection, vacuum waste management is being explored.

Description

Lakeview Village Development

Power Generated

5.2 GWh

Commercial Space

700k ft

ProJECT Details

Offshore Wind Farm Design Program

Taipei City, Taiwan

From 2022-2025 the government will develop close to 5.2 gigawatts of power for Phase II of Taiwan’s west coast wind farms. As part of this ambitious clean-energy effort, TYLin is participating in the detailed design of the underwater foundation and substation for the onshore and offshore wind turbines. The project is a major step toward Taiwan’s ambition for a low-carbon energy portfolio.

Description

Offshore Wind Farm Design Program

Building Square Footage

300k

Length of bascule bridge structure

286ft

ProJECT Details

Baylor Scott & White Health Administrative Center

Dallas, Texas, USA

When Baylor Scott & White Health sought to consolidate multiple satellite administrative buildings into one, the Perkins&Will design team focused on departmental collaboration and creating a healthy environment for occupants. The building fosters well-being, flexibility, and a sense of community through large floor plates where colleagues are never more than a floor away. Through the design of this “groundscraper,” the administrators of Baylor Scott & White can seamlessly work together and provide a more cohesive service to patients.

Description

Baylor Scott & White Health Adminstrative Center

Monklands Hospital

Capital Expenditure

£500m

Length of bascule bridge structure

286ft

ProJECT Details

Monklands Hospital

Airdrie, Scotland, United Kingdom

The largest healthcare project in Scotland will improve the provision of clinical services and create economic and social regeneration in the local community. Currie & Brown is the lead advisor on the £500m project, providing project management, cost management, and serving as principle designer from initial brief stage through procurement and construction.

Description

americas

middle east

apac

uk & Europe

africa

2.5

2.4

171

202

337

646

1015

2021 Revenue by Region (US$ million)

Driven by strong performance in the Americas and the Middle East, Dar Group increased gross revenues in 2021 and marked a return to growth following the coronavirus pandemic.

The Group was particularly strong in building and transportation projects, working for clients in these markets across all of our regions.

3712

staff

offices

ENR ranking*

ENR’s Top 225 International Design Firms – Regional Rankings

ASIA PACIFIC

5992

staff

offices

ENR ranking*

ENR’s Top 225 International Design Firms – Regional Rankings

MIDDLE eAST

1799

staff

offices

UK/EUROPE

4743

staff

145

offices

ENR ranking*

ENR’s Top 225 International Design Firms – Regional Rankings

AMERICAS

TYLin Group Integral Group Ross & Baruzzini Landrum & Brown Perkins&Will

3826 749 337 131 2387

Currie & Brown Dar Dar Group Penspen TOTAL

2114 7998 30 960 18632

Staff Count by Company

Danny Aoun

Regional Director of Operations – Dar

Alan Manuel

Chief Executive Officer – Currie & Brown

Danny Aoun

Regional Director of Operations - Dar

Alan Manuel

Chief Executive Officer – Currie & Brown

In future reports, we will baseline our performance against indicators within these topics and outline strategies and commitments to accelerate positive impact. While we strive for a common impact at scale, Dar Group is strengthened by the diversity of our brands; each brings their own technical expertise, geographic presence, and brand culture to bear in approaching sustainability both internally and with clients. Our ESG framework provides flexibility for our brands to report against additional topics and indicators they deem meaningful.

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A commitment to sustAInability

In 2021, we committed to reporting, as a collective, on our most significant environmental and social impacts and governance practices.

GRI 405 Diversity & Inclusion

Gillian Empringham

Group Head of Human Resources

Gillian Empringham

Group Head of Human Resources

Philip English

Group Chief Financial Officer

Philip English

Group Chief Financial Officer

Michael Helou

Group Chief Strategy Officer

Ibrahim “Abe” Saad

Independent Member

Talal Shair

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Mulham Sleiman

Director of Economics – Dar

INVESTMENT committee

Charles Malek

Director of Structures and Bridges Engineering – Dar

Abeer Taraweneh

Director of Operations – Dar

Talal Shair

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Sari Gedeon

Director of Project Management & Contracts – Dar

Gillian Empringham

Group Head of Human Resources

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT committee

Gillian Empringham

Group Head of Human Resources

Andre Samaha

Director of Project Management & Contracts – Dar

Peter O’Sullivan

Committee Chair, Chief Executive Officer – Penspen

Teymour Salaam

Group General Counsel

Philip English

Group Chief Financial Officer

Risk & Compliance committee

Wajdi Abou-Izzeddine

Director of Operations – Dar

Sari Gedeon

Director of Project Management & Contracts – Dar

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Group General Counsel

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Group General Counsel

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Group General Counsel