DAR Group

Since 2005 IPA has been a member of the Dar Group, a world top 15 grouping of professional service firms specialising in infrastructure. IPA acts as the economics and strategy arm of the Group. The Dar Group employs more than 11,000 personnel worldwide and is expected to enjoy revenues from 2008 in excess of US$1.3 billion. The Group is global with more than 100 offices worldwide. Other members of the Dar Family include;

Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners) has been a pioneering force in the planning, design and implementation of development projects in the Middle East, Africa and Asia since its beginnings in 1956. Today they are a global consultancy with 43 offices throughout 29 countries, known for their capabilities of problem identification, tailor made-designs, quality, on-time deliverables and multi-disciplinary expertise.

 

Founded in San Francisco in the 1950s, T.Y. Lin International is distinguished for its planning, design and construction engineering/ inspection of transportation infrastructure. Operating from offices throughout the US and Asia, the firm has a well-founded reputation for providing clients with engineering solutions that are of high quality, responsive to need, innovative, cost effective and constructible.

 

  

Landrum & Brown is the oldest privately owned consultancy dedicated solely to the needs of the commercial aviation community, focusing on environmental and airport planning solutions for today's results-oriented aviation decision makers.

 

  

The R&H Railway Consultants Group provides comprehensive and integrated consulting services to the railway sector. With over half a century of railway planning and engineering design experience, R&H Railway Consultants is one of Africa's largest private rail consultants, with offices in Johannesburg, Richards Bay and Durban.

 

  

The Penspen Group provides engineering and management services to the global oil and gas industry. As one of the largest UK-based independent international pipeline and sub-sea consultancies, the firm offers an integrated through-life approach from pre-conceptual design to abandonment.

 

  

GreyStar Corporation, owned by Penspen, is a leading provider of facilities management, operations, maintenance and asset management services that help its customers to dramatically reduce costs and improve their competitive position. GreyStar’s approach is to provide solutions which allow energy companies to focus on their customer’s core business, while optimising the effectiveness of production and facility assets.

 

  

Perkins + Will is a full-service architecture and interior design firm based in the US. Since its foundation in 1935, P+W has continued to reinforce its distinguished heritage through exceptional service and design excellence in the fields of healthcare, science and technology, education, general buildings and interior design.

 

  

Pierre-Yves Rochon is one of the world's renowned interior design firms, specializing in designs for the hospitality industry. The firm's prestigious worldwide commissions reflect its core belief that the most important factor in the design process is its base of creative, experienced and technically proficient experts with common goals of excellence in all aspects of interior design.