Hyder Consulting, the award-winning engineering, environmental, planning and management consultancy, recently celebrated its 45th anniversary in the Middle East and 150th global anniversary, at a roundtable on sustainable design for the future.

Titled ‘Shaping the Future of Dubai,’ the roundtable was hosted by Rod Stewart, regional managing director, Hyder Consulting Middle East and had renowned speakers on sustainable design and the environment including Ali Al Suwaidi, chief of Emirates Marine Environmental Group; Dr Gisela Loehlein, research associate, Institute of the Built Environment, BUiD; Kamal Azayem, senior engineer, Dubai Municipality and deputy technical coordinator, Emirates Green Building Council; and Stephen Oehme, regional director sustainable design, Hyder Consulting Middle East.
“We are delighted to celebrate our 45th anniversary in the Middle East with a roundtable discussion on such a fundamental issue as sustainable design,” said Stewart. “The future success of Dubai is in all of our hands and we have a great responsibility to shape that future through sensitive urban planning, sustainable design and implementation of environmentally sound policies.”
The roundtable focused on environment, planning, economic sustainability and cultural identity aspects of Dubai’s development, with segments on the resource potential of water, waste management, the need for integrated planning and regional transportation connectivity.