About Handasah
Built for the firms that build the region.
Handasah was founded on a simple observation: the construction SMEs that deliver most of the built environment in Egypt, UAE, and Saudi Arabia are underserved by the advisory market.
Why Handasah
The MENA construction market is one of the most dynamic and demanding in the world. Mega-projects, rapid urbanisation, Vision 2030, and Egypt's New Administrative Capital are reshaping the region — and creating enormous opportunity for the designers, consultants, contractors, and developers who can position themselves to capture it.
But most of that opportunity flows to firms with the systems, the credentials, and the strategic capacity to compete for it. SMEs — even highly capable ones — are often locked out by prequalification requirements they cannot meet, bid processes they cannot resource, and contracts they cannot safely sign.
Handasah was founded to change that. We bring the advisory depth of a major consultancy to the firms that need it most — not as a luxury, but as a practical tool for growth, risk management, and delivery excellence.
Our founder has sat on every side of the table: as a field engineer, a contractor, a designer, a PMC, a General Manager, and a Country Manager. That breadth is what makes Handasah different — we do not advise from theory. We advise from experience.
Eng. Amr Fahmy
Founder & CEO
B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Alexandria · MBA Finance, Thunderbird School of Global Management · PMP · CDTP
English · Arabic · French
Founder's note
A mechanical engineer and Thunderbird MBA who has led from every seat of a project: offshore field engineer, strategist, contractor, designer, PMC, General Manager and Country Manager.
His career spans oilfield services, industrial construction, design management, giga-project advisory, and executive leadership. He has structured JVs, led bid teams on $100M+ pursuits, managed distressed projects back to programme, and built BD pipelines from scratch. He speaks the language of the engineer, the commercial director, and the board — and moves fluently between all three.
Positioning
Handasah Pillars
01
Every side of the table
Oilfield services, building materials, contractors, a global designer, a PMC. I have seen the project from each seat, so I know what each party fears and wants.
02
Giga-project access
NEOM framework, Veolia waste-to-energy EPCM, Red Sea islands elite list, Mukaab and Trojena bids. I know how owners screen and select.
03
Digital that ships
The first AI cataloguing project with Saudi Aramco cut manual work by 70%. BI analytics lifted planning and procurement efficiency by 20%.
How we work
Embedded, not external
We work alongside your leadership team — not at arm's length. Our advice is grounded in the reality of your business, not a generic framework applied from the outside.
Outcomes, not outputs
We measure success by what changes in your business — not by the number of reports we produce. Every engagement is structured around a clear, measurable outcome.
Regional fluency
We understand the construction markets of Egypt, UAE, and Saudi Arabia — the procurement environments, the client cultures, the regulatory frameworks, and the commercial norms that define how business is done.
Right-sized advisory
We do not over-engineer our engagements. We bring exactly the level of resource and rigour the situation demands — no more, no less. SME budgets deserve SME efficiency.
Egypt · UAE · Saudi Arabia
Where we work
Cairo
Egypt
Home base. Rowad, IGI and Drake & Scull Egypt.
Waldorf Astoria Cairo · Beni Suef 4,800 MW · Port of Sokhna · LRT depot
Dubai
UAE
$491B pipeline
Ten years in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Largest GCC market in 2025.
Abu Dhabi Airport · Museum of the Future · Al Zahia · Expo 2020
Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
$950B pipeline
Giga-projects, key accounts and a KSA entity set-up.
NEOM · Shura Island · Sheybarah · Veolia Jubail
Pipeline: Kamco Invest FY-2025.