Every Discipline.
One Standard.
All in-house, across Riyadh and Cairo, all under one quality standard.
Find Your Discipline.
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Design Engineering
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Projects Delivery
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Power & Infrastructure Delivery Department
SEC COLLABORATION · NEW
A unique infrastructure and power-scale delivery capability built on ecec’s formalized Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) collaboration, and a growing portfolio of power & infrastructure sector clients
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Business Excellence
BXO · 2 SERVICE AREAS
The organizational infrastructure that determines whether capability becomes consistent performance inside ecec and inside your organization.
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Design Engineering
6DISCIPLINES · 150+ SPECIALISTS
From master plan to millimeter detail. Six disciplines, one coordinated team, zero coordination gap.
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Projects Delivery
Construction supervision, project management, and the integrated PMCCS model. One accountability structure from the first site inspection to the final handover.
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Power & Infrastructure Delivery Department
SEC COLLABORATION · NEW
A unique infrastructure and power-scale delivery capability built on ecec’s formalized Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) collaboration, and a growing portfolio of power & infrastructure sector clients
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Business Excellence
BXO · 2 SERVICE AREAS
The organizational infrastructure that determines whether capability becomes consistent performance inside ecec and inside your organization.
Design Engineering
ecec’s Design Engineering Department covers the full spectrum of architectural and engineering design, from the regional scale of a master plan to the precision of a façade connection detail. Every discipline operates in-house, coordinated within a single BIM environment, under one project manager, and held to a single quality standard. For our clients, this means a single point of accountability for every drawing, every model, and every deliverable
Six Disciplines. One Coordinated team. No
Coordination gap
6 disciplines · 150+ specialists across Riyadh & Cairo · BIM-first workflow · ISO 9001 certified
Architecture Discipline
Designed Around People. Built
for Place.
A building is not the most important thing we design. The most important thing is what the
people inside become capable of doing, and that is determined before the first wall goes up.
Master Planning
The frameworks within which large-scale developments are built and within which all design decisions operate.
The frameworks within which large-scale developments are built and within which all design decisions operate.
ecec’s master planning capability covers urban structure plans, land use frameworks, mobility and connectivity strategies, phasing plans, and density studies. Every master plan begins with one human question: what kind of community does this land need to become? That question governs every subsequent decision, street hierarchy, plot ratio, open space distribution, and the invisible logic that makes a neighborhood feel intentional rather than assembled.
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Landscape Design
Environments where nature and architecture operate with equal authority.
Environments where nature and architecture operate with equal authority.
Landscape design at ecec is not the last discipline to arrive on a project; it is one of the first. Soft and hard landscape, water features, pedestrian connectivity, and outdoor comfort are integrated from the concept stage alongside architecture, not after it. The result is an outdoor environment that people choose to inhabit, not merely pass through.
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Interior Design
Spaces engineered around real use, not visual presentation.
Spaces engineered around real use, not visual presentation.
ecec’s interior design discipline spans residential, hospitality, healthcare, commercial, and civic environments. Every interior project begins with a user behavior study of who uses this space, at what time, for what purpose, and how the physical environment supports or obstructs that purpose. Material selection, layout, and lighting are coordinated with architecture and MEP in the same BIM model from the outset, not resolved at the end of the design process.
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Traffic Analysis / TIS
Movement is engineered as carefully as structure because a building that no one can reach has already failed.
Movement is engineered as carefully as structure because a building that no one can reach has already failed.
Traffic Impact Studies at ecec cover vehicle access, pedestrian flow, parking demand, drop-off and service vehicle routing, and public transport integration. TIS is fully integrated with the master planning and architecture disciplines from the earliest design stages, informing structural decisions before layouts are committed, rather than being produced as a compliance document after the configuration is fixed.
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Façade Engineering
The first impression of every building is engineered to perform for decades, not just for photography.
The first impression of every building is engineered to perform for decades, not just for photography.
Façade engineering at ecec covers thermal performance, solar shading, structural glazing, cladding systems, rainscreen assemblies, and curtain wall design. Every façade is resolved against three simultaneous constraints: aesthetic intent, technical performance, and buildability. These cannot be sequenced; they must be resolved together, which is why ecec’s façade team works in close coordination with structural and MEP disciplines from design concept. A façade that performs thermally reduces the mechanical load and the cost of the systems behind it. A façade that is structurally resolved reduces the coordination risk on site and the variations that follow from it.
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BIM (Building Information Modeling)
The operating environment where all disciplines are coordinated, integrated, and resolved within a single model.
The operating environment where all disciplines are coordinated, integrated, and resolved within a single model.
BIM is not a service ecec offers. It is the operating environment in which every discipline works, the reason that coordination failures are resolved in the model before they become site problems.
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3D Rendering & Visualization
Design is made visible before it is built, so decisions are made with confidence.
Design is made visible before it is built, so decisions are made with confidence.
ecec’s in-house visualisation team produces architectural renders, interior visualisations, aerial perspectives, animated walkthroughs, and construction sequence animations. All visualization is produced directly from the live BIM model, not from independent modelling which means every render is accurate to the current design state and improves in precision as the design develops. Visualization is available from the earliest concept stage through to the tender package.
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GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
Geographic intelligence: the land tells a story before design begins.
Geographic intelligence: the land tells a story before design begins.
ecec’s GIS capabilities support site analysis, land-use mapping, environmental assessment, and infrastructure network planning. Spatial data is applied at the earliest stage of every master planning commission before design work begins, ensuring that every decision responds to real site conditions rather than correcting assumptions discovered later.
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Structure Discipline
Engineered to Stand.
Calculated to Last.
The structural engineer’s best work is invisible. The building that never moves, never cracks,and never fails is the one nobody notices, and that invisibility is the highest standard of the discipline
Building Structures
Every column, beam, slab, and connection is resolved long before it is ever built.
Every column, beam, slab, and connection is resolved long before it is ever built.
ecec’s structural engineering discipline covers reinforced concrete, structural steel, precast, post-tensioned, and hybrid structural systems.
Every structural solution begins with one question: what is the safest, most buildable way to make this building perform for the next century? That question governs every column, beam, slab, and connection; calculated, verified, and coordinated before a single one is built.
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Sitewide Infrastructure & Roads
The infrastructure beneath a project often determines how successfully everything above it performs.
The infrastructure beneath a project often determines how successfully everything above it performs.
Infrastructure and roads engineering at ecec covers site grading, road geometry, pavement design, drainage networks, utility coordination, and earthworks. Infrastructure design is integrated with master planning, landscape, and MEP wet utilities from the earliest project stages, resolving the conflicts between above-ground ambitions and below-ground realities before they become site constraints.
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Building Information Modelling (BIM)
The digital twin of every ecec design is coordinated, tested, and construction-ready before a single site activity begins.
The digital twin of every ecec design is coordinated, tested, and construction-ready before a single site activity begins.
ecec’s BIM capability covers full multi-discipline model production in Revit, automated clash detection, Level of Development (LOD) management from 100 to 400, 4D scheduling integration, and digital twin handover packages.
BIM is not a service ecec offers; it is the operating environment in which every discipline works. By integrating architecture, structure, MEP, and cost management within a single federated model, coordination issues are identified and resolved digitally, significantly reducing the RFIs and variations that commonly arise during project delivery.
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Tools: ETABS · SAFE · STAAD.Pro · SAP2000 · Revit Structure
Structural Analysis & Simulation
Every structural concept is tested, verified, and challenged long before materials arrive on site.
Every structural concept is tested, verified, and challenged long before materials arrive on site.
ecec’s structural analysis capability covers linear and non-linear static analysis, dynamic analysis, response spectrum analysis, and finite element modelling. Analysis is conducted using industry-leading software tools and verified against Saudi Building Code requirements and applicable international standards. Every structural analysis package is documented, peer-reviewed, and issued as part of the project’s formal design deliverables.
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Seismic Design
Designing for the earthquake that may never come because the cost of not designing for it is measured in lives, not in SAR.
Designing for the earthquake that may never come because the cost of not designing for it is measured in lives, not in SAR.
Seismic design at ecec applies Saudi Building Code (SBC 301) provisions and ASCE 7 equivalent standards wherever seismic risk classification requires it. The discipline includes seismic hazard assessments, site classification studies, response spectrum development, and detailing requirements for ductile structural systems, ensuring resilience is engineered into the building long before it is ever needed.
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MEP Engineering
The Systems Behind Every Liveable Space
MEP engineering is not a support discipline, it is the operating system of every building, the mecahnical, electrical, and plumbing infrastructure that determines whether a space is safe, comfortbale, efficient, and fit foir its purpose.
Mechanical Systems (HVAC, Smoke Evacuation System)
The climate engineering behind every comfortable space
The climate engineering behind every comfortable space
ecec’s MEP engineering is designed, coordinated, and supervised as a primary discipline, not an afterthought. Mecahnical systems govern the thermal environment, air quality, and life safety smoke maangement of every occupied space. At ecec mechanical design is integrated with architecture from concept stage; not retrofited after the building envelope is fixed
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Plumbing Systems (Water Supply, Drainage, Fire Protection, LPG, Irrigation, Compressed Air, Medical Gases)
The infrastructure that keeps buildings safe, clean, and operational
The infrastructure that keeps buildings safe, clean, and operational
Plumbing systems at ecec are designed across the full range — from standard water supply and drainage to specialist systems including LPG, compressed air, and medical gases for healthcare and industrial facilities.
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Electrical Systems (Power Distribution, Lighting, ICT, Fire Alarm, Surveillance, Parking Control, Earthing & Lightning Protection)
Power, light, communication, and protection; engineered as one system.
Power, light, communication, and protection; engineered as one system.
ecec’s electrical engineering team designs power and lighting systems alongside the full range of communication, security, and protection infrastructure — coordinated in a single model to eliminate the conflicts that typically emerge when these systems are designed independently.
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Infrastructure (Wet & Dry Utilities)
The buried systems that determine whether a development functions at scale.
The buried systems that determine whether a development functions at scale.
Infrastructure engineering at ecec covers the full range of wet and dry utility networks from water supply and storm drainage to external power distribution and telecommunications coordinated with the civil and landscape disciplines to ensure that what is buried is as precisely engineered as what is visible.
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Cost Management Discipline
Financial Certainty. From First
Sketch to Final Account.
The moment a design decision is made, it carries a cost consequence. The difference between a project that finishes on budget and one that does not is rarely the final account; it is the decisions made that nobody costed.
Value Engineering / Optimization
The most commercially valuable conversation in the design process is the one most projects leave until it is too late to act on.
The most commercially valuable conversation in the design process is the one most projects leave until it is too late to act on.
Value Engineering at ecec is not a budget-cutting exercise undertaken after a project has been over-designed. It is a structured, stage-specific analysis of every design decision against the project’s value objectives. Formal Value Engineering workshops are conducted during both concept and detailed design stages to identify unnecessary cost, cost that serves neither the project’s functional requirements nor the client’s quality expectations and replace it with solutions that achieve the same outcome more efficiently. Every recommendation is documented and tracked through ecec’s Change Request Form (CRF) system: every alternative assessed, every decision recorded, and every saving attributed to a specific design change.
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City — VE saving or outcome specific
Cost Management
A live cost plan at every design milestone, so financial decisions are made with certainty rather than assumptions.
A live cost plan at every design milestone, so financial decisions are made with certainty rather than assumptions.
Cost management at ecec covers the full project lifecycle, including feasibility estimates, concept design cost plans, schematic and detailed design cost plans, tender reconciliation, contract award reporting, construction-period cost monitoring, and final account preparation. Cost plans are produced and updated at every design stage, forming part of the client’s approval package and ensuring that the project’s financial position is known, validated, and controlled at every milestone.
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Quantity Surveying
Every material, every element, and every quantity measured from the design that will be built, not from the design that existed before it.
Every material, every element, and every quantity measured from the design that will be built, not from the design that existed before it.
Quantity Surveying at ecec covers Bill of Quantities preparation across all disciplines, including architecture, structure, MEP, landscape, and external works, as well as measurement from BIM models and CAD drawings, assessment of design changes, and procurement documentation.
The BIM model serves as the primary quantity take-off source, ensuring that quantities and costs evolve as the design evolves. This significantly reduces the discrepancies between design intent and tender pricing that often lead to contentious final account disputes.
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Technical Specifications
The written standard that defines exactly what will be built and the benchmark against which it will be judged.
The written standard that defines exactly what will be built and the benchmark against which it will be judged.
Technical specifications at ecec are developed in coordination with all design disciplines, including architecture, structure, MEP, landscape, external works, and specialty systems. Specifications reference applicable Saudi regulations, including the Saudi Building Code and SASO requirements, and where relevant, international standards such as ASHRAE, IEC, BS, and ASTM. Every specification is reviewed by the relevant discipline lead before issue. ecec does not produce generic specifications that reference systems the project does not contain.
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Tendering & Procurement
The commercial process is managed with the same precision as the design that precedes it because a poorly managed tender produces a poorly informed contractor.
The commercial process is managed with the same precision as the design that precedes it because a poorly managed tender produces a poorly informed contractor.
Tendering and procurement at ecec covers procurement strategy development, contractor and supplier prequalification, tender documentation, tender administration, technical and commercial evaluation, and contract award recommendations. The discipline supports a range of delivery strategies, including design-bid-build, design and build, and construction management, with particular relevance for B2G clients operating under formal procurement procedures. Every tender process is structured to ensure that contractors price the same scope, understand the same requirements, and compete consistently, reducing commercial risk before project delivery begins.
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Certification Authority (Architect of Records “AOR” & Engineer of Records “EOR”)
the Discipline Behind Every
Deliverable.
Every ecec design is produced by professionals authorized to sign it, certify it, and stand behind it. AOR and EOR are not compliance additions to the design process; they are the professional authority that transforms design into a legally valid, approvable, and construction-ready deliverable.
Architect of Records AOR)
Delivering compliant, coordinated architectural documents from permitting through to construction, backed by ecec's long-standing relationships with Municipality and Civil Defence authorities.
Delivering compliant, coordinated architectural documents from permitting through to construction, backed by ecec's long-standing relationships with Municipality and Civil Defence authorities.
Architect of Record services at ecec extend beyond statutory submissions and permitting requirements. AOR is integrated into the design process from the earliest project stages, ensuring that regulatory considerations inform design decisions rather than constrain them later. Leveraging long-standing working relationships with Municipality and Civil Defence authorities in Riyadh, ecec manages approval coordination proactively, reducing approval risks and minimizing project delays. Every submission, authority response, and follow-up action is documented through a dedicated AOR tracking register, while approval milestones are integrated into the project from day one.
Key Capabilities
● Statutory approval coordination from early project stages, not as a late-stage compliance activity.
● Established relationships with Municipality and Civil Defence in Riyadh.
● Dedicated AOR tracking register for all submissions, responses, and follow-up actions.
● Approval activities fully integrated into the project schedule from project inception.
Engineer of Records (EOR)
Certified engineering designs across all structural, MEP, and civil disciplines; produced by the same team that designed the project, ensuring no knowledge gap between design intent and certified output.
Certified engineering designs across all structural, MEP, and civil disciplines; produced by the same team that designed the project, ensuring no knowledge gap between design intent and certified output.
Engineer of Record services at ecec provides certified engineering documentation across structural, MEP, and civil disciplines, ensuring that every project meets applicable codes, standards, and regulatory requirements before entering the construction phase. EOR certification is produced by the same teams that design the project, eliminating the knowledge gaps that often occur when certification is separated from design development. Certification documentation forms part of the project deliverables and tender package from the outset, ensuring that compliance is embedded within the design process rather than treated as a post-design exercise.
Key Capabilities
● Structural, MEP, and civil engineering certification across all project types.
● Full compliance with Saudi Building Code (SBC), SASO requirements, and applicable international standards.
● Certification delivered by the same team that produced the design.
● EOR documentation integrated into project deliverables and tender packages from the outset.
SPECIALTY DESIGN
The Design Layer That Turns a Building Into an Experience.
Every building has a specification. Very few have a character. Specialty Design is the discipline that closes the distance between what a building is built to contain and what it actually feels like to be inside.
Gym & Spa Design
Wellness environments engineered for performance and recovery, not just appearance.
Wellness environments engineered for performance and recovery, not just appearance.
ecec’s gym and spa design capability covers the spatial planning of wet and dry wellness areas, equipment layout, acoustic treatment, and the humidity, temperature, and lighting conditions that a wellness space depends on to function correctly. Every wellness environment is designed in coordination with MEP from the earliest stage, because a spa that looks complete on a drawing and fails on humidity control has not been designed at all; it has been decorated.
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Kitchen & Laundry Design
The operational heart of every hospitality and institutional project, designed for the people who work in it, not the people who walk past it.
The operational heart of every hospitality and institutional project, designed for the people who work in it, not the people who walk past it.
Plumbing systems at ecec are designed across the full range — from standard water supply and drainage to specialist systems including LPG, compressed air, and medical gases for healthcare and industrial facilities.
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Sustainability - LEED & MOSTADAM
Building for today without compromising what tomorrow will need from the same building.
Building for today without compromising what tomorrow will need from the same building.
ecec provides LEED and MOSTADAM certification support from pre-design credit gap analysis through to final submission. LEED-accredited professionals are embedded directly in the design team, not engaged as an external consultant brought in at the point of submission. Sustainability at ecec is a design constraint applied from the first concept sketch, because a certification that is retrofitted onto a finished design is a report, not a building strategy.
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Pool & Water Feature Design
Water treated as an architectural element, engineered with the same precision as the structure it inhabits.
Water treated as an architectural element, engineered with the same precision as the structure it inhabits.
ecec’s water design capability spans every typology, residential and hotel pools, lap pools, competition pools, plunge pools, reflection pools, decorative water features, and water play areas. Structural waterproofing, water treatment specification, hydraulic engineering, lighting, and landscape integration are resolved together, not sequentially, because a water feature engineered in isolation from its structural and landscape context is a maintenance liability waiting to surface
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Heritage Impact Assessment
Building the future without erasing the past, a discipline that demands as much historical judgment as engineering skill.
Building the future without erasing the past, a discipline that demands as much historical judgment as engineering skill.
ecec’s Heritage Impact Assessment capability evaluates the impact of proposed development on designated heritage areas, historic buildings, and cultural landscapes, a requirement increasingly enforced by Saudi regulatory authorities for projects near heritage-designated zones. The scope covers documentary research, site investigation, significance assessment, impact evaluation, and mitigation recommendation. What is built next to history must answer to it, not overwrite it.
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Signage & Wayfinding
The invisible architecture that tells people where to go, and communicates a place's identity before they arrive at its entrance.
The invisible architecture that tells people where to go, and communicates a place's identity before they arrive at its entrance.
ecec’s wayfinding capability covers strategy, information hierarchy, sign type specification, bilingual Arabic/English content standards, accessibility compliance, and material specification. Every wayfinding system is designed from the pattern of how people actually move through a space, not from the geometry of the floor plan; because a wayfinding system that is legible on the drawing and confusing on site has solved the wrong problem.
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External Specialty Lighting
Light treated as a design material, applied to a building's exterior with the same discipline as any structural system.
Light treated as a design material, applied to a building's exterior with the same discipline as any structural system.
ecec’s external specialty lighting scope covers façade lighting, landscape lighting, feature and accent lighting, and wayfinding lighting; produced in photometric simulation software and coordinated directly with the electrical discipline for power and control, and with landscape for integration. A building’s presence after dark is not an afterthought at ecec. It is designed with the same rigor as its presence in daylight.