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Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates,Pittsburgh's largest architecture firm, today announced the formation of Burt Hill International, a wholly owned subsidiary registered in Dubai, offering architecture, engineering and design services in the Middle East.<p> "The Middle East, especially the United Arab Emirates, represents atremendous growth market," said John Kosar, Burt Hill's chairman emeritus, whois chairman of the new entity. "The government of Dubai aims to triple itspopulation by the year 2020 by attracting multinational companies and to bethe Middle East's center of finance, trade, health care, education andtourism. There are good opportunities to apply our architecture andengineering expertise on commercial, residential, healthcare and educationprojects." <p> Dubai, a city with a population of 1.2 million, is one of the sevenemirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates, bordering the Gulf of Omanand the Arabian Gulf between Oman and Saudi Arabia. The US Department ofCommerce estimates that approximately $20 billion will be spent onconstruction in Dubai within the next five years.<p> "Most architecture firms enter a foreign market hoping to cherry pickmega-projects without making a commitment to the market," said AntonGermishuizen, managing principal of Burt Hill's Pittsburgh office. "We are establishing a permanent presence in Dubai and have senior people willing tospend the time to develop the market. We will be in a position to compete forthe steady stream of both large and smaller, but very attractive projects." <p> Burt Hill Kosar Rittelmann Associates is a national architecture, designand engineering firm with offices in Pittsburgh, Butler and Philadelphia,Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, DC; and Cleveland, Ohio. Thefirm's clients represent nearly every facet of the economy, includingmultinational corporations, real estate developers, nonprofit institutions,healthcare providers, colleges and universities, technology and biotechnologycompanies, government institutions and individuals. The firm provides a widerange of services including architecture, engineering, interior design,landscape and research, with particular expertise in sustainable design,technology integration, energy management, and historic preservation. For more information, visit the firm's web site at http://www.burthill.com .
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