Meinhardt Appoints Mathieu Meur Leader of Global Facade Consultancy Business

SINGAPORE, February 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Meinhardt is pleased to announce the appointment of Mathieu Meur as Managing Director of Meinhardt Facade Technology (MFT) International. In his new capacity, Mathieu will provide the strategic leadership needed for the continued success of the facade consultancy business, a rapidly growing division of Meinhardt's global operations.

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A Meinhardt veteran, Mathieu has been with the company for over a decade and brings on board deep knowledge of the business and the company's clients. He has served as the Director of MFT (Singapore) since 2002.

"Facade consultancy is a huge and integral part of our engineering business given our technological edge and a large pool of facade engineers. Mathieu's experience and depth of knowledge will allow us to continue to provide our clients with state-of-the-art yet cost-effective solutions," said Dr. Shahzad Nasim, Meinhardt's global chief executive officer.

Meinhardt Facade Technology has provided facade engineering services to such major iconic buildings and developments as The Centre (Hong Kong), Plaza 66 (mainland China), Macau Tower (Macau), Parkview Square (Singapore), New Delhi Airport Terminal 3 (India), Riyadh Landmark Tower (Saudi Arabia) and the Dubai Mall (U.A.E.).

Changi Airport Terminal 1 (Singapore), One IFC@KL Sentral (Malaysia), World Trade Centre II (Indonesia), St Regis (Thailand) and MGM Grand Ho Tram Integrated Resort (Vietnam) are ongoing projects.

"Our facade business has been experiencing major growth particularly in Asia and the Middle East where the construction markets are booming. I am very honoured with the appointment and excited in having the opportunity to drive the expansion of the company," said Mr. Meur.

About Meinhardt

Meinhardt is one of the world's few multidisciplinary and truly integrated engineering, infrastructure and project management consulting firms. Since 1955, we have led the way in delivering innovative and highly buildable designs that always consider our clients' commercial objectives and global environmental concerns. We employ over 3,000 staff in more than 30 offices worldwide and have worked on some of the largest and most complex building and infrastructure projects. Clients look to us for end-to-end project consultancy ranging from feasibility study, master planning, detailed design, project management to delivery, which includes among other capabilities, construction supervision, and testing and commissioning.

Annually the Group consults on projects worth an estimated US$10 billion and ranks among the largest independent engineering consulting firms globally by revenue. Some of our key projects include Xintiandi (mainland China); TAMAR Development (Hong Kong); Marina Bay Financial Centre (Singapore); MGM Grand Ho Tram Integrated Resort (Vietnam); The Dubai Mall (Dubai, UAE); Muscat International Airport (Oman); KL Sentral Station (Malaysia); Eureka Tower (Australia); and the Greater Bangalore Water Supply Distribution Network (India).

For more information, visit us at http://www.meinhardtgroup.com

To interview Mathieu Meur and learn more about Meinhardt's facade consultancy business, contact:

    
    Jason Leow
    Director
    Head of Group Corporate Communications
    Tel: +65-6377-9743
    Email: jlsl@meinhardt.com.sg

    Carole Chow
    Corporate Communications and PR Manager
    Tel: +65-6377-9530
    Email: cac@meinhardt.com.sg