Linesight, formerly Bruce Shaw International, recently hosted a client and partner event in Bahrain to celebrate the launch of its new name and identity. 

Linesight offers world-class consultancy services across multiple industry sectors including commercial, data centres, life sciences, high-tech industries, hospitality, healthcare, education, transportation and infrastructure, energy, and oil and gas. 

The rebrand marks the start of the next chapter in business for the company, Niall Greene, Linesight managing director, Middle East, told Gulf Construction. 

The consultancy, which set up its first office in the Middle East in 2008, currently has five branches in the region – Bahrain, Dubai (UAE), and Al Khobar, Riyadh and Jeddah (Saudi Arabia).

“Over the last 20 years, our strategy has been to identify key clients and forge strategic relationships with them. We have been very successful in this effort,” says Greene

He continues: “We have been fortunate to forge a number of relationships with a number of key Middle East clients over the years. Despite parts of the region going through a difficult time, Linesight is still confident that the recovery will happen through mid-2017. 

“With significant projects planned for the region, in particular the Dubai Expo 2020, we believe the UAE’s construction sector in particular will witness growth of approximately three to five per cent in 2017 as projects kick off in the lead up to the Expo 2020. 

“Bahrain is another exciting market and is currently not directly affected by the oil crisis and has a number of key projects under construction and others under design.”

Linesight, says Greene, is working on a number of exciting projects within the region, including the Alef Residence in Dubai where it has been providing cost consultancy services since 2011. This project is due for completion in late 2017. 

Other projects include the Bahrain Bay and Bahrain Marina in Bahrain, and a new mall for Majid Al Futtaim in Saudi Arabia, to name a few, he says.

“Our Middle East business currently represents circa 15 per cent of our overall group turnover. Over the next few years, we would see growth in 2017 and in particular 2018 onwards to 2020,” Greene concludes.