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Awards

The following honors/awards were achieved e. g. by the Dorsch Gruppe and its subsidiaries:

2023

Certificate of Appreciation 

for supporting SWS Holding in becoming a pioneer in sustainable water solutions 2023

Name: Dorsch Gruppe
Organizer: SWS Holding

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2023

Ranking in the Creative 30 Architects Powerlist 2023

Name: Bassel Omara
Organizer: Design Middle East

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2022

Ranking in the Creative 30 Architects Powerlist 2022

Name: Bassel Omara
Organizer: Design Middle East

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2021

Rank 7th of the Creative 30 Powerlist 2021

Name: Bassel Omara
Organizer: Design Middle East

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2021

Finalist Future Projects – Competition Category

Project: Aplomb – Reviving from the Desert
Organizer: World Architecture Festival
Design Team: Bassel Omara, Ahmed Aglan, Ixara Tapales, Haridas Narvikar (Ex-Dorsch Employee)

2021

Design Education of the Year

Project: LLFP Meydan School
Organizer: Architecture Leaders Awards
Design Team: Bassel Omara, Ahmed Aglan, Ixara Tapales, Haridas Narvikar (Ex-Dorsch Employee), Ahmed Yasser (Ex-Dorsch Employee)

2020

Sustainable Project of the Year

Project: LLFP Meydan School
Organizer: Middle East Consultant Awards
Design Team: Bassel Omara, Ahmed Aglan, Ixara Tapales, Deepthi Suri, Haridas Narvikar (Ex-Dorsch Employee), Ahmed Yasser (Ex-Dorsch Employee)

2018

Certificate of Appreciation

US Army, Directorate of Public Works

Dorsch was honored with a Certificate of Appreciation for its third assignment in Ansbach-Katterbach.

This honor was granted to Dorsch for successfully rendered design services and target-oriented support for US Army Garrison Ansbach.

2017

Certificate of Sustainability Excellence

The Certificate of Sustainability Excellence was awarded GSAS Service Provider: Dorsch Qatar for attaining four stars in the Provisional GSAS Design & Build Certificate /Districts & Infrastructure Category in the form of "Letter of Conformance".

2017

Plaque of appreciation

Dorsch Abu Dhabi has been honored by ABUDHABI MUNICIPALITY (ADM) for the outstanding achievements that have been met by the strict adherence to planning guidelines by the Urban Planning Council (UPC Design Manual, including international construction practices and operation and maintenance).

2016

ITA Tunnelling Award

Environmental Initiative of the Year

The Emscher Cooperative in Essen (Germany) is developing one of the largest environmental projects in the world, namely the restructuring of an entire river system. For more than 100 years, this river system has been used as an open wastewater transport system. The generation project is currently the largest water management construction project in Europe. In the future, it will manage the wastewater of more than three million inhabitants as well as that of the industry. For the largest section of the sewer from Dortmund to Bottrop, the Emschergenossenschaft commissioned the Arbeitsgemeinschaft (ARGE) Emscherkanal in 2006, consisting of the following planning companies: Dorsch International, Sweco, Pöyry and Stein & Partner.

The International Association for Tunneling and Underground Space, the French Association International Tunnel and the Espace Souterrain (short ITA for the International Tunneling Federation, respectively AITES) is the International Federation of tunnels and technical underground mining.

2016

Be Inspired Awards

Dorsch was being awarded as outstanding participant for Portable Water Optimization and Fire Fighting Supply for one of the projects in Abu Dhabi with the "Be Inspired Award".

Each year, Bentley sponsors this premier event and recognizes award-winning Be Inspired projects from users in the world of infrastructure design, construction and operations. Year in Infrastructure presentations explore the intersection of technology trends and business drivers, and how emerging next practices are shaping the future and value of infrastructure delivery.

2013

Learning by Design

The new Kaiserslautern High School - Vogelweh (Germany) will provide space for 850 grade 9-12 students upon completion. The innovative building complex is located within the military property Kaiserslautern, administered by the US Department of Defense and received the prestigious "Learning By Design" prize.

LEARNING BY DESIGN is the premier source for education design and innovation excellence and honours mentionous outstanding projects.

2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007

Merit /USAFE Awards

These honors were awarded by the US Air Force Headquarters in Europe for the realization of the projects in  Ramstein / Germany: (chronologically ordered)

  • Merit Award for the "Concept Design" for the new construction of the accommodation building PN120 with underground parking
  • Merit Award for the "Facility Design" to the headquarters - New construction for the emergency group
  • Merit Award for the "Concept Design" for the new construction of the Operations Center of the Telecommunications Squadron, Phase 1
  • Honor Award for the "Facility Design" for the new construction of the Operations Center of the Telecommunications Squadron, Phase I
  • Honor Award for the "Concept Design" for the new construction of the command center of the Telecommunications Squadron, Phase II
  • Merit Award for the "Facility Design" for the new construction of the Operations Center of the Telecommunications Squadron, Phase II