Al Shamil Engineering is at the apex as one of the leading environment studies, water resources, climate change, development and capacity-building consultancy firms in Jordan and the region. The firm was established in 1995 in Amman to provide professional engineering services in different environmental areas such as water resources engineering and management, climate change, waste water treatment and reuse, hydrological designs, water quality, and groundwater artificial recharge. Al Shamil is well informed and well connected with key stakeholders, both governmental and nongovernmental, working on climate change and various other environmental issues in Jordan and other Arab countries. The firm’s work is intrinsically cross-3disciplinary and reflects a problem-solving approach. The firm uses state of the art technology having conducted studies in the Clean Development Mechanism and the Kyoto Protocol to identify types of capacity activities required for the implementation of the Kyoto protocol in developing countries.

Al Shamil Engineering is a top-tier accredited firm by the Government Tenders Directorate of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, and has a professional indemnity insurance – annual cover, the limit of indemnity is USD 750000 any one claim but USD 1500000 in the aggregate during policy period. Al Shamil Engineering has been in the forefront of other engineering firms on issues of climate change. It was the first firm in the region to conduct studies on ground and surface water vulnerability and adaptation to climate change. It has provided consultation for the Country Driven Assessment of the Capacity Building Needs of Developing Countries within the UNFCC Process in 2000. This was a regional project covering Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen and Syria that aimed at capacity building in an effort to address climate change in these countries.

It has also offered consultations on issues of importance such as the restructuring of the irrigation sector in Saudi Arabia.

The firm served a number of local, regional and international, governmental and nongovernmental organizations in water resources quantity and quality monitoring, and EIA studies. These organizations include, but are not limited to, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, Ministry of Environment, and private sector companies such as Jordan Cement Factories, Arab Potash Company, Jordan Phosphate Mines Company, Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company, Hydrogen Peroxide Plant, and Petra Hitachi for Engineering Industries, Al Sham Cement Company, Khaldiyeh Industrial Group, and Al Rawafed Cement Company. Moreover, the firm has conducted many EIA studies for the governmental and private projects in Jordan, these studies are governed by the Jordanian laws, bylaws, standards and guidelines as well as the international standards when they are required.

Al Shamil Engineering has grown in both size and reputation. Its experts are of the highest caliber with extensive background in environment and climate change to carry out a broad range of multidisciplinary ventures, which enables them to run the firm with the highest standards. Our team consists of environmental engineers, atmospheric physicist, hydrogeologists, meteorologists, hydrologists, civil engineers, socio-economists, and archeologists. All use up-to-date tools, approaches and models such as GMS, GCM, IMP, WEAP, AerMODE, MODFLOW, and AUTOCAD. The group of experts who stand behind the success of the firm participated in the last few years in implementing a number of important studies related to the climate change such as baseline scenarios, greenhouse gases emission mitigation measures, impact of climate change on ground and surface water and capacity building needs for Middle East Region.

Our consulting services can effectively address the needs of regional organizations and institutions. The firm is committed to offer excellent service and build lasting relationships.