THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO
EGYPT
The largest university campus in Egypt
The American University in Cairo's mission is to provide an American liberal arts education to students from all socio-economic backgrounds in Egypt and other nations around the world. The AUC promotes the ideals of American education, professional education and life-long learning. The campus facility comprises an area of approximately 1.1 km2, accommodating 5,500 full-time students and 1,500 staff.
Following AUC's relocation to New Cairo, the US$400m construction of the new campus has been plagued by delays. High-Point Rendel provided specialist consultancy services to resolve significant technical problems including many kilometres of district cooling pipework as well as a complex mix of technical and contractual issues. The work involved detailed mechanical and electrical (M&E) engineering input and interpretation of large engineering systems requirements in the context of difficult approval processes.
