YEKOM Information

Yekom is a leading multidisciplinary private consultancy firm with 50 years of experience, 500+ staff and about 1500 local and international projects completed so far. Yekom is one of the top 5 Iranian consultancy firms providing management, engineering and economic services in the fields of water, environment and development. Fields of services of Yekom comprises a vast range including dam & hydropower, water resources, water conveyance and irrigation & drainage, river engineering, water and wastewater, environment, agriculture and agro-industries. Yekom has more than 50 cases of contribution in the World Bank, Islamic Development Bank, FAO or UNDP in its resume. Yekom was founded in 1973 by Dr. Farhad Daftary, Dr. Fereidoun Mobasheri and Dr. Ali Majidi under the name of "Yekom Economic Consultants" to provide consulting services in economic, social, commercial and management areas. The word "Yekom" meaning "the first" in Persian was chosen in view of the fact that it was the first firm established and registered in Iran to provide consultancy services in the area of planning, management and economical studies. In 1974, technical services of land and water development was included in the above services, thus the name of the firm changed into "Yekom Consultants". In 1980, due to the expansion of engineering in the company, the name was changed into "Yekom Consulting Engineers". For the time being, Yekom with approximately 50 years of experience in providing engineering services has accomplished over 1500 projects. In the meantime, by having 500 outstanding Iranian Experts in service, Yekom is considered amongst the largest consulting engineering firms of the country.