German project management specialist Drees & Sommer is to co-ordinate the construction of the office high-rise for the Turkish Ziraat Bank in Istanbul. Drees & Sommer won the tender for project management services against international competition and the contract was signed in Ankara at the beginning of November.

German project management specialist Drees & Sommer is to co-ordinate the construction of the office high-rise for the Turkish Ziraat Bank in Istanbul. Drees & Sommer won the tender for project management services against international competition and the contract was signed in Ankara at the beginning of November.

Drees & Sommer will collaborate with the Turkish project management company IMS as Joint Venture partner, with the experts supporting the project from planner selection through to commissioning of the building in 2014.

Ziraat Bank is investing US$250 mln in the development of the new headquarters in Atasehir, the new financial centre of Istanbul.