| Descon | |
| Type: | Corporate group |
| Industry: | Conglomerate |
| Location: | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Key People: | |
| Founder: | Abdul Razak Dawood |
| Num Employees: | 22,000 (2023) |
Descon (ur|ڈیسکون) is a group of companies headquartered in Lahore. It operates in the engineering, power and chemical sectors.[1] Descon is active in UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, Iraq, and South Africa.
It was founded in 1977 by Abdul Razak Dawood as Design Engineering and Construction Services (Descon) with an investment of .[2] It received its first contract when Attock Refinery asked to set up a small refinery in 1978. In 1981, it received a four-year project of National Refinery which helped the company to expand.
In 1982, Descon expanded to regional countries, where it helped a Saudi company and afterwards got a small project in Abu Dhabi.[3]
In 2007, Descon was included in the Engineering News-Records list.[4]
In 2018, Descon expanded its footprint into South Africa by acquiring 26 percent of Plant Design and Project Services (PDPS), an engineering firm there.