Kiel is Germany's northernmost major city and a key economic centre, not least due to its favourable location along the Kiel Canal and at the Kiel Fjord. Since 2010, with its office in this capital city of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Drees & Sommer is the personal contact for the local business community, and for regional clients in the public sector. With in-depth expertise in project management, real estate consulting and engineering, the company's experts have already provided assistance to such well-known customers as Stadtwerke Kiel, an energy utility; or Zentralverband Ostholstein (ZVO), a utilities-services provider in Sierksdorf, with construction of its new corporate headquarters building.