Ground has broken on the Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)-designed Misk Heritage Museum, known as “Asaan”, in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. The 40,000-sq-m development will display cultural artefacts and art, exploring traditional…

Bechtel will be the delivery partner for three new terminals at King Salman International Airport (KSIA) in Saudi Arabia after signing an agreement today. The deal with KSIA Development Company…

Two independent reports from human rights groups published today issue fresh warnings of thousands of preventable migrant construction-worker deaths in Saudi Arabia as it prepares for the 2034 World Cup.…

Europe’s construction industry is globally respected for its engineering excellence and sustainability leadership, but it often struggles to convert innovation into scalable commercial success. Technologies like modular timber-hybrid systems, AI-powered…

Mace has appointed Brian Conlon as country director for Saudi Arabia to oversee its expanding operations there. Reporting to managing director of Middle East and Africa, Christopher Seymour, Conlon will…

It’s been confirmed that on 12 March a worker died on the Besix-Al Bawani joint-venture project to build the Aramco Stadium in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia, one of the venues…

A 50-50 joint venture between Egyptian contractor Orascom and Técnicas Reunidas of Spain has been chosen to build a 3GW combined-cycle gas-fired power plant in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The…

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has invited contractors to bid for the project management role on a 19 sq km “North Pole” business district in Riyadh, which will include…

Satellite imagery has revealed that construction has begun on “Hidden Marina”, the Red Sea end-section of Saudi Arabia’s 170km-long, 200m-wide city “The Line”, as reported by Business Insider. Aerial images…

Saudi Arabian company DataVolt will invest $5bn in a 1.5GW datacentre in Neom, Saudi Arabia’s vast new economic zone planned for its northern Red Sea coast. Located in the Oxagon…

A team led by Saudi Arabian developer Neom has announced plans to research new forms of concrete, including ones that incorporate seawater, plastics, fine sand and construction waste. The NovusCrete…

Saudi Arabia’s $1.5 trillion Neom development has secured $3bn in funding from state-owned Italian financier SACE, paving the way for Italian businesses, suppliers and SMEs to work on the programme’s…

US consulting engineer Parsons has won a $53m, three-year contract from the Royal Commission for Riyadh City to supply programme management services on series of road projects. Parsons will manage…

Saudi Arabia’s economic development giga project Neom is investing in a Danish construction robotics start-up, GMT Robotics, in a bid to use more robotics in its building projects. The size…

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman officially inaugurated the Riyadh Metro on Wednesday, ending a 12-year mega project involving dozens of engineering, design and contracting firms from all over the world.

French train-maker Alstom has signed a five-year, €76m contract with Saudi Arabia to improve its east–west freight corridor. Under the agreement, Alstom will provide technical assistance, spare parts and training…

The chief executive of Neom, Saudi Arabia’s $1.5trn bid to diversify its economy with tourism, city, and business “giga projects”, has left the role. Neom’s board of directors announced Nadhmi…

Consultants from Austria, the UK and the US have been chosen to fill the roles of urban designer, planning consultant and infrastructure designer for the first phase of The Line,…