News Rooftop solar could give Riyadh 40% of its electricity, study finds Saudi capital Riyadh could generate 17,500 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity a year – 40.7% of its annual consumption – if it put solar panels on 158 sq km of…
News Parsons lands $56m design, supervision role on Diriyah mega-scheme Saudi Arabia’s Diriyah Company has awarded Parsons Corporation a $56m five-year contract to lead design and construction supervision for the next phase of the Kingdom’s flagship heritage-meets-modernity megaproject.
News Blackstone firm launches $3bn Saudi data centre venture Saudi Arabia’s state-backed AI company Humain has partnered with AirTrunk, the Asia-Pacific data centre operator owned by Blackstone, to invest $3bn in a hyperscale data centre campus in the Kingdom,…
News Saudi Arabia selects contractor for $1.4bn performing arts centre Saudi Arabia’s Qiddiya Investment Company has awarded a construction contract worth an estimated $1.4bn to local company Nesma & Partners for the development of the Qiddiya City Performing Arts Centre,…
News Saudi Arabia’s $7bn Landbridge railway is underway. Here’s a closer look. Saudi Arabia’s first sea-to-sea rail corridor is one of the biggest infrastructure projects in the Middle East. Earlier this year, Saudi Arabia began building its long-awaited $7bn “Landbridge” railway, which…
News $24bn in contracts awarded for Saudi’s Neom Construction contracts worth $24bn have now been awarded for Saudi Arabia’s Neom project and sub-projects, according to property consultancy Knight Frank. They include $470m for Magna, $3.31bn for Trojena –…
News $1bn mixed-use Trump Plaza Jeddah ‘brings Manhattan to Saudi Arabia’ London-listed real estate company Dar Global will build the $1bn Trump Plaza Jeddah, a mixed-use project on King Abdulaziz Road in Saudi Arabia’s second-biggest city. It will have serviced apartments…
News Egis to supervise Riyadh’s new monorail France’s Egis has won a site supervision consultant contract for Riyadh’s new 3.6km monorail for the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD). It will have six two-car trains operating on an…
News Neom considering plan to move 1,000 staff from project headquarters: report Saudi Arabia’s high-profile gigaproject Neom is considering laying off more than 1,000 staff and moving another 1,000 from the site’s headquarters in the remote northwest of the country to Riyadh,…
News Bechtel to manage preparations for 2030 World Expo in Riyadh Bechtel has been appointed project management consultant for the 2030 World Expo in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reporting to the Expo 2030 Riyadh Company, Bechtel will oversee delivery of the infrastructure…
News Saudi Arabia hires consultants to probe feasibility of $500bn ‘The Line’ Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has asked consultants to review the feasibility of its “The Line” gigaproject, Bloomberg reported on Monday. The Public Investment Fund has asked unnamed firms to…
News Webuild wins $600m contract for Riyadh’s “Beverly Hills” Italy’s Webuild has won a $600m contract from the partially state-owned Diriyah Company for a commercial and cultural development centre in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. Diriyah is on the northern periphery…
News Work starts on Saudi Arabia’s mud-brick heritage museum 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…
News Bechtel to expand King Salman International Airport in Riyadh 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…
News Reports warn of thousands of construction fatalities in Saudi Arabia 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.…
Innovation European innovators stuck in a rut: Saudi Arabia needs you 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…
Companies Brian Conlon leaves AtkinsRéalis to lead Mace in Saudi Arabia 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…
News Worker killed building Saudi World Cup stadium 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…