News UK company to open 250-room hotel in Saudi Arabia’s Neom English company InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is to build a 250-room hotel in the planned floating port city of Oxagon, which will be part of Saudi Arabia’s futuristic Neom development.…
News French engineer prepares ground for 20GW of solar in Saudi’s Neom Saudi Arabia has hired Paris-based engineering group Assystem to conduct pre-development studies for seven photovoltaic parks in the Tabuk and Duba regions to power the kingdom’s Neom economic development zone.…
Perspectives Why Saudi Arabia’s “The Line” is not a revolution in urban living What some consider an ideal ecological city, others call a promotional gimmick. Researchers from the Complexity Science Hub now show why The Line should not be a showcase for future…
News China and Saudi Arabia sign slew of investment deals A two-day trade and investment conference has been held in Riyadh to boost business between Saudi Arabia and China. As news site Zawya reports, this has led to more than…
News Saudi Arabia to build Iraq’s biggest mall in $1bn development deal The government of Saudi Arabia has agreed to fund a $1bn mixed-use development in Baghdad. The Jadat Baghdad (Baghdad Avenue) scheme will be built in the Al-Rafil area of the…
News Red Sea tourism scheme pilots carbon negative concrete Saudi tourism developer Red Sea Global (RSG) has agreed to lay carbon-negative concrete pavers at its large landscape nursery in Saudi Arabia. The pavers are made by Partanna, which claims…
News Swedish firm to build 2,174 apartments for Saudi’s Neom Modular housebuilder Scandinavian Industrialised Building System (SIBS) has won a contract to assemble 35 apartment blocks at Saudi Arabia’s huge new economic zone, Neom. The Stockholm company was awarded an…
News Larsen & Toubro wins contracts in Saudi Arabia and India Indian contractor Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has won engineering, procurement and construction contracts worth between $300m and $600m in India and Saudi Arabia through its power transmission and distribution subsidiary.…
News Webuild JV lands $1.4bn high-speed rail contract for Saudi Arabia’s Neom Webuild and joint-venture partner Shibh Al Jazira Contracting Company (Sajco) have signed a €1.4bn contract to design and build 57km of a high-speed railway serving the futuristic commercial and residential…
Perspectives How tourism is going off-grid in Saudi Arabia John Pagano is CEO of Red Sea Global, developer of The Red Sea and Amaala tourism complexes in Saudi Arabia. Ancient Greeks believed that the god Helios brought light to…
News UN condemns death penalties linked to Saudi Arabia’s Neom project The UN has raised concerns about Saudi Arabia’s planned execution of three members of the Howeitat tribe who were evicted from their homes to make way for the Neom project.…
News Egis lands role on Hilton hotel in Jeddah Taiba Investments Company has appointed France’s Egis to provide design review and supervision on a project to build a Hilton Double Tree Hotel in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The hotel will…
News Webuild subsidiary wins $327m Saudi Arabian water treatment plant Fisia Italimpianti, a subsidiary of Italy’s Webuild Group, has landed two deals worth $350m to build and manage a water treatment plant at the Zuluf offshore oil field in Saudi…
News Pompidou Centre plans museums in Saudi Arabia and South Korea Paris’ Pompidou Centre for modern and contemporary art has announced plans to open branches in Saudi Arabia and South Korea. In Saudi Arabia, the centre has signed an agreement to…
News Hill to project manage new city in Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s National Housing Company has picked Hill International Middle East to project manage the new city of Dahiyat Al-Fursan to the northeast of Riyadh. Once complete, Al-Fursan will comprise…
News Egis to manage 26 Saudi airports in three-year deal France’s Egis Group has been awarded a three-year consulting contract by state agency Matarat Holding Company to manage expansion works at 26 Saudi Arabian airports. Egis will give project management…
News Heatherwick Studio to transform Saudi desalination plant into cultural centre UK architect Heatherwick Studio has unveiled its design for the Jeddah Central Museum, a cultural project located on the site of a former desalination plant on the banks of the…
Markets Egis to acquire Saudi design group Omrania France’s Egis Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Saudi architectural and engineering consultancy Omrania.