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.
Trends New Saudi Red Sea resorts go big on high-end “wellness” Red Sea Global (RSG), the developer behind Saudi Arabia’s tourism mega scheme, Amaala, has announced partnerships with two resort brands offering luxury “wellness” escapes. Resort operator Jayasom plans a 153-room…
News Saudi Arabia to make new residential buildings earthquake resilient Saudi Arabia has mandated that all new residential development in the kingdom will be built to withstand earthquakes. According to the Saudi Gazette, the housing ministry has instructed engineering and…
News Atkins chosen to be delivery partner for Saudi Arabia’s The Line Engineering company Atkins has been selected by Saudi Arabia as the delivery partner for the 170km long, 200m wide city that is to be built in the northwest of the…
Projects Mammoet installs first ‘villa orb’ at Red Sea’s Sheybarah Island Resort Mammoet has installed the first prefabricated stainless steel “villa orb” on its underwater foundation at Red Sea Global’s Sheybarah Island Resort on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia. It…
News Saudi Arabia plans immense cube for Riyadh’s New Murabba quarter Saudi Arabia has revealed plans to build a vast cubic building in Riyadh with 400m-long sides and a floor area of 2 sq km. The Mukaab, as it will be…
News Samsung plans modular building plant in Saudi Arabia Korean contractor Samsung C&T this week signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund to build a factory making modular building elements in the kingdom. Samsung’s agreement…
News India’s Shapoorji Pallonji to build first of 21 Saudi fun parks Saudi Arabia’s state entertainment developer Saudi Entertainment Ventures (“Seven”) has picked Indian contractor Shapoorji Pallonji to build the first of 21 planned fun parks in the country to kickstart an…
News Bechtel win management contract for Saudi Arabian ski resort US engineer Bechtel will work as project management consultant on the mountainous Trojena resort project, which will be part of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious Neom development and the site of the…
News Foster + Partners wins contract to design World’s fourth largest airport UK architect Foster + Partners has won a design contract for King Salman International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The airport will be built on the 57 sq km site…
