Saudi Oger to build cultural centre
01 June 2010
SAUDI Aramco has awarded local company Saudi Oger the main construction contract on its $533-million (SR2 billion) King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province.
The project involves the construction of five interconnected buildings, the tallest of which will be 15 storeys.
Scheduled for completion in early 2013, the complex will also include exhibition halls, a museum, a mosque, a library, a cinema, an auditorium, and a theatre to seat 1,000 visitors. Norway’s Snohetta is the lead architect for the project.
Four UK firms are also involved in the project: Buro Happold will serve as structural and mechanical engineer, Davis Langdon as cost manager, Davis Langdon Schumann Smith as design project manager, and Faithful and Gould as manager of the project.
Saudi Aramco first tendered the scheme in March 2009 but re-tendered it this year, hoping to attract lower bids after a fall in construction costs across the region during 2009.
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