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Sajco lands further Qiddiya work

01 August 2020

Saudi Arabia-based Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) has awarded a three-year major stormwater drainage, roads and bridges contract to Shibh Al Jazira Contracting Company (Sajco) - its second to the local contractor.

Despite the current global pandemic situation, QIC points out that it has continued to achieve construction targets.

The scope of work includes development of 45-km-long roads and seven bridges and grade-separated interchanges.

These will provide access from the main approach highway, deep into Qiddiya’s Resort Core with its theme parks and other attractions, towards the Motion Zone, home to world-class motor racing facilities, and to Qiddiya’s spectacular Golf and Equestrian Community with its championship courses and residential offerings.

To build these roads, Sajco will excavate 6.5 million cu m of earth, utilise more than 80,000 cu m of concrete for the bridges and associated structures and 1.2 million sq m of asphalt for the road surfaces.

CEO Michael Reininger says: “Although 2020 has presented some unprecedented circumstances, Qiddiya has proudly sustained a ‘business as usual’ protocol, signing our second major construction contract with Sajco and achieving yet another major construction milestone for this year.

“This stormwater drainage, roads and bridges will provide access to all facilities and assets on the lower plateau of our site, enabling the transport of key construction materials to the various development sites within Qiddiya’s lower plateau.”

“Once again, we are pleased to be working with an experienced Saudi company and we look forward to announcing even more major contracts later this year,” he adds.

According to him, the construction will begin this month and will be completed by mid-May 2023. It will take over 1,000 skilled workers to complete the task.

Sajco CEO Zyad W Suleiman says: “Since our foundation, we have been building important infrastructure, and it makes us proud to be part of developing a national giga-project like Qiddiya and to be selected as a key partner for this significant part of the journey.”

“Another focus for us is to aid the National Transformation Program 2020 and the Saudi Vision 2030 and we are delighted to work with Qiddiya, as the giga project that will change the entertainment and economic landscape of Saudi forever,” he added.