SNC-Lavalin, a leading engineering and construction group, said its Atkins business has been awarded the lead design consultant services contract by Saudi-based Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) for its Six Flags Qiddiya theme park project located in the southwest of capital Riyadh.

Saudi authorities have announced the launch of Jawharat Al Sahab (Jewel of the Clouds, in Arabic), a key residential development featuring 171 homes in the Twaiq district of Riyadh. Located on an area of ​​more than 26,000 sq m, the new housing project is being implemented in cooperation with the private sector.

Al Hejailan Group, a major engineering and contracting firm in Saudi Arabia, has joined hands with global industrial group Dow to create a new company that will design, build and operate a polyacrylic acid (PAA) and emulsion polymers plant at Plaschem Park in the kingdom.

Saudi-based Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA) has started work on the Ad Diriyah Art Oasis, the world’s first centre for digital arts located next to Al Bujairi Heritage District in Al Diriyah near Riyadh. It is due for completion by 2022.

Binladin International Holding Group (BIHG), the parent company of Saudi Arabia’s largest construction conglomerate the Saudi Binladin Group (SBG), has announced the establishment of a transformation programme that will drive ongoing reorganisational plans aimed at realigning and maximising efficiencies across the group. BIHG is 36.

Saudi Arabia has launched a new company for the management and maintenance of water transmission, distribution and storage systems that span over more than 8,000 km and transmit more than 7 million cu m per day of desalinated water across the country.

Schindler Group, a leading global provider of elevators, escalators and related services, said it has been signed up by Riyadh Airports Company (RAC) to set up new escalators at Terminals 1 and 2, as well as the Royal Terminal of King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh.