Several alliances of local and international companies have started submitting prequalification applications to join the bidding process for the Makkah Metro service project. “Fifteen national and multinational consortia have submitted their eligibility documents to be qualified for bidding for the civil works of the Phase 1 of the Makkah Metro project,” said Makkah Mayor Osama […]
Real estate index for Makkah region surprised all forecasts that said deals in the sector will point to the downside during 2013. The numbers, values, and scopes of the deals up to the end of last year witnessed a rise of 350 percent compared with a year before. The value of deals during the year […]
The contractor responsible for implementing the Taif-Makkah-Riyadh road link has said that the project would take a year to complete. Ahmad Abdul Ghafoor, the engineer in charge of the project, said: “We are still in the early stages. The first part of the work involves laying down an 8-km section of the road. We have […]
The structural plan for the Makkah Gate project that was recently approved by Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal will be implemented in four stages over 20 years, said Osama Al-Bar, Makkah mayor and chairman of the board of directors at the Makkah Gate Company. He said that 70 percent of the project is located inside […]
Water and Electricity Minister Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Hossein has recently signed 22 contracts for the implementation of water and sanitation projects in different parts of the Kingdom at an overall cost of SR394 million. Saudi Arabia falls under the category of countries with water scarcity problems and several water and sanitation projects are under progress […]
The Ministry of Housing signed contracts worth SR4 billion on Sunday to develop eight residential districts in different parts of the Kingdom to build around 40,000 homes. Housing Minister Shuwaish Al-Duwaihi said 26 million square meters of plots would be developed in Jeddah (1/2), Madinah, Dammam (North and South), Al-Ahsa, Qatif, Tabuk and Al-Kharj under […]
New projects worth more than SR300 billion are being implemented in Makkah to improve services being rendered to millions of pilgrims who come for Haj and Umrah, said Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal. He said the new development projects in Makkah, including largest expansion of the Grand Mosque, were not aimed at making any financial […]