Qiddiya Signs SAR 700 Million Major Roads & Bridges Contract

The Qiddiya Investment Company

(QIC) has continued to achieve its construction targets despite

the current global pandemic situation, awarding a three year

major stormwater drainage, roads and bridges contract to

leading Saudi firm, Shibh Al Jazira Contracting Company

(SAJCO).

“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. The 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,” said Michael Reininger, Chief

Executive Officer of QIC. “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”.

This agreement includes the creation of 45 kilometers of

roads and seven bridges and grade-separated interchanges

that 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 beautiful residential offerings. To

build these roads, SAJCO will excavate 6.5 million cubic

meters of earth, utilize more than 80,000 cubic meters of

concrete for the bridges and associated structures and 1.2

million square meters of asphalt for the road surfaces.

The construction has begun this month. It will take over 1,000

skilled workers to complete the task.

“Since its foundation, SAJCO has 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,” said

Zyad W. Suleiman, CEO of SAJCO.

SAJCO, established in 1965, is one of the leading companies

in the field of contracting and construction in the Kingdom of

Saudi Arabia. It has accumulated extensive experience in

different fields of construction and maintenance as well as

industrial, trade, educational and commercial.

Qiddiya’s vision is to create a new city recognized on the

world stage as the home of the most innovative and

disruptive experiences in Entertainment, Sports and the Arts.

Qiddiya will continue with both heavy construction and

developing strategic partnerships well into 2022, at which

time it will move into the testing and commissioning phases,

ahead of its grand opening date the following year.