‘All roads lead to Saudi Arabia’: Gigaprojects spark construction recruitment drive

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

26 February 2024

A dam, shaped like the prow of a ship, suspended above the valley below. An underground canal leading to a resort built into a 450m-high mountain range. A 170km-long linear city in the desert.

These are just some of the projects that illustrate the scale of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious construction programme as the Kingdom aims to affect a transformation at breakneck speed to diversify its economy under its Vision 2030 project.

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