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

Neil Gerrard Senior Editor, Construction Briefing

26 February 2024

Digital rendering of how 'The Bow' at Neom's Trojena mountain destination will look Digital rendering of how ‘The Bow’ at Neom’s Trojena mountain destination will look (Image: Webuild)

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.

Saudi Arabia has already announced multiple billion-dollar construction projects – many in the…

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