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KING ABDULLAH
TOP 10 KSA ECONOMIC CITY
PROJECTS YOU (KAEC)
Client: Emaar Properties

SHOULD BE Estimated value: US $50 billion

Schedule: Construction started in 2006.

INVOLVED IN Th e first phase of the project is expected

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to be completed by the end of 2009. The
overall project will be completed in stages.
Scope: KAEC is a massive development
audi Arabia is determined not to give in to the doom and gloom 'located in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia. The
enveloping the rest of the global economy. The government master plan of the city shows that it will be
confirmed in January that it plans to spend heavily this year, divided into: Industrial Zone, Residential
despite the recent drop in oil price s. It has announced a budget Zone, Sea Resort and Sea Port
of US $129 billion (SAR483 billion) for 2009 (roughly in line The industrial zone covers an area
with 2008 expenditure) and has promised to allocate significant of 63 million m2. The area will include
funds to transportation and utilities infrastructure. facilities to operate and build plants and
In February, it was confirmed that around $3 billion has been allocated for factories. The residential zone covers an
road construction projects this year. The news was announced by the Minister area of 51million m2 and will include low,
of Transport, who said the length of roads to be constructed this year would mid and high-rise structures. The sea
total 8250km. resort provides a built-up area exceeding
This makes Saudi Arabia a market that no construction supplier can afford 3.5 million m2 for hotels, residential
to ignore, even in these challenging economic times . In the following pages , apartments, golf resorts, spas and water
Construction Week presents ten projects that every supplier should know about. sports facilities.
The projects are not in order of the ten most valuable in the country, but those The sea port provides 14 million m 2 to
that are vital to the country's development. build a world-class port on Saudi Arabia's
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