Saudi Arabia awards highway contract to Spanish firm

Spanish contractor Ferrovial is commencing work on a new highway in Saudi Arabia in partnership with local firm Al Fahd Contracting. The project is for the construction of a 10km section of highway in Riyadh for client, ArRiyadh Development Authority (ADA). The project is worth some US$197 million. Ferrovial subsidiary Ferrovial Agroman will work on this project alongside Al Fahd Contracting. The work includes building three intersections as well as installing traffic monitoring technology. In total, the pr
June 19, 2014 Read time: 1 min
Spanish contractor 2717 Ferrovial is commencing work on a new highway in Saudi Arabia in partnership with local firm Al Fahd Contracting. The project is for the construction of a 10km section of highway in Riyadh for client, ArRiyadh Development Authority (ADA). The project is worth some US$197 million. Ferrovial subsidiary Ferrovial Agroman will work on this project alongside Al Fahd Contracting. The work includes building three intersections as well as installing traffic monitoring technology. In total, the project is expected to require some 100,000m3 of concrete.
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