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The contractors Arabian Electrical Equipment Company and Mohamad Al-Ali Al-Suwailem Company are to build a combined road and power substation project in Saudi Arabia's Al-Kharj Industrial City.
February 6, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The contractors Arabian Electrical Equipment Company and 1292 Mohamad Al-Ali Al-Suwailem Company are to build a combined road and power substation project in Saudi Arabia's Al-Kharj Industrial City. The road project is for a 25km expressway and the deal also includes building three overhead intersections. The new route will link Al-Kharj with the existing Riyadh-Dallam Road.

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