FIRST SAUDI HIGH-SPEED CONTRACT
Posted on 15 January 2010
Scott Wilson Group, the international design and engineering consultancy for the built and natural environments, has won a £14.5 million ($us23.2 million) five-year project management contract on the 440km Haramain high-speed railway in Saudi Arabia. Scott Wilson is to provide technical, specialist engineering and programme management support services to the Saudi Railways Organistion (SRO), both at its headquarters in Dammam and around the construction and commissioning sites.
This 320km/h railway linking the cities of Makkah, Jeddah, the new King Abdullah Economic City and Medina, as well as the International Airport in Jeddah, is the first high-speed rail programme in the Middle East.
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