< PreviousPROJECTS 40 CONSTRUCTION WEEK JULY 2020WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM FOLLOW CONSTRUCTION WEEK @CWMIDDLEEASTVISIT WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM FOR PICTURES King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) station is one of the four main stations of Riyadh Metro, an infrastructure megaproject set to transform the way people travel in Saudi Arabia’s capital city. Touted as the biggest elevated metro transfer station in the world at 32m high, 42m wide, and 232m long, it is raising the bar for architectural design and engineering. Located west of King Fahd Road, adjacent to the under-construction KAFD, the station will serve as the main interchange for Riyadh Metro, connecting Lines 1, 4, and 6. RIYADH METRO Location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Visited May 2019 Dubai Investments Real Estate Company (DIRC), which is owned by Dubai Financial Market-listed Dubai Investments, is developing Mirdif Hills – a mixed use development covering an area of 9.3ha adjacent to Dubai Municipality’s Mushrif Park in Dubai’s suburban Mirdif neighbourhood. Valued at $816.7m (AED3bn), Mirdif Hills – which is the only freehold project in the suburb of Mirdif – is made up of three clusters, named Janayen Avenue, Nasayem Avenue, and Multaqa Avenue. MIRDIF HILLS Location Dubai, UAE Visited May 2019 Dubai-based private real estate developer Azizi Developments, headed by chairman Mirwais Azizi, is currently developing the $3.2bn (AED12bn) Azizi Rivera a mixed-use, four-phase megaproject, located within the city's Meydan One neighbourhood on the banks of Dubai Canal. Azizi Riviera comprises a cluster of 71 buildings, with 16,000 units ranging from studios to one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments.In May 2019, construction work on Azizi Riviera was 41% complete, with the developer having recorded 3.4 million safe man-hours on the site. AZIZI RIVIERA Location Dubai, UAE Visited August 2019 Located within the master-planned mixed-use community Mohammed Bin Rashid City, along the 3.2km Dubai Water Canal, is Dubai-based real estate developer, Sobha Group’s $4bn (AED14.7bn) Sobha Hartland development - the group’s fl agship project in the Middle East. In October 2019, overall infrastructure work across Sobha Hartland was 90%. 30% of the 74.3ha master plan is enveloped in green spaces. Sobha Group employs 4,000 workers across its Hartland development, who recorded 27 million lost-time injury-free hours at the master community at the time of the site visit. SOBHA HARTLAND Location Dubai, UAE Visited November 2019PROJECTS JULY 2020 CONSTRUCTION WEEK 41WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM Sa'ada is a mixed-use, waterfront destination that its developer, government-backed Edamah, describes as one of the nation’s “most prestigious developments". Located in Muharraq – the main city on Bahrain’s second-largest island, situated to the east of Manama – Sa’ada features a marina, dozens of shops and restaurants, and a footbridge to Muharraq’s traditional souk. Work kicked off in Q1 2018, with reclamation required to create an 18,000m² plot and sea walls to protect the structures within the site. The two- phase project was 20% complete at the time of the site visit. SA'ADA Location Muharraq, Bahrain Visited February 2019 MIDTOWN Location Dubai, UAE Visited April 2019 Deyaar Development has merged 40 plots of land to bring its 46ha fl agship community, Midtown, to life. The mixed-use development is located in a growth corridor of Dubai and has direct access to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road. Its transport links are further supported by its proximity to Jebel Ali Port, Al Maktoum International airport, and the Route 2020 Dubai Metro extension. Belhasa Engineering is the main contractor, having won a $163.3m (AED600m) contract. The World islands are a man-made archipelago located 4km off the coast of Dubai, with 300 islets reclaimed from the sea to form a collection of private residential and resort-style islands. Dubai-based real estate developer Kleindienst Group has acquired six islands, known as Germany, the Floating Venice, Sweden, Switzerland, St Petersburg, and Main Europe. These islands comprise the Heart of Europe, which will feature underwater living experiences called “fl oating Seahorse Villas”, located around the heart-shaped St Petersburg Island. THE HEART OF EUROPE Location Dubai, UAE Visited April 2019 Located close to the Giza pyramids, Egypt’s planned Grand Egyptian Museum is set to become one of the largest archaeological museums in the world and will showcase approximately 100,000 ancient Egyptian artifacts in the main exhibition hall. Belgian construction giant Besix, alongside its 50% owner, Egyptian contracting fi rm Orascom Construction, are building the museum, which is being developed on a 50ha plot. Construction on the project began in 2012, with Irish architecture fi rm Heneghan Peng having designed the structure. GRAND EGYPTIAN MUSEUM Location Cairo, Egypt Visited July 2019EVENTS CALENDAR 42 CONSTRUCTION WEEK JULY 2020WWW.CONSTRUCTIONWEEKONLINE.COM Construction Week Oman Awards Date: 17 September 2020 Venue: Muscat, Oman KSA Summit & Awards Date: 30 September 2020 Venue: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia CW Awards 2020 Date: 9 December 2020 Venue: Dubai, UAE CONFERENCES & EVENTS For up-to-the-minute conference and events information, log on to constructionweekonline.com/conferences As the market begins to reopen from the impact of COVID-19, we will be continuing to bring you our events on a virtual basis through webinars, and hopefully we will be able to start ground events very soon. From Q4 2020, we are still planning to go ahead with the Construction Week Oman Awards on the 17 September subject to travel restrictions being eased. The CW Oman Awards are designed to recognise and reward individual excellence, corporate prowess, project success, and sustainable efforts within 14 categories. Following our event in Muscat, we will then head to Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh for the Leaders in Construction KSA Summit & Awards to discuss the kingdom’s building sector through a conference with high- level speakers across the region. The conference will comprise four panel discussions on sustainable construction, Saudi Arabia’s gigaprojects, Saudi Arabia’s changing marketplace, EVENTS NEWS and design and modular construction. The event will be wrapped up through an awards ceremony. This year’s events season will be rounded off with the Construction Week Awards 2020 in Dubai with several new categories and returning favourites. For those interested in attending or participating at our events, contact Saraswati Agarwal - saraswati.agarwal@ itp.com or Moutaz Gadelhak - moutaz.gadelhak@itp.com.SARASWATI AGARWAL Group Commercial Manager T: +971 52 895 2214 E: Saraswati.Agarwal@itp.com SHERDIL BABAR Conference Producer T: +971 52 153 9621 E: Sherdil.Babar@itp.com FOR EVENT ENQUIRIESFOR SPONSORSHIP ENQUIRIES LET’S TALK ABOUT FORCE MAJEURE AMID COVID-19, LATE PAYMENT RESOLUTION, CONTRACT CLAIMS, ARBITRATION OPTIONS, IMPLICATIONS OF COVID-19 AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION MECHANISMS. SPONSORS & MEDIA PARTNERSLosberger De Boer Middle East middleeast@losbergerdeboer.comNext >