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Saudi Aramco Signs Contract for King Abdulaziz Center
May 10, 2010 - Saudi Aramco has selected local company Saudi Oger for the main construction contract on its $533 million (SR2 billion) King Abdulaziz Center for Knowledge and Culture in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. The project involves the construction of five interconnected buildings, the tallest of which will be 15 stories. Scheduled for completion in early 2013, the complex will also include exhibition halls, a museum, a mosque, a library, a cinema, an auditorium, and a theater to seat 1,000 visitors. Norway’s Snohetta is the lead architect. Four UK firms are also involved in the project: Buro Happold will serve as structural and mechanical engineer; Davis Langdon as cost manager; Davis Langdon Schumann Smith as design project manager; and Faithful and Gould as manager of the project. Saudi Aramco first tendered the scheme in March 2009 but re-tendered it in March this year, hoping to attract lower bids after a fall in construction costs across the region during 2009.
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