The project aims at the creation of a new flagship city in Saudi Arabia in the vicinity of Riyadh. The land allocated for this new city covers an area in excess of 6,300 hectares. The master plan is expected to include a mixed-use of institutional, research facilities, commercial, recreational and housing activities, and infrastructure systems. The Vision of the City is to make the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia among global leaders in the atomic and renewable energy value chain, a main source of related knowledge, and a pioneer in the propagation of sustainability principles and the adoption of an optimum energy mix throughout the Kingdom, in a commercially driven manner with quantifiable benefits for citizens’ welfare, businesses and resources.
Scope:
SETS were commissioned by the project Authority to undertake the Program & Technical Management of this prestigious project. Duties included:
- Selection of 6 Master Planners that have participated in stages 1 and 2 of the Master Plan and 6 new Master Planners / Architects , and launching the tendering process that resulted in the selection of 1 Master Planning Team following a comprehensive evaluation of the submitted proposals.
- Monitoring and review of progress of work by holding weekly web meetings in addition to undertaking technical focus group meetings where specialists and experts interacted regarding the City components: Urban Planning, Transport, Smart City and ICT, Energy and Water Waste Management and Environment.
- Review of submitted deliverables and validation of assumptions and calculations included in the design notes in addition to related models.
- Overall management of the project operations, contractual and technical support.
- Management of the international multidisciplinary consultant who was advising on utilities’ sustainability aspect (transport systems, power generation, water resources, wastewater, stormwater drainage, solid waste, sustainability, etc.).
- Manage Innovation Track and review deliverables of Innovation Consultant deliverables related to City Operating System, smart Canopies and IP governance.
