The construction sector in Saudi Arabia is the fastest growing and most demanding in terms of demand, and this growth is reinforced by Saudi Arabia's entry into the world of modern construction technology and considering this technology as a new basis for the modern and modern housing that the citizen longs for...(construction technologies).
Building technologies support and promote many goals and work to achieve “Vision 2030“, which promotes the digitization and modernization of Saudi society, as the technologies now, according to the fourth generation, use 3D printing to build a house in several hours, and other technologies.
4775 housing units
Finally, a project was inaugurated in Taif, which is a major addition to the Saudi construction sector, as it includes 4775 housing units with construction techniques, as the project, named ”City of Roses“, is one of the largest real estate projects in the Kingdom, which used technology, and includes units with various models and spaces. It also contributed to providing job opportunities for Saudi youth, which reinforced the benefits of using technology to empower human capital.
The units included in the ”roses“ were implemented with tunnel formwork technology, which is a ready-made formwork system for pouring various concrete elements in the factory or on site, and is manufactured from several materials such as iron and aluminum. The system was developed to cast both walls and ceilings at the same time. This system is characterized by the speed of completion by reducing the stages of implementation, such as plastering walls and ceilings with the possibility of using the molds for a large number of times, and this technology contributes to reducing material waste by 60 percent.
Incentivizing construction technology
The Construction Technology Incentive Initiative was the sponsor of the project and is credited with making great efforts for its success, providing the project developer with several training courses in cooperation with the Real Estate Institute, which contributed to increasing his capabilities.
The initiative worked to link the developer of the City of Roses project to one of the technology providers and introduce him to its approved technologies, while the Kingdom's shift to building technology will lead to a major and comprehensive change in the concept of housing to make it available to the citizen, according to his potential, and will represent a great opportunity for real estate growth and development that will make the Kingdom a leader in it, especially as it is working seriously to localize the building technology industry to be a center in the Middle East, which will represent a great renaissance for the Saudi economy and a motivation to make a change in the real estate world and provide jobs.
While the Kingdom's shift to building technology will lead to a major change in the concept of housing, making it available to the citizen, according to his potential, and will represent a great opportunity for real estate growth and development that makes the Kingdom a leader in it.
Promote local content
The initiative aims to increase the production capacity of construction factories in the Kingdom, enhance the utilization of local content by 70 percent, create 6,000 jobs for Saudis, increase the contribution to GDP to reach 80 billion riyals, reduce the cost of construction by between 5 percent and 20 percent, reduce the implementation time to less than 90 days, improve the quality of housing units and raise the level of satisfaction.It is noteworthy that the ”Construction Technology Incentive“ initiative is one of the initiatives of the private sector stimulation plan, and is supervised by the Housing Program and the National Industry Development and Logistics Program, as it aims to spread the adoption of construction technologies in accordance with ”Vision 2030“, and localize the construction technology industry locally to provide high-quality housing units...(Construction Technologies).
