The tunnels will connect the offshore elements of Neom’s industrial city to the mainland. Contractors are preparing to submit bids in June for a contract to build tunnels that will connect the offshore elements of the Oxagon industrial city at Neom to the mainland. The design and build contract involves digging a 6.5-metre-diameter tunnel using a tunnel boring machine (TBM) under the sea that will link the Neom Connector with the offshore elements of Oxagon port. It will house utilities including water pipelines, fibre optic cables, and electricity cables. Prospective bidders for the contract include: Abuljadayel Company (local) Acciona (Spain) Bessac (France) Binladin Contracting (local) Daewoo (South Korea) Dogus (Turkey) Hassan Allam (Egypt), Acciona, Binladin Contracting, Bessac Petrojet (Egypt) Saudi Pan Kingdom Company (Sapac) Shanghai Tunnel Engineering Company (China) Soletanche Bachy (France) Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launched Oxagon in late 2021. It will include onshore elements as well as floating structures offshore. Construction works on the 48 square-kilometre, eight-sided industrial city have already started. (ICE RIYADH)

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