Construction works are progressing on the Ilmi Science & Technology Centre at Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City in Riyadh. The project is being developed by the Mohammed Bin Salman (Misk) Foundation. The foundation works are complete and the structural works are in progress. The main construction works are being carried out by Dubai-based Alec Engineering & Contracting, which won the estimated $478m contract earlier this year. The local office of Qatar's Ammico Contracting Company carried out the foundation works. Candian firms WSP and AtkinsRealis are the project consultants. The development of the centre is being led by Princess Sara Bint Mashhour Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, wife of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. In May last year, Princess Sara said that the centre will allow young people to connect with subjects including science, technology, literature, engineering, art and mathematics. In March 2022, the Misk Foundation released the masterplan for Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City. Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Nonprofit City, which implements the digital twin model, will host academies; colleges; Misk schools; a conference centre; a science museum; and a creative centre offering a space to support the ambitions of innovators in sciences and new-generation technology such as AI [artificial intelligence], IoT [Internet of Things] and robotics. It will also feature an arts academy and art gallery, a performing arts theatre, a play area, a cooking academy and an integrated residential complex. In addition, the city will host venture capital firms and investors to support and incubate innovative enterprises to drive community contributions from around the world.” The consultants working on the project include Germany’s Albert Speer+Partner as masterplanners and architects, and UK-based Buro Happold as engineers. The project manager for the first phase of construction is UK-based Mace.   For registration as a supplier: https://misk.org.sa/en/our-partners-en/ (ICE RIYADH)

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