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Project Description

Parsons is the managing contractor finalizing the master plan and managing all infrastructure design and development for this new industrial city. This complex expands and diversifies the Kingdom's economy by establishing an integrated industrial center on the Red Sea. Basic infrastructure includes transportation and communications networks; water, sewerage, and electrical power systems; a desalination system; industrial and sanitary wastewater treatment plants; industrial parks; a deep water port; airport; and complete community facilities for housing, education, culture, government, public safety, and health care.

Parsons provides all project design management, construction management, and consulting engineering without the assistance of any associates. We perform a broad range of services, including management and advisory; technical; engineering consulting; coordination; planning; preliminary design and engineering; cost and schedule control; contract negotiation and administration; and coordination with the client.

An important project element is the development of the new community of 80,000. Facilities include schools, mosques, shopping centers, hospitals, and the site of the new Yanbu Industrial College polytechnic institute. The new community is one of the largest ever planned and was constructed as a single project.


Client
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia


Location
Yanbu, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia


Duration
1978-2005


Services
Program management

Economic analysis

Traffic planning and road infrastructure

Environmental impact analyses

Oceanographic studies

Design and construction management of infrastructure



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