King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology Project (KACST)

The King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KASCT) “renamed to knowledge center later”, consisted of 23 different use stories, public & semipublic spaces, library, ladies section, technical floor, admiration and special VIP floors. The innovative design of façade & green interiors was developed by LAVA considering local environment & cultural factors. 

The building has a square base of 50m wide and spread over 21 floors including two underground floors for technical rooms and roof covered by tensile structure. CEM Estero Arabia Saudi Co. has been awarded to work with ABV Rock Group, Main Contractor of the aforementioned project to perform the Design & Build of MEP WORKS comprise of the following major systems:

• HVAC
• Fire Fighting
• Water Services
• Public Health Drainage
• Chilled Water
• Power Distribution
• Lighting
• Fire Alarm
• Access Control
• Public Address
• Security
• Structured Cabling IP Telephony
• Disable Call
• Earthing & Lighting
• Building Management System (BMS)

Scope of work

Installation of electromechanical systems of “King Abdullah City Science Technology”

Location

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Period of work

From August 2015

End user

Kacst

Main contractor

ABV Rock Group Co. Ltd

JV

PGSA-CEM JV

JV structure

• PGSA: 65.10%
• Cem Estero Arabia Saudi Co.: 34.90%

Value of the contract

132 mln/SAR equal to 35 mln/USD