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Coming on the heels of its award of the Jeddah street lighting retrofit project, Nesma Telecom & Technology has now secured the Makkah City street lighting retrofit as well.

NT&T will replace 57,765 lamps with energy efficient LED streetlights.

In addition to supplying the lighting fixtures, NT&T will provide lighting expertise, design support and technical assistance to TARSHID during the project’s execution.

This project is an implementation of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 objective to reduce energy consumption and associated government expenditures.

Nesma United Industries, or NUI and formerly known as Nesma Trading, has landed a large hotel project awarded by the Red Sea Development company.The Southern Dunes Hotel #14 project, valued at over SAR 142 million,involves construction of the structure, façade, waterproofing and civil engineering works.

Specifically, the scope of work includes construction of sub and superstructure, solid and hollow blocks, paint, precast panels, drywall and petal structures in the Oasis Building, along with a steel roof structure system for the swimming pool.

NUI will deliver the project by June 2022.According to NUI’s commercial division general manager, Kamal Nahhas, “At NUI, we are all excited to implement our first construction project at the Red Sea attaching the highest priority towards the sustainable development goals of Saudi Vision 2030.”

The Southern Dunes Hotel and resort is part of an immense luxury tourism destination.

The new international airport and the first four hotels will be open by the end of next year,and ready to welcome guests.

By 2030, the transformed landscape will include 50 resorts, 1,300 residential properties and 22 island destinations. In total, the Red Sea project will span 28,000 km2 including canyons, dormant volcanoes and ancient cultural heritage sites.

The Red Sea destination places Saudi Arabia in a leadership position with regenerative tourism meaning that the revenue generated will be used to conserve, sustain and also enhance the outstanding local environment of coral reefs, unique wildlife and beautiful dunes.

Nesma United Industries has been awarded another large project, this time in NEOM, and as a subcontract to Nesma & Partners.

The Sindalah Island Golf Course project, valued at SAR 153 million, is due to be completed by March 2022.

The scope of work encompasses construction of an 18-hole golf course and corresponding irrigation system.

NEOM, the brainchild of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is a planned tourist destination and futuristic city where sustainability meets the future of urban living, science and technology.

NEOM is located in the Tabuk region in the northwest corner of Saudi Arabia.

A consortium consisting of French company Engie, Nesma Water & Energy, and Mowah have been awarded the Yanbu-4 reverse osmosis independent water plant project which will bring clean drinking water from Ar Rayis on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia to the cities of Madinah and Makkah.

This reverse osmosis desalination project is unique as it includes solar energy integration to lower electrical consumption, provides for a 2-day back-up supply of 900,000 cubic meters’ stored water and is the first public-private partnership, meaning the plant and water pipeline will be operated by the private sector for 25 years under a purchase agreement with the Saudi Water Partnership Company or SWPC.

The project will provide approximately 500 direct and indirect jobs during the construction and operation phases in alignment with strategic objectives contained in Vision 2030.

The plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2023 and will help meet growing water demand in the region while contributing to the Kingdom’s socio-economic development.

Nesma Telecom & Technology has been awarded Jeddah City Phase 4 Package, a Jeddah streetlight retrofit project which will replace 71K existing lamps with LED lighting. The project scope includes lighting fixture supply, design support and technical assistance. The project, which addresses Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 objective to reduce energy consumption along with associated government expenditures, was awarded by Tarshid.

As a corporate social responsibility initiative, Nesma Telecom & Technology has renovated Azizia mosque in the historical area of Jeddah. The mosque has served the Baghdadiyah area for more than 70 years

Nesma High Training Institute or NHTI, has been designated by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (HRSD) as an official exam center for the new “Professional Verification” program set to begin operations in July. The program, which covers over 1,000 different professions, requires all foreign skilled workers both abroad and domestic to verify their skills by passing an examination. The goal of the program is to regulate the labor market in Saudi Arabia, raise the overall level of skill and provide job opportunities for skilled Saudi workers.

An announced that the consortium led by Masdar and EDF Renewables, both global leaders in renewable energy, and Nesma Company, has reached financial close on a 300 MW utility-scale PV Solar Power plant in Jeddah and is starting construction.

The Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy awarded the consortium the 300 MW Jeddah project after it had submitted the most cost-competitive bid.

Alongside the 400 MW Dumat al Jandal wind power farm currently under construction in the North of the Kingdom.

The Renewable Energy Project Development Office of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy has awarded a 300 MW solar power plant project to a consortium including Nesma Renewable Energy (NRE), Masdar and EDF Renewables.

The plant will utilize the latest photovoltaics technology with bifacial solar modules that capture light from both sides of the panels, single-axis solar tracking and state-of-the-art robots that will clean the solar modules.

The photovoltaic project complements the 400 MW Dumat al Jandal wind power farm currently under construction in the north of the Kingdom.

Consortium partner EDF Renewables is a subsidiary of the French utility EDF Group. Masdar is a renewable energy company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE and operating in over 30 countries.

Construction has already begun on the project which is located in Third Jeddah Industrial City 50 km southeast of Jeddah on land roughly equivalent in size to 1000 football fields. Operation is expected to begin in 2022.

As one of its social responsibility initiatives, Nesma & Partners Contracting Co. has again signed an agreement to provide digital media sponsorship of Tarmeem’s home restoration program. The agreement was signed under the patronage of Deputy Prince of the Eastern Province His Royal Highness Prince Ahmed bin Fahd bin Salman bin Abdulaziz. Tarmeem is one of the first associations in the Kingdom licensed to restore the homes of underprivileged families in the Eastern Province and hopes to benefit 20 families in 2021. 

Nesma & Partners again was a platinum sponsor of the Future Projects Forum 2021, this time held as a “Digital Edition.” Nesma offered a virtual exhibit in order to engage in new opportunities in the industry.

Organized by the Saudi Contractors Authority, this year’s forum presented more than 600 projects valued at over 120B USD and involving more than 10,000 contractors.

Nesma & Partners has contributed to the successes of the past three Future Projects Forums which allows contractors in both government and private sectors to learn about upcoming investment opportunities.

Faisal Al-Turki, President of Nesma Co., is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Al-Jouf Award for Excellence and Creativity in Business, and also its sponsor. "The participation of Nesma Company in sponsoring the award comes to enhance its social presence in the Al-Jouf region as part of its ambitious strategy in the Dumat Al-Jandal wind energy project," says Al-Turki. Through the Nesma Renewables Group, Nesma is part of a partnership with Masdar and EDF participating in the installation of the largest wind power generation plant in the Middle East. As the first wind farm in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, it exemplifies the 2030 vision and goals to diversify energy sources in the Kingdom.

Nesma & Partners has completed the royal terminal apron extension at the King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh. The project, awarded by the General Authority of Civil Aviation, was delivered 40 days early despite COVID-19 related challenges such as curfews and delays due to canceled flights. By leveraging its network and resources, Nesma & Partners was able to obtain special work permits and mitigate the effects of supply shortages.

A partnership between Nesma Water & Energy and Bahrain’s Almoayyed Contracting Group has secured a water transmission project for a South Bahrain (Madinat Khalifa) housing development.

The scope of work includes a turnkey contract package covering the water distribution station and the associated transmission pipeline works for the housing development. This includes the construction of two reinforced cement concrete storage tanks with a combined storage of at least ten million gallons and a fully automated distribution pumping station of up to 10 million gallons per day capacity.

The Industrial & Ventures Division has been awarded a new project at the Red Sea Airport by TRSDC for the supply, installation, testing & commissioning of navigational aid systems (NAVAIDs) including an instrument landing system and DVOR navigational aid.

Nesma United celebrated the opening of Chowking’s newest branch, located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Chowking combines Western fast food service style with Chinese food. The first restaurant in Saudi Arabia opened its doors in 2016 marking the fifth GCC country for Chowking, with 28 restaurants throughout the region.

Nesma Telecom & Technology (NT&T) was awarded a fixed line network infrastructure project in NEOM.

NT&T’s scope of work includes the network's design, implementation, operation & maintenance services.

Referring to the importance of Nesma’s involvement at NEOM, Salah Al-Sunaid, NT&T’s CEO, commented, “In line with Saudi Vision 2030, we at NT&T are committed to our vision of being one of the leading companies in the field of information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure by being part of mega development projects and futuristic smart cities’ plans in our country.” He added, “This project is considered to be the base of NEOM’S infrastructure and the network will function as the city's backbone which can be utilized to meet NEOM’s internal requirements and surely support the city’s expansion plans in the coming years.”

Nesma Telecom & Technology (NT&T) was awarded a fixed line network infrastructure project in NEOM.

NT&T’s scope of work includes the network's design, implementation, operation & maintenance services.