Thuwal
Roads and Infrastructure for the Saudi Arabian National Guards housing compound at Thuwal

Project description

Laceco was selected by Saudi Aramco for the design of complete Master plan Services including Roads and Infrastructure utilities for 500 villas on a land area of 75 hectares. The new roads and infrastructure networks serve the military housing and related public and private amenities (retail, educational, health, recreational and religious)

The brief

Saudi Aramco aimed to achieve two objectives:

  • Accommodate 5,000 officers and soldiers, and provide all necessary services and utilities for their daily life.
  • Roads, residential and public/private support buildings in the project area to be properly serviced with the needed infrastructure connections

 

Our response

Laceco responded to the above needs by:

  • Proposing 20 km roads networks that balance between capacity, accessibility and privacy, tying with the existing surrounding roads by five gates, and incorporating collector/secondary/ tertiary roads, and spine roads.
  • Designing 18 km of storm and sewer networks including evaporation, detention ponds and lift stations.
  • Design of water supply networks including irrigation and combined domestic and fire-fighting system networks including a 5000 m3 central reservoir and related pumping station
  • Designing of high/medium/low voltage distribution networks, including the related MV/LV package substations
  • Design a LED street, external and landscape lighting network
  • Designing of security/telecom/fire distribution networks including inspection hand-holes and duct-banks
  • Designing a 5,000m³/day STP including the design of all support buildings, labs and admin buildings (process design has been subcontracted to a specialist).

Interesting facts

  • Integrating a heavy matrix of utilities within the roads networks, especially within tertiary roads
  • The compound has its independent Fire Station

 

Location
Riyadh, KSA
Area
750,000 m2 built-up
Units
500
Cost
USD 47 million
Client
Saudi Aramco
Year
Design 2013-2015
Supervision 2013-2015
Services provided
Architectural design
Landscape design
Mechanical engineering
Electrical engineering
Structural engineering
Programme management
PROJECT TEAM
Abdul Jalal Tharupeedikayil
Abdullah Safar
Abed El Ghani Ghalayini
Abed El Raouf Sherkawi
Abir Joumaa
Adib Haydar
Afaf Merheby
Ahmad Hajjar
Ahmad Najmeddine
Ahmed Al-Hajjar
Ahmed Gulzar
Ajeesh Achari
Ali Deeb
Ali El Kassem
Ali Kaeen
Ali Karaki
Ali Najdi
Amin Al Halabi
Amin Dobeissy
Amin Mattar
Amine Nasser
Andira Younes
Awni Rahma
Barbara Schutz
Basma Darwish
Bassel Ismail
Bilal Naboulsi
Bodour Zena
Chadi Hilal
Charbel Acar
Connie Corpuz
Dahlia Melki
Darwish Ghariri
David Kiomjian
Dina Zayoud
Elissar El Samad
Emad Sharrouf
Ervin Asi
Fadi Mahmoud
Farah Al Ali
Farah Mneimneh
Ghassan Hajjar
Ghassan Khaled
Ghazi Ali
Ghenwa Kachoah
Girish Sekhar
Haidee Blanche
Hajar Al Arab
Hala Ramadan
Hana Haddar
Hanadi Mohty
Hassan Rizk
Hayssam Kassab
Hiba Yassine
Hikmat Daou
Hisham Hajj Shehade
Hisham Sharrouf
Hussein Al Masry
Ibrahim Mrad
Ihab Karanouh
Iman Dbeissy
Jaleel Ahmed
Jamil Akila
Jamila Jaber
Jayson Ramos
Jinan Ayash
Joelle Salame
Khaled Anouti
Kuriakose Nacheriyal
Lama Al Bizri
Lama Shamseddine
Lamia Hamad
Lara Machlab
Layal Bitar Ghanem
Leah Moukarzel
Lili Abou Hamad
Linda Shehabi
Mahmoud AbdulRahim
Mahmoud Shehabeddine
Malak Chreim
Manal El Kara
Mansour El Zarif
Marlène Badran
Marwan El Mabsout
Marwan Saleh
Mayssa Banna
Mazen Itani
Mazen Saridar
Miguel Najjar
Mirna Tajeddine
Mohamad Al Hajjar
Mohamad Kaddoura
Mohamed Abdul Gamani
Mohamed Chawa
Mohamed Totayo
Mohamed-Saltuk Atshin
Mohammad Al Kouzi
Mohammad Khaled El Kebbeh
Mohammad Mashaq
Mounir Hajjar
Muhieddine Berjawi
Nabil Kassem
Nadia Messahel
Nadia Rais
Nadine Ayoub
Nahida Khalil
Najat Nasser
Nathalie Audi
Nathalie Nehme
Nehmat Karim
Nisreen Hallak
Nisrine El Hougeiri
Nisrine El Meselmani
Nizar Chebli
Nour Halwani
Ola Baghdadi
Omar Kaaki
Omar Saijari
Priscilla Saadeh
Raed Jawhar
Rami Khodor
Rami Saad
Ramy Bakkar
Rana Ezzeddine
Rana Ghoussainy
Rana Lakkis
Rana Tarabay
Rania Atiyeh
Rania Chehayeb
Rania Kaskas
Rasha Nasser
Reem Mezher
Reem Mouawi
Richelle Lamasan
Riham Kowatly
Rima El Khalil
Rima Jaber
Rima Jarrah
Rola Al Rayes
Sally Fawaz
Samah Al Sayegh
Samah Hariri
Samer Mehio
Samer Noureldine
Samer Yassine
Sami Awkal
Sami Kordab
Sara Sadek
Sarah Matar
Shaheer AP
Sultan Al Basha
Tarek Soudan
Tina El Chaer
Toufic Akl
Usman Muhammad
Vanessa Sawaya
Viviane Assaad
Wael Debian
Wael Moadad
Wael Traboulsi
Walid Koteich
Wassim Achour
Wissam Ajineh
Yamen Zena
Zahi Habash
Zanoubia Shukur
Zenon Robies
Ziad El Naw