Local firm Red Sea International has signed a $30m contract for the Jeddah Central project, the company announced on the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul), where its shares are listed. The contract covers the mechanical, electrical, plumbing, site preparation and infrastructure work at the Jeddah Central project. The contract was awarded by the local contractor Modern Building Leaders (MBL), which in January won two contracts from Jeddah Central Development Company to build an oceanarium and a coral farm at the Jeddah Central project. The opera house project will include the construction of three theatres over an area of 35,198 square metres. They include the Lyric Theatre with 1,500 seats, a midscale theatre with 700 seats and a rehearsal hall with 200 seats. The oceanarium and coral farm will feature underwater exhibits and are expected to position Jeddah – and Saudi Arabia as a whole – as a leader in marine conservation. In an official statement, JCDC also said that it had selected Beijing-headquartered China Harbour Engineering to develop infrastructure and utilities works in the first phase. Dubai-headquartered Dar Al Handasah secured the masterplan design contract linked to the project’s first phase in 2022. Jeddah Central is being developed on a 5.7 square-kilometre site and will comprise 17,000 residential units and 2,700 hotel keys, as well as an opera house, a museum, a sports stadium and an oceanarium. It will have six districts: Central, Marina, Beach, Sports Park, Cultural & Creativity and Wellness.     For registration as supplier: https://www.jeddahcentral.com/suppliers   (ICE RIYADH)

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