NT&T Wins NEOM Project

Nesma Telecom & Technology has been awarded an artificial intelligence (AI) project in NEOM,

the visionary city taking shape in northern Saudi Arabia. The AI will serve the Customer Unit

project by providing a digital ambassador virtual assistant, customer service ChatBot and

intelligent conferencing with a real-time translation system including automatic summarization

in both Arabic and English, in addition to remote sensing intelligent twins for satellite and drone

image processing.

This end to end solution will reduce overall costs by boosting efficiency as it offers business

personnel preset industry workflows that speed application development. Customers can get

excellent results after minimal training.

NEOM exemplifies Vision 2030 as a futuristic, zero-carbon city intended to draw the brightest

international minds together to drive global innovation.

“Nesma Telecom & Technology is proud to be involved in building the digital infrastructure of

the futuristic city of NEOM commencing with this artificial intelligence project. It offers us an

opportunity to present our skills in innovative technologies.”

CEO, Salah Sami Al-Sunaid

Art & Form in N&P Project in Al Ula

Nesma & Partners has again been tapped to lend a hand in shaping the culturally significant

Al Ula region, an area designated for responsible development that meets the Royal Commission for AlUla’s vision of a world heritage destination exemplifying nature conservation and collaboration with local community.

The Ashar Electrification Project, which began in June of last year and valued at over 200 million SAR, is a power substation and network incorporating cutting-edge technology in its design while drawing inspiration from the ancient Nabataean structures nearby, which in turn, mimic naturally occurring spaces and masses in the wind sculpted rock. The precast and perforate skin of the building aids in efficiently cooling and ventilating while blending with the beautiful, red desert landscape of Al Ula.

This project, with its aesthetic, environmentally and culturally sensitive design, is shortlisted for the World Architecture Festival Award and complements the Vision 2030 goal to implement the latest technologies and design artistry.

Nesma & Partners’ slogan is “Together, we build excellence,” and with Ashar Electrification Plant project we had the opportunity to realize the vision that the Royal Commission for AlUla has for this wondrous landscape and cultural heritage. It’s an honor for Nesma & Partners to work on this prestigious project that allows us to demonstrate our values of “excellence” and “impact.”

Fahad Alshehri

General Manager of Marketing, Communications & Sustainability

500,000 Safe Hours for Nesma Water & Energy Team

Nesma Water & Energy celebrated the completion of 500,000 safe hours at Zaydi Water Network Project located in Makkah.

The safety award was presented by CEO ُEng.Mahmoud Y. Fallatah to Project Manager Mahmoud Al Ramadi and his team

Nesma Water & Energy Wins Bahraini Project

NW&E has won a second project in Bahrain, this time at the Madinat Salman (AMAS) and Ramli housing developments. This transmission augmentation project, which is administered and funded by the Saudi Fund for Development, is valued at over SAR 97 million.

The scope of this 18-month project includes the detailed engineering design, construction, testing and commissioning of various water station works under an EPC contract in two lots including site pipework, civil works, MEICA works, SCADA, telecommunication works, fiber optic cables and communication with the water control center.

Nesma Water & Energy Wins Jubail-3B Sea Water Desalination Project

This month saw another record achievement for Nesma Water & Energy as its consortium with French company Engie and Saudi company Alajlan closed on the Jubail 3B Independent Water project (IWP) to have a capacity of 570,000 m3/day of potable water, a one-day storage capacity and a levelized water cost of SAR 1.59/m3.

By incorporating solar energy, this reverse osmosis, desalination plant set to serve Riyadh and Qassim provinces, is designed to have reduced operating costs during its 25-year concession term.

The SAR 2.61B project will contribute SAR 1.5B to the Kingdom’s GDP.

Makkah Bus Launched at Digital Exhibition

Modern Bus Co. launched its new, advanced technology Makkah Bus at the recent, week-long Makkah Region Projects Digital Exhibition held at the world’s largest dome, the Jeddah Super Dome.

The new bus was inaugurated by His Royal Highness Khaled bin Faisal Al Saud, Governor of Makkah province, who was briefed on the Makkah Bus line’s modern, high-tech integrated system that will serve Makkah residents along with Hajj and Umrah pilgrims.

The bus was designed to meet the transportation needs of locals and visitors alike with a sophisticated, secure and sustainable operation consistent with the aims of Saudi’s Vision 2030.

NDigitec - Ready for Event Boom

NDigitec is ready to kick off the event season with expertise in high quality exhibitions. Its fabrications, digiprint, and digimedia divisions specialize in organizing cultural events, festivals, and conferences. The Digi media team also adds cutting-edge solutions such as AR, VR, a variety of digital content, interactive media creation and machine learning.

Executive Manager of Digiprint & Fabrication, Raffi Kavlakian, says “The team uses modern, eco-friendly d-board materials as they’re a versatile marketing solution that also improves your brand image.”. NDigitec’s fabrication team have provided brand enhancing exhibition booths for well-known companies such as Tesla, Amazon, DESC, MedEl, HSBC and Master Card.

NDigitec strategic collaboration with Nesma subsidiary, Sarab Entertainment, will help advance the technologies, production and entertainment industry. According to Sarab Director, Sumai Ounallah, “We are building a brand that will stand out as the leading events and Entertainment Company in the region.”

Nesma United Industries News

NT&T Awarded Makkah Street Lighting Project

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 Wins Red Sea Project

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.

NUI NEOM Golf Course Project

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.

NW&E Wins World Defense Show Contract

Nesma Water & Energy Wins Water Treatment Plant Project

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.

NT&T Wins Street Lighting Project

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.

NT&T Renovates Al Azizia Mosque

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

NHTI Designated as Official SVP Exam Center

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.

Jeddah Solar Plant Project

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.

Nesma Wins Utility Scale PV Project

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.

Nesma & Partners Signs Tarmeem Sponsorship Agreement

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 Sponsors ‘Future Projects Forum’

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.