RCU - Al Ula Tourism Development
Royal Commission for Al-Ula (RCU) is planning to develop the tourism infrastructure in the historical sites around the ancient city of Al-Ula in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
The preliminary pre-masterplan program known as Phase 0 has already seen the completion of several elements of the project, including the fit-out of the existing airport and construction of a new lounge, the boutique, ultra-luxury Ashar resort, a recreational vehicle (RV) resort operated by Fairmont, and Maraya, the worldâs largest mirrored building.
This project is one of the initiatives included in the Saudi Giga Projects plan.
The US$15,000 million project includes the following:
1. Hospitality Package
a. Construction of Sharaan Resort 1
b. Construction of Sharaan Resort 3
c. Construction of Performance Resort
d. Construction of a four-star business hotel
d. Construction of a 60-bed hospital
2. Aviation and Logistic Package
a. Renovation of the terminal building
b. Expansion of aprons
c. Construction of the logistics center
3. Urban Development Package
a. Construction of state-of-the-art business enterprise
b. Construction of groundwater network
c. Construction of three waste transfer stations
d. Construction of three sewage and sludge treatment plants with a total capacity of 20,000 cubic meters a day
e. Construction of police station
f. Construction of fire station
4. Infrastructure package
a. Construction of Tramway
b. Construction of Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Plant
c. Construction of Renewable Energy
5. Construction of Site Offices for RCU Staff
6. Construction of associated facilities
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14 February 2024
Al Ula Tourism Development: Contractor Construction Village: The main contractor tender is yet to be issued on the project.
09 January 2024
The construction works are progressing on the Eco-Lodge Dar Tantora Hotel and it is scheduled to open by first quarter of 2024. Aecom is working as the design consultant and we are in the process of finding the main contractor.
17 August 2023
Al Ula Tourism Development: Infrastructure: Solar power plant 1000MW : The main contract tender is yet to be issued.
12 April 2023
The client has unveiled the design and Aecom is developing the masterplan on the RCU - Al Ula Tourism Development: Al Muatadil Equestrian Village.
08 December 2022
The construction works are progressing on Sharaan Service Roads And Hard-Standing Areas and it is expected to be complete by 2023.
14 September 2022
The client has signed an agreement with Serco Group to provide consulting services for the management of infrastructure services on the project.
20 June 2022
AlUla Housing Complex project is complete.
14 June 2022
Dar has completed the conceptual designs on the Site offices for RCU Staff Project.
11 May 2022
Construction works are ongoing on the Ashar Substation project and the time frame for its completion is unknown at this juncture.
14 January 2022
The finishing works on the project Ashar Resort are in the final stage of development and is expected to be completed by January 2022.
30 November 2021
Nesma & Partners is working as the main contractor on Ashar Substation package.
08 November 2021
Al Ula Tourism Development: Infrastructure: Design works have been completed on Tramway package. The Consortium of Egis, Assystem and Setec has been appointed as the project management consultants.
29 September 2021
Mofarreh M Al Harbi Est has been appointed as the main contractor on the Sharaan Road Development project.
15 August 2021
Aecom has been appointed as the project management consultant on the project.
18 July 2021
PMC bids have been issued with the submission deadline on August 8, 2021 for Sharaan Reserve Resort 1.
05 June 2021
The client signed a memorandum of cooperation with the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) in order to measure all the aspects of social, economic and cultural development in the province.
10 May 2021
The main contract bids have been submitted for Sharaan Road Developmentand are under evaluation, Mofarreh M Al Harbi Est is among the others who have submitted the bids.
23 March 2021
Design works are ongoing on Sharaan Reserve project however there is no news regarding the main contract tender issue.
28 January 2021
The design works on Sharaan Reserve is ongoing as per the schedule.
14 December 2020
The detailed design works on Janu By Aman is scheduled to commence soon.
27 October 2020
Design works are progressing for expansion of the Ashar Resort.
24 September 2020
The Aman Jabal Ikma, Janu By Aman, and Aman H Resort projects are in the initial stages of development.
10 August 2020
The Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) has announced a partnership agreement with Accor as part of its strategy to develop AlUla.
29 July 2020
Al Ula Airport Expansion project was completed in the second quarter of 2020.
23 April 2020
The design works are progressing and there is no news on the main contract tender issue yet on Al Ula Tourism Development: Phase II: Sharaan Reserve.
02 March 2020
Design works are still progressing on the project as per schedule.
17 April 2019
SCTAH has received bids from consultants for the programme management services for the development of the project. (Source: MEED)
29 March 2019
Design works are underway. The overall project is scheduled for completion in 2023.
18 February 2019
Jean Nouvel has been appointed as the architect and design works are underway and expected to complete by December 2019.
19 December 2018
A France-based company Arep has won the town planning package for the project and the development plans are in the early stages. (Source: MEED)
15 May 2018
The client has approached consultants for a contract to provide programme management services for the development of the project. (Source: MEED)
15 May 2018
Several government agencies including the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, the Public Investment Fund & Royal Commission for Al-Ula is planning to work on the project and the development plans are in the early stages. (Source: MEED)