Construction—EMEA—Saudi-Arabia—Excavations
The Riyadh Metro Project:
DSI develops watertight Special Solutions for Qasr Al Hokom Station
In 2012, the city of Riyadh in Saudi Arabia had a population
of 5.7 million. This figure is expected to increase to 8 million
by 2030. Therefore, the infrastructure needs to be adapted
to the expected growth in population.
In order to reduce traffic congestion and
improve the city’s air quality, the decision was
made to construct a new rapid transit system:
The Riyadh Metro. Construction work on this
major project started in April 2014, and the
project is expected to be completed by 2018.
The project will have a total length of
178km and includes 6 new metro lines with
85 underground, elevated and at grade
stations. The ArRiyadh New Mobility (ANM)
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joint venture has been awarded the contract to
build Line 3 as well as the Qasr Al Hokom and
Western Stations. A deep, completely impermeable pit that
was excavated step by step in 3m deep
sections was requ