Saudi Arabia comprises one of the largest construction markets in the Middle East with multi-billion dollar public and private sector projects underway and many more in the planning stage, says Mammut Building Systems, one of the largest manufacturers of pre-engineered buildings (PEB) in the UAE.

According to the company, current infrastructure and public sector building programmes are valued at $35 billion. Plans include building 600 new factories and schools, doubling desalination capacity and increasing electrical generation and distribution.
The government is encouraging private sector growth to lessen the kingdom’s dependence on oil and increase employment opportunities for the swelling Saudi population. The government is promoting private sector and foreign participation in the power generation, telecom, natural gas, and petrochemical industries. The Ministry of Education has outlined a $4 billion plan to build another 4,000 schools.
In addition, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah, laid the foundation for some new Economic Cities in the Western Province, mainly King Abdullah Economic City and Jizan Economic City (JEC),
King Abdullah Economic City is a multi-billion-dollar economic project revealed in 2005. This futuristic city will be located along the Red Sea and will have huge buildings and high skyscrapers that will be an important landmark in Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.  The project cost is about SR200 billion.
Jizan Economic City (JEC) is a city designed to attract more than SR100 billion in investment.
The projects belong to the ministries of municipal and rural affairs; labour; higher education; agriculture; health and water and electricity. The city will have a port, an industrial zone, a logistic service centre, an energy/desalination plant and a residential zone.
Mammut is looking to participating in the ongoing structural steel projects by offering its services in the PEB sector.
The company opened its sales office in Jeddah in January 2006 to cover the Western Province.  “Although, comparatively a new PEB supplier for Saudi Arabia, it has now established itself as one of the major PEB suppliers in the kingdom with the best quality products and with the best price in the market within a short span,” a company spokesman said.  “It is competing remarkably with other PEB suppliers in their home and took a good share in the market during the year 2006. It looks forward to improving its presence further in the year 2007.”
Mammut’s on going projects include a steel mill for Al Tawariqi Group (65,000 sq m across the Jeddah and Dammam plants) and Al Mowaka Textile Factory for Saudi ABV General Contracting (40,000 sq m) as well as many other projects with such well known names in the industrial and trading sectors as Al Jomaih Showroom – Riyadh; Madina Press – Jeddah; Al Watan Press – Jeddah; Bin Mahfooz Store – Jeddah; Balbaid Maintenance Building –Jeddah; Al Mojil Group – Dammam, and  Red Brick Factory – Jeddah.