DAMMAM l PREP l King Khalid Medical City

Glad to see a huge healthcare development all over the country, this huge project will cover the rising demand of a high class health care centers.
The good thing is that they finally realized that Egyptian engineering & architectural companies are good for nothing! For god's sake give all those projects to american companies that know what a hospital is.

Tender floated for $1.2bn King Khalid Medical City


A construction tender has just been launched for the massive $1.2bn King Khalid Medical City (KKMC) project in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, lead consultant Aecom told CW.


The tender was floated as an “invitation only” by Ministry of Health of Saudi Arabia, while a bidder's information session was held in Riyadh on 20 May, an Aecom spokesman said.

KKMC is the largest of four hospital developments planned for Saudi Arabia that have been initiated by a royal decree from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia.

The 700,000m² campus will house a 1,500 bed hospital, a research centre, staff accommodations, a conference centre and an administration office building. Plans also include the potential for future educational facilities, a commercial complex and a hotel.

The project team comprises the owner - King Khalid Mega Project Management Office (PMO); Aecom (providing a complete single point solution from concept development through to tender documentation with services including masterplanning; architecture; landscape; interior design; MEP, civil and structural engineering; cost consultancy; medical equipment planning and traffic engineering) and Vanir Construction Management.

The anticipated completion date of the hospital is 2018.

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بدء إنشاء مدينة الملك خالد الطبية بالدمام البالغة تكلفتها 4.6 مليار ريال نهاية 2014

قال الدكتور إبراهيم العريفي، المدير التنفيذي للشؤون الطبية والإكلينيكية بمستشفى الملك فهد التخصصي بالدمام، إن بدء العمل في إنشاء مدينة الملك خالد الطبية سيكون نهاية عام 2014.

وأكد العريفي أنه تم تسلم الأرض المخصصة للمشروع من شركة "أرامكو"، مشيراً إلى أن الإنتهاء من المشروع سيكون في عام 2018.

وبحسب البيانات المتاحة على "أرقام"، فإن مشروع مدينة الملك خالد الطبية بالدمام سيقام على مساحة تقدر بنحو 700 ألف متر مربع تقريباً، وتضم 1500 سرير، وتبلغ التكلفة الإجمالية للمدينة نحو 4.6 مليار ريال.

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lady gaga said:

^^ This project is very important as the health care sectors are extremely important in development after the project starting we need a regular update for the construction

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Of course it is .. as you can see the maps , there is no sign for any project .. north of there is Saudi aramco home ownership project and it's going to begin soon