As the Middle East becomes a major player in developing world-class infrastructure, roads, bridge and highway projects in the region have become the most prominent opportunity.
A $216 billion strong opportunity!
Like every industry, road design, construction, and engineering are changing – our reliance on digital construction tools grows exponentially and so does our search for new and interesting materials. We’re embracing the connected, electric and autonomous, with a need for exciting infrastructure design and rapid decarbonization too.
There is strong support for pipelines in the GCC with Saudi Arabia having a total project value of $147 billion, leading the market with immense roads and public transport projects and the UAE following with another $53 billion trying to overcome the car-centric transportation planning of its past.
Oman is spending $20 billion across the next 8 years in road and transportation projects, Qatar has allocated another $13 billion for the remaining works necessary to achieve its Vision 2030 objectives, Bahrain has secured $10 billion and is sourcing additional investment to modernise infrastructure in the country while Egypt is expected to spend $10 billion in addition to the $30 billion it had already spent in the past 7 years to completely overhaul a national infrastructure that has reached its capacity limits.