Location Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Client Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC)
Services Construction Management, Project Management
Project Value All lines value: $28 billion All lines. Package 3 (Lines 4,5, 6): $8 billion
Hill oversaw the design and construction for Package 3 of the Riyadh Metro, one of the largest engineering projects in the world. With Package 3 complete, Riyadh Metro is the largest public transport system in the Middle East, featuring a metro network, a bus system, and other transportation services. The Royal Commission for Riyadh City (RCRC), the owner and operator of the system, undertook the project to meet the transit needs of Saudi Arabia’s growing population, reduce traffic congestion in the metropolis, and improve air quality for residents.
Package 3 involved the delivery of 3 new rail lines in the Riyadh Metro system: Line 4, Line 5, and Line 6. Together, the new rail lines span 67 km of track, with 48 km of elevated alignment, 13 km of bored tunnels through Riyadh’s most congested districts, 5.5 km of mined tunnel, 27 stations, 4 park-and-ride facilities, and 2 depots, including an underground facility. Line 4 links to King Khalid International Airport with a mix of elevated and at-grade sections. Line 5 runs through a bored tunnel along King Abdulaziz Street, between King Abdulaziz Historical Centre and the Riyadh Airbase. Line 6 runs in a half-ring from King Abdullah Financial District, passing by Imam Mohammed Bin Saud University and ending at Prince Saad Ibn Abdulrahman Al Awal Road.
Hill was responsible for administering design-build contract and helping ensure the contractors met RCRC’s requirements to deliver a technically, functionally, and financially viable project on time, within budget, and in accordance with all RCRC/PMO technical requirements and quality standards. The team’s services covered design management, procurement, construction management, financial management, quality management, construction supervision, project controls, value engineering, and testing and commissioning. As the intermediary between RCRC and the design-build contractors, Hill also oversaw design and construction deliverables throughout the project life cycle. Our team used Aconex as the project management information system.
