Saudi Arabia’s Matarat Holding, in collaboration with the National Center for Privatization & PPP (NCP), has announced that 89 leading players in the airport construction sector – including 55 Saudi companies – are in the race to build the Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Qassim. 

The list includes 19 developers, 33 EPC contractors, 13 operators, 11 advisors and nine equity investors as well as three financial institutions.

The big names in the list of developers are: Samsung C&T; Tamasuk Holding Company; Makyol İnşaat Sanayi Turizm ve Ticaret; Al Gihaz Holding Company; Alfanar Company; Nesma Infrastructure; Plenary Group; WCT International; Al Bawani; Egis Projects; Mada International Holding; Vision International; Saudi Binladin Group and Lamar Holding.

The list of EPC contractors joining the race are: SkyBridge; Fas Energy & Infrastructure; Alghanim International; Abdul Ali Al Ajmi; China Civil Engineering Construction; Almansouryah General Contracting; Alfahd Company; Rowad Modern Engineering; Abdullah Fahad Al Khaledi Company for General Contracting (AFAC) Shade Corporation and Al Ayuni Investment & Contracting.

It also has several big Saudi names such as Al Jaber Contracting;  Al Yamama Company; Almabani General Contractors as well as Arkad Engineering & Construction; Alrawaf Company; Abdulrahman Saad Alrashid and Sons; Mistacoglu Holding; Al Jaber Contracting; Mounes Mohamed Al Shayeb For Civil Construction (Mobco); Sateaa Altameer; Al Yamama Company and Almabani General Contractors.

The major operators vying for the Qassim  Airport project are Annasban Group; GMR Airports; flynas; daa (Dublin Airport Authority International) and TAV Airports Holding as well as Serco and Al Shams National Global Energy Company.