Al Latifia Trading & Contracting has grown to occupy a sound position in the Saudi construction industry over the past 14 years since its establishment and the company today has the infrastructure, including equipment and personnel, to undertake contracts of any kind, its general manager Zaid Al Khudairi says.

The Riyadh-based firm is currently working on a host of high-profile projects including a commercial complex, civilian and military structures for the government, a palace and luxury villas.

Elaborating on these projects, Al Khudairi says: ''The Spimaco-Inara Plaza in Riyadh has a total built-up area of 21,400 sq m and comprises two identical oval-shaped six-storey mirror image towers plus two underground car-parking floors. The work is being done with a local company as a joint venture.

''The company is also building the branch offices in Najran and Yanbu of the General Organisation for Social Insurance (Gosi). Each of these buildings will have a built-up area of 3,392 sq m with an annex building and a pre-engineered car-parking shed.

''The project for the Saudi Arabian National Guard involves constructing a battalion maintenance facility, a logistic support maintenance facility, a company maintenance facility, an ammunition surveillance facility, a headquarters building, a substation, vehicle sunshades, an underground water storage tank and pump house, a guardhouse, a septic tank and leaching field and an oil interceptor.

''The luxury palace has a built-up area of 5,000 sq m while the two private villas are coming up in Riyadh.

''The company has also signed an agreement to build a regional headquarters for Saudi Telecom. The premises will include a recreation building, a mosque, a guardhouse, a precast fence and site development.''

Al Latifia Trading & Contracting's sister concern, Al Latifa Factory for Plastic Mesh, manufactures meshes to international standards.

''The company's products have applications in areas such as embankment protection, soil reinforcement, reinforcement of concrete slabs, playground nets, horticulture and landscaping,'' says Khudairi. ''The meshes are approved by the Saudi Arabian Standards Organisation (Saso), the Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu and Saudi Aramco.''