LONDON: Italian contractor WeBuild has been awarded a contract worth an estimated SR20 billion ($5 billion) to build dams to create an artificial lake at the center of NEOM’s Trojena project, it was announced on Monday.
The mountain ski resort in the Kingdom’s northwest is due to host the Asian Winter Games in 2029.
According to a statement released by MEED, the project’s main dam will be 145 meters high, 475 meters long at the crest, and will be built using 2.7 million cubic meters of roller compact concrete.