Infrastructure work at world’s tallest tower in Saudi Arabia to finish mid-2019

Infrastructure works at the world's tallest tower in Jeddah is ongoing and should complete by mid-2019, Reuters reported, citing Jeddah Economic Company (JEC) CEO.

“Construction work on the one kilometer tall Jeddah Tower is ongoing and is currently in the infrastructure development stage, which should finish by mid next year,” said Mounib Hammoud, JEC CEO.

He was speaking at a panel discussion during the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2018 Annual Conference in Dubai.

In January 2018, Kingdom Holding Co.’s 33.35 percent-owned associate, JEC, awarded a SAR 620 million contract to Al-Fouzan Trading & General Construction Co. to build the infrastructure networks of Jeddah Tower and Jeddah Economic City.