NEOM showcases work on site

SAUDI Arabia's $500-billion NEOM project has entered a critical phase of physical construction, as key structural components for The Line - a flagship linear city within the mega-development - advance with record-breaking engineering feats.

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These include the world's largest dewatering and piling exercises in what is one of the biggest construction sites globally.

Giles Pendleton, Chief Operating Officer of The Line at NEOM, last month released his latest visual LinkedIn update documenting construction progress across Saudi Arabia's ambitious futuristic city project. Part of a series of posts entitled “NEOM is real part 24”, it features aerial imagery showcasing infrastructure development including water pipeline installations, newly completed workforce camps, and extensive construction activities at the Oxagon harbour area.

The aerial footage provides a comprehensive perspective on the state of multiple NEOM components, with Pendleton highlighting the “massive amount of work” under way at the Oxagon harbour, which is designed by Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) as a floating industrial complex and logistics hub on the Red Sea.

“A good snap shot of progress and a range of NEOM infrastructure projects from the water pipeline to new camps completing to massive amount of work in Oxagon harbour,” Pendleton notes in his LinkedIn post, highlighting that the aerial perspective offers “a very different view point from the air”.

His earlier post, “NEOM is real part 23”, features an informative animation from the recent MIPIM real estate exhibition in Cannes, France. The animation highlights the massive dewatering project underway for The Line, essential for preparing rafts and foundational supports across diverse terrains - coastal areas, mountains, and elevated valleys - as excavation and pile driving deepen. This operation boasts a 90,000 cu m/h discharge capacity and employs approximately 2,000 sensors in what's described as the world's most intelligent dewatering system, providing continuous water monitoring.