AECOM provides lead technical advisory role for the Schools PPP in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Construction begins on the first phase of the Schools Private Partnership Programme
AECOM, the world’s premier infrastructure consulting firm, today announced the start of Wave 1 of the Schools Infrastructure Development Public Private Partnerships (PPP). The project will expand the country’s educational infrastructure and prepare for significant future demand. AECOM is Technical Advisor Lead for Tatweer Buildings Company (TBC), a subsidiary of the Public Investment Fund in KSA, who are tasked with facilitating the funding, construction, supervision, management, operations and maintenance of new schools in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on behalf of the Ministry of Education (MoE), in the region’s first PPP.
Situated in the western region with 27 new schools to be built in Jeddah and 33 schools in Makkah, the Design & Construction phase for Wave 1, marks a significant milestone for KSA, with a heavy focus on sustainability it will eventually provide schooling for 50,000 pupils. The PPP’s ‘Build Maintain Transfer’ model will be applied across all three Waves with the first of the schools opening in Jeddah in August 2022.
“With a planned roll-out of up to 4,000 schools we are thrilled to be at the forefront of KSA’s first schools’ PPP” said Ian Laski, Chief Executive and President of AECOM Arabia. “This milestone would not have been reached without 2 years of hard work from both my AECOM colleagues and the collaborative attitude of the wider team. We would like to thank the Tatweer Buildings Company, National Centre for Privatization, Ministry of Education and Ministry Of Finance project teams for their support and leadership coupled with the contribution from our other Advisory Team Partners:- HSBC, Allen & Overy and Khoshaim & Associates. As long-term partner’s for TBC we are honoured to be able to continue our work in this Vision 2030 project and we’re now looking forward to starting the process again for Wave 2 and Wave 3.”
Wave 2 procurement is now underway and will see the holy city of Al Madinah receiving 60 brand new schools, housing a further 50,000 pupils, transforming its educational infrastructure by 2024.
