Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 4 Market
Overview — 5 Saudi Arabia — 5 Global
Overview — 6 Mega-Urban Regions: Opportunities And
Challenges For Infrastructure — 7 Mega-Urban Regions:
Investment Opportunities And Risks — 8 Table: The
World’s 30 Largest Urban Agglomerations — 10 Table:
The World’s Richest Cities In 2020 By GDP — 14
Table: The World’s Fastest Growing Urban Areas — 16
Industry Trend Analysis – Construction Inflation Continues To
Rise — 17 SWOT Analysis — 20 Saudi
Arabia Infrastructure Industry SWOT — 20 Saudi Arabia
Political SWOT — 21 Saudi Arabia Economic
SWOT — 22 Saudi Arabia Business Environment
SWOT — 23 Major Infrastructure Developments And Key
Projects — 24 Transport Infrastructure
Overview — 24 New And Ongoing
Projects — 26 Airports — 26
Ports — 27 Rail Networks — 28 Road and
Bridges — 29 Energy And Utilities Infrastructure
Overview — 30 New And Ongoing
Projects — 32 Power Plant And Transmission
Grids — 32 Pipelines — 34 Construction
Overview — 35 New And Ongoing
Projects — 36 Residential
Construction — 36 Commercial
Construction — 37 Industrial
Construction — 38 Table: Saudi Arabia – Major
Infrastructure Projects – Transport — 39 Table:
Saudi Arabia – Major Infrastructure Projects –
Utilities — 40 Table: Saudi Arabia – Major
Infrastructure Projects – Construction — 42 Industry
Forecast Scenario — 44 Table: Saudi Arabia –
Construction and Industry Data — 44
Risks — 45 Business Environment — 46
Regional Overview – Middle East And Africa — 46
Business Environment Ratings — 49 Table: Regional
Infrastructure Business Environment Ratings — 49 Limits Of
Potential Returns — 49 Risks To Realisation Of
Returns — 50 Project Finance Ratings: Outlook For Middle
East — 51 Table: Design and Construction
Rating — 52 Table: Commissioning and Operating
Rating — 53 Table: Overall Project Finance
Rating — 55 Foreign Direct
Investment — 55 Labour Force — 56
Legal Framework — 57 Tax Regime — 58
Corruption — 59 Macroeconomic
Outlook — 60 Table: Saudi Arabia – Economic
Activity — 62 Political Outlook — 63
Company Monitor — 66 Damac — 66 Saudi
Oger — 67 Al Khodari Group — 69
Almabani General Contractors — 70 Country Snapshot: Saudi
Arabia Demographic Data — 71 Section 1:
Population — 71 Table: Demographic Indicators,
2005-2030 — 71 Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown,
2005-2030 — 72 Section 2: Education And
Healthcare — 72 Table: Education,
2003-2005 — 72 Table: Vital Statistics,
2005-2030 — 72 Section 3: Labour Market And Spending
Power — 73 Table: Employment Indicators,
1999-2006 — 73 Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2012
(US$) — 73 BMI Forecast Modelling — 74
How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts — 74
Introduction — 75 Ratings
Overview — 75 Table: Infrastructure Business Environment
Indicators — 76 Construction
Industry — 77 Data Methodology — 77
Sources — 78 Project Finance Ratings
Methodology — 78
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