Summary Case Study:

King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh

Fire Protection Systems Design

Key Data:

• The King Abdullah Financial District will be the leading financial centre in the Middle East
• Located north of Riyadh, the site is 1.6 million square metres and will have floorspace of 3 million square metres
• King Abdullah Financial District is now the world’s biggest Green Development

The Scheme:

The King Abdullah Financial District is designed as a state of the art and fully self-contained centre for doing business and facilitating investment and enterprise in the Kingdom. The scheme is a large mixed use development of offices, hotels, conference centre, shops and recreational facilities with easy access to the airport.

Our Role:

We were responsible for the design of all the fire protection systems associated with two tower blocks of over twenty storeys each including; concept design, detailed design, full hydraulic calculations, answering all associated technical queries and representing our client “WSP Group” as a named specialist sub-consultant

Challenges and Collaboration:

Our biggest challenge was the size of the scheme and ensuring close co-ordination of the designs as part of the overall project team and to complete each aspect of theprogramme to the Client’s satisfaction.

Commitment to Sustainability and the Environment:

We deliver design solutions based on the cornerstone of sustainability, environmentalintegrity, economic viability and social well-being.