During the MEED Quality Awards for project, the top prize was given to Saudi Arabian project regarding a petrochemical collaboration between ARMCO and Dow industries. It is the largest petrochemical project comprising 26 fully integrated world scale production plants, three third-party feedstock units. It is called Samara and for ARMCO it represents a key component in its expansion in the Kingdom’s economy. It will be an essential developing opportunity for all markets of Middle-East, Africa and Asia-Pacific. This is the second win in row for the Kingdom in MEED competition. In addition to UAE and Qatar, it is the only state to have won this prize. The other regional winner from Saudi Arabia was the General Authority of Civil Aviation’s Design and Build of Terminal 5 and Related Facilities at the King Khaled International Airport Project (nominated by a TAV-Al Arrab Contracting joint venture) which won the GCC Transport Project of the Year award.
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