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What You Need to Know About the Impressive Initiative ‘Riyadh Green Program’
The first phase of the world’s most ambitions urban forestation projects the ‘Riyadh Green Program’ has been launched, the phase that included planting around 31,000 trees along the 144 km of main roads in the Capital city.
The main roads that the project will cover are King Salman Road, King Khaled Road, King Fahd Road, Airport Road, Makkah Road, Northern Ring Road and the Eastern Ring Road.
This project is one of the four major projects that are planned for the city and that were announced by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman last year at the initiative of Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Salman.
Moreover, 100,000 shrubs will also be planted which will bring the total number of green areas on these roads to about 1.4 million sq. meters.
The ‘Riyadh Green Program’ is also planning on establishing 48 major parks in the capital and 3,250 parks within residential neighborhoods.
Also worth mentioning is that around 7.5 million trees will be planted as part of this great initiative, covering areas across the capital such as gardens and parks, mosques, schools, academic, healthcare, public facilities and most roads, streets, car parking spaces and valleys.
With forestation comes the need for irrigation water and in order to secure the required amount without wasting too much water, new irrigation networks will be established to use recycled water, usually being wasted in the valleys.
We can’t wait to see Riyadh bloom in greenery!
The Kingdom’s own Rania Nashar has made it to Forbes’ annual list of “The World’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women” and we can’t help but feel so much pride!
Nashar was ranked the 99th in the list that includes prominent names such as Angela Merkel, Kamaala Harris, Melinda Gates, Rihanna, & many other global female trailblazers.
Nashar is the first female to hold the position of CEO CEO of Saudi commercial bank, Samba Financial Group. She also made it to this ranking through her tremendous efforts in implementing changes that empower women of Saudi Arabia, all of which comes as part of the 2030 Vision.
Nashar has exceeded 20 years of experience in the field of commercial banking and has been inspiring young Saudi women to take on the challenge as well and break the glass ceiling and for that, we congratulate her.
The King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) has received the American Concrete Institute (ACI) award for concrete construction excellence.
The building, which is designed by Zahra Hadid Architects (ZHA), is one of the most well-known landmarks in Riyadh. It’s known for its unique architectural design.
The structure features an hexagonal honeycomb structure which stands out with hexagonal cell openings providing shade from the harsh sun. “ZHA projects have always been unique and creative in an unprecedented, nontraditional way. There’s no other structure like it in the entire world,” Saudi architect Mokhtar Al Shoaibi told Arab News.
The building is made of extremely complex steel, said Saudi architect Mukhtar Al-Shoaibi.
“The contractor working on the job must have gone through so much to install the joints and then apply the sheets over it and now it acts as a monument in the Kingdom,” he told Arab News.
It’s also worth mentioning that KAPSARC won the title of ‘smartest building’ in Saudi Arabia from the Honeywell Smart Building Awards program.
“I’m proud to see Saudis accomplish that. There are many more major projects coming up in the Kingdom as well, and I can’t wait to see what they’ll present,” Mukhtar Al-Shoaibi said.
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