The contract involves updating the Jeddah strategic plan and preparing sub-regional, structural and local plans for the area.
The Jeddah Municipality, representing the Ministry of Municipal & Rural Affairs of Saudi Arabia, awarded Aecom the contract for multiple levels of city-planning services that will reshape Jeddah.
Aecom鈥檚 services will include strategic planning and governance, spatial and urban planning and design, socio-economic and tourism, landscape and environmental sustainability, and infrastructure, as well as engaging stakeholders and communities in various workshops.
鈥淲e are delighted to play such a vital role in planning and improving the city of Jeddah,鈥� said Aecom chairman and chief executive officer John M. Dionisio. 鈥淎ecom has been heavily involved in the area鈥檚 transformation, as we鈥檝e been successfully providing project management services for a city-wide stormwater, flood-control and wastewater-infrastructure improvement program since 2011.鈥�
Aecom鈥檚 latest contract begins immediately and is expected to last 30 months.