ACTS has been appointed to carry out geo-technical survey works for Line 1 and 2 of the Riyadh Metro project.
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Advanced Construction Technology Services (ACTS), a consulting organisation specialising in construction materials and geotechnical engineering, has been awarded the geotechnical survey contract for the Riyadh Metro project.
ACTS said that it has already allocated its geotechnical engineering experts to oversee the drilling and logging works on the project. They are also conducting tests and analysis along two of the six metro lines being constructed in Riyadh.
In addition, six drilling rigs and a range of state-of-the-art geotechnical and geophysical equipment have also been mobilised for the project. A total of 65 people have already been deployed by ACTS.
The subcontract packages for Riyadh Metro Lines 1 and 2 were awarded by the BACS Consortium (Saudi Arabian Bechtel, Almabani General Contractors and Consolidated Contractors Company WLL and Siemens Aktiengesellschaft make up the consortium). It was awarded the contract by Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA), the executive branch of the High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh.
Currently ACTS is working on the north of Line 1, with the work encompassing drilling of boreholes, logging them using optical and acoustic tele-viewers and other advanced techniques, as well as assessing the subsurface ground layers. A scientific testing program is being carried out simultaneously on the extracted cores to assess soil properties.
“ACTS was selected because of their demonstrated ability to perform to the project’s technical and schedule requirements. We are satisfied with their contribution to this critical project which demands outstanding performance from all the engineering parties and subcontractors,” said Mike Hann, engineering director, BACS.
In parallel to the Riyadh Metro project, ACTS is undertaking quality control work for other megaprojects in the Middle East, including the King Abdulaziz International Airport and the Kingdom Tower, the world’s first kilometre-high skyscraper currently under construction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
The company has recently become one of the largest drilling entities in the region after the recent expansion of its fleet of drilling rigs.