Neom awards $5bn contract for Trojena dam project

Neom awards $5bn contract for Trojena dam project

Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion Neom giga-project has awarded Italian contractor Webuild a $4.7 billion infrastructure development contract for the Trojena mountain destination. The Italian company will construct three dams to create the 2.8-km-long freshwater lake at Trojena, which will host the 2029 Asian Winter Games.  The main dam will be made of roller-compacted concrete (RCC) and will be 145 […]Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion Neom giga-project has awarded Italian contractor Webuild a $4.7 billion infrastructure development contract for the Trojena mountain destination.

The Italian company will construct three dams to create the 2.8-km-long freshwater lake at Trojena, which will host the 2029 Asian Winter Games. 

The main dam will be made of roller-compacted concrete (RCC) and will be 145 m high, 475 m long and holding a volume of 2.7 million cubic metres, Webuild said in a statement.

The second dam will also be in RCC, while the third will be in rock, with a volume of 4.3 million cubic metres.

An artificial lake will cover an area of 1.5 sq km and will have an island for botanical dives and walks. The lake, the kingdom’s largest architecturally crafted body of water, is a central feature of Trojena’s German studio Lava’s designed masterplan.

Webuild will also create the Bow, an architectural structure extending the lake’s surface beyond the