China Harbour's factory starts operations for Saudi housing project
China Harbour Engineering Company has announced that it has begun operations at the modular building factory for the Sedra housing project being developed by Roshn, a PIF company, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Spanning 200,000 sqm, the factory will supply prefabricated components for Sedra project's fully modular villas, while laying the industrial foundation for future prefabricated construction initiatives in Saudi Arabia, the CHEC said in a statement.
The facility is equipped with an independently developed production management system and advanced robotics, enabling a fully digitalised workflow covering design, production, and storage, it stated.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Iain McBride, the Head of Commercial at Roshn, praised the factory's remarkable speed of completion, commending its design, construction quality, and safety standards.
"We look forward to deepening our collaboration with China Harbour in alignment with Vision 2030, the subsequent phases of the Sedra project, and expansion plans, working together to create a new chapter of mutually beneficial cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia," he said.
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