PROJECTS:
» King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
» Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
» Police Headquarters in Sharjah, UAE
» American University of Sharjah, UAE
» Cairo international Airport, Egypt
The company was originally formed by Bakr Binladin’s father, Mohammed Binladin, as a general contracting company in 1931. The company gradually expanded over the years across Saudi Arabia and added a number of operating divisions to its portfolio. To push the company to go global, Saudi Binladin Group was established to incorporate various divisions into a corporation.
Diversified into construction activities in UAE during 1971 and Saudi Arabia in 1981, the company has played a key role in the region’s development especially in terms of major civil development projects.
The most active division, Public Buildings and Airports Division (PBAD), is highly competitive and has undertaken various projects in building roads, bridges, airports, hospitals, universities, large housing projects, residential and commercial buildings, and high-rise towers among others.
The division is well known for its speed in mobilising and executing projects.
The yearly turnout of the division is around $US800 million and has ISO9001:2008 certification and maintains efficient quality programmes.
SBG also led the way in Forbes ’ recent Top Private Companies Making an Impact list which included a number of companies from the Middle East especially Saudi Arabia.
SBL’s current manpower strength is over 55,000 which includes engineers, architects, technical and http://www.businesstoday.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sample10.jpgistrative staff, skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers.
The group is often ranked as one of the top construction companies in the region and is surely part of the A-list player. The group is currently working on the $21 billion expansion project at the prestigious Grand Mosque in Makkah