ACTS wins material testing bid for Riyadh Metro Project

An artist’s rendering of the Riyadh metro service.

Advanced Construction Technology Services (ACTS), a consulting organization in the field of construction materials and geotechnical engineering, has been awarded a contract to carry out testing and analysis on construction materials to be used for the Riyadh Metro Lines 1 and 2.
The contract win with the Riyadh Metro is the second for ACTS after it has been awarded a previous assignment to carry out geotechnical and geophysical works on the same two metro lines in support of the BACS (Saudi Arabian Bechtel, Almabani General Contractors and Consolidated Contractors Company WLL and Siemens Aktiengesellschaft) Consortium.
BACS is one of the three consortiums that were awarded the Riyadh Metro Project by Arriyadh Development Authority, the executive arm of the High Commission for the Development of Arriyadh.
The new three-year contract will see ACTS operating one of the largest site laboratories for infrastructure in the Kingdom with the setting up of an 800 sqm laboratory space to perform the expert services required under this assignment.
The laboratory is fully-equipped to investigate and assess related construction materials.
ACTS will also integrate the use of its online concrete pouring and quality control system, a sophisticated quality control web-based program developed by the company itself, used to track, evaluate and capture data for construction materials testing.
On top of these, ACTS will deploy more than 150 highly-trained professionals on three different site locations to fully complete the diverse technical expertise required under the agreement.
Christopher Daniels, project quality manager, BACS, stated: “ACTS has been involved with the Riyadh Metro project since January 2014, providing Geotechnical Investigation and Materials Testing services for the BACS consortium.”
Khaled Awad, chairman of ACTS, said: “The awarding of this new contract speaks volumes about the quality services ACTS is capable of delivering. We are pleased to be given additional assignment on the Riyadh Metro.”