MEED: How has the market performed for your company over the past three years?
Ayman Hariri: The past three years were record years for Saudi Oger, where we delivered some of the most iconic projects in Saudi Arabia such as King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Kaust), Princess Noura University for Women, the Ritz Carlton and many others.

Where do you anticipate growth over the next three years?
We anticipate growth in the healthcare and education sectors, in addition to infrastructure projects.

Where do you see the main opportunities for Saudi Oger?
We see the main opportunities for Saudi Oger in complex and technologically advanced infrastructure schemes, and in healthcare.

What are the current challenges facing your company?
Our challenges are getting qualified manpower and introducing new construction methods and technologies that will reduce dependency on large numbers of workers, and at the same time enable us to deliver megaprojects on time, to the high standards of quality Saudi Oger is known for.

Please highlight a recent project that has been significant to you.
Princess Noura bint Abdulrahman University for Women in Riyadh is a significant project for Saudi Oger, with more than 1 million square metres of built-up area and sophisticated architecture. The university is Saudi Arabia’s second green campus after Kaust. The campus includes an administration building, a central library equipped with an automatic storage and retrieval system for more than 5 million books, conference centres, 15 academic faculty buildings, several laboratories, and a state-of-the-art 700-bed hospital.

Saudi Oger was one of the main contractors for Princess Noura University, which is one of the leading female educational institutions in the region. The firm was able to deliver increased comfort levels and reduced energy consumption across all the buildings.