Premco Ready-Mix, a subsidiary of Construction Products Holding Company (CPC), has signed an agreement to supply ready-mix concrete for the Jabal Omar project in Makkah.

The contract is worth SR250 million ($66.73 million).

Commenting on the contract, Dr Faysal Alaquil, director, Business Development and official spokesman of CPC, said: 'The amount of concrete required for this project is 1.1 million cu m, out of which 80 per cent will be supplied by Premco Ready-Mix.'

He added: 'The concrete supply to Jabal Omar project will begin this month, and the project will be completed in December 2010.'

Dr Alaquil expressed CPC's pride in participating in the Jabal Omar project, and said: 'This project is one of the largest projects that is being implemented in Makkah, and would transform Jabal Omar area to a modern area consistent with the Government’s adopted approach for the development of the two holy cities, Makkah and Medina '.

Meanwhile, CPC nearly completed supplying concrete for King Abdullah University in Thowal, where 200,000 cu m of ready-mix concrete worth SR52 million were supplied. The project, started in 2008, is expected to be completed soon.

Premco Ready-Mix recently purchased new and advanced equipment worth
SR285 million from Zahid Tractor, E A Juffali and Brothers Co, Bekheet for Heavy Machineries and Alesayi Group, in order to accommodate for their new project requirements.

The new equipment included a modern concrete treatment plant, mobile concrete mixers, crushers, concrete pumps, trucks and transport vehicles.

Premco Ready-Mix employs about 500 highly trained workers and technicians to execute its various projects. – TradeArabia News Service