Rieder Wins Major Contract in Saudi Arabia

CompaniesTechnology ♦ Published: February 2, 2011; 00:01 ♦ (Vindobona)

The Austrian Company Rieder will supply roofing and facade elements for the world's largest energy research centre in Saudi Arabia

Rieder Wins Major Contract in Saudi Arabia / Picture: © Saudi Arabia Zaha Hadid

The world's largest energy research centre KAPSARC, designed by Zaha Hadid, is to be built near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The building’s elaborately constructed outer shell will be clad with fibreC glassfibre-reinforced concrete. Rieder was able to convince the client with a production method specially developed for the three-dimensional concrete elements of the research…