Projects

Wadi Hanifah

Ar-Riyadh Development Authority required a Comprehensive Development Plan for the Wadi Hanifa - the major watercourse adjacent to Riyadh, capital city of Saudi Arabia. As the economic specialist on an international consultant team led by Burro Happold Limited, SGS carried out a financial and economic analysis for projects forming part of the master plan.

SGS prepared advice on the prioritisation of projects included in the strategy for the Wadi Hanifa, acknowledging that environmental enhancement and economic development opportunities were the principal goals underpinning the master plan. SGS also provided inputs to and attendance at a major workshop to explore the opportunities associated with the restoration and development of land within the Wadi.

In September 2003 the plan received the Top Honor Award from the Waterfront Center in Washington DC and in April 2004 the plan was presented to the United Nations Joint Commission for Sustainable and Economic Development. The plan has been acknowledged as an excellent model for practical environmental strategies that address one of the world's major development issues - the supply of clean water. The conservation strategies and the restoration and construction works identified in the plan as being required to re-establish the quality of this vital waterway are now being implemented