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NEOM , the city of the future The FCC Group’s construction division has built more than 700 kilometres of tunnels. It has built tunnels of different types: road, railway, metro - politan and water supply tunnels. Many of them have been a challenge for engineering due to the technical difficulties and the conditions of the terrain. NEOM, an acronym for New Future, is the name of the new city and economic-technological area, three times the size of Cyprus, that Saudi Arabia is develo- ping in the Tabuk region, some 1,500 kilometres from Riyadh, the country’s capital. It will be located nor- thwest of Riyadh, facing the Sinai Peninsula, east of Egypt and south of Israel and Jordan. NEOM will be a special economic city of 26,500 square kilometres along 460 kilometres of Red Sea coastline. The main objectives are to attract foreign investment from multinational companies, diversify the Saudi economy and create a free market area. The project consists of the creation of a smart city in the Arabian desert, with an innovative and futuristic character, which will transform the sand dunes and become a reference in the coming years. Among the novelties it presents is the use of renewable energies, solar and wind, in its residential area, The Line, 170 kilometres long; and in its industrial centre, Oxagon, designed as the largest floating structure in the world. On the other hand, the creators of the project have also taken into account its sustainable impact and have thought of proposals in line with this premise, such as the use of aircraft as a means of transport, instead of cars. In addition, the most avant-garde te- chnology will be at the forefront of the city’s securi- ty and logistics, through robots, which will even take care of people. construction The contract is one of the most important projects for the development of transport infrastructures WATCH THE NEOM VIDEO MORE INFORMATION Saudi Arabian desert where NEOM will be located. More than 700 kilometres of tunnels B U S I N E S S B U S I N E S S 15