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The Kingdom’s construction sector continues to be fuelled by the increasing population growth – it has grown 8 fold over the last two decades and is expected to continue to rise from 4.1 million inhabitants to over 6 million in less than 5 years. Multi billion dollar public and private projects are underway in order to provide the necessary infrastructure, housing and facilities needed to support this massive growth. Among the major projects underway are: electricity (123 billion US$), roads (5 billion US$), water (93 billion US$), schools and universities (2 billion US$), hospitals (5 billion US$), housing (6 billion US$), not to mention the numerous public and commercial developments and tourism and industrial expansion.