The Saudi Jeddah Tower project, which has attracted the attention of the global architectural community, has recently ushered in important development. Jianghe Curtain Wall, a leading enterprise in China's building decoration industry, successfully won the bid for the curtain wall subcontracting project of the "world's tallest building", with a winning bid amount of 2.012 billion yuan. This marks the international recognition of the technical strength of Chinese construction enterprises in the field of super high-rise buildings.

Renderings of the Jeddah Tower project

Jeddah Tower is located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with a design height of 1,008 meters and a total investment of $20 billion. The project started in 2013, was suspended for some reason, and officially resumed construction in January 2025. At present, the main structure has completed 63 floors with a height of about 360 meters, and is planned to advance at a rate of one floor every four days, and is expected to be completed in 2028. When completed, Jeddah Tower will surpass the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and become the first building in human history to exceed a kilometer in height.

As a project curtain wall engineering contractor, Jianghe curtain wall faces a number of world-class technical challenges. Jeddah Tower is located on the shore of the Red Sea and needs to deal with complex environments such as extreme heat, strong wind pressure, and structural deformation. The company's innovative unit curtain wall system can reduce energy consumption by 30% through advanced thermal insulation design and structural optimization, while meeting the aesthetic requirements of the building.

Renderings of the Jeddah Tower project

The chairman of Jianghe Curtain Wall said: "The Jeddah Tower project is a comprehensive test of the technical strength of Chinese enterprises. We have overcome key technical problems such as ultra-large wind pressure and super-large interlayer displacement, and completed the rigorous 'five-nature test', and the test parameters far exceed international standards. "

It is understood that Jianghe Group was established in 1999 and has undertaken more than 70 super-high-rise buildings above 300 meters around the world. In 2024, the company's overseas business will add 7.63 billion yuan of new orders, a year-on-year increase of 57%, and the internationalization strategy has achieved remarkable results.

Industry experts pointed out that Jeddah Tower is not only an architectural miracle, but also a breakthrough in the limits of engineering technology. The participation of Chinese enterprises marks that "China Construction" is changing from a follower to a leader, contributing Chinese wisdom to the development of global super high-rise buildings. The project will also become an important model of infrastructure cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia under the framework of the Belt and Road.(This article is from the official website of Jiandao www.seetao.com it must not be reprinted without permission, otherwise it will be investigated, please indicate the reprint of Jiandao.com + original link) See the Middle East column editor/Gao Xue