226억 달러 규모 사우디 ‘킹덤시티’ 수주 위한 '한-중 컨소시엄' 구성
‘킹덤시티’ 프로젝트 중
조명 및 디지털테마파크(Digital Theme Park) 수주 주목적
한국 썬코어, 디스트릭트홀딩스
중국 레야드광전 , 리펀
사우디 주요 지역에 건설되는 '킹덤시티' 는 총 천억불의 공사비가 소요되는 세계최대의 프로젝트다.
200층 규모의 제다 킹덤타워 조감도 Kingdom Tower
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중동 제2의 두바이 프로젝트로 주목 받고 있는 사우디아라비아 제다의 초대형 도시건설 프로젝트 ‘킹덤시티’의 수주를 위해 한국과 중국을 대표하는 기업들이 컨소시엄을 구성했다. 썬코어(회장 최규선)는 1차 사업규모 226억 달러(한화 약 26조 2883억 원) 규모로 추진되고 있는 사우디 ‘킹덤시티’ 프로젝트에서 조명 및 디지털테마파크(Digital Theme Park) 사업권 확보를 위해 ▲ 중국의 레야드광전 주식회사(Leyard Optoelectronic Co., Ltd.) ▲ 중국의 리펀 조명음향기술 주식회사(Leafun Light & Sound Technology Co., Ltd. “리펀”) ▲국내의 디스트릭트홀딩스 등과 함께 한-중 4개 회사가 LOI(사업의향서)에 공동 서명하고 컨소시엄을 구성했다고 24일 밝혔다. ㈜썬코어와 ㈜디스트릭트홀딩스가 주관사업자로 참여하는 한중컨소시엄은 24일 출범을 통해 통합 법인을 설립하고, 향후 사우디 ’킹덤시티’ 프로젝트의 전 지역에 걸친 조명과 디지털테마파크 사업 관련 입찰에 참여할 계획이다. 킹덤시티 조명 및 디지털테마파크 사업은 건축물 옥내외 조명, 호텔과 아파트 조명, 실내외 디지털테마파크 조성 등 앞으로 수년에 걸쳐 순차적으로 진행되며, 수억 달러 수준의 규모에 이를 것으로 예상되고 있다. 썬코어 관계자는 “최규선 회장과 사우디 알 왈리드 왕자간의 교분과 오랜 신뢰로 킹덤시티 전 지역의 조명사업과 디지털테마파크 관련 수주 활동이 가시화 될 것으로 기대된다”며 “현재 사우디 제다에는 두바이의 규모를 능가하는 초대형 도시건설이 건립중에 있으며 여기에는 세계 최고층인 200층 규모의 제다킹덤타워와 530만 평방미터(160만 6천여 평) 규모의 킹덤시티가 조성될 예정이다. 킹덤시티 내에는 킹덤병원, 킹덤학교, 킹덤리조트, 킹덤쇼핑몰 그리고 대규모 주거단지 등 작은 국가 규모의 초대형 건설 프로젝트로 추진되고 있는 상황”이라고 전했다. 이번 컨소시엄은 주관사업자인 썬코어와 디지털디자인 전문기업 디스트릭트홀딩스가 참여했다. 디스트릭트홀딩스는 KT텔레콤, YG엔터테인먼트, Samsung VC, 한국투자파트너스 VC, 네오플럭스 VC, 지식경제부 글로벌SW 기업육성 PEF 등이 주요주주로 구성되어 있는 회사로 4D 콘텐츠·플랫폼을 구현하는 기업이다. 중국의 레야드광전은 중국 심천 증권거래소에 상장된 회사로 LED 디스플레이 및 VMS 디스플레이 시스템에 있어 중국을 대표하고 있는 기업이다. 또한 레야드광전의 자회사인 리펀(Leafun)은 지난 2008년 베이징 올림픽과 2010년 광저우 아시안게임 개막식을 담당했던 엔터테인먼트 회사다. 썬코어는 이러한 한-중국의 대표적인 기업들과 함께 킹덤홀딩컴퍼니의 초청을 받아 킹덤홀딩컴퍼니가 건립하고 있는 세계 최고층인 200층의 제다킹덤타워 및 530만 평방미터(160만 6천여 평) 규모로 건립중인 킹덤시티에 본격적으로 참여할 계획이다. [헤럴드경제=이한빛기자] vicky@heraldcorp.com |
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Saudi Arabia unveils design for £67BILLION megacity the size of Washington DC to be built in the middle of the desert
The King Abdullah Economic City, (KAEC, pronounced “cake”) is one of four new cities upon which the late monarch pinned his hopes for the future of his realm once the oil runs out.
Peppered with cranes, the city – or building site to be more accurate – lies one-and-a-half hour’s drive north of Jeddah between the Red Sea and scrubby desert.
Its future depends on balancing the complex and evolving transport, health, education, housing and employment requirements of the city’s projected two million residents.
According to Fahd Al-Rasheed, the managing director of Emaar Economic City, the publicly traded Saudi company that runs the entire KAEC project, the new generation of Saudis expect a city that matches the modern lifestyle they have grown used to while studying abroad.
“We’re building with the 65% of the population who are under 30 in mind,” he explains. “And we have almost 200,000 Saudis studying abroad. Inevitably they are going to change things when they come back.”
These statistics are compounded by the fact that more women than men graduate from university. These changing demographics are bringing with them new social demands that will likely revolutionise how the country develops.
Megacity
At 70 sq miles KAEC will eventually be a metropolis slightly larger than Washington DC and at a cost of $100bn (£67bn), mostly from private funding, the King Abdullah Economic City is second to none in the grandeur of its vision.
“We aim to create one of the world’s largest ports,” says Rayan Bukhari, a young manager at the King Abdullah port.
“We’re not competing with Jeddah’s Islamic port – but we are going to take business away from Jebel Ali in Dubai. That’s because of our quicker, more automated offloading and customs procedure.”
According to Mr Bukhari, King Abdullah was determined to involve the private sector in the economic development of the country; casting aside tribal and regional rivalries in the interests of creating a modern business economy.
“Freight arriving at the port will be taken directly to the capital via the new land bridge,” he explains, “At the moment lots of products destined for Riyadh are shipped to Dubai, but that will change. They’ll be shipped here as it is cheaper – and can be delivered more quickly within the Kingdom.”
Speed is integral to KAEC’s vision for future. With Mecca and Medina on the high speed train network that links KAEC with the two holy cities, well-heeled Umrah (pilgrimage to Mecca) pilgrims are expected to visit the city as they travel from the place where the Prophet was born to the place where he is buried.
“The Haramain station is due to open by the end of the year,” says Fahd Al-Rasheed, “That train service will alter a lot of things for us.”
The station is designed by British architect Norman Foster, famed for London’s “Gherkin” skyscraper and the Reichstag Dome in Berlin.
It is expected to reduce the journey time from Jeddah to 30 minutes and bring religious tourists to the city on extended pilgrim visas.
And as Jeddah becomes ever more clogged with cars, KAEC claim’s it will limit fuel emissions by providing electric cars for use within the city free of charge.
Repeated rethinks
It has, however, not been entirely plain sailing for the country’s newest city.
Even though KAEC is developed and managed by the private sector and is listed on the Saudi stock exchange (Tadawul), economic realities in the Gulf have hit home and necessitated a government loan amid the current fall in oil prices and the more widespread economic downturn.
The speed of social change in the kingdom is also making itself felt for what has become a fluid master plan.
“We’ve altered our plan four times already,” confirms Head of Strategic Planning Tareq Salaita, “We may well need to have another rethink.”
Creating a massive new city that is able to encourage enterprise in a practical way has up-ended the usual rigmarole of applying for permissions.
The government has set up an Economic Cities Authority overseeing all four megacities and dealing with every licence, construction permit and approval needed from different ministries. This time-saving move should help the hundred companies that are setting up in KAEC avoid costly delays.
So far only 15% of the city has been developed – industrial estates, residential districts and public facilities are currently under construction.
Ninety kilometres of roads are already in use but what about the thorny question of women driving? In 20 years when KAEC is due to be completed, will females be behind the wheel?
According to Dania Beidas, who lives and works in the city during the week, in two decades the question may well be irrelevant.
“I hope that we will be allowed to drive here eventually,” she says. “But with driverless cars in the pipeline, it may not matter any more.”
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