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The Importance of Establishing Special Economic & Industrial Zones in KSA

Wide aerial view of King Abdullah Economic City Special Economic Zone infrastructure and logistics port in Saudi Arabia.

Arabia’s industrial transformation. Managed by key entities such as the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (MODON) and ECZA (the Economic Cities and Special Zones Authority), these dedicated economic hubs provide integrated infrastructure, clusterized supply chains, and specialized business ecosystems. MODON currently oversees 36 industrial cities encompassing over 200 million square meters of […]

Drone LiDAR Flood Mapping and Riverbed Hydrological Survey for AlWadi

DJI Matrice 400 drone equipped with Zenmuse L3 LiDAR payload conducting a flood mapping survey over the Abha Valley corridor.

ARDARA’s flagship AlWadi development encompasses over 2.5 million square meters of connected urban and waterfront districts in Downtown Abha.  Designed to align with the objectives of Saudi Vision 2030, the master plan dedicates over 30% of its total footprint to green open spaces, pedestrian pathways, and public amenities.  AlWadi Master Plan Spatial Footprint: Total Site […]

Pre-Construction Topographic Mapping for the Large-Scale Gas Expansion in Jafurah

A wide-angle aerial view of a massive desert land grading project in a hyper-arid environment, showing heavy earthmoving machinery leveling a vast sand dune field for energy infrastructure construction.

Expanding regional energy infrastructure across hyper-arid environments requires absolute geographic precision before a single asset is mobilized. As part of its long-term strategy to boost domestic energy production, Aramco is actively scaling up its country-wide gas network, recently finalizing a series of major expansion contracts totaling SAR 93.8 billion. A major pillar of this multi-tier […]

How DJI Dock 3 Cuts Solar Inspection Costs

A white DJI Dock 3 station installed on a secure platform overlooking a vast solar farm during the day.

Managing large energy sites often requires massive manual effort and high operational costs. A standard 100MW solar farm covers roughly 3.4 square kilometers and contains over 900,000 panels. Inspecting such a vast area manually can take a ground crew more than one full month to complete. A conventional ground crew of four to six people […]

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