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Speed Park




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Ok! I am back and here to bring you a video showing the insane progress of construction.. it is insane!

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Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Stadium:



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Water Park Hotel



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FIFA World Cup, and the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Working on a project of a scale rarely seen in New Zealand provided a unique opportunity for 'on the job learning' - a key aspect of the development of junior engineers early on in their careers. This paper explores the challenges encountered in the delivery of the project from the perspective of an emerging professional.
This included:

• Embedded connection design
• Design management and collaboration, both between engineers and with technicians
• Design automation
• Learning American and Saudi Arabian design standards

PROJECT BACKGROUND
The city of Qiddiya, developed by Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC), is an entertainment destination 45 kilometres from the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh. Designed as a global hub for entertainment, sports, and culture, Qiddiya is a cornerstone project of Saudi Arabia’s Vision
2030 initiative, aiming to diversify the country’s economy and create new opportunities for tourism and recreation.

One of Qiddiya’s premier attractions is the Motorsport and Speed Park precinct, which will feature a brand-new Formula One racetrack. Starting in 2027, this track is set to replace the current circuit in Jeddah as the host of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

The Motorsports and Speed Park Precinct contains a total of twelve buildings as shown in Figure 1 and listed below.

• Primary Pit (J1)
• Secondary Pit (K1)
• Motorsports Experience Centre (N1)
• Clubhouse (G1)
• Service Undercroft (U1)
• Arena Town Square (D1)
• World of Bikes (F1)
• Museum (E1)
• Subzero to Sixty (C1)
• Gravity Karting (T1)
• Medical Centre (V1)
• Operational Compound (W1)

All buildings within the Motorsport and Speed Park precinct comprise hybrid steel and concrete systems. Flooring systems are typically in-situ concrete slabs spanning to structural steel beams and/or long-span trusses. Beams and trusses are then supported by vertical elements
(columns and access/shear cores) comprising reinforced concrete, a decision made in order to keep steel tonnage, and therefore building costs, down. Foundations are a mix of rafts, strip footings and piles, depending on the geotechnical environment for each building. WSP New Zealand was allocated the design of the embedded connections between the structural steel beams/truss and the reinforced concrete vertical structural elements for the Primary Pit (J1), Gravity Karting (T1), Subzero to Sixty (C1), and the lower levels of the Motorsports Experience Centre (N1). This resulted in over 1,300 embedded steel connections of varying complexity to be designed and documented.

https://sesoc2025.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SESOC-Full-Papers-Book-18.07.25-Ordered-by-Author.pdf