{"id":"2026-oct-further-gulf-saudi-project-pipeline-costs","canonicalSlug":"2026-oct-further-gulf-saudi-project-pipeline-costs","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-further-gulf-saudi-project-pipeline-costs","language":"en","title":"Saudi project pipeline reached US$2.07 trillion in H1, Knight Frank says","summary":"Knight Frank put planned or active Saudi projects at US$2.07 trillion in the first half of 2026 and reported higher construction-material and villa costs.","body":["Knight Frank’s Saudi Arabia Construction Landscape Review said on 5 October that projects planned or underway in the Kingdom were valued at US$2.07 trillion in the first half of 2026. The firm allocated US$1.13 trillion to construction and real estate, with the remaining US$940 billion across power, transport, industrial, water, chemical, gas and oil projects. It described these as a pipeline at different stages, rather than completed investment.","The research said reinforcing-steel bar prices rose about 24% from January to July 2026, while iron-binding wire rose 19.6% and aluminium 13.9%. Standard villa construction costs were estimated at SAR 4,100–4,800 per square metre in 2026, compared with SAR 3,800–4,400 in 2025. The figures are the firm’s reported analysis; its release links cost and supply-chain pressures to delivery risks but does not state that every project will be delayed."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"Saudi project pipeline reached US$2.07 trillion in H1, Knight Frank says\n\nKnight Frank put planned or active Saudi projects at US$2.07 trillion in the first half of 2026 and reported higher construction-material and villa costs.\n\nKnight Frank’s Saudi Arabia Construction Landscape Review said on 5 October that projects planned or underway in the Kingdom were valued at US$2.07 trillion in the first half of 2026. The firm allocated US$1.13 trillion to construction and real estate, with the remaining US$940 billion across power, transport, industrial, water, chemical, gas and oil projects. It described these as a pipeline at different stages, rather than completed investment.\n\nThe research said reinforcing-steel bar prices rose about 24% from January to July 2026, while iron-binding wire rose 19.6% and aluminium 13.9%. Standard villa construction costs were estimated at SAR 4,100–4,800 per square metre in 2026, compared with SAR 3,800–4,400 in 2025. The figures are the firm’s reported analysis; its release links cost and supply-chain pressures to delivery risks but does not state that every project will be delayed.","category":"economy","region":"world","topics":["statistics","metals"],"eventDate":"2026-10-05","eventDateBasis":"source-announcement-publication","publishedAt":"2026-10-10T16:13:06Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-11T23:59:17Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":"2026-10-10T16:12:33Z","sourcePublishedAt":"2026-10-05","translatedAt":"2026-10-10T16:05:38Z","sources":[{"url":"https://www.knightfrank.com.sa/en/newsroom/article/2026/10/saudi-arabia-construction-landscape-h1-2026","name":"Knight Frank Saudi Arabia","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","attribution":"Knight Frank Saudi Arabia, ‘Saudi Arabia’s Construction Landscape H1 2026’, 5 October 2026. No open licence was identified on the source page; this is an original factual summary and reproduces no source prose or media.","publishedAt":"2026-10-05"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/2026-oct-further-gulf-saudi-project-pipeline-costs","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/2026-oct-further-gulf-saudi-project-pipeline-costs","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/2026-oct-further-gulf-saudi-project-pipeline-costs","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/2026-oct-further-gulf-saudi-project-pipeline-costs","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/2026-oct-further-gulf-saudi-project-pipeline-costs","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/2026-oct-further-gulf-saudi-project-pipeline-costs","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/2026-oct-further-gulf-saudi-project-pipeline-costs"},"corrections":[{"at":"2026-10-11T23:59:17Z","language":"en","text":"Completed full translations and corrected localized terminology and explanatory labels to preserve all original details."}],"locations":[],"type":"news","classification":{"version":"1","dataKinds":["statistical-release","price-observation"],"geographies":[{"role":"economic-scope","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":null},{"role":"event-location","countryCode":"SA","subdivisionCode":null}],"evidenceBasis":["reported-observation","statistical-estimate"],"measurementPeriod":null}}