7 May 2024, Singapore – Swan & Maclaren Group (SMG), Singapore’s leading architectural design, illumination engineering and green tech solution provider with over 30 years’ experience in professional lighting, via its subsidiary, SM C2R, has secured its first Middle East illumination engineering tender, the Six Flags Qiddiya theme park, which is projected to be the world’s biggest theme park and estimated to be completed before early 2025.

The tender was awarded by a joint venture between Bouygues Bâtiment International (BBI) and Saudi Almabani General Contractors (AGC) and valued at around USD 28 million.

The scope of the tender includes the development design and engineering; manufacture, supply and delivery; supervision of Installation, testing and commissioning of special lighting and lighting control system for the theme park in Riyadh.

Mr Edwin Tan, SMG’s Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, said “This is a significant illumination engineering project for us at Swan & Maclaren Group and we are excited to work with our partners on this iconic and massive-scaled theme park project located in Riyadh. At SMG, our culture and mission of pursuing business excellence will drive us towards delivering the highest quality results for our client. We are both humbled and privileged to have been selected to be a part of this iconic and world-renowned theme park project.”

This is SMG’s first illumination engineering mega theme park project in the Middle East. Previously, the group had clinched several other iconic projects including the 2018 Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in Pyeongchang, the Venetian Macao, Marina Bay Sands and other award winning architectural and master planning designs including Shanghai Raffles Hospital, Holland Piazza (Singapore) and Garden City Lao Cai City (Vietnam).

About Swan & Maclaren Group

Considered as one of Singapore’s pioneer architectural firm, Swan and Maclaren began our humble beginnings in 1892 with landmarks such as the Raffles Hotel, Goodwood Park Hotel, Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, Tanjong Pagar Railway station and many more. These buildings not only withstood the test of time but are often highlighted as one of Singapore’s prides.

We are now present across Asia and internationally with offices in Hong Kong SAR, China, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia and Singapore as our global headquarters. Together with our partners, our businesses have expanded beyond Architecture & Design, and presently include Immersive Experience Design and Build, Green Technology and Build, and soon, Luxury Senior Residences management.

In tandem with the rapid growth of new businesses and opportunities, our people are continuous seekers of knowledge and skills, and have started incorporating smart technologies, generative AI and machine deep learning in their work. These powerful platforms and tools brings about higher productivity, process optimization and automation, waste reduction and new business insights and intelligence as Swan & Maclaren journey steadfastly towards a carbon neutral built environment.

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