Completion of 45% of the project of the beacons of the Grand Mosque

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The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque revealed the completion of (45%) of the construction works in the two lighthouses of the King Abdulaziz Gate in the Grand Mosque, (42%) of the lighthouses of the door of Umrah, and (37%) of the works of the Bab al-Fath lighthouse, during the suspension period due to the pandemic Corona.

The Director General of Projects General Administration at the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, Eng. Ammar Al-Ahmadi, said: The percentage of completion of the construction and finishing works in the two minarets of King Abdulaziz Gate amounted to (45.15%), and the marble columns and walls were completed by (90%), and the installation Gate ceiling of (80%).

With regard to the two minarets of Bab Al-Umrah, the percentage of work was completed at (42.38%), circular and square columns were installed at a rate of (15%), and the marble columns and walls were completed by (40%), while the completion of the Bab al-Fath lighthouse was (37.12%). ).

And he indicated that the administration has benefited during the last period and by supervising several projects in parallel, the most prominent of which was the work of the roofs in the Mataf building, where the percentage of roofs completion in the courtyard (43%), the ground floor (20%), and (4%), in the first floor.

He added that the completion rate for Bab Ismail exceeds (36.40%) in the southern façades, in which the installation of precast concrete by (100%) and the marble works for the façades by (25%), while the northern façades have been completed by (36.74%). Precast concrete works have been completed by (100%), and the percentage of façade marble works has reached (40%).