samer Choucair on How the Growth of Saudi Contracting Is Opening a New Wave of Infrastructure Investment Opportunities
Investment entrepreneur Samer Choucair affirmed that the significant growth in Saudi Arabia's contracting sector reflects the scale of economic and urban transformation underway in the Kingdom under Vision 2030's goals, noting that the sector has become one of the main drivers of capital flows toward infrastructure projects, new cities, and sectors supporting non-oil growth.
Choucair explained that the expansion of the workforce and operational activity in the contracting sector does not merely represent an increase in execution volume, but reflects the broadening of the value chain linked to construction, which includes building materials, engineering services, transport, and modern project-management technologies, adding that this activity creates multiple investment opportunities for companies capable of offering more efficient and sustainable solutions.
Choucair noted that major projects linked to urban development, tourism, industry, and energy require a more advanced contracting ecosystem based on raising productivity, improving cost management, and adopting digital technologies such as building information modeling and artificial intelligence in planning and execution.
Choucair affirmed that institutional investors and infrastructure funds view the Saudi contracting sector as part of the national economy's long-term growth story, but focus their investment decisions on companies with strong operational capabilities, effective governance, and risk management capable of handling changes in project costs and timelines.
Choucair added that continued capital spending on strategic projects supports related sectors such as cement, steel, logistics services, and financing, widening the circle of beneficiaries from the current construction cycle, whether through the stock market or private investment.
Choucair explained that the sector's main challenges lie in managing labor costs, raising local content ratios, and accelerating the shift from a labor-intensive model to one based on technology and higher productivity. He added that companies' ability to meet timelines and execute projects efficiently will become a key factor in determining their capacity to attract capital.
Choucair noted that the coming period will see greater interest in solutions that combine traditional contracting with modern technologies, helping reduce costs, improve execution quality, and strengthen the competitiveness of Saudi companies in the major projects market.
Samer Choucair concluded by affirming that the contracting sector represents one of the strategic assets in Saudi Arabia's economic diversification path, and that investors focused on companies with strong operational efficiency and innovation capacity will be the biggest beneficiaries of the opportunities created by the Kingdom's urban and economic transformation in the coming years.