RADICON-Gulf Consult (RGC), a leader in the field of design, engineering and services, was chosen as the engineering consultant for the design of buildings and related infrastructure for the factory and construction supervision of Alabniah Precast Concrete Factory.
The Saudi-based organisation delivers innovative engineering solutions and its specialists operate collaboratively with clients to achieve responsive designs and integrated systems to create flexible, efficient and cost-effective environments, says Mamdouh A Ellaboudi, commercial manager.
A professionally-managed organisation under the leadership of Ali K Al-Harbi, RGC was established in 1992 and has evolved into a leading company providing engineering consultancy services for industrial, infrastructure and telecommunication projects involving multi-disciplines such as plant utilities, petrochemical, oil and gas plant modification and expansion, upstream and downstream oil and gas pipelines, environmental engineering, community planning, building architecture, structural design, electrical power distribution and transmission, heating ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC), telecommunications, construction supervision, procurement and project management.
The company came into being following a merger between Gulf Consult, which was formed in 1980 to provide geotechnical and design engineering services, and Radicon, an engineering consultancy founded in 1974 to offer multidisciplinary expertise, particularly in the field of industry and infrastructure.  The combined strengths of the two companies has made RGC a force to reckon in the engineering industry in Saudi Arabia, Ellaboudi says.
 “We are one of the 16 general engineering services (GES) contractors for Saudi Aramco and approved GES contractors for Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic), and Saudi Electric Company,” he says.
The company continues to build on its strengths and has recently become associated with an international company to undertake large EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) and LSTK (lump sum turnkey) projects.
RGC’s reputation for excellence can be attributed to the fact that it employs state-of-the-art facilities and techniques, it has a strong base of resources in terms of capital and personnel and an indomitable spirit to deliver its best, Ellaboudi adds.
“Above all, RGC now offers an unparalleled range of expertise for an impressive list of regional and national customers including Saudi Aramco, Sabic, Royal Commission, the Saudi Electric Company and the private sector,” he says.
RGC considers customer satisfaction and high quality as its primary goals.  It operates a total quality management system, which is spearheaded by the managing director and fully supported by the senior management.
“It recognises the importance of quality assurance within all business areas in which it operates and has, therefore, committed itself to the establishment of an effective quality management system, which can be implemented as required on any project, study or proposal it undertakes.  The aim of the system is to ensure that clients’ objectives are met with minimum wastage, rework or concessions,” he says.
RGC architectural projects cover a wide range including commercial buildings and institutions; corporate and government offices; and residences. Each design is unique and attuned to a client’s intent, budget and land area, says the company.
RGC’s core strengths are in providing comprehensive planning services include masterplan studies, land usage analyses, surveys, topographic and geotechnical, project planning and cost estimation. It has contributed its civil engineering expertise with leading-edge technologies in erecting some of the foremost infrastructure and industrial projects in the kingdom.
Its highly-trained manpower and design skills are in large measure, responsible for the quality and excellence of RGC’s project execution. “Our engineers have many years of experience in the oil and gas and petrochemical industries,” says Ellaboudi.
The company’s electrical division has wide experience in power generation, transmission, and distribution, covering system design, relay selection and coordination. In addition, it is experienced in gas and process industries, power plants, and various industries.
RGC offers both clients and contractors a complete project management ‘initiative’ through its qualified and highly-experienced project management team, which is specialised in meeting the requirements and challenges of the project and ensuring on-time delivery of projects, within budget and up to client expectations.
The construction management team is highly-experienced in supervising all aspects of construction activity and has carved a niche in executing projects well within the project schedule and within the design parameters.
RGC’s offices are spread over an area of 6,000 sq m in Al Khobar and in Jubail and the company employs 250 people.
Some of the major projects executed by RGC include front-end engineering design (FEED) and detail engineering design for the expansion of Jubail Industrial City (Industrial Jubail II) under Contracts No. 202-T03, 068-T09, 202-T15, 202-T23 and 207-T15 with a total design value of SR350 million ($93 million).
It also offered services for detailed engineering design and project management for an 80,000 tonnes-per-year glassfibre project with total design value of SR150 million ($40 million) for Glass Fibre Technologies Industries Company.
Other projects include an N-Paraffin and Linear Alkul Benzene (Lab) projects for Gulf Farabi Petrochemical Company; a methanol pipeline project for Saudi International Petrochemical Company; Middle East Battery Plant in Dammam for General Motors/MEBC; non-process buildings for PetroRabigh; a 115 kV GIC substation for Chevron/Flour Daniel; and King Fahad Industrial Port (KFIP) upgrade in Jubail for Sabic.
Unaffected by the global downturn, Ellaboudi anticipates no reduction of workload in the coming year. “We have enough business to retain the whole work force,” he concludes.