Binladin Group, which won the SR4 billion ($1.17 billion) Jamrat expansion contract, is expected to start work on the project soon after the Haj season in January.

The new Jamrat would have four floors apart from the ground floor.
The project – to be carried out in four phases – will help nearly four million pilgrims perform the ritual of stoning the devil in one day, according to Dr Habib Zain Al-Abideen, deputy minister for municipal and rural affairs.
The project will ensure the smooth flow of pilgrims at Jamrat and prevent stampedes that have caused several casualties in the past, said a ministry spokesman.
The project includes expansion of the area around Jamrat, automatic cleaning of the area and transportation of pilgrims from tents to the Jamrat and back by train.
The new Jamrat will have escalators, 12 entrances and 12 exits and will be linked with tents by hanging bridges. King Fahd Haj Research Institute prepared the plan for the new project in association with the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs’ branch office in Makkah.