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SAUDI ARABIA FORMULA E HIGHLIGHTS FORMULA ONE’S ENVIRONMENTALLY YOUNGER SIBLING MAKES ITS GCC DEBUT, CALLING ON THE REGION’S LARGEST AND BEST-KNOWN TECHNICAL SUPPLIERS TO PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE ELECTRIC CAR RACE AND SUBSEQUENT AFTERPARTY AS TPMEA DISCOVERS...
Losberger De Boer’s Senior Sales Manager Middle East, Paul Machin.
LOSBERGER DE BOER Global mega-sporting events specialist, Losberger De Boer, secured the temporary structure build contract for the electric Grand Prix in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The international temporary structures specialist built a 190m-long pit lane building together with second floor hospitality and viewing facilities. The build site located in Ad Diriyah, the historic centre of the Saudi Arabian capital, faced an existing public road that will be closed for qualifiers and race day between 12-15 December 2018. Losberger De Boer was responsible for project managing turnkey delivery of the entire pit lane structure to support this event within a tight 40-day build timeframe together with rapid dismantling immediately following race day. Senior Sales Manager, Paul Machin, of Losberger De Boer Middle East said: “Functionality and delivering an optimal viewing experience are key concerns for the organiser, so in light of this we were pleased to be able to deliver our Emperor and Premier products using ISO 14001 environmentallycertified processes. This ensures the needs of the planet are carefully balanced with delivering optimal race day performance, while providing an
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unrivalled visitor experience for guests. “Critically, our team follows a carefully planned project management process to ensure tight build and dismantling times are met. Since the race track is located in the centre of a busy working city, our team works hard to keep disruption to local residents and businesses to a minimum - this is an area of expertise for Losberger De Boer,” concluded Machin. With close to 700 projects every year, Losberger De Boer also delivers the world’s largest temporary event overlay for the bi-annual Farnborough Airshow in the UK and installs temporary structures annually at the largest global trade fair, Bauma, in Germany. Last year, Losberger De Boer also built the Middle East’s largest temporary exhibition hall, Bay X, at King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia and also built the Baku City Race Circuit event overlay for a major international Grand Prix motor sports racing event in Azerbaijan. Photo: Losberger De Boer www.losbergerdeboer.com
