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"RABIGH, Saudi Arabia — THE alarm bell sounded the end of the lunch break here one November afternoon, and suddenly thousands of workers — on foot, on bicycles and in buses — streamed in, seemingly from out of nowhere, and jolted this huge construction site to life.
The King Abdullah Economic City, shown in rendering, is being championed by the Saudi monarch as a way to handle an expected population boom.
Amid a forest of cranes, towers and beams rising from the desert, more than 38,000 workers from China, India, Turkey and beyond have been toiling for two years in unforgiving conditions — often in temperatures exceeding 100 degrees — to complete one of the world’s largest petrochemical plants in record time. "
The Construction Site Called Saudi Arabia - New York Times
The King Abdullah Economic City, shown in rendering, is being championed by the Saudi monarch as a way to handle an expected population boom.
Amid a forest of cranes, towers and beams rising from the desert, more than 38,000 workers from China, India, Turkey and beyond have been toiling for two years in unforgiving conditions — often in temperatures exceeding 100 degrees — to complete one of the world’s largest petrochemical plants in record time. "
The Construction Site Called Saudi Arabia - New York Times