In 2022 Al Tamimi Markets opened its Ajyal store in Al Khobar. The programme gave the 4,230 m² building six months, and RAC handed it over in four.
What the client needed
A supermarket earns nothing until it opens. Every extra month on site is a month of rent and staff costs with no sales against them, so Al Tamimi wanted one contractor to carry the whole scope and finish early without lowering the finish.
The scope
RAC delivered the store under one contract: general construction, the steel structure and the HVAC for the sales floor. The steel, civil and mechanical teams worked from a single programme, so work that usually waits for another package to close could start as soon as the area was safe to share.
Planned against actual
- Area: 4,230 m²
- Planned programme: 6 months
- Delivered: 4 months
- Completed: 2022
The two months came off the programme with the specification unchanged, and quality and safety standards held for the whole job.
What the client said
The project was completed to our utmost satisfaction, meeting and often exceeding our expectations.
Al Tamimi Markets, performance letter for Tamimi Market, Ajyal.
If you are planning a store
Retail owners fix an opening date around the season and their supply contracts. A contractor who runs every trade can hold that date. Ajyal is one of two Al Tamimi stores RAC handed over early in 2022; the other, in Dammam’s Orouba district, finished a twelve-month plan in eight.
