TAIBAH UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CE 203 – Civil Engineering Materials

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CEA

HW.5
Write at least 750 words on •
the sources, manufacturing, properties, and durability
concerns of coarse and fine aggregates in different regions of
.Saudi Arabia
Cite references (example: Smith and Jones 2018) and include a •
.reference page in APA style
When we talk about concrete in Saudization, it is worth mentioning that we are
talking about the Saudi Concrete Company, which was established in 1978. After
40 years, the Saudi Concrete Company established more than 100 factories
around Saudi Arabia and more than 100 million cubic
)saudireadymix, 2011( .meters of concrete

Figure 1 Khobar, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

While we are talking about concrete, we must mention its components, as it

consists of water, cement and aggregates. As for water, there are many
confiscations in Saudi Arabia, praise be to God, including surface water and
groundwater, but the main source is desalinated water because sea water
)Wejdan Al-Dabbas, 2021( .cannot be used in making concrete except in some cases

Saudi Arabia is now the Gulf's largest cement producer, with a production
capacity of more than 60 million tons by the end of 2013. Massive formations of
limestone, the main material used in the manufacture of cement, are available
in the Kingdom, and cement companies can rent quarries from the state for a
nominal fee, in addition to the low cost of fuel. The cement manufacturing
process necessitates a large amount of it in order to run the massive kilns. As a
result, the Kingdom's situation is ideal for cement production due to the
)Karim, 2013( .availability of these two components