The Diriyah Gate Development Authority (DGDA), Saudi Arabia and the National Housing Company (NHC), Saudi Arabia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate collaboration on mutual areas that serve the housing sector, improving urban planning, and offering designs that meet building codes around Wadi Hanifah and its tributaries.

The MoU aims to facilitate further integration between the two parties and offer more design options to NHC clients within DGDA’s jurisdiction. Together, they will conduct a series of joint workshops, initiatives, and projects to exchange data, statistics, and expertise.

Jerry Inzerillo, Group Chief Executive Officer of DGDA, stressed the importance of the MoU, stating that one of the workshops involved is a joint design studio between DGDA and NHC and its affiliated architects, who would be informing the authority of all its initiatives within the latter’s jurisdiction. The two sides will also explore avenues for further collaboration as and when agreed upon. In addition, the authority will be holding workshops to clarify the building codes applicable around the Wadi Hanifah area.

HE Mr. Mohammed bin Salih Al Batti, NHC’s CEO, also commented on the MoU highlighting that it lays out a road map for collaboration between the two sides, including the creation of a DGDA microsite as part of NHC’s Sakani website for users of residential units within DGDA-managed areas to show that designs meet building codes around the Wadi Hanifah area, as well as the authority’s designs and platforms.