SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE (SDI) & ITS EFFECT ON PROJECT MANAGEMENT (PM)

Project Management areas are affected negatively through the constructions industry in Saudi Arabia. This paper identifies the reasons for the causes and the solution to reveal the negatives effect, especially in Makkah. Spatial data infrastructure (SDI) will be the main solution for each negative odd. Constructors in Makkah would be costly and has a delayed schedule. In addition, it would have difficulty to communicate with the government sectors who are responsible for transportation constructors for planning and get approvals. Moreover, it would have drilling issues because of the earth layers and the buried utilities, such as water, electrical, telephone pipelines. This study fills will show the huge benefit of using SDI as a key technology partner in any construction project in Makkah and around the Kingdome of Saudi Arabia. SDI will have an e-mapping database (Geographic Information Systems, GIS) which contains all data about what is underground, like the type of layers, the pipeline's depth, and path. SDI will be an e-service for helping companies to reduce the risk and the cost of the structure and building projects. In addition, SDI will provide a high-quality project with a less cost. As a part of stakeholders, it will be easy to communicate between the specialist department that must provide approvals to start building anything that belongs to them.