Building inside MODON industrial cities: the requirements in brief
A new tenant in an industrial city quickly discovers the project does not follow the usual municipal route: the regulator here is MODON — the Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones — with its own requirements manual and approval path. This post summarises what differs and what to prepare before applying.
MODON: landlord and regulator at once
Inside the industrial cities MODON combines two roles: owner of the leased land, and the authority that approves designs and inspects construction. Factory and warehouse drawings therefore pass MODON's technical review — site plan, setbacks, separation distances, safety systems — before any building permit.
What is required of the design office
MODON requires the engineering office to be accredited with it as a consulting office — listed after a qualification covering factory design, supervision and surveying. An unlisted office's file stalls at the eligibility check before technical review even begins.
Industrial safety is part of the same file
Industrial facility design combines the structural and the safety sides in one file: industrial activity classification, fire loads of stored or processed materials, separation distances, and the right detection and suppression systems. Having design and approval and safety studies under one office shortens review cycles between two parties.
A checklist before applying
- A current land contract and MODON site plan.
- A description of the industrial activity and its materials — the basis of hazard classification.
- A MODON-accredited consulting office for design and approval.
- A supervision plan through to final inspection.
Arvox is a MODON-accredited consulting office handling industrial-city projects in Dammam and across the Eastern Province — from first design to a fully compliant handover.