Riyadh: Mayor Eng. Fahd Al-Jubeir participated in a closed dialogue session at the Asia Pacific Cities Summit and Mayors' Forum 2025 in Expo City Dubai. The session addressed challenges in reducing infrastructure maintenance costs, particularly for roads and sidewalks, where frequent maintenance drains municipal budgets without achieving required efficiency.
According to Saudi Press Agency, during the session, Al-Jubeir presented an engineering innovation-an integrated curbstone maintenance system based on the architectural moulding machine. This eco-economic solution aims to reduce time and costs while enhancing execution quality.
The system operates in a single traffic lane without road closure, maintaining traffic flow during implementation. Guided by electronic sensors, it pours concrete directly into a specialized mold, producing uniform curbstones ready for immediate use.
The innovation reduces maintenance costs by over 50%, minimizes labor requirements, eliminates demolition waste and emissions, and preserves urban aesthetics.
A key feature is its modular design, which can be lifted and reset for maintenance or utility extensions (such as electricity or sewage) without breaking or re-pouring, offering a sustainable urban infrastructure solution.
The innovation received an industrial model certificate from the Saudi Authority for Intellectual Property on January 5, 2025.