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74% chance Muqawil Platform — Release 4 slips within 45 days
The project is At risk today, but the SPI trend, the task-closure rate and the open risks point to a further slip.
Confidence82%
Good morning, Dr. Noura M. Al-Otaibi17 Jumada I 1448 AH — 28 October 2026
Five questions for this morning
Answers built on 36 projects updated up to today — every figure leads to its detail.
Working on:Saudi Contractors Authority
The five indicators of the spec
Update compliance, deliverables accepted on time, schedule variance, risks and impediments, and benefits realisation — open any one to see what is behind it.
Shown by your permissionsProject Management Office: 36 projects — everything in your scope
01Where are we?
The health of the enterprise portfolio today, and where the trouble sits.
SCA projects health score
Budget-weighted across eight dimensions: schedule, cost, risk, scope, quality, resources, stakeholders and benefits.
66
/ 100
since January
from 89 to 66
Progress
52%
Planned 57%
SPI
0.85
CPI 0.93
Projects by status
- On track18
- At risk10
- Off track4
- Critical2
- On hold2
Portfolio health
Pick a portfolio to drill into its programmes and projects.
Major projects
The six largest projects by budget — 66% of the whole portfolio.
02Why are we late?
Lateness is not one number — these are its root causes, ranked by days of delay.
Root causes of delay
Forecast delay of active projects, in days, grouped by primary cause.
Unapproved variations piling up into financial claims and extension requests.
Schedule and cost performance trend
Budget-weighted, January – October 2026
- SPI
- CPI
03What have we spent, what will it cost?
Spend to date, what is committed, and the forecast cost to completion.
- Approved budget
- SAR 5.2B
- Spent
- SAR 2.4B
- Committed
- SAR 3.9B
- Estimate at completion
- SAR 5.6B
- Variance at completion
- SAR 407.7M
47% of budget
75%
7.9% over budget
Actual spendCommittedApproved budgetEstimate at completion
Where does the overrun come from?
EAC minus budget for each portfolio (red is overrun) · SAR M
Monthly spend, 2026
Planned against actual, with the forecast to December · SAR M
- Planned
- Actual
- Forecast
0.93
Watch
CPI
0.85
Off track
SPI
04What needs me?
Decisions waiting for your signature, and the risks that could change the picture.
Decisions waiting for the Secretary-General
By decision date. You can remind the decision owner.
Approval26 hours overdueAction time limit exceeded
Approve the October Steering Committee minutes
The minutes hold 7 decisions and 12 actions; follow-up cannot start before approval.
Decision22 hours leftAction time limit about to lapse
Pay subcontractors directly on the Al-Khobar branch rehabilitation & extension
Three subcontractors stopped work 19 days ago over unpaid dues from the main contractor; the new training and test hall wing is idle.
Decision2 days leftWithin the time limit
Refer the SCA Academy campus contractor’s claims to arbitration
SAR 96M of claims over unapproved variations; the dispute board reached no settlement.
SCA Academy Campus, RiyadhSAR 96M
Approval4 days leftWithin the time limit
Approve the updated corrective plan for Muqawil Release 4
The plan recovers 30 of the 42 days by adding an integration squad for four months and resequencing wave 2.
Budget6 days leftWithin the time limit
Release SAR 22M of the HQ & regional centres portfolio reserve to speed up the HQ land handover
Zones 3 and 4 of the HQ site wait on the northern plot handover and utility diversions; every month of delay costs SAR 6.8M.
What you did today
No actions yet. What you approve or defer here shows in this log and on the command centre.
Critical risks
Open risks scoring 15 or more (probability × impact).
- 25Main contractor cash-flow distress and unpaid subcontractorsAl-Khobar Branch — Rehabilitation & ExtensionSAR 36MExposure
- 20Steel and concrete price rises driving price-adjustment claimsSCA Headquarters, RiyadhSAR 48MExposure
- 20Contractor financial claims piling up over unapproved variationsSCA Academy Campus, RiyadhSAR 41MExposure
- 20Late handover of the northern plot and utility diversions in zones 3 and 4SCA Headquarters, RiyadhSAR 31MExposure
- 20Unforeseen ground conditions and groundwater at the foundations of axes 12 to 16Qassim Vocational Qualification CentreSAR 27MExposure
- 20Late land handover and title deed from the owning entity in Wadi Al-DawasirWadi Al-Dawasir Vocational Qualification CentreSAR 12MExposure
- 16Ground-improvement costs up after the geotechnical surveyJeddah Branch & Qualification CentreSAR 22.5MExposure
Total exposureSAR 403.4M
05Are we meeting the SCA strategy’s objectives?
Are the projects moving the targets? Strategic objectives and benefits realised.
Strategic objectives
Actual achievement against the 2026 target, per objective.
A Unified Reference for Regulating the Sector
A Cornerstone of Sector Development
Specialised, Value-adding Services
Benefits realisation
Value realised against value planned to date, by portfolio.
Total expected value
SAR 8.4B
Planned to date
SAR 661M
Realised
SAR 471.5M
71% of plan