Almabani takes particular pride in its contributions to the Kingdom's air, sea, and land based defense projects. One of the foremost players in this vital area, the company can surely be said to be a leader in this field. Almabani's projects portfolio in this segment includes runways, aprons, control towers, terminal buildings, and related facilities. Independently, and in collaboration with international companies, Almabani has erected several aircraft shelters featuring state-of-the-art technology. Nuclear, chemical and bacteriological personnel shelters fitted out with high-tech equipment are also on the company's projects list. Almabani has also been involved in turnkey projects all over the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It has worked on a wide range of infrastructure projects for the Ministry of Defense & Aviation (MODA). The third runway at Jeddah's King Abdul Aziz International Airport was built in a record time of six months- employing a workforce of eight hundred working round the clock, without interruption to the airport's operations- a task that required a logistical operation of high precision. Almabani has also completed a string of projects in the 'Empty Quarter'- an isolated section in the desert, notorious for its inhospitable terrain. These projects include 5 airstrips and supporting facilities for the Frontiers Forces of the Ministry of Interior and a full size runway at Kharkheer for the Ministry of Defence & Aviation. These demanding projects called for a high degree of logistical co-ordination and resource management. Beside new airports, Almabani has been involved is several airport upgrades and refurbishment projects. They range from adding royal pavilions, VIP lounge, aircraft repair hangers, airfield service buildings and cargo terminals to air terminal refurbishment and wide-bodied jet runway upgrades. Significantly, such contracts required greater management and technical skills to meet tight deadlines while not holding up a busy airport’s operations. Almabani has made a technical leap by introducing Polymer Modified Asphalt technology in new airport pavement design. This revolutionary technology has been made use of at the kharkheer airport, and in the upgrading of runways and taxiways in airports, such as the King Abudl Aziz Air Base in Dhaharan and Prince Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Airport in Jazaan. One of the largest military projects, with a regional significance, that Almabani can claim credit for in recent years is the Dir’h Al-Jazira Force Installation of the GCC at Hafr Al-Batin. This permanent facility consists of accommodation for some 6000 soldiers and officers, Brigade and Company Commands, Battalion Headquarters, communications building, various service & maintenance buildings for vehicles and equipment, refrigeration buildings. Central and Brigade stores, indoor shooting range, mess halls, mosques, a great number of shaded parking structures for vehicles and armor, potable water treatment plants, sewerage treatment plant, fire station, clinics, a shopping centre and so on.