Riyadh Marble Supplier — Turkish Cut-to-Size for Vision 2030 Projects

Saudi giga-projects run through a specific procurement chain: the PIF or the giga-project development authority appoints a main contractor through competitive tender; the main contractor appoints the facade or stone package sub-contractor; the sub-contractor prices against the design consultant's specification and issues purchase orders to the material producer. Turkish natural stone producers rarely engage the giga-project central office directly on the first project. The standard route is via the appointed stone sub-contractor, who names Sipahi Marble in the material submittal package.

A parallel channel is the Saudi trader-distributor: importers with owned stock yards in Riyadh's industrial districts and in Dammam. They import in container volumes, hold inventory and resell to smaller contractors and fit-out firms. This channel runs in parallel to the giga-project spec route.

1. Enquiry and specification review (Day 0-3): Buyer shares the project name, the specifier's material board or spec sheet extract, container volume estimate and target delivery window into Riyadh. Sipahi confirms quarry origin availability, cut-to-size fabrication load on the Adapazarı workshop, and the LEED, Mostadam and test documentation package.
2. Quotation (Day 3-7): CIF Dammam, CIF Jeddah or CFR quotation issued in USD with rate validity, incoterm, packing (bundle count, seaworthy crating), estimated container count (20-foot or 40-foot FCL), production lead time and shipment schedule. Payment terms per section on Letter of Credit or T/T.
3. Sample and pre-shipment approval (Day 7-30): For book-matched slab specifications and cladding programmes, physical samples ship from Adapazarı ahead of the main production run. Buyer approves the finish (polished, honed, brushed, leathered), edge profile and colour match before the main production is released to the workshop floor.
4. Production and quality inspection (Day 30-60): CNC cutting to ±0.5 mm tolerance, water-jet edge and mitre where specified, mechanical anchor slot preparation for AISI 316 stainless cladding systems (detail on the AISI 316 anchor hub). In-house QC before crating; third-party inspection by SGS or Bureau Veritas arranged on buyer request.
5. Documentation and shipment (Day 60-70): GCC Certificate of Origin issued through the Sakarya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, İMİB member firm certificate attached, commercial invoice and packing list per booking, bill of lading issued by the shipping line at Ambarlı or Mersin loading. Container sealed and released.
6. Sea transit, port discharge and inland trucking (Day 70-90): 10 to 14 days sea transit into Dammam or 8 to 12 into Jeddah. Saudi importer of record handles customs clearance; inland trucking from Dammam to Riyadh runs approximately 400 km (about a one-day drive) and from Jeddah to Riyadh approximately 900 km (about a two-day haul with sea freight inclusive).

Standard container volumes for a Riyadh project run 1 to 6 FCL per shipment. Giga-project scale supply (Diriyah Gate parcels, Qiddiya hospitality clusters) can absorb 12 to 40 FCL across staged deliveries planned into a master programme schedule.

The primary Saudi engagement channel is direct — WhatsApp (+90 540 048 54 54) or export email ([email protected]) to Sipahi Marble's Sakarya export desk. Design consultants, facade sub-consultants and stone sub-contractors working on Vision 2030, Diriyah Gate, Qiddiya and Neom-adjacent parcels receive a project-specific package inside 3 to 5 business days: sample kit shipping schedule from the 300+ SKU Turkish natural stone library, CIF Dammam or CIF Jeddah indication with rate validity, and technical documentation aligned with LEED v4.1 and Mostadam frameworks.

Sipahi Trade Program. Trade Program enrollment (see /en/trade/) is the structured onboarding channel for Saudi design consultants and PIF giga-project stone sub-contractors. There is no membership fee; the programme is calibrated to how the Saudi project chain actually sources material — through the specifier's material library and the stone sub-contractor's submittal package, not through developer central procurement.

• Physical sample kit shipped in 5 business days: 12 to 24 SKU curated selection from the 300+ Turkish natural stone library — Muğla white marble, cross-cut and vein-cut travertine, Denizli beige, Bilecik beige, Emperador Dark, Turkish granite grades. Shipped from Sakarya directly to the Saudi design consultant office in Riyadh, Jeddah or Al Khobar.
• Project-based FOB / CIF Dammam / CIF Jeddah / DDP Riyadh indication in 3-5 business days: Material scope, seaworthy crating, estimated container count (20-ft / 40-ft FCL), production lead time and shipment schedule against the buyer's target site window.
• Sakarya workshop visit: Day-trip from İstanbul with 2 weeks lead time. Walk the CNC production floor, sign off on slab selection across the 300+ SKU library, meet Managing Director Berkay Sipahi. Sipahi Marble coordinates İstanbul-Sakarya transfer.
• Coverings 2027 secondary meeting option: A limited number of Saudi buyer meeting slots can be pre-scheduled during Coverings 2027 (Orlando, April 6-9, 2027) for buyers already travelling to the show — contact Sipahi Marble to check current availability. Sipahi Marble attends as a visitor and does not hold an exhibitor stand. This is a secondary channel to the primary direct-contact and Trade Program routes above.