NEWS & INSIGHTS

A LundHalsey perspective on designing for clarity, resilience, and human performance

Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is reshaping the Kingdom’s infrastructure, services, and systems. Behind every ambitious project is a single operational truth: complex environments must be overseen in real time. That oversight happens in one place — the control room.

Control rooms are as varied as the missions they support. Some are expansive, coordinating multi-agency operations. Others are compact, focused, and secure. They serve transport, utilities, energy, defence, and increasingly, the Kingdom’s smart infrastructure. What unites them is their role: they are the operational backbone of Vision 2030.

At LundHalsey, we believe control rooms are not just functional spaces but performance environments. Their design directly affects resilience, clarity, and human focus.

Consoles and Seating: The Operator’s Environment

Human factors come to life most directly through the console and seating — the tools operators engage with every minute of every shift.

LundHalsey consoles are engineered interfaces: modular, durable, and ergonomically precise. Their configurations adapt as technology and missions evolve, while bespoke solutions allow us to tailor layout and finish to specific workflows and sectors, from energy to defence.

Quality and finish matter. Tactile surfaces, premium design, and carefully selected materials do more than enhance aesthetics; they reinforce professionalism, focus, and operator pride. When the console feels considered, the operator feels supported.

Operator seating is equally critical. Ergonomic design that supports posture, circulation, and comfort directly shapes concentration, health, and long-term wellbeing.

Consoles and seating must work together as a considered whole. They define the operator’s daily experience and turn design principles into real-world performance. More than furniture, they signal professionalism, make teams feel valued, and provide the tools to stay focused, reduce fatigue, and perform consistently, shift after shift.

Spaces People Want to Work In

“When operators enter a room that feels intentional, it changes everything,” says Charbel Ejbeh, Country Manager, KSA. “It shows the mission is valued. It feels like the space was built for them — not just the system.”

Control rooms must be precise, but they should also inspire confidence and pride. A well-designed environment signals professionalism, long-term commitment, and helps retain experienced operators — a challenge across sectors worldwide.

The environment sends a message: that the mission matters, and that the people behind it are valued. This is why design goes beyond performance — it is also about motivation and identity.

Global Knowledge, Saudi Delivery

LundHalsey combines decades of international expertise with a clear and longstanding commitment to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Through our dedicated local sales and support team — led by Jiri and Charbel — we ensure that every control room project not only meets international standards but is also delivered with deep understanding of local requirements and client expectations.

Our focus is aligned with the Kingdom’s transformative agenda — from Vision 2030 through to Vision 2040. We support projects that combine global best practice with Saudi ambition, delivering environments that are world-class, future-ready, and rooted in local culture and workflows.

Charles Evett, CEO of LundHalsey, states: “It’s not enough to meet specification, we want to raise the standard — so the control room doesn’t just function, it reflects the ambition of the Kingdom and the professionalism of its people.”

Calm, Clarity, Confidence

The measure of a successful control room is not its brochure image but its long-term impact. Does it reduce fatigue? Improve focus? Instil trust between people and their environment?

As Jiri Vetrovec explains: “When design supports people rather than distracts them, the result is focus; and sustained focus is what turns a high-spec installation into a high-performance environment.”

The best-designed control rooms don’t just manage systems — they create confidence. They allow operators to think clearly, act decisively, and sustain peak performance, shift after shift. This philosophy sits at the heart of LundHalsey’s approach in Saudi Arabia, ensuring environments that serve the Kingdom’s professionals today and into the Vision 2040 era.

Designing for the Future of Saudi Operations

As Vision 2030 accelerates, expectations are higher, systems are more complex, and environments must be designed for human performance as much as technical integration. At LundHalsey, we don’t design to decorate. We design to enable — creating control room environments that combine precision, discipline, and intent.

Our design approach reflects Saudi Arabia’s national vision — from the immediate ambitions of Vision 2030 through to the long-term goals of Vision 2040 — and supports the people delivering it.

Because control room design is ultimately about more than operations — it is about trust, focus, and readiness, enabling operators to perform in comfort and without compromise.