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"This area is an area of boom when it comes to
the rail and infrastructure business," Amjad Bangash,
the managing director for Bechtel's rail business said
yesterday. "We think our rail business in this area alone
is projected to grow at about 16 per cent over the coming
few years compared with globally, where it is growing at
around 9 per cent." ●
www.thenational.ae, by Mary Marnard, May 2013
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The company is currently bidding to work on the
second phase of Etihad Rail and putting together bids
to work on the Abu Dhabi Metro and the Riyadh Metro
in Saudi Arabia.
The centre will draw together civil engineering specialists from around the world to support all Bechtel's
rail and marine projects globally. A first group of 35
specialists already employed by Bechtel will start work
at the centre this summer.
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