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Kuwait deal

A major road project in Kuwait now has the go-ahead and construction will commence shortly.
February 23, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A major road project in Kuwait now has the go-ahead and construction will commence shortly. A consortium comprising local firm 3103 Boodai Construction, the Italian companies 975 Rizzani De Eccher and the 978 Trevi Group and Spanish firm 980 OHL won the deal with a bid of US$840 million.

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