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WHICH CLEARLY MAKES BALFOUR BEATTY NERVOUS. JONES STRESSED THAT THEY HAD NOT TRIED TO CONCEAL ANYTHING FROM US ABOUT THE FORMATION OF THEIR GROUP: IT HAD ONLY COME TOGETHER IN THE LAST 10 DAYS OR SO, ALTHOUGH THEY HAD BEEN WORKING IT OUT FOR SOME TIME. THE POLITICAL FACTORS CLEARLY WERE NOT GOING TO DETER THEM FROM LODGING PRE-QUALIFICATION PAPERS FOR THE PLATFORM, BUT THEY WOULD BE WATCHING THE SITUATION CAREFULLY THEREAFTER. JONES SAID HE WAS HERE MOSTLY TO TALK WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR GROUP BUT HE WOULD ALSO BE SEEING OTHER CONTRACTORS (INCLUDING GORDON WU), CONSULTANTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
5 I WELCOMED THEIR INVOLVEMENT AND INTEREST AND TOLD THEM OF THE LIKELY COMPETITION OF TRAFALGAR HOUSE AND COSTAIN.
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