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New Airport Contracts : British Participation
1.
Of
the
21
awarded to
consultancies let
So far,
14 ha
British
firms
or
their
Hor
affiliates, a further four to consortia with
partners. (Two were awarded to US firms, and t consortia with a US partners.)
major engineering
2.
of the four
far, one was
to
а
interests,
contracts aw?
Hong Kong firm with 50% namely the West Kowloon reclamation
I Contract awarded to Gammon Construction Ltd of the contracts went to US firms.)
3.
Of the
four prequalified
tenderers for the
Bridge
Contract,
is one
a UK/Japanese
con
4.
(One of the competing consortia includes a element - there is no other US involvement.)
of the
six consortia on the shortlist for the site preparation contract, three include Briti (three include US firms).
5. Although the US firm Bechtel has the overall p
it consultancy,
has no influence
Th
management selection of consultants and contractors. work for the two largest elements of the pro:
been undertaken by :-
(a)
Greiner-Maunsell,
a
US, British
and
}
consortium, who are
doing the civil en
design work for the airport; and
(b)
Mott
MacDonald HK, a Hong Kong comp
British affiliations, who are
doing t
work for the Tsing Ma Bridge.