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OF 04230OZ MAY 92
AND TO DESKBY 0509OOZ DTI
INFO PRIORITY SEOUL, TOKYO
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MIPT: HONG KONG AIRPORT PROJECT: MAIN BRIDGE CONTRACT.
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1 TRAFALGAR HOUSE AND COSTAIN ARE TWO OF THE UK'S LARGEST PUBLIC COMPANIES WITH A COMBINED TURNOVER OF FOUR BILLION POUNDS. PARTNERED WITH THE GIANT MITSUI GROUP THEY FORM A FORMIDABLE TEAM, WITH A VAST RANGE OF EXPERIENCE IN BRIDGE BUILDING AND TURN-KEY MANAGEMENT. THEY HAVE CONSIDERABLE EXPERIENCE OF
OPERATING IN HONG KONG AND CHINA. THAT THEY HAVE WON THIS
CONTRACT CAN SURELY BE NO SURPRISE. THESE ARE AMONG THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES IN THE UK, JUST AS MITSUI ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL IN JAPAN. THEY HAVE HAD A
LARGE AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEAM WORKING ON THIS CONTRACT FOR A LONG TIME. WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
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2. TRAFALGAR HOUSE (TH) IS ONE OF THE UK'S LARGEST PUBLIC COMPANIES EMPLOYING OVER 22,000 PEOPLE. 60 PER CENT OF TURNOVER IS IN CONSTRUCTION RELATED ACTIVITIES. CIVIL ENGINEERING DIVISION COMPRISES 70 COMPANIES.
3. CLEVELAND BRIDGE AND DORMAN LONG (SUBSIDIARIES OF TH) HAVE
BRIDGE BUILDING EXPERIENCE SPANNING MORE THAN 100 YEARS. BRIDGES
WHICH THEY HAVE BUILT INCLUDE THE HUMBER SUSPENSION BRIDGE (CURRENTLY THE WORLD'S LONGEST CLEAR SPAN), THE FIRST BOSPORUS, THE RECENTLY OPENED BRIDGE ACROSS THE THAMES AT DARTFORD, THE NEW FORTH, AND THE SEVERN BRIDGE, AND PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL, THE SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE.
4. COSTAIN GROUP IS A LEADING INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIST IN
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