Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 14, 2002 -- Black & Veatch has announced it has been awarded two new contracts that will substantially increase the company's workload in Vietnam.
To accommodate the additional workload, Black & Veatch has opened new project offices in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi. In January, Black & Veatch began providing project management and supervision services to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development during the construction phase of the Mekong Delta Water Resources Project funded by the World Bank.
The project, consisting of the rehabilitation and extension of irrigation infrastructure in five provinces of the Mekong Delta, will increase productivity of and exclude saline water from approximately 500,000 acres of agricultural land. Black & Veatch will provide a Team Leader and a variety of foreign and Vietnamese specialists to advise on engineering, environmental, sociological and agricultural matters.
Under the second contract, Black & Veatch is performing a feasibility study and will develop preliminary designs for environmental improvements in the Tan Hoa-Lo Gom drainage catchment of Ho Chi Minh City. Funded by Belgium, the improvements to the canal, drainage systems and clearance of areas along canal banks will benefit 700,000 people over the 16-kilometer catchment.
Black & Veatch will lead an integrated multidisciplinary team of foreign and Vietnam professionals, assisted by urban planners, Townland Consultants from Hong Kong. Started in December 2001, the project is scheduled for completion in 14 months.
Black & Veatch has been working in Vietnam since 1989 and opened an initial office in Hanoi in 1994. Continuous work in the country began in 1998.
About Black & Veatch Black & Veatch Corporation is a global engineering, construction and consulting company specializing in infrastructure development in the fields of energy, water and information.
Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch serves its clients with conceptual and preliminary engineering services, engineering design, procurement, construction, financial management, asset management, information technology, environmental, security design and consulting, and management consulting services.
The company's Web site address is www.bv.com.
