FluorAMEC LLC awarded major Iraq contracts

The US Defense Department (DOD) awarded two contracts to the joint venture FluorAMEC LLC to reconstruct Iraq's public works and water sector infrastructure. The value of the two contracts are US$ 600 million and US$ 500 million, respectively.

The joint venture will provide design-build construction services for the rehabilitation of existing plants, and construction of new potable water distribution and treatment systems, municipal sewer collection and treatment systems, and solid waste management systems throughout Iraq.

The awards are two of ten major reconstruction contracts being awarded by the DOD in support of the Coalition Provisional Authority Program Management Office (PMO) for services in five sectors - electrical; public works/water; transportation/ communications; security/justice, and buildings/ education/ health. The PMO manages the US$ 18.4 billion appropriated by the US Congress to support the reconstruction of Iraqi infrastructure.