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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
China Harbour workers and local Abaco contractors work side by side at the Coopers Town work site.
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CHEC Americas completes $5 million Flood Mitigation Project in Grenada
China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) is forging ahead with scheduled preparation work on the $39 million North Abaco Port Project in Coopers Town.
“We are making sure that everything is in place so we can have a successful project,” said Felix Chang, Principal of CHEC Bahamas. “Steps like making sure our work sites are fully operational are important for a development of this magnitude.”
The 45.4-acre, state-of-the-art port facility is expected to generate dozens of jobs during construction and create new business opportunities post construction in the North Abaco community.
True to its commitment to utilize local workers and resources where possible, more than $1.3 million has been spent on preparation work from September 2013 to June 2014 in the Abaco community.
This comes as CHEC Americas wraps up its $5 million flood mitigation work in St. Mark, Grenada, allowing community residents to be better protected against flooding in the hurricane months.
Government officials and representatives from the Chinese Embassy in Grenada were all in attendance at a closing ceremony recently held to officially hand-over the project, two months ahead of schedule.
Steps enabling residents to better access a local river were laid and marked after torrential rains and mudslides caused much devastation in the form of homes destroyed and lives lost.
“You have people out there who come and talk, but talk is cheap, when you start signing documents and hiring locals that is walking the talk and that is what China Harbour did, “ said Hon. Clarice Modeste, Minister of Health & Social Security and Parliamentary Representative for St. Mark. “Their heart is in the right place and I want to thank CHEC for believing that our Government will honour the agreements that we have discussed together.”
ABOUT: CHEC is a full service provider in large-scale construction business for more than 30 years. The leading engineering company specializes in the areas of marine engineering, dredging, land reclamation, and in the construction of roads, bridges, airports and railways. As such, the company has received more than 160 awards for a number of projects including the design and construction of two of the three longest sea crossing bridges in the world; the Hangzhou Bay Bridge [36 KM long] and the Shanghai Donghai Bridge [32.5 KM long], both in China. The company was also presented with the prestigious Jamaica Institute of Engineers Project of the Year award in 2013 for the completion of the Westmorland Bridge in Jamaica.
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