Iraq Military Bases Contract Awarded to Parsons; Fast-Track Contract is for Renovation and...

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PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2004

Parsons announced today the award of a contract to reconstruct and renovate the Tadji military base and the Iraqi Armed Forces recruiting stations. The contract was awarded

The Tadji base project will include building renovation, repair of a wastewater treatment plant and installation of sewer distribution lines. This contract is critical to maintaining security in Iraq while the nation's infrastructure is rebuilt. Construction is expected to be complete by June 2004.

"A key benefit of completing this project is giving the Iraqi Armed Forces the facilities they need for the defense of their country," explains Major General Paul D. Easton, U.S. Army, commanding general of the Coalition Military Assistance and Training Team.

Parsons will hire and train local Iraqi contractors, suppliers and labor for this project. "Through this project and over 2300 to follow, tens of thousands of Iraqi people will be employed and trained. This is essential as Iraq improves and sustains its basic infrastructure and quality of life for its people," explains retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral David J. Nash, Director of the Program Management Office (PMO).

Parsons has decades of international design, construction and reconstruction experience and is currently operating out of 12 offices in the Middle East. Parsons is supporting stabilization and the reconstruction of Iraq's infrastructure through a variety of contracts with the U.S. government. Parsons is providing program management and logistics support to the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama, for the Captured Enemy Ammunition program at various sites in Iraq. Parsons is teamed with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in the restoration of infrastructure, medical, education and government facilities in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo. Parsons is also working on the $1.8 billion Iraq Infrastructure II program with Bechtel awarded by USAID earlier this month.

"We are proud to participate in this critical project. It is a significant effort and commitment in supporting our nation, while restoring and rebuilding a vital infrastructure for the Iraqi people," states Jack Scott, Parsons Group President.

Parsons is a leader in many diversified markets, including infrastructure, transportation, facilities, industrial processes, communications, water, advanced technology, environmental, and planning. The company provides technical and management solutions to private industrial customers worldwide as well as federal, regional, and local government agencies. For more about Parsons, please visit www.parsons.com.