Contractors Muddle On While Iraq Slips Close to Civil War - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Three years after the invasion of Iraq, some $8 billion has been spent on reconstruction and contractors have started 2,773 projects through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Project and Contracting
Publication Date: 27 March , 2006
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Security Woes Slow Rebuilding Iraqi Infrastructure, IG Says- McGraw-Hill
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Nearly a week after a former reconstruction official pleaded guilty to charges related to a corruption scheme, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction told the Senate Foreign Relations commit
Publication Date: 08 February , 2006
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Bush Says U.S. Is Shifting Focus to Rebuilding 'Smaller, Local Projects' - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
President Bush, acknowledging that the effort to rebuild Iraq's infrastructure has not always measured up to U.S. desires, says the reconstruction program has shifted away from large projects to smaller on
Publication Date: 08 December , 2005
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Corps of Engineers Chief Calls Iraq Rebuild "On-Plan"
"We’re really on-plan," Strock told ENR editors in a briefing July 7. "By December everything will be under way." Strock recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan, where he officiated over the Gulf Regional Division ch
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Publication Date: 18 July , 2005
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House Passes $82-Billion Spending Bill, Including Baghdad Embassy Funds
The House has approved an $82-billion emergency supplemental spending package that focuses mainly on funding U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also includes $592 million to build a new
Publication Date: 06 May , 2005
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Conferees Agree on $82-Billion Spending Bill, Including Baghdad Embassy Funds
House and Senate appropriators reached agreement May 3 on an $82-billion emergency supplemental spending package that focuses mainly on funding U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also i
Publication Date: 04 May , 2005
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Senate Passes $81-Billion Spending Bill, With Funds for Baghdad Embassy
The Senate has approved an $81.3-billion emergency spending measure, with most of the money going for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, but it also includes funds to build a new U.S. embassy co
Publication Date: 22 April , 2005
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Senate Chairman Non-Committal on Terrorism Insurance Extension
A key senator says he won't decide whether to move on legislation to extend the federal insurance "backstop" for terrorism-related claims until after the Treasury Dept. delivers a study on the subject in
Publication Date: 18 April , 2005
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Senate Panel Approves $592 Million for U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
The Senate Appropriations Committee has cleared an $80.6-billion emergency supplemental spending bill that includes $592 million for a new U.S. embassy complex in Baghdad. If the full Senate goes along, it
Publication Date: 07 April , 2005
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O’Dowd Cited for Work in Afghanistan
O’Dowd, who also serves as the staff engineer for Combined Forces Command – Afghanistan, was on the job in Kabul, so he sent his father to the ceremony in New Brunswick. A New Jersey native, O’Dowd commanded the Corps of Engineers
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Publication Date: 17 March , 2005
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Army Combat Engineer Is in Line for Highest Honor
The rumor mill is spinning furiously over the anticipated award of the Congressional Medal of Honor to a U.S. Army engineer killed in fighting near Baghdad on April 4, 2003.
Publication Date: 14 February , 2005
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Missile Kills Two U.S. Reconstruction Workers On Election Eve in Baghdad
The 120 mm round came smashing through the ceiling of a ballroom in the former Republican Palace about 8 p.m. on Jan. 29. The room has been temporarily converted into a warren of work spaces for the contracting operation. The missile then crashe
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Publication Date: 02 February , 2005
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Iraqi Contractors Expected To Get Bulk of Fallujah Work
Iraq reconstruction is hitting a decisive phase as the Baghdad-based Project and Contracting Office drives for 1,000 project starts by year’s end. The PCO wants to establish
Publication Date: 29 November , 2004
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Iraq Sets Generation Record But Demand Grows Faster
Struggling in the shadow of kidnappings, mayhem and murder, Iraq’s electricity sector is quietly celebrating a milestone. On Oct. 27, the Ministry of Electricity reported that the country’s power
Publication Date: 08 November , 2004
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U.S. Officials Note Construction Slow-Down; Expect Pace to Improve
While acknowledging that security-related issues have made it difficult to achieve initial reconstruction goals in Iraq, senior U.S. officials say they expect to have construction projects at 1,000 constru
Publication Date: 07 October , 2004
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Bush Signs 7-Week Stopgap Bill, Including Iraq Funding Transfer
Averting a shutdown of most federal agencies at the start of the federal fiscal year, Congress has approved legislation to keep them operating through Nov. 20. President Bush signed the continuing resoluti
Publication Date: 01 October , 2004
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Congress Passes 7-Week Stopgap, Including Iraq Funding Transfer
With the new federal fiscal year about to begin and most 2005 spending bills unfinished, Congress has approved legislation to keep agencies operating through Nov. 20. The continuing resolution, which the H
Publication Date: 30 September, 2004
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Senate Approves, House Panel Weighs, Shift in Iraq Rebuilding Funds
Under the plan, which the State Dept. proposed earlier this month, $1.8 billion more would go to train and equip 45,000 additional Iraqi police and 20 additional battalions of the country's national guard. The administration also wants $1.2 bill
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Publication Date: 27 September, 2004
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Terrorists Claim To Have Executed Two American Contractors
Publication Date: 27 September, 2004
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Smaller Effort in Afghanistan Showing Signs of Progress
From one end of town to the other, ramshackle block and masonry structures totter precariously on their foundations. It’s hard to tell whether bombs or substandard construction practices cause more damage.
Publication Date: 20 September, 2004
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Iraq Electric Grid Recovers from Attack
Three crude-oil pipelines erupted following explosions near the 676-MW Bayji Electricity Plant north of Baghdad Tuesday morning. Heat rising from the sea of blazing oil melted the high-voltage transmission line nearly 300 ft above, causing the 5
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Publication Date: 17 September, 2004
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Kidnapped Contractors Identified
The U.S. Embassy has confirmed the identities of two American citizens working on reconstruction projects in Iraq who were kidnapped, along with a British citizen, by gunmen who invaded their residence in
Publication Date: 17 September, 2004
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Administration Proposes $3.5-Billion Shift from Rebuilding to Security in Iraq
The Bush administration has released details of its proposal to transfer $3.46 billion from rebuilding Iraqi infrastructure to strengthening security in the country. State Dept. officials said at a Sept. 1
Publication Date: 15 September, 2004
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Commanders' Tough Task: Gain Ground in Terror Fight
Last year Strock served as deputy director of operations for Coalition Provisional Authority head Paul Bremer. After a nine-month stateside stint as the Corps’ civil works boss, he replaced retiring Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers in July as chi
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Publication Date: 13 September, 2004
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U.S. Ambassador Seeks to Shift Iraq Rebuilding Funds to Security
State Dept. officials are considering a proposal from U.S. Ambassador to Iraq John D. Negroponte to transfer some funds from infrastructure reconstruction to bolster security resources in that country. The
Publication Date: 01 September, 2004
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House Democrats and GAO Fault Iraq Work Management
The partisan split was evident at a July 22 hearing before the House Government Reform Committee. California’s Rep. Henry Waxman, the senior Democrat on the panel, has pushed hard to raise awareness of what he believes are certain contracto
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Publication Date: 02 August , 2004
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Iraqi Contractors Are Bidding Amid Increasing Attacks
“My boss sends me here because it’s the only way to get business from the Americans,” said Abeer al-Mosawi, engineer with materials and electrical firm Rusafina General Contracting Co.
Publication Date: 26 July , 2004
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Former Halliburton Employees Tell House Panel of Iraq Contract Waste
Three former Halliburton Co. employees presented damning testimony about the Houston-based firm’s contract practices at a July 22 House committee investigating government contracts in Iraq and Kuwait.
Publication Date: 22 July , 2004
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Seabees Quietly Get Results In Iraq’s Al Anbar Province
While reconstruction efforts being run from Baghdad’s Green Zone are moving too slowly for critics in the U.S. and in Iraq, a Marine-Seabee contingent working in nearby Al Anbar province is quietly ex
Publication Date: 12 July , 2004
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As Subs Stand By, Contractors Fight for Lost Ground in Iraq
After missing a June 1 production target of 6,000 MW, "we’ve just now got some critical subcontractors on the job finishing work commissioning units that we have been needing for the last two months," Adm. David J. Nash (ret.), di
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Publication Date: 14 June , 2004
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Iraq Oil Infrastructure Repair Shows Mixed Progress
Oil production in the south—one measure of progress—was back up to 2.045 million bbl per day on May 4, after dipping to 1.869 million bbl per day in the wake of recent violence and sabotage across the country. But oil production is onl
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Publication Date: 10 May , 2004
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Accumulating Project Data Gets Web-based Map Interface
Publication Date: 03 May , 2004
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Despite a String of Setbacks,CPA Vows To Stay the Course
Time will tell if coalition countermeasures work. In Falluja, violence slackened a bit while Marine commanders waited to see if insurgents in the Sunni Triangle stronghold would surrender their arms. In the south, U.S. Army troops reinforced the
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Publication Date: 26 April , 2004
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Bush Pledges Not to "Cut and Run" In Iraq
Though conceding that the recent situation in Iraq has been "really rough," President Bush has pledged to stay the course and said the U.S. will not "cut and run&qu
Publication Date: 23 April , 2004
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USAID, Bechtel Say Work Continues Despite Violence
Although continued violence and security issues have challenged contractors working to rebuild Iraqi infrastructure, work in the country continues albeit at a somewhat slower pace, U.S. Agency for Internat
Publication Date: 23 April , 2004
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USAID, Bechtel Say Work Continues Despite Violence
Although continued violence and security issues have challenged contractors working to rebuild Iraqi infrastructure, work in the country continues albeit at a somewhat slower pace, U.S. Agency for Internat
Publication Date: 22 April , 2004
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Violence Undermines CPA Progress in Iraq
As President Bush prepared to tell the nation on April 13 that the U.S. and its coalition partners will stay the course in Iraq, conditions there are more unstable than at any time since Baghdad fell nearl
Publication Date: 19 April , 2004
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Unrest Is Not Affecting Iraq Oil Exports and Production
At the Ministry of Oil (MOO) and the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO), senior officials say it is business as usual — expanding production, increasing exports and attracting foreign investment. “Everything is fine,” says As
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Publication Date: 14 April , 2004
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Funding Snag Halts Iraq Oilfield Work
The pause affected rehabilitation of seven water injection pumping stations and put about 100 of the contractor's expatriate employees on planes for home, according to one of the idled employees, who asked to rema
Publication Date: 09 April , 2004
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Despite Progress, Iraq Security Still Illusory
One year after coalition forces swept into Baghdad, there is tangible evidence of progress, but security issues continue to dominate on the ground in Iraq and in the international press. "Many believe
Publication Date: 05 April , 2004
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Rebuilding Afghanistan Poses Unconventional Challenges
Security is the overriding issue for reconstruction work in Afghanistan but there are other challenges there as well. "The infrastructure base is not as well developed as in Iraq," says Lt. Gen.
Publication Date: 05 April , 2004
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Pentagon Awards Prime Construction Contracts Worth $1.5 Billion
As its massive Iraq reconstruction program gears up, the Pentagon Program Management Office announced the award of four new design—build prime construction contracts on March 23 valued at $1.5 billion
Publication Date: 24 March , 2004
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Gas from Kuwait to Iraq: Same Firms, Better Price
The Corps' emergency contract through Houston-based Halliburton KBR resulted in allegations of some $61 million in overcharges. As a result, a criminal investigation by the Pentagon is ongoing. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) calculated that Altanm
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Publication Date: 18 March , 2004
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Washington Group, Perini Win DOD Prime Contracts
The Pentagon has awarded two additional prime Iraqi reconstruction contracts, worth up to $1 billion, as its Program Management Office continues to dole out portions of its $18.6-billion funding.
Publication Date: 15 March , 2004
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Awards Another Wave of Iraq Construction Contracts, Worth $1.2 Billion
The rollout of construction contracts to rebuild Iraq, funded by $18.6 billion in emergency funds approved late last year by Congress, has begun. On Marhc 10 and 11. the Pentagon awarded one overall manage
Publication Date: 12 March , 2004
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Military Surveyors Apply Precision Standards to Work
One of the many crossover points between civilian and military technology is precision surveying, which engineers are using in Iraq for everything from airfield reconnaissance to artillery emplacement.
Publication Date: 16 February , 2004
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Partnership Forge for Next Phase of Iraq Reconstruction
Just as the troops involved in Operation Iraqi Freedom enter a second phase this spring with a re-arrangement of forces, U.S. reconstruction authorities in Iraq also are rearranging themselves for the next
Publication Date: 16 February , 2004
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Contractors Tailoring Protection to Projects
From the U.S. government’s first requests for proposals to rebuild war-torn Iraq last year, contractors hoping for a piece of the massive reconstruction effort have had one thing made perfectly clear
Publication Date: 09 February , 2004
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Iraqi Contractors Complain About U.S. Work Rules
Iraqi contractors are expressing frustration following their initiation into the mysteries of government contracting, American-style. Contract opportunities under the $18.6-billion supplemental budget for
Publication Date: 09 February , 2004
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Road Home from Iraq Marked By Divots, Dirt and Danger
The 52nd Engineer Battalion, Ft. Carson, Colo., heading home from Iraq in January, drew one last, month-long assignment–convoy escort for the southern leg of Main Supply Route Tampa. The road was the
Publication Date: 09 February , 2004
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Army Engineer Units Rotate as Occupation's Next Phase Begins
The rotation will continue into June as 130,000 soldiers head for home, to be replaced by about 115,000 soldiers coming out for the continuation of the work. The second phase is referred to as Operation Iraqi Freedom II, or OIF-2.
Publication Date: 05 February , 2004
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U.S.-Iraqi Teamwork Grows Skills While Restoring Powerplant
In November 2003, San Francisco-based Bechtel awarded Iraq’s United Co. the $1-million subcontract to provide labor to revamp two steam turbines at the four-unit Daura power station on the outskirts of Baghdad.
Publication Date: 03 February , 2004
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For U.S. Army, Drive from Balad to Baghdad is an Occupational Hazard
We will roll out of LSA Anaconda, our base near Balad, Iraq, in the early morning. Anaconda is in particularly hostile territory, the so-called Sunni Triangle, where attacks on U.S. troops are commonplace.
Publication Date: 02 February , 2004
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Iraqi Firms Win Work At Base Near Balad
Anaconda's 25-sq-km compound is one big construction site, with a mix of troop labor, Iraqi contractors and KBR subcontractors diving into the work. Coalition Joint Task Force funding authorized in the supplemental appropriation for major constr
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Publication Date: 02 February , 2004
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Air Force Center Awards Task Orders for Iraq Rebuilding
Officials from four U.S. construction firms are conducting site visits in Iraq and finalizing the logistics to begin work on four separate rebuilding projects, worth $150.7 million, just a week after the t
Publication Date: 30 January , 2004
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Halliburton Reveals $6-Million Overcharge in Alleged Iraq Corruption
Publication Date: 27 January , 2004
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KBR and Parsons Win Big Oil Contracts
In a move that has stirred further controversy, the Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Halliburton Co.’s Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) unit a contract valued at up to $1.2 billion to continue rebuil
Publication Date: 26 January , 2004
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Halliburton Fires Two in Iraq for Alleged Corruption
"It was the LOGCAP contract. It was not, it was not the fuel contract," says Richard Dowling, spokesman for Task Force RIO in Baghdad. "It was not the humanitarian purchase of fuel." LOGCAP is one of at least two separate Hal
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Publication Date: 23 January , 2004
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Hits On Delivery Drivers Impact Base Construction
The concrete plant at a burgeoning U.S. military base near Balad, Iraq, shut down production Jan. 21, after deliveries of sand and gravel to the plant dwindled to nothing in response to recent attacks on d
Publication Date: 21 January , 2004
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Bridge Removals Are Sign Of Progress In Iraq
The U.S. Army’s 130th Engineer Brigade reached two significant bridging milestones in mid-January during the unit's final days of deployment in Iraq. In one case a landmark assault float bridge its tr
Publication Date: 20 January , 2004
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