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19/11/2010

Arab Schools Contract For Sammon Group

There was good news this week for an Irish building and engineering company that is to construct a series of schools in the United Arab Emirates.

In a contract worth €120 million, the Kildare-based Sammon Group deal was signed with the Abu Dhabi Education Council, part of the emirate's government, to build five primary schools there over the next 10 months.

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It is the biggest of its kind agreed by Abu Dhabi's government with a single contractor and represents one-third of the education authority's budget for this building programme.

The announcement follows the recent trade visit by Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Batt O'Keeffe, to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Sammon Group began building the schools last September, with other companies being urged to consider such opportunities in the Middle East, where the construction market is strong.

Sammon Group is a family-owned business based in Kilcock, Co Kildare, with operations in Ireland, Britain, the Middle East and north Africa.

(BMcC/GK)

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