LENOIR CITY — Sterling Global Operations (SGO), an international stability operations company, has recently been awarded contracts totaling more than $350 million for risk management, demining, and explosives management in the Middle East and Africa. The contracts are with governmental and commercial clients and extend over the next five years.

"It's rewarding to our employees personally that we safeguard U.S. military members and civilians in foreign countries from landmines and other explosive remnants of war," said Matt Kaye, SGO chief executive officer. The services we provide often take us into conflict and post-conflict areas to reduce or eliminate risk, at less cost, that our clients would otherwise face," he said.

According to Department of Defense (DoD) — AECOM Technical Services Inc., Los Angeles, California, is being awarded a maximum $45,000,000 architect-engineering contract for preparation of Navy and Marine Corps facilities planning and environmental documentation in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Europe Africa Southwest Asia (EURAFSWA) area of responsibility (AOR).

The work to be performed provides for design projects including, but not limited to: administration buildings, religious facilities, community buildings, dining facilities, recreational facilities, security buildings, child development centers, bachelor quarters, Navy lodges, airfield facilities, waterfront facilities, operational facilities, base housing, water treatment facilities and associated work, central plant utility system upgrades, and other infrastructure. No task orders are being issued at this time.