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Djibouti

Department of Defense awarded six contractors a combined $75,000,000 for design-build construction of a new telecommunication facility to replace existing building and construction of an aircraft maintenance hangar at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The on-going project is expected to last for the next 60 months with an not to go beyond 2018. This contract was competitively procured by 28 companies with 6 companies coming out on top:

  1. ITSI Gilbane Co. of Walnut Creek, Calif. 
  2. ECC-MEZZ, Joint Venture of Burlingame, Calif. 
  3. P&S Construction Inc. of North Chelmsford, Mass.
  4. Joint Venture SKE Djibouti of Karlstadt, Germany 
  5. Lakeshore TolTest Corp. of Detroit, Mich. 
  6. AMEC Environment and Infrastructure Inc. of Plymouth Meeting, Pa. 

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The size of the U.S. military footprint in Africa has increased since the creation of U.S. Africa Command in October 2008. At the end of October 2008, there were about 2,600 U.S. military personnel and Department of Defense civilians on the African continent or on ships within the command’s area of responsibility. The number today is about 5,000, more than half of which represents the service members who serve tours at Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, with the remainder serving on a temporary basis ranging from a few days to a few weeks. Much of this change is attributable to an increase in the number of exercises and military-to-military engagement programs in order to better enable African nations and regional organizations to strengthen their defense capabilities. On a much smaller scale, it also reflects a modest increase in the staff sizes of DOD offices resident in U.S. embassies, which average just a small number of staff members.

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kellogg, brown and root

Kellogg, Brown, and Root - KBR  has been active on the African continent for nearly 60 years and continues to take on complex projects with its customers and partner nations. KBR's major African office is located in Johannesburg, South Africa, and plays a major role in the construction of ammonia plants in Egypt, a GTL facility in Nigeria and two more LNG liquefaction trains at Bonny Island, which will be the largest capacity LNG trains in the world.

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