Reconstruction
Army Cancels Contract for Iraqi Prison
By JAMES GLANZ
BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 19 — The Army Corps of Engineers said Monday that it had canceled a $99.1 million contract with Parsons, one of the largest companies working in Iraq, to build a prison north of Baghdad after the firm fell more than two years behind schedule, threatened to go millions of dollars over budget and essentially abandoned the construction site.
The move is another harsh rebuke for Parsons, only weeks after the corps canceled more than $300 million of the company's contracts to build and refurbish hospitals and clinics across Iraq. A federal oversight office had found that some of the clinics were little more than empty shells and that only 20 of 150 called for in the contract would be completed without new financing.
(To see full article - go to Google, Type in "Number of Parsons Co contracts in Iraq"
CLICK: "Army Cancels Contract for Iraqi Prison - New York Times"
(also see other sources)
2006-10-11
05:00:36
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dwalker - see yesterday Oct 10 question,It ties in with this one
Here is yesterdays question
Iraqi Reconstruction. A Big Joke. Will This Be One Of The First in a Series of CUT 'N RUN??
Asked by mhohol0029 -
2006-10-11
05:17:27 ·
update #1