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FCC
to build
new Gerald Desmond Bridge
in Los Angeles
Work on the
project, which will
employ more than
3000 workers, will
take five years
FCC wins a contract for the construction
of the new Gerald Desmond Bridge in Los
Angeles (United States) which will replace
the current one. Worth 650 million dollars
(around 540 million Euros), the contract
contemplates the design and construction
of the new Long Beach also in Los Angeles.
The full project will take five years to com-
plete and was awarded to a joint venture in
which FCC will be working alongside local
group Shimmick Construction Company
Inc (40%) and the Italian company Impre-
gilo S.p.A. (30%). The Port of Long Beach
authorities have described the winning bid
as “world class”.
“The United States is a target market for
FCC.” These words, pronounced by the Ci-
tizen Services Group’s chairman and CEO
in late March during a visit to New York,
are starting to take the form of contracts in
hand. The California Department of Trans-
portation chose to give FCC the design/