Arab Contractors Continue Work on All Projects

Eng. Mohsen Salah, Chairman of the Arab Contractors Company, stated that what was published on one of the websites affiliated to a terrorist group is not true at all.

He affirmed that what was published regarding the suspension of the company's work in the projects of the New Administrative Capital (NAC) due to the infection of some workers with the Coronavirus is unfounded.

Eng. M. Salah clarified that all the company's projects in the NAC,  New Alameen, New Mansoura and all other projects across the country go normally.

Those projects didn't stop as the company is taking all the precautionary measures, including measuring the temperature of the workers to ensure their safety, as well as conducting a major cleansing campaign for all the branches, departments, projects and rest houses of the company and the various means of transport.

The company also constantly raises awareness among workers to urge them to avoid infection with the virus.

Eng. Salah added that the company takes all measures in line with the state’s decisions to preserve the health of workers.

Those measurements include granting sick leaves to people of chronic diseases, pregnant women and mothers who care for children under 12 years of age.

The company reduces density within the headquarters.

The medical department of the company is following the health status of the company’s employees in all locations.

The chairman of the Arab Contractors Company called on all not to spread rumors and not to circumvent those sites that promulgate rumors.

On the other hand, Atomstroyexport, the subsidiary of Russia’s Rosatom nuclear engineer overseeing the construction of Egypt’s Dabaa nuclear power plant, announced that three Egyptian contractors had won the tender for the first phase of the work.

The three- Petrojet, Hassan Allam and the Arab Contractors, were picked from a shortlist of 10 to carry out site preparation work, Egypt Independent reports.

This part of the project is due to start in the summer and be completed by the end of 2022.

Grigory Sosnin, the Atomstroyexport vice president in charge of Dabaa, said the presence of Egyptian contractors was one of his company’s “utmost priorities”. The company has set a target of  20% of Egyptian participation in the construction of the reactors.

Earlier this month, Atomstroyexport organized a training course for Egyptian engineers at the Kursk II plant, which is being built in Russia.

Oleg Yakovlev, deputy director for construction at Atomstroyexport’s Egyptian arm, said: “The more time we spend together, and the more we discuss various construction stages, the better we understand each other and all the technical aspects of construction.”

Atomstroyexport will issue another tender this year for the remainder of the construction work.

The deal to build Dabaa was agreed between presidents Vladimir Putin and Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in December 2018. Russia has agreed to loan Egypt $25bn to finance the plant, with Egypt repaying the money an interest rate of 3% annually, beginning in 2029.