China Geo-Engineering Corporation (abbreviated as CGC) is a Chinese construction company that ranks in the Engineering News Record annual compilation of construction firms as one of the 250 largest international contractors by sales, with international project revenue of $665.6 million in 2012.[1]
Native name | 中国地质工程集团公司 |
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| Company type | State-owned enterprise |
| Headquarters | , China |
| Owner | Chinese central government (100%) |
| Parent | China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group |
| Subsidiaries | CGC International |
| China Geo-Engineering Corporation | |||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国地质工程集团公司 | ||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國地質工程集團公司 | ||
| Literal meaning | China Geo-Engineering Group Corporation | ||
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| Alternative Chinese name | |||
| Simplified Chinese | 中地集团 | ||
| Traditional Chinese | 中地集團 | ||
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The company has performed work on several water-related infrastructure projects across Africa.[2] In 2005, it won a tender against a field of 10 companies and consortia in Mozambique to build the water supply network in the cities of Xai-Xai and Chokwe.[2] In Zambia, the company worked on the Kabwe water and sanitation project, powering through the project despite delays by the Zambian government in disbursing counterparty funding.[2] By the end of 2007, the government had moved to fund the 1 billion Zambian kwacha in delayed payments, an action praised by the Lusaka Times in an editorial as "a very good development".[3] When the company started in Ghana in 2005, it started out drilling water holes before moving on to other water projects and infrastructure.[4]
The Ghana branch of the company is well developed with, as of 2013, about 1000 employees, 800 of whom are local, and does about $50 million in business every year. It works on contracts for water, roads, and hospitals.[4]
References
edit- ^ "The Top 250 International Contractors". Engineering News-Record.
- ^ a b c "China's Approach to the African Water Crisis". Ecoworld. May 29, 2008. Archived from the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Government to Pay K1 billion China Geo Engineering Company". Lusaka Times. December 26, 2007.
- ^ a b "Work in progress". China Daily. January 11, 2013.
