The International work outlook has been good for the year 2009 and prospects for 2010 are very promising. The company commenced a new road design project in Swaziland in September 2009 and also has been awarded another major road supervision project in Tanzania, for the Millenium Challenge Account, due to start in the first half of 2010. Also a new road supervision project has been awarded in Malawi in February 2010.

In the water sector, the company has commenced an EU financed water scheme on the island of Grenada (West Indies) and this project will run until the end of 2010. Our harbour project in St. Helena Island is planned to proceed to construction in April 2010.

Our highway projects in Jamaica has come to a successful completion at the end of 2009 and the major higway project in Kenya will run as well into 2010, due to the addition of a major weighbridge complex into the contract which involves extensive infrastructure.

The International section is now actively pursuing assignments in Asia since Ireland has become a full member of the Asian Development Bank. We have already carried out a reconnaissance mission to the ADB Headquarters in Manila and Expressions of Interest for Consultancy Assignments are being actively pursued. This year the company was shortlisted for highway supervision work in Vietnam.

Significant Highway commissions recently completed or being carried out at present include:

Africa:

Kenya                      - A104/109 National Highway Reconstruction costing €94m
Malawi                     - Completion of M1 and M5 Roads for €6.5m
Mozambique            - 106km of EN1 Highway at a cost of €27.6m
Tanzania                  - 3 no. major Roads Supervision totalling 250km for €142m
Zambia                    - Zimba - Livingstone Highway design/supervision of 73km

Asia:

India                         - BOT clients representative for 45km National Motorway in Trichy, Southern India
Timor Leste               - Design and supervision of 5 no. River Bridges for UNOPS with EU Finance

Caribbean:

Jamaica                   - North Coast Highway design and supervision for 98km

Eastern Europe:

Czech Republic        - Belotin By Pass Motorway and Viaduct
Estonia                    - 67km of 4 lane Highway Pavement Reconstruction
Hungary                   - Roads 3 and 35, 135km of new pavement for  11.5t axle road