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| Black & Veatch names Hong Kong as Global Centre of Excellence Black & Veatch has named Hong Kong as its Global Centre of Excellence for Buried Water Infrastructure. The announcement comes on the company's 80th anniversary of delivering sustainable water infrastructure for the city's approximately 7 million residents. Black & Veatch began its Hong Kong operations in 1930 with its work on the Shing Mun Water Scheme. Since then, the company has been involved in the development of all of Hong Kong's impounding reservoirs that capture and store critical fresh water supplies for the city. The company's project history also includes the iconic High Island Water Scheme that was named one of the "Ten Engineering Wonders in Hong Kong" by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers in 2000. To mark 80 years of partnership with Hong Kong, Black & Veatch also announced it will donate HK$200,000 (approximately US$25,000) to the Hong Kong Red Cross through its Building a World of Difference Foundation. The money, alongside expertise from volunteers from the company's Hong Kong and Shenzhen offices, will be used to support projects that will provide clean and safe drinking water to residents in impoverished rural communities located in mainland China. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Construction News :: home page |