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NGE STARTS WORK OF THE FIRST COUNTER-TERRORISM ACADEMY
WORLD FIRST - Led by NGE CONTRACTING - the NGE Group international projects subsidiary and the GCC Group, on-site construction of the first International Counter-Terrorism Academy is now officially underway in Jacqueville, Côte d'Ivoire. The civil engineering works will be carried out as part of a consortium that also includes architects ATAUB and structural design engineers VERDI. The work will be completed during 2020.
A GEOPOLITICALLY INNOVATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE CREATED IN RESPONSE TO TODAY’S SECURITY CHALLENGES.
The purpose of this new academy is to build a world-class centre of excellence that will lead to closer international cooperation (between governments, legal processes, etc.) and improve the intervention capabilities of snipers,rapid response groups and bodyguards.
NGE… HELPING TO DRIVE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE
This new strategic project for the country highlights the NGE commitment to industrial collaboration with Côte d’Ivoire.
The new training centre will include:
- buildings: a university, staff quarters, a mess and dormitories.
- training areas: firing ranges, a dedicated bodyguard facility, a Sahelian village, a helicopter-borne assault area and a protected area for explosives.
Key figures:
- 280 hectares of land clearance
- 5 million m² of ground levelling
- 1 million m3 of earthworks
- 120,000 m3 of subgrade
- 50,000 m² of road and path servicing
- 21 km of fencing