Dubai-based construction firm Arabtec announced on Tuesday that it had won the 2.4 billion dirham construction contract for the Middle East outpost of the famous French museum and will begin construction immediately.

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The contract includes detailed design and construction works for the route between Edinburgh and Tweedbank.

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Sharma recounted that while the contract for the bridge was awarded to Hindustan Construction in 2000, actual construction work only began in 2004.

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Stafford eventually went to jail in 1984 for his part in a construction contract kickback scheme.

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