Ritchie's 125 territory managers are information gatherers, too, expected to know every highway construction site, pipeline project and bridge going up in their area.

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The project will see the demolition of an elevated highway, the planting of 15, 000 trees and construction of the Museum of Tomorrow, designed by Santiago Calatrava and set to open in 2014.

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The document proposed that Chinese partner Guangdong Provincial Highway Construction Co. agree to the transfer of the extra cost from Hopewell's balance sheet to that of the project in the form of shareholder loans.

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