Contractors Tailoring Protection to Projects

摘要

From the U.S. government's first requests for proposals to rebuild war-torn Iraq last year, contractors hoping for a piece of the massive reconstruction effort have had one thing made perfectly clear to them: It is each firm's responsibility to provide security for their personnel and the projects under their domain. The military and civilian admin-strators in the country share intelligence, coordinate additional protective forces and have the last say about whether work can proceed on any given day in a particular area. But with attacks by insurgents increasing daily, a heightened awareness of security issues is gripping the construction industry. And a new round of rebuilding contracts will soon be awarded as the number of military forces decreases through troop rotation and coali-tion plans to depart Iraq in July.