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Article: A sense of achievement: storage is only part of the regional story for US-based Chicago Bridge & Iron, which has diversified its capabilities through a series of acquisitions.(CB&I)(Company Profile)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
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- July 9, 2004
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The Apollo moon project and Boeing's 747 Jumbo jet are among the greatest technological achievements of the latter part of the 20th century. The Apollo programme opened the door to a new era in space travel with the first moon landing in 1969. The jumbo--the world's largest passenger aircraft--took off for the first time that same year. A third achievement that year was the Khazzan number one offshore storage structure in Dubai, built by US-based Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I). All three projects received the outstanding engineering achievement award made by The National Society of Professional Engineers of the US in 1969.
Khazzan--the Arabic word for storage--has ...