The Millennium Challenge Account – Armenia SNCO announced the award of a contract to the joint venture consortium of CES Consulting Engineers Salzgitter GmbH (Germany) in association with AHT GROUP AG (Germany) and Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction (Armenia). The consortium will provide construction supervision of infrastructure works under the MCA-Armenia Irrigated Agriculture Project. The contract was signed at the Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction on February 16, 2009 by Ara Hovsepyan, MCA-Armenia CEO and Mr. Waldemar Palmtag, Team Leader of the Consortium. The contract includes construction supervision of infrastructure rehabilitation works for: 6 main canals, 7 gravity systems, the renovation and resizing of 17 pumping stations, rehabilitation of the drainage system in the Ararat Valley, and oversight of several tertiary canal rehabilitation projects. The consortium will also sponsor workshops focusing on internationally recognized construction technologies, standards, requirements, and quality control issues. The contract value is $2.9 million, and will last through the duration of the MCA-Armenia Compact term, informed Press Office of Millennium Challenge Account – Armenia.