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Homeland insecurity; Local small businesses join forces to win Iraq rebuilding contracts.

Publication: Crain's Detroit Business
Publication Date: 08-MAR-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: Michael Strong

Sal Hassanien sees vast business potential for his small engineering company in the rebuilding of Iraq.

But like many small-business owners in Detroit with a similar vision, he's having a hard time tapping into government contracts or justifying the expense of going it alone in Iraq.

So Hassanien, several other businesses and the Michigan Economic Development Corp. are working to create a consortium to pursue $2.5 billion in rebuilding work in Iraq.

"The insurance on engineers alone would put me out of business,'' said Hassanien, president and CEO of Sustainable Development Technologies Inc., an engineering consulting company in Detroit. "It's $8,000 to $10,000 per person each year. I'm a small company, I...

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