Archirodon

Archirodon

Archirodon

Greek construction company


Archirodon Group NV is a Greek company with headquarters in Dordrecht, Netherlands and Athens, Greece, that provides services relating to the construction and maintenance of maritime infrastructure and other construction works on an international basis. The main fields of construction work are marine, dredging and land reclamation contractors; heavy contractors for the oil and gas, power and water industries; electromechanical and infrastructure contractors; geotechnical and foundation engineering services.

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Archirodon owns and operates a fleet of 155 vessels which are used for transportation, dredging, towing and docking. [citation needed]

History

Archirodon Construction company was established in 1959 in the form of a J.V. of the Greek firms ARCHIMIDIS, Greece's foremost marine contractor at that time, and ODON & ODOSTROMATON, a road and bridge construction specialist group.

The J.V. started its professional life by building the Port of Benghazi in Libya (1961) and subsequently the Port of Beirut in Lebanon (1962). Its success soon led it to develop into a major contractor in its own merit, establishing itself in 1971 as ARCHIRODON CONSTRUCTION (OVERSEAS) CO.S.A...

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Offices

Archirodon maintains offices in:[1]

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Criticism

In 2001, Archirodon was involved in corruption and bid-rigging with construction bids for Egyptian water projects as discussed in the Camp David peace accord.[2]

In 2022, Archirodon drew critism on its involvement in the port of El Aaiún, in the disputed territory of the Western Sahara, from where OCP currently only exports phosphate rock.[3]


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