That was a year, that was Acres International President Tony Hylton looks back approvingly over the year that was – and looks forward eagerly to more of the same in 2003.
			Erasing the DEW Line Back in 1957, at the height of the Cold War, a line of radar stations in the Canadian Arctic provided the ultimate in cutting-edge protection for the North American continent. With the advance of technology they became redundant. Now the challenge is to restore the environmental integrity of the Arctic.
			Twenty-six years at the airport Acres International has just completed an unbroken period of service at Nepal’s Tribhuvan Airport, which began in 1976. Bringing this important national facility into the 21st century was only one of the benefits our presence brought to the mountain kingdom.
			Building a bridge to better times Kazakhstan, ninth-largest country in the world, is busy putting its years as a Soviet republic behind it. One highly symbolic move was the establishment of a new capital city, Astana, located on the age-old East-West trade route across the Steppes, the Silk Road. Acres has been invited to design a highly visible bridge linking the city center to the airport.
			New harvest from the sea Offshore oil is becoming increasingly important to the well-being of the people of Newfoundland. Since 1996 SGE Acres has been involved in the design, construction and expansion of a facility which simplifies the logistics of moving oil from deepwater sites to East Coast markets.
			The time has come With big developments under way in mining and processing sectors in the Atlantic Provinces, the future looks good for a strategic partnership between SGE Acres and Hatch.