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  BusinessWire, Tuesday, August 12, 1997 at 13:16
      MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 12, 1997--Dominion Bridge  Corporation (NASDAQ/ NMS: DBCO; VSE: DMO.U), ("DBC") today announced  the appointment of Mr. Andre Marsan, CA as Chief Financial Officer  for its North American engineering, construction business.  This  group unites under one delivery capability Dominion Bridge, Inc.,  ("DBI"), Steen Contractors Ltd. ("STEEN"), and the Pipeline  Division.       Mr. Marsan joined DBC Monday, August 11, 1997.  In his new  capacity as Chief Financial Officer, he will be responsible for all  financial and accounting matters in the recently integrated  construction and engineering operations in North America.       Mr. Marsan brings to DBC a wealth of industry experience and  financial expertise in the engineering, construction and  manufacturing businesses.  He was previously employed as a CFO in the industry by a major North American competitor to DBI.  In his past  employments, he has had the opportunity to manage international  large-scale budget operations and was also responsible for the  implementation of state-of-the-art accounting and information systems in those operations.       Mr. Marsan is a CA and a member of the Canadian Institute of  Chartered Accountants and started his career as an auditor.  He is  well versed in audit practices using US as well as CDN GAAP and his  accounting and industry experience has spanned Europe and North  America.       DBC Chairman Michel L. Marengere expressed the Board's pleasure  in the selection of Mr. Marsan as "an excellent choice of industry  expertise in an area where we project significant growth."  President and Chief Operating Officer Nicolas Matossian stated that Dominion  Bridge Inc., Steen Contractors Limited and the Pipeline Division will operate as a single three divisional unit in North America, patterned after the highly successful model for McConnell Dowell Corporation.   One of Mr. Marsan's major priorities and responsibility will be the  integration and update of financial and information systems for the  overall unit."       Dominion Bridge was established in 1879.  The company is active  in the international engineering and infrastructure markets.  It  manages projects and operates facilities in North and South America,  Europe and the Asia Pacific.  The company, together with its  subsidiaries, employs more than 6,500 people, with this year's  anticipated revenues of over US $600 million.  Consolidated backlog  is approximately US $600 million.       Dominion Bridge Corporation's subsidiaries are Dominion Bridge,  Inc., Steen Becker, Inc. and Davie Industries.  Its Australia  subsidiary, McConnell Dowell Corporation, is a major Asia Pacific  engineering firm.  
   Dominion Bridge Corp. said yesterday its Asia Pacific subsidiary McConnell Dowell Corp. of Melbourne, has received contracts worth more than A$123 million ($125.4 million). The contracts consist of an A$83-million project for the engineering, design, procurement and construction of a central systems upgrade contract at Aramco's refinery in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Additional building, civil, mechanical and pipeline contracts with a combined value of more than A$40 million have also been secured in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Marshall Islands and Singapore within the last month.                       *** Infomart-Online *** |