Bechtel to hire nearly 1,000 workers

Representatives of the American company Bechtel say that work on the Transilvania highway will be resumed within ten days at most, with 50 workers having been hired so far, leaving almost another one thousand to be hired by the end of July. The spokesman of the company, Bogdan Sgarcitu, declared that some of the work, particularly excavations, would go on during winter, as well. “Our machines can work at low temperatures as well, as long as there is no snow,” he said. For now, Bechtel hired 50 workers, but it is to hire another 400 employees by the end of June. “The hiring will continue in July by another 500 people or even more,” added Bogdan Sgarcitu. Works will continue on section II B, Campia Turzii – Gilau, an area where most of the plots of land were expropriated by the Romanian state. Work on the Transilvania highway was suspended in the summer of last year due to lack of funds, with over 600 employees being sent home for a while at first and later made redundant. ZF