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Pauling was involved in construction of steel prefabricated housing during post-World War II reconstruction. Others included: The
Groundnut Scheme Ground Clearance, Tanganyika, 1946; construction of the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London in the period 1959ā61; construction of the complete
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1939. They were also responsible for building the
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Pauling and Elliot. Whilst undertaking civil engineering projects in England his partnership with Elliot was dissolved in 1894 and he formed Pauling & Co. and completed this contracting work.
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Roads and airports included the central section of the Abu Dhabi-Alain
Highway; Alain Roads; and Abu Dhabi International Airport Runway and Taxiways, 1974.
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water supply scheme for the town (as it was) of Abu Dhabi in 1964ā65; and construction of the new capital of
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was a major
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Gibson, Howard; D'Erlanger, Leo (23 September 2004). "Gibson, Sir John Watson (1885ā1947)".
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264:United Africa Company
22:Pauling & Co. Ltd
609:Collected Interests
379:Egyptian Government
317:Hydroelectric works
130:Number of locations
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230:John Watson Gibson
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367:Mazoe Dam
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371:Zimbabwe
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