“We are selective about the projects we work on, and we try to find projects that have a long-term positive impact. If your goal is to have a positive impact in a community and to improve lives and livelihoods, then public infrastructure is what you should be doing. And if you are doing infrastructure, where is a better place in the world to do that?”

-Jake Mumm, senior vice-president of Bechtel and country manager for Saudi Arabia. [MEED]