GAMA Industry, established in 1970, is the construction arm of the Turkish company Gama Group, founded 1959. Gama Industry specializes in the turnkey construction of industrial facilities, including

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, refineries,

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plants, water and

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systems, cement factories and pipelines, installation of mechanical/electrical equipment and instrumentation and the construction of high-rise buildings, business and shopping complexes, residences, tourism facilities, social and cultural facilities, health facilities, dams, underground transportation systems and utilities.

History

In the early 1970s, Gama extended its operations beyond

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, completing projects in Iran, Iraq, Jordan,

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, Malaysia, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Libya. Gama Industry's steel construction and boiler manufacturing plants produce heavy steel construction elements, industrial steam boilers, pressure vessels and specialised equipment for industrial facilities. The paid-in capital of Gama Industrial Plants Manufacturing and Erection, Inc. is YTL 54,000,000.

Pay scandal in Ireland

GAMA came to public prominence in Ireland when their subsidiary GAMA Construction Ireland was revealed to be paying Turkish workers in the

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€2.20 per hour and working illegal overtime. GAMA were given money for the full wages of workers as part of State contracts (€12.96 an hour), but paid only €2.20 (17%) to their workers, leaving the remainder in Dutch

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which GAMA had access to. GAMA were exposed by

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elected representatives Mick Murphy and Joe Higgins in the spring of 2005. After a successful strike by its workers, there was a settlement, under which GAMA paid workers all their regular pay at full rates and came to a negotiated settlement on the overtime. The strike was the subject of a 2006 documentary produced by Frameworks Films.

Disi Water Conveyance Project

GAMA is currently engaged in a project to build a system to pump 100 million cubic meters of water per year 325 kilometers from 55 wells in the Disi Aquifer to

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. Because GAMA significantly contributed to the project funding, the firm will have ownership of the project for the first 25 years after completion, after which ownership will transfer to the Jordanian government.

References

External links

GAMA website (English)Irish High Court Judgement on the case
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