left wells hydro-combine project near wenatchee washington upper right oued nebaana dam nearing completion in tunisia lower right san luis dam under construction in california far right bucket wheel excavator at work on the san luis canal california pany's history and in may it reached the highest point ever at 191,519,000 a majority of this backlog is on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis fiscal year 1965 was one of general improvement as the year was freed from the losses sustained at the round butte dam project in 1964 one of the highlights of the year was the receipt of the con struction achievement award in recognition of the outstanding , work performed on the eucumbene-island bend-geehi tunnel pre sented by the australian federation of civil engineering contrac tors the award was given to the joint venture sponsored by utah construction & engineering pty limited utah first started work for the snowy mountain authority 8 years ago on the tantangara project the oued nebaana dam being built by the company in tunisia is scheduled for profitable completion in early 1966 on the domestic front the mossyrock diversion tunnel for the city of tacoma was profitably completed the cornwall hydroelec tric pumped storage project for which a company-sponsored joint venture bid successfully in 1 964 continues to be delayed the owner of this project consolidated edison company of new york has compensated the joint venture for standby costs for labor and equip ment and when directed to do so utah is prepared to proceed with this project the company has made a considerable effort to overcome the la bor adversities and operating obstacles encountered at the mana pouri tailrace tunnel project in new zealand while some progress to correct this situation has been made material losses have been recorded in connection with this project the company successfully negotiated for the construction of the 4 1 000,000 west arm po.wer house on a cost-plus fee basis a distinguishing feature of the west arm powerhouse which is a part of the overall manapouri project is its location 700 feet underground water entering its turbines will drop 700 feet from lake manapouri to drive seven 100,000 kilowatt generators to provide power for the city of invercargill and new zealand's national power grid in joint ventures sponsored by other contractors utah has been