nicolas peru in tunisia construction is finally getting underway on a rockfill dam for the tunisian government utah has also undertaken the construction of a university center in nigeria and the expansion of standard oil's conchan refinery in peru utah is now sponsoring the construction of the six-mile thirty-foot diameter manapouri tunnel in new zealand the company's australian subsidiary is building the burnie breakwater in tasmania and the west barwon dam in victoria the largest aus tralian project is the construction of a con crete dam and excavation of 18 miles of 20-foot diameter tunnel near island bend part of the nation's snowy mountain plan work there has made excellent progress to date and is now nearing the halfway mark in addition to such heavy construction the company's australian operations included several industrial projects at the close of the year the company was giving consideration to major projects in the united states and other parts of the western hemisphere and also in australia africa and asia estimating work has been facilitated by the implementation of a newly-developed electronic data processing system which aids in the computation of bid proposals giving estimators improved speed and flexibility dredging with its two large dredges actively employed over most of the year the company's dredging operations were highly satisfactory the alameda maintained operations near osaka japan under a long term lease to japan industrial land develop ment co ltd utah continues to provide technical assistance for this reclamation proj ect and has an equity interest in jild with a number of prominent japanese firms the franciscan completed a channel clearance project on the sacramento river california for the u.s army corps of engineers and has now begun new operations at the long beach harbor land development in its land de velopment activities the company has ac quired a portfolio of income-producing properties and strategically located land to be held for investment or developed as build ing sites for industrial or residential pur poses during the year sales of land from the alameda south san francisco and tor rance properties were particularly successful final stages of work at yanhee dam thailand