ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--11,000 workers ... speaking 17 languages ... on a construction site in
desert conditions. Not prime working conditions, yet these are some of
the challenges a Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) team has overcome in
compiling a new Fluor safety record of 36 million safe work hours at an
integrated petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia.
The record, one of the best in the engineering and construction
industry, was achieved on the UNITED (Jubail United Petrochemical
Company) project, located in Jubail, an industrial city on the east
coast of Saudi Arabia. The project, which is in the precommissioning
phase, consists of three process units and the associated utilities,
offsite facilities and infrastructure. Designed as part of a larger
master plan, this project represents the first phase of a world-scale
petrochemical complex for UNITED.
Fluor serves as overall project manager and as engineering, procurement
and construction management contractor for utilities and offsite
facilities. The project team is comprised of Fluor, the client,
contractors and subcontractors.
Commencing the project in 2001, the more than 11,000-person crew ended
2003 safely and without serious accident or lost-time incident.
"Achieving 36 million safe hours at a construction site during its peak
manpower would have been extremely difficult without the entire project
team's hard work, dedication, commitment to safety and the continued
support from our board of directors," said Abdullah M. Al-Garawi,
UNITED's president.
"Given the numerous challenges, it is the project team's focus on
safety, training and discipline that has protected the health of every
individual on the site," said A.B. Robinson, Fluor's vice president of
Health, Safety and Environmental. "This team exemplifies Fluor's passion
for the well-being of the people and communities in which we work and
live."
UNITED (Jubail United Petrochemical Company), a wholly owned subsidiary
of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC), plans to produce
ethylene, ethylene glycol and linear alpha olefins.
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) provides services on a global basis in the
fields of engineering, procurement, construction, operations,
maintenance and project management. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo,
Calif., Fluor is a FORTUNE 500 company with revenues of nearly $9
billion in 2003. For more information, visit www.fluor.com.
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