Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) today announced that it has been awarded a
contract to provide maintenance support services for major outage work
at the Plant Barry coal-fired electric generating plant near Mobile,
Ala., for Alabama Power. Contract value to Fluor was not disclosed and
was booked in the company's first quarter.
Under terms of the multi-year contract, Fluor will supply supervision
and craft personnel to assist Alabama Power's maintenance group in
performing major repair outage work. Peak employment is expected to
reach approximately 350.
"We welcome the opportunity to provide a safe, reliable and
cost-effective solution to help Alabama Power sustain its power
generation capacity and meet its system operating objectives," said Kirk
Grimes, Fluor's group president of Global Services. "As one of the
largest providers of maintenance and outage support services to the
power industry, this important award emphasizes our strategic focus to
regionally expand a traditional Fluor strength within one of our
targeted industries."
Alabama Power is the second largest subsidiary of Southern Company, the
nation's largest generator of electricity. Through Southern Company
Generation, Southern Company operates 276 generating units in 69 fossil
plants. Southern Company Generation is the business unit of Southern
Company that oversees both retail and wholesale generation and
generation services. Alabama Power, an investor-owned, tax-paying
utility, serves 1.3 million homes, businesses and industries in the
southern two-thirds of Alabama. More than 78,000 miles of power lines
carry electricity to customers throughout 44,500 square miles.
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,
California, Fluor is a FORTUNE 500 company with revenues of $9.4 billion
in 2004. For more information, visit www.fluor.com.
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