Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the company’s I-15
Corridor Expansion (CORE) project for the Utah Department of
Transportation was selected as one of five finalists for the American
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2014 Outstanding Civil Engineering
Achievement (OCEA) award. The design-build project, completed by the
Fluor-led Provo River Constructors joint venture, involved the widening
and reconstructing of 24 miles of freeway in 35 months.
“It is an incredible honor to be selected as a finalist by ASCE for this
significant award,” said Herb Morgan, business line lead for Fluor
Infrastructure. “The success of this innovative transportation project
can be attributed to the effective collaboration between the project
team and UDOT and its stakeholders. Fluor is proud to add the I-15 CORE
project to our legacy of delivering challenging projects.”
The OCEA
award was established in 1960 to recognize exemplary civil
engineering projects around the world. Each year, ASCE evaluates civil
projects based on key criteria such as innovation, resourcefulness,
sustainability, project planning and contribution to communities.
For the I-15
CORE highway project, the Fluor partnership was responsible for
restoring or rebuilding 10 interchanges and 55 bridges through one of
Utah’s busiest-traveled areas. The project involved building two
additional lanes over a 24-mile span on both the southbound and
northbound routes from American Fork to Provo. The Fluor team also
extended the existing express lane from Orem to Provo. Completed in less
than three years, the I-15 CORE project was the fastest billion-dollar,
design-build public highway project ever completed in the U.S.
Earlier this year, the project was honored
by the International Partnering Institute (IPI) with the 2013 John L
Martin Partnered Project of the Year (diamond level).
The winner of the 2014 OCEA award will be announced at the OPAL Gala on
March 20, 2014, in Arlington, Va.
About Fluor Corporation
For more than 100 years, Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) has partnered
with its clients to design, build and maintain many of the world's most
challenging and complex capital projects. Through its global network of
offices on six continents, more than 41,000 employees provide
comprehensive capabilities and world-class expertise in the fields of
engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, fabrication,
operations, maintenance and project management. Today, the company
serves a global client base in the energy, chemicals, government,
industrial, infrastructure, operations & maintenance, manufacturing &
life sciences, mining, power and transportation sectors. Headquartered
in Irving, Texas, Fluor ranks 110 on the FORTUNE 500 list and had
revenue of $27.6 billion in 2012. For more information, visit www.fluor.com
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