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CB&I Expands
Engineering Capacity with New Middle East Center
Business Wire
THE WOODLANDS, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CB&I (NYSE:CBI) has opened a
new global engineering center in the Middle East to address the
increased demand for engineering work resulting from the Company's
strong growth in new project awards.
Located in Ajman, northeast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates,
the center will expand CB&I's current worldwide engineering
resources. It has space to house more than 200 engineers and support
staff, and will utilize a wide range of engineering software
platforms, facilitating work sharing between offices and flexibility
in responding to customer requirements. Drawing from a pool of
talented, top quality engineers based in the UAE, the Ajman facility
will help CB&I continue to deliver quality engineering support to
projects across all of its global markets. The center is expected to
be working at full strength by the fourth quarter of 2007.
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"Maintaining and enhancing our engineering resources is critical to
the continued success of CB&I's business model as a complete,
sole-source EPC provider," noted John Redmon, CB&I's Executive Vice
President – Operations. "With an initial focus on the detailed
engineering of process facilities, our new center in the UAE will
augment our capability to provide high-value design solutions to oil
and gas customers worldwide."
CB&I executes on average more than 500 projects each year and is one
of the world's leading engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)
companies, specializing in projects for customers that produce,
process, store and distribute the world's natural resources. With
more than 60 locations and approximately 12,000 employees throughout
the world, CB&I capitalizes on its global expertise and local
knowledge to safely and reliably deliver projects virtually
anywhere. Information about CB&I is available at
www.CBI.com .
Contacts
CB&I, The Woodlands
Media: Bruce Steimle +1 832-513-1111
or
Analysts: Marty Spake +1 832-513-1245
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