Fluor Announces the Arrival of Hundreds of Vehicles and Equipment in Puerto Rico to Help Support Power Restoration
November 21 2017 - 3:06PM
Business Wire
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today the arrival of
more than 400 pieces of essential construction and specialty
equipment at a shipping terminal in Puerto Rico in support of its
ongoing work restoring power there.
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Heavy equipment is offloaded from the
USNS Brittin in Puerto Rico to help with ongoing power restoration
efforts (Photo: Business Wire)
The equipment, arriving on the USNS Brittin, augments equipment
Fluor already has on the ground. It will be disbursed across the
northern and eastern regions of the island to support power
restoration work on substations and transmission, sub-transmission
and distribution lines.
The Brittin is one of the U.S. Navy’s large roll-on and roll-off
cargo ships. It has six interior decks and a cargo carrying
capacity of approximately 380,000 square feet. The Brittin departed
from Charleston, South Carolina, on November 16, 2017, and arrived
in Puerto Rico on November 20, 2017.
“We are excited about achieving this important milestone,” said
Matt Hunt, Fluor’s executive program director, Puerto Rico Power
Restoration Project. “The equipment requirements for repairs to the
power distribution system on the island are extremely large and we
are grateful for the support of our customer, the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, which helped bring all the logistical pieces together
to complete the delivery.”
Fluor is working under contract to the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, which has been assigned under a Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) mission to help bring electricity back to
the people of Puerto Rico.
The equipment that arrived on the USNS Brittin brings the number
of assets Fluor has on the ground to more than 600. These assets
include augers, bucket trucks, fork lifts, earth moving equipment
and high voltage vehicles, among others. Additionally, more than
600 Fluor and subcontracted project personnel are working on the
island with more on the way.
Fluor has a unique combination of government contingency
operations, commercial power experience and a 54-year presence in
the Commonwealth. The company provides design, engineering,
procurement, construction and commissioning services to Puerto
Rican clients in a broad range of high employment industries,
including power, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, aerospace,
manufacturing and food and beverage. This expertise will enable
ongoing efforts to help sustain economic recovery on the
island.
About Fluor Corporation
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global engineering,
procurement, fabrication, construction and maintenance company that
designs, builds and maintains capital-efficient facilities for its
clients on six continents. For more than a century, Fluor has
served its clients by delivering innovative and integrated
solutions across the globe. With headquarters in Irving, Texas,
Fluor ranks 149 on the Fortune 500 list with revenue of $19 billion
in 2016 and has more than 60,000 employees worldwide. For more
information, please visit www.fluor.com or follow Fluor on social
media at Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.
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