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15
FLUOR CORPORATION 2004 ANNUAL REPORT
Fluor’s focus on the defense market continues to build on its
growing track record of contingency support operations with various
branches of the military, including the Army, Air Force and the Army
Corp of Engineers. These activities support the mission of various
military deployments around the world, with a strong current focus
on fighting the war against terrorism. Fluor is also participating
in the reconstruction of Iraq, which has been primarily involved
with power restoration and water sector infrastructure.
With the acquisitions of Del-Jen and Trend Western over the
past two years, Fluor is solidly positioned as a key provider of
military base operations and maintenance services, and has been
steadily building its share of this large market. Additionally, Fluor
is working to help Del-Jen and Trend Western expand their market
participation by including them on new opportunities being pursued
with the DOE in the environment/nuclear market.
A final area of focus within the Department of Defense is
expansion within their capital project activities. For example, Fluor
provided construction services for the missile defense facilities in
Alaska, which were completed over the past year.
Fluor has also expanded its market position with the Depart-
ment of State, providing design/build services for U.S. embassies
and consulates worldwide. With the acquisition of the International
Division of J.A. Jones in late 2003, Fluor is now the market leader
for these projects, currently working on 10 embassy projects around
the world.
Fluor is also actively focused on emerging opportunities with
the Department of Homeland Security, including supporting the
U.S. Government’s rapid response capabilities to address the coun-
try’s security issues and disaster relief through its work with the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Fluor’s most
recent FEMA activities related to assistance on the hurricane relief
efforts in Florida.
The Scrap Recovery Plant, Plant 8, at
the DOE’s Fernald, Ohio site, recycled
residues and scrap from the uranium
production process from the 1950s to
’80s. Operating engineers use shears
to cut away sections of Plant 8 (pic-
tured). Demolition, waste removal and
environmental restoration of the entire
1,050-acre site is slated for completion
in 2006.
Fluor Hanford transported the last
container of spent nuclear fuel to safe,
dry storage in October 2004, finishing
a 10-year effort to remove 2,300 tons
of corroding spent fuel from two leak-
prone storage facilities known as the
K Basins and removing 95 percent of
the radioactivity—over 50 million
curies—from reactor-production areas
along a national waterway. The fuel
removal was called the “largest risk-
reducing cleanup to be performed
near the Columbia River” by the
Environmental Protection Agency.