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Fluor Corporation Case Study
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: LFR) - a publically traded company on the New York Stock exchange, founded in 1912. The company offers many services as a part of its five segments business: oil & gas, industrial & infrastructure, government, global services, and power subsidiaries. Fluor Corporation provides engineering, procurement, construction, fabrication and modularization, commissioning and maintenance, and project management services worldwide. The business operates in the United States and Canada, headquartered in Irving, Texas
6700 Las Colinas Blvd
Irving, TX 75039
Phone: (469) 398-7000

Services:
The Fluor Corporation provides services within the natural gas, downstream refining, offshore production and pipelines. It also provides consulting …show more content…
The $1.43-billion design-build project and $830-million, 25-year maintenance and renewal contract were the single largest public-private partnership (PPP) contracts awarded by the Dutch state to a private party to date. Fluor served as the managing partner and program manager of the Infraspeed BV Consortium and led the $1.4 billion design-build project to deliver a 100-kilometer rail project with Royal BAM, Siemens, HSBC, and …show more content…
The organization was also ranked no. 1 in the Engineering and Construction Industry of the FORTUNE Magazine “World’s Most Admired Companies from 2012-2015. Some recent additional recognition information for the Flour states that Fluor was listed as “One of G.I. Jobs top 100 military friendly employers (2015) , One of America’s Safest Companies by EHS Today (2011) .

Competitive Advantage:
Fluor Corporation’s financial strength and program management capabilities are major factors that have propelled them into becoming the world’s largest construction and engineering company in the fortune 500, and ranked 109th overall. Fluor has over 100 years in the industry offering engineering, consulting and project management services. For 44 years, Fluor has been installing, upgrading, and maintaining a heavy tonnage rail system. Fluor Corporation’s original technologies enhance infrastructure services by providing efficient, cost effective and non-hazardous solutions to their clients’ project challenges.
Fluor Construction led the industry in outsourcing in their designing tasks in 2004.The salary comparison is drastically lower for example, of an engineer located in India ($4k annually) compared to the salary of an U.S. engineer ($70k annually). Resulting in a 10%-15% final decreased cost with little outside
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