Fluor Corporation
Type	Public NYSE: FLR
Founded	Oshkosh, Wisconsin (1890) (as Rudolph Fluor & Brothers)
Headquarters	Irving, Texas, United States
Key people	Alan L. Boeckmann, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer D. Michael Steuert, Chief Financial Officer
Industry	Engineering, Procurement, and Construction, and Maintenance Services
Revenue	$13.2 Billion USD (2006)
Employees	More than 30,000
Website	www.fluor.com

Fluor Corporation NYSE: FLR, is an international construction and maintenance contractor for petrochemical, infrastructure, and environmental projects. The company employs more than 30,000 people internationally, and has offices in more than 25 countries. Image File history File links Fluor-logo. ... A public company is a company owned by the public rather than by a relatively few individuals. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ... Oshkosh is a city located where the Fox River enters Lake Winnebago in Winnebago County, Wisconsin. ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... Irving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. ... Engineering, Procurement and Construction Industry (or EPC Industry) is some HR jargon that appears on job postings. ... Revenue is a U.S. business term for the amount of money that a company earns from its activities in a given period, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... Image File history File links Green_Arrow_Up. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... This page as shown in the AOL 9. ... New York Stock Exchange (June 2003) The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) , also nicknamed the Big Board, is the largest stock exchange in the world in dollar volume and second largest by number of companies listed. ... Petrochemicals are chemical products made from raw materials of petroleum (hydrocarbon) origin. ... An environment is a complex of external factors that acts on a system and determines its course and form of existence. ...

Fluor was previously headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California in the United States; however, in March 2006 it relocated to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex suburb of Irving, Texas. Location of Aliso Viejo within Orange County, California. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex encompasses the metropolitan divisions of Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington, within the U.S. state of Texas. ... Irving is a city located in the U.S. state of Texas within Dallas County. ...

Fluor is involved in industries including oil and gas, chemicals and petrochemicals, biotechnology, manufacturing, microelectronics, mining, nuclear decommissioning ^[1], electric power, telecommunications and transportation. The oil industry is a type of industry which brings petroleum to a financial market. ... A petrochemical is any chemical derived from fossil fuel. ... The structure of insulin Biotechnology is technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine. ... Manufacturing, a branch of industry which accounts for about one-quarter of the worlds economic activity, is the application of tools and a processing medium to the transformation of raw materials into finished goods for sale. ... Microelectronics is a subfield of electronics. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... The decommissioning of nuclear facilities is sometimes referred to as nuclear decommissioning, to mark the difference between conventional decommissioning and dismantling projects. ... Electric power is the amount of work done by an electric current in a unit time. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ...

Fluor is a Fortune 500 company, and in 2006 ranked fourth of ten in Fortune magazine's "America's Most Admired Companies" in the "Engineering, Construction" category, having been first in 2004. The Fortune 500 is a ranking of the top 500 United States corporations as measured by gross revenue. ... Categories: Magazines stubs | Time Warner subsidiaries | Business magazines ...

History

Fluor incorporated in 1924, as Fluor Brothers Construction Company. During the 1920s, it developed expertise in the construction needs of the oil and gas markets. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

• 1930s, became a major competitor in the construction of refineries.
• 1940s, went international, securing contracts in Canada, Venezuela, and Saudi Arabia.
• 1950s, contracted for nuclear power plant work, as well as with the US Air Force for work at the Dhahran Air Base.
• 1960s, constructed the first refinery in South Korea, and diversified into offshore drilling and mining.
• 1970s, acquired Daniel International Corporation.
• 1980s, changed name of its operating unit to Fluor Daniel.
• 1990s, acquired both ADP and Marshall Contractors, two separate companies that had previously proposed and worked together on semiconductor projects.

References

1. ^ Revealed: minister's links to nuclear lobby, The Sunday Times, 14 May, 2006