Industry publication, December 2001

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struction of Reliant’s 550-Mw, ' ■■ ■■ Burns & McDonnell's reality dry-cooled, combined-cycle Bighorn project in Pnmm, Nev. THE TOP 25 POWER DESIGNERS check is to ask whether the prospective client owns tur­ “It’s easier for a contractor h!B SUL bines. The turbine shortage is who has built other [process] 1. Bechtel Group Inc., San Francisco, Calif. 972.00 not quite as critical as it was six plants but hasn’t built power- 2” Sai^nt & Lundy LLC, Chicago, iili 317.00 months ago, but it is still cru­ plants to get into the business 3. Black & Veatch, Kansas City, Mo. aStao cial to do business “with people than it is for engineers,” says 4. Dukis Engineering & Services, Chariotte, NX!, 2K.io "^ho control turbines,” Riedel Crocker. “It’s best if the con- " 5. Foster Wheeler Corp., Clinton, N.J. 174.00 Without turbine contracts tractor has powerplant experi- 6. ParMns Co^., ft^dena, Caiif. "i^M hand, prospective gas-fired ence." But a seasoned engineer •• 7. Bums and Roe Qrw^ NJ- 138 67 ' powerplants may well remain is indispensable, he insists. .—— prospective—“bragawatts,” in 8. Washington Group international inc., Boise, Idaho Anchorage-based VECO ... .1.??.;??.... one wry industry phrase. Corp, was launched into power- S. Fluor Com., Miso Viejo, cSi .1.?.’™... EMCOR’s Levy sees opportu- plant construction from a 10. Parsons Brinckerhoff inc.. New York, N.Y.______ 102-60 nity in the aging U.S. power- process-plant base. The engi­ 11. URS Corp., San Francisco, Calif. 101.60 plant inventory. “You’ve got neering, procurement and con­ 12. Burns & McDonnell, Kansas city, Mo. 82.00 some plants that are simply struction contractor’s roots are 13. Eairth Tech, Long Beach, Caiif. 80.00 tired iron, and are not going to in the refining and petrochem- ,4 jjarza Engineering Co., Chicago, iii. M.75 be the most efficient way to i<^ market, but with the advent .. ino^'p^adena/ci......................................................... 63.M meet the country’s needs,” he cog^eratum VECO made .. ....................................................................................... “ notes. Levy sees this especially 56.60 the natural shift to power. ------ ....................... ^...—.... ........ ............ .......... “ in some small projects that fly Today, roughly 20% of the .. -................................................................................. . siro - under the radar screen of the '43.40 firm’s gross revenue is power- ___ _______ _______ _ .. big general or EPC contractors. derived, says Geza T. Szabo, .. ....................................................................................... »5o .. “Central stations will give way senior vice president of VECO’s 20. Power Engineers Ine., Halley, Idaho_______________ SBtw' _ to distributed and regional power sector. 21. R.W. Beck, Seattle, Wash. 31.70 generation,” he says. VECO’s target power market 22. R^mond Profession^ Group inc., Chicago, HL 27.90 is primarily cogen, both simple- ................................................. . . 26.70 SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL and combined-cycle units of 24. Bibb & Associates Inc., Lenexa, Kan. 25,40College and university cam- less th^ 250 Mw, and includes ■■■7S;cDI 24.10 " puses offer many opportuni­ waste-heat recovery plants and ties for small EPC projects. wood-waste boilers. ‘There con- “ After doing a gas-turbine tinue to be great opportunities cogen study for the University throughout North America,” says Szabo. The U.S. alone THE TOP 25 POWER CONTRACTORS of California at San Diego a few years ago. University faces a 200,000-Mw power ““ "■ 8HIL Mechanical Co., a San Diego- shortfall, an infrastructure 1. Bechtel Group Ino., San Francisco, Calif. 3,539.00 .. based EMCOR unit, won the deficit on the order of $135 bil- i;,f'H9r,.9o!T.r Aijso ........................ ..... 1503.00 EPC contract for the 20-Mw l; lion, especially on the East 3. Foster Wheeier Com., ciiniton, N.J. 7,4^00 plant, valued at more than $20 Coast and in the deep South.” 4. Washington Group international inc., Boise, Idaho 1,447oO million. California’s power 1,228.56 emergency “turned the plant COAL COMES BACK ... ............................................. ................ ........ ;.......... ,............... 6. Black & Veatch, Kansas City, Mo. 1,22570 ■■ into a brilliant investment,” Last winters record-lngh gas .................... :........ pnces won new respect for coal. ------ .................................. ...... i.-------—------- ---------- m4s •• giving UCSD a strategic advan- are doing c^ projects .... aJSLHS!^^ --------------- 547.03 - tage. Levy says. And the project - attracted the attention of other 51^70 today of some type in 26 states,” _____________ .. universities and colleges, lead- says Doug Riedel, director of Pamons Com.. Pasadena, Calif. 448.10 . ing to similar work for EMCOR. marketing for the power divi- 397.00 .. “College campuses tend to sion of Burns & McDonnell, 12. J. A. Jones inc., Chariotte, N.C. 376,70 have increasingly growing Kansas City. Coal units, built in 13. Peter kiewit Sons' inc., Omaitia, Neb. 320.62 energy needs, but we had no the 1960s and 70s and thought 14. wiiiiams Group internationai inc., Stone Mountain, Ga. 265.49 idea that this powerplant was to be headed to retirement, 15. Day & zimmermann internationai inc., PhUadelphia, Pa. 207M going to take off so much,” have become “valuable assets,” 115^ Lev says. , he says. But gas prices have .. ........................................................................................ 7s« to” need for essential infra- 'laj 50structure on the periphery of advances of gas-fired powei^ ------------------ .—.;— the powerplant construction plants have kept gas turbines ____________________ _?15SL market presents still other popular. “Hundreds of turbines ”>• Chicago Bridge & Iron Co, Plainfield III._____________ opportunities to qualified con- have been purchased,” Riedel ...^i-fi’u-ConCqnstruotlonCorp., Ballwin, Mo, _ tractors. Dashiell Corp., a says, “and unless something cat- 22. VECO Com-, Anchorage, Alaska 71.50 Houston-based subsidiary of astrophic happens, those tur- 23. BE&K inc., BirminSam, Ala. 62.20 Exelon Infrastructure Services, bines will be installed and there .. ........................................................................................ 62.0) provides turnkey construction a need for design engi- 25. j. S. Aiberici Construction Go. inc., Louis, Mo. of switchyards, substations and neering.” Siiure«EMITop40ll(!(mtpai!ter8-May21,2IIin short transmission lines inter-

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