"We have seen a strong ramp up in our user-based customers with...

"We have seen a strong ramp up in our user-based customers with the total Bechtel, Fluor and Exxon user numbers doubling last year." Leigh Jasper, FY17 AGM

Adding to the 30,000 Aconex projects, and a story I've been meaning to post for a bit (just flat out with work), here is a more positive post script to the violent series of hurricanes that hit the Caribbean recently.

It demonstrates that, as the 2011 Christchurch earthquake also proved, Aconex frequently gets involved in post natural disaster reconstruction efforts.

The article reports on Aconex user-based enterprise partner, Fluor, engaging in the post cyclone Maria clean up in Puerto Rico:

Irving-based Fluor wins $240 million contract to help restore power in Puerto Rico

FILED UNDERENERGY AT OCT 18
Written by


Jeff Mosier, Energy and Environment Writer

Hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico will soon get help from Irving-based engineering and construction firm Fluor as part of federal efforts to return power to 3 million people.


Post Maria- Power Problems

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Fluor a $240 million contract this week to help restore the island's electric grid. A month after Hurricane Maria struck, about 86 percent of Puerto Rico is still without power.

Maria was one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes on record and arrived just after the financially troubled island was damaged by Hurricane Irma. And Puerto Rico was already struggling with occasional blackouts caused by faltering infrastructure. Officials have said it could take six months to a year to restore electricity in some areas.

Fluor's role in the reconstruction wasn't immediately clear, although it's often hired for major infrastructure projects locally and globally.

A FEMA news release said the company would "augment current restoration activities."

A company spokesman said a written statement about Fluor's contract was in the works.

Fluor has a long history with the U.S. territory.

The company was a contractor on Puerto Rico's first oil refinery, which opened in 1955. More recently, Fluor provided engineering, construction and other services for a coal-fired power plant that was providing 17 percent of the island's electricity.

https://www.dallasnews.com/business...ion-contractto-help-restore-power-puerto-rico

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