ECRI Sponsors

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AVENG has a proud South African heritage and is a globally competitive construction-related group focused principally on the developing world. The group was rated by the authoritative 2004 Engineering News Review report as one of the worlds top 50 international contractors.

Basil Read - Having recently celebrated 55 years of existence the company will achieve a turnover of R 2 billion (USD 300 million) in 2007, employs 2 900 people and is active in the construction of roads, earthworks, industrial civils, building and open cast mining within South Africa and beyond its borders.

Bateman Engineering N.V. is a technologically-driven engineering-project house serving the minerals and metals industries worldwide, covering mining, minerals and metals processing, ferroalloys, mineral salts, environmental protection, bulk-materials handling and water and effluent treatment.

Bechtel is a global engineering, construction and project management company with more than a century of experience on complex projects in challenging locations. Privately owned with headquarters in San Francisco, we have 40 offices around the world and nearly 40,000 employees.

Bovis Lend Lease is one of the world’s leading project management and construction companies, using industry best practices when working with clients to create high quality, sustainable property assets.

CCC origins go back to 1952 as one of the first Arab construction companies. CCC has always been at the forefront of the adoption of new construction technology to improve efficiency provide more rapid execution while ensuring high quality performance.

Since its establishment in 1948, Chiyoda Corporation has constructed numerous plants in Japan and around the world in fields including oil, gas and other energy resources; petrochemicals and chemicals; pharmaceuticals; and general industry.

Ferrostaal - Our business is building large-scale plants and providing industrial solutions - worldwide. Our 4,300 personnel in more than sixty countries turn our clients´ projects into reality. The outstanding combination of our competence fields is our hallmark.

Fluor is a FORTUNE 500 company that delivers engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance (EPCM), and project management to governments and clients in diverse industries around the world.

Foster Wheeler is a global engineering and construction contractor and power equipment supplier, with a reputation for delivering high quality, technically-advanced, reliable facilities and equipment on time, on budget and with a world-class safety record. .

GODREJ is one of the largest engineering and consumer products company in India having varied interests from engineering to personal care products with a total global sales turnover of about US $ 1Billion.

GROUP FIVE is one of the largest engineering and consumer products company in India having varied interests from engineering to personal care products with a total global sales turnover of about US $ 1Billion.

HCC is a leader in infrastructure construction industry in India, the company has built major engineering landmarks across the nation. Over last 80 years, HCC has been entrusted with the construction of high value projects across segments like transportation, power, marine, oil and gas pipeline, irrigation and water supply, utilities and urban infrastructures.

ICA is the largest engineering, procurement and construction company in Mexico. Since our founding in 1947, ICA has created a substantial part of Mexico's modern infrastructure. Our business is centered in Mexico, but we also operate in Latin America, the United States and Europe.

IMPSA Industrias Metalúrgicas Pescarmona S.A.I.C.& F is one of the largest worldwide providers of integrated energy solutions for hydropower and wind energy projects through the production of capital goods and by investing in power generation projects.

Inelectra is a company with 100% Venezuelan capital dedicated to engineering and construction for the oil, petrochemical, steel, aluminum, power, telecommunications and mass transportation industries, executing major projects in Venezuela and abroad.

KBR is a leading global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, petrochemicals, government services and civil infrastructure sectors. They are a leading EPC-CS services provider to the upstream and downstream energy sectors with global, large-scale execution capabilities.

Kentz Engineers & Constructors have been in the construction business for almost 90 years, operating in over 20 countries world-wide with a turnover of approximately $600 million they provide a full range of technical and project management skills, from design through procurement, construction, commissioning and start-up to assist world-wide clients in developing and upgrading facilities.

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) is a technology-driven USD 5 billion company that infuses engineering with imagination. We offer a wide range of advanced solutions, services and products.

Lurgi is a leading international technology company operating in the field of process engineering and plant contracting. Lurgi draws on its tried and tested global network of international operations

McDermott is a leading engineering and construction company, with specialty manufacturing and service capabilities.The Company provides its services to a variety of customers in the energy and power industries, including the U.S. Government. McDermott operates in 23 countries and has over 20,000 employees.

MURRAY & ROBERTS serves the construction economies of South and Southern Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia, and the Gulf States of Middle East, leveraging the competitiveness of South Africa into global markets.

NPCC's (National Petroleum Construction Company) dynamic growth, its past achievements and new facilities have transformed this National Company into a major international (EPC) contractor, capable of providing the Offshore and Onshore Oil & Gas industry with complete Engineering, Procurement and Construction.

PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF is a leader in the development and operation of infrastructure to meet the needs of communities around the world. The firm provides strategic consulting, planning, engineering, and program and construction management services to both public and private sector clients.

PARSONS CORPORATION is a full-scope EPC Contractor serving both Governmental and Private Industry Customers on a world-wide basis in market segments such as Energy, Environmental, Infrastructure, Defense, Transportation and Water / Waste Water.

PETROFAC is an integrated international service provider to the oil & gas industry, with capabilities to serve the complete lifecycle for upstream, midstream and downstream facilities and infrastructure.

The Shaw Group provides premier engineering, design, construction, and maintenance services to government and private-sector clients in a wide array of industries, including the energy, environmental, infrastructure, and emergency response markets.

SKANSKA construction-related services has established a global network of operations. Sweden the US UK Denmark Finland Norway Poland the Czech Republic and Argentina are Skanskas home markets.

SNC-Lavalin companies have offices across Canada and in 30 other countries around the world and is one of the leading groups of engineering and construction companies in the world and a global leader in the ownership and management of infrastructure.

Backed by more than 50 years of experience and thanks to the expertise and know-how of its teams, Technip is a key contributor to the development of technologies and sustainable solutions for the exploitation of the world’s energy resources.

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. is the parent company of an international Engineering & Main Contracting Group which provides a comprehensive, integrated system of services and installations in its sectors: Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Oil & Gas, Power, Civil Engineering and Infrastructure.

Tecnicas Reunidas is the leader for engineering and construction in the oil and gas sector in Spain, one of the leaders in Europe in the design and construction of oil and gas facilities, and one of the world leaders in the refining sector

STEINER Total Services Contractor is a Swiss company that is in a position to support large projects throughout all phases of their life cycle – from the initiation of an idea through development and construction to the management of the completed building.

URS Corporation is a leading provider of engineering, construction and technical services for public agencies and private sector companies around the world. The Company offers a full range of program management; planning, design and engineering; construction and construction management.