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.

Fluor was previously headquartered in Irvine, California in the United States; however, in March 2006 it relocated to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex suburb of Irving, Texas.

Fluor is involved in industries including oil and gas, chemicals and petrochemicals, biotechnology, manufacturing, microelectronics, mining, nuclear decommissioning ^[1], electric power, telecommunications and transportation.

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.

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.

• 1930s, became a major competitor in the contruction 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 compnaies that had previously proposed and worked together on semiconductor projects.