User talk:CorporateM/Fluor

Reviewing this article
Just a note that I am reading this over, and comparing it to what is now at Fluor Corporation. I'll give more detailed feedback soon(-ish). My first quick thought is that this looks much, much better than what is live. I'm afraid I won't be much help in determining whether or not it will be good enough for GA but I can at least lend my support as an unbiased editor without a COI. --  At am a  頭 22:00, 27 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks for letting me know! I had just pinged user:North8000 not knowing if anyone was actively taking a look. It's a large body of work, so I figured it would take some time to give it a lookover. Most editors are just like me and never get to most things we intend to do.  CorporateM (Talk) 22:31, 27 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Looks like a big improvement. Are you aware of anything significant that has been removed? Sincerely,  North8000  (talk) 22:36, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

Below is the material that didn't make it into my draft, because it wasn't sourced well-enough. For the Notable projects section, I mostly looked for jobs included in profiles that summarize their most important jobs, with some exceptions where the item was covered in a lot of media. However it wasn't always clear which projects to include. I was really on the fence with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project for example.

CorporateM (Talk) 23:10, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * building its first hydrocracker plant in 1968 for the American Oil Co. in Texas City (primary source)
 * helped established its credentials in the oil and gas industry (editorializing)
 * In 1932 it was awarded its first major refinery contract for Shell Oil at Wood River, Illinois. (primary source)
 * building its first hydrocracker plant in 1968 for the American Oil Co. in Texas City (primary source)
 * In 1995 Fluor acquired ADP, a design and project management business; in 1996 it acquired Marshall Contractors.[8] (press release source)
 * In 2000 it spun off its coal operations to Massey Energy Corp..[7] (primary source)
 * The corporation was sued because of "numerous design and construction failure" on a project in north Chile in 2002.[9] (primary source)
 * In 2009, Fluor entered the solar industry when it was contracted to design a 46 MW solar thermal plant in a partnership with California firm ESolar.[10] (Other projects were more "notable")
 * Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge: completed in in 2013[21][22] (As discussed I was really on the fence, but needed to be selective about which projects are notable enough to include)
 * U.S. Army's LOGCAP program & Al Zour Refinery (unsourced)
 * However, in March 2009, the Kuwaiti government informed Fluor to halt construction because reduced oil prices had made the project financially unfeasible. The announcement did not come entirely as a surprise because former Kuwaiti Prime Minister Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah had been mentioning cancellation.[24] Some investment analysts predicted the project's cancellation as early as December 2008.[25] Fluor announced that it would remove $2.1 billion, the remaining value of the contract, from its books.[23] (broken link and one of those guest-post type Forbes things. There is one legitimate source in Bloomberg but again having to be selective about which projects are notable enough to include.)
 * Fluor has also been ranked No. 1 in Engineering News-Record (ENR) magazine's 2012 list of Top 100 Design-Build Firms and No. 2 on its Top 400 Contractors list.[26] Fluor was selected one of the "Global Most Admired Knowledge Enterprises (MAKE)" for the sixth consecutive year in 2011 and named one of America's Safest Companies by EHS Today magazine in 2011. (unsourced and/or promotional as we tend to avoid rankings, etc.)
 * Fluor has also been named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere magazine for six consecutive years, 2007-2012. (unsourced and we prefer to avoid rankings)


 * Thanks. I didn't mean to make you do all of that work; that's a more thorough answer than I hoped for.   North8000  (talk) 23:25, 27 February 2014 (UTC)

From my edit summary at article page: "Sub in CorporateM draft as discussed at this talk page, COI noticeboard and at article draft. Please revert me if you do not agree"  North8000  (talk) 19:23, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Thanks. I just fixed the logo image, since trademarked images can't be posted in user-space. I just wanted to make sure if Atama had any feedback? I was a bit rude in pinging you not knowing that he/she was actively reviewing. CorporateM (Talk) 19:34, 28 February 2014 (UTC)


 * You know me....bull in a china shop, but with an invitation to revert me.  It sounded like Atama was done, but if not, please revert me or mention it and I'll revert myself.


 * I was thinking about asking you what you would think about putting the logo back in somewhere, but you were way ahead of me. Sincerely,  North8000  (talk) 19:48, 28 February 2014 (UTC)