
On Jan. 2, Parsons Senior Vice President Bill Bodie was named manager of the national security and defense division within the company’s newly-organized government services business unit. He previously played a part in leading Parsons’ energy, systems and security business as division manager. He also previously spent time with defense services contractor KBR and as [...]
April 18th, 2012 | Filed under Executive Spotlight | Read More »

KBR has been contracted to provide construction services to expand an Oklahoma-based gas processing plant, KBR announced Wednesday. KBR will also provide installation and pre-construction services for a new 150 million standard cubic feet per day gas processing plant under the contract. KBR will expand the plant by 150 MMSCFD and will bring the total processing [...]
February 16th, 2012 | Filed under News | Read More »

KBR will provide construction management services throughout the state of Texas under a one-year job order contract from The Cooperative Purchasing Network. KBR said in a release it will renovate, repair and construct new public buildings such as schools, universities, cities, counties and other government entities in Texas. KBR said the contract includes six one-year [...]
January 3rd, 2012 | Filed under General | Read More »
KBR‘s subsidiary GVA was awarded a contract for the design of a GVA a semi-submersible accommodation rig, announced Wednesday. GVA will provide the design information for a 3000E Accommodation Unit for Prosafe, an owner and operator of service rigs. Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd. in Singapore, will construct the rig based on GVA’s specifications and is [...]
December 23rd, 2011 | Filed under News | Read More »

BAE Systems has awarded a contract to KBR to develop a virtual training program for the Australian navy. KBR said in a release today that BAE provided engineering data for KBR’s computer model of a landing helicopter dock ship, on which KBR will base its real-time 3D training courseware. The program will train a crew for a Royal Australian [...]
November 23rd, 2011 | Filed under General | Read More »
KBR has won a three-year contract to provide program and project management services for Unitywater — a retail and distribution authority providing water to Brisbane, Australia. Work includes scheduling, estimating and construction management for water and sewage projects ranging from $50,500 to approximately $2 million (U.S.). “We are proud to have been appointed to provide [...]
October 13th, 2011 | Filed under News | Read More »

KBR recently announced it was selected by the Seymour Whyte Smithbridge Joint Venture to be a principal consultant and deliver the Townsville Port Inner Harbour Expansion project for Port of Townsville Limited. The Townsville Port is the third-largest multi-commodity port in Queensland, Australia. The firm will also provide design engineering, construction support and certification services. [...]
October 6th, 2011 | Filed under General | Read More »