Feature
Issue No. 5 - April/June 2002
Halliburton KBR global infrastructure HQ in Adelaide
Although KBR is based in Houston, Texas, the headquarters of the global Infrastructure division (one of five including Government Operations, Operations & Maintenance, Onshore Oil & Gas and Offshore Oil & Gas) is in Adelaide. Adelaide is also the head office for the company’s Asia Pacific operations.
In Australia the company was formerly Kinhill Pty Ltd. The change of ownership has opened up opportunities that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise; anticipated growth during the next three to five years and will provide excellent opportunities for the development and promotion of Australian talent. KBR is also contributing to the Australian economy—including $64 million per annum in salaries alone.
KBR based its global Infrastructure division in Adelaide partly because it sees Australia as a gateway to Asia, but also because of what Australia has to offer. It believes the business environment in Australia is good, the company’s workforce ‘fantastic’, and that engineering capabilities here are as good as those anywhere in the world.
KBR’s Infrastructure division operates in 20 countries out of 44 offices (Americas 17, Asia Pacific 16, Europe & Africa 11). It has a staff of 2,570 (Americas 725, Asia Pacific 1,020, Europe & Africa 825) undertaking projects in sectors including utilities (excluding power), transportation, buildings, industrial and mining.
At the Helm
Andrew Fletcher
Andrew, the Senior Vice President—Infrastructure, joined the company twice – first as a graduate engineer in the early 1970s, then at a much more senior level in 1995. In the intervening years, he worked for some other prominent engineering firms, and founded Andrew Fletcher and Associates, which became Fletcher Scott Furphy.
When he rejoined KBR in 1995 it was as Regional Manager of the South Australian/Northern Territory branch. Under his leadership, the Adelaide office ...
