CORRECTING and REPLACING Industry Veteran Joins Washington Group International as Asia Pacific Regional Executive.Business Editors Correction...by Washington Group BOISE, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2003 In BW5540 issued Dec. 3, 2003: In the contact information, the phone number for Rod Hunt should read: Rod Hunt, 208-386-5254 (sted Rod Hunt, 208-386-5354) The corrected release reads: INDUSTRY VETERAN JOINS WASHINGTON GROUP INTERNATIONAL AS ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PACIFIC REGIONAL EXECUTIVE Washington Group International, Inc. (Nasdaq:WGII WGII Washington Group International Inc (stock symbol) ) announced today that James A. Merchant, a veteran of more than 30 years with the engineering and construction industry, has joined the company as a senior vice president and serves as the company's regional executive in Asia Pacific. He is based in Singapore. Merchant comes to Washington Group with an extensive background in international business and project development -- much of that in the Asia Pacific region -- as an executive with Fluor Corporation and Bovis Lend Lease. During the 1980s when Japan was first opening its markets to foreign competition, Merchant was the first non-Japanese citizen authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: by Japan's Ministry of Construction to manage construction projects in that country. His industry experience encompasses industrial, general manufacturing, chemical and pharmaceutical processes, mining, oil and gas, power, transportation, heavy civil infrastructure, and building construction. Stephen M. Johnson, Washington Group senior executive vice president -- development, said Merchant will oversee the company's business development activities and provide general management support for the company's business in that critical global market. "As Washington Group continues to expand as a leading global engineering, construction, and management company, a highly visible and active presence in all of the world's growth markets is vital," said Johnson. "Jim Merchant has the industry background, the contacts, and a broad understanding of doing business in that market to help our company expand its presence in a region of the world that we have specifically targeted for growth." Merchant earned a geology geology, science of the earth's history, composition, and structure, and the associated processes. It draws upon chemistry, biology, physics, astronomy, and mathematics (notably statistics) for support of its formulations. degree and studied urban/regional planning at North Carolina State University History
after first degree graduation, the registerable degree in veterinary science. postgraduate degree may be a research degree, e.g. PhD, or a course-work masterate with a vocational bias, or any combination of these. studies in environmental management at the University of Houston. Washington Group International, Inc. provides the talent, innovation, and proven performance to deliver integrated engineering Integrated Engineering is a multi-disciplinary, design project based engineering degree program. Integrated Engnineering is a program created to meet the demand for engineers who are able to deal with a wide range of problems, often involving knowledge from several , construction, and management solutions for businesses and governments worldwide. With approximately 27,000 employees at work in over 40 states and more than 30 countries, the company provides professional, scientific, management, and development services in more than two dozen major markets. Markets Served Included among those markets are: Power generation, transmission and distribution, and clean air solutions; environmental remediation Generally, remediation means providing a remedy, so environmental remediation deals with the removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment, or surface water for the general protection of human health and the environment or from a ; heavy civil construction; mining; nuclear services; defense, homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , and global threat reduction; industrial, gas, chemical, and pharmaceutical processing; manufacturing; facilities operations and management; transportation; and water resources. |
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