Nexant Wins British 'Consulting Firm of the Year' Award; Firm Helps European Commission Establish New Clean Air Standards.Business Editors/Energy Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2000 Nexant, the Bechtel-affiliated global energy consulting and technology firm, announced today that the British Consultants Bureau has awarded its U.K. subsidiary, Nexant Limited, the prestigious Consultancy Firm of the Year award in the small companies category. The Duke of Gloucester For the 1954 steam locomotive of the same name, see . Duke of Gloucester (IPA: /ˈdjuːk əv ˈglɒstɚ/ , president of the British Consultants Bureau, presented the Caithness glass trophy to Nexant consultant Neil Richardson at ceremonies in London on Thursday, November 23. The award recognizes the efforts of Richardson and his team of experts who helped the European Commission determine the cost of potential measures to introduce cleaner transportation fuels to improve air quality throughout the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community . In addition to Richardson, the Nexant-led team also included Pieter Du Preez of Bechtel and Professor Constantine Arcoumanis and staff of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine (education) Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine - (IC, ICST&M) One of the colleges of London University. The Department of Computing is the home of FOLDOC. IC Home. , University of London For most practical purposes, ranging from admission of students to negotiating funding from the government, the 19 constituent colleges are treated as individual universities. Within the university federation they are known as Recognised Bodies . "Nexant identified measures that deliver improved air quality standards at minimum cost to the EU oil refining industry," said Richardson. "In addition, we were able to demonstrate options for achieving improved air quality via alternative fuels." According to Jim According to Jim is an American situation comedy television series originally broadcast by ABC. The show premiered with little publicity in October 2001, following the surprise hit comedy My Wife and Kids. Briggs, Nexant Limited managing director, the work undertaken by Richardson and his colleagues "materially assists the EC in establishing the most cost-effective way of meeting future air quality targets. In so doing, we believe Nexant has made a very important strategic contribution to Europe's public environmental policy-making pol·i·cy·mak·ing or pol·i·cy-mak·ing n. High-level development of policy, especially official government policy. adj. Of, relating to, or involving the making of high-level policy: ." Nexant is a leading provider of energy technology solutions and consulting services to governments, electric utilities, energy producers, oil and gas companies, and energy end-users worldwide. Nexant Limited is headquartered in London. Nexant, Inc. is located in San Francisco, California “San Francisco” redirects here. For other uses, see San Francisco (disambiguation). The City and County of San Francisco (EN IPA: [sænfrənˈsɪskoʊ] . The firm has additional offices in Oakland, California, Phoenix, Arizona, Boulder, Colorado, Washington, D.C., Cairo, Egypt, and New Delhi, India. |
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