OREANDA-NEWS. Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Fiatech has named Fluor a Celebration of Engineering and Technology Innovation (CETI) Award winner for the company’s innovative integrated scaffolding solution on the North West Redwater Partnership Sturgeon Refinery Project in Alberta, Canada. Fluor received the award in the Scenario-Based Project Planning category.

Fluor’s turnkey solution incorporates scaffolding into a project’s detailed design and encompasses three-dimensional design, logistics and field execution expertise. With a focus on efficient assembly sequencing, this approach optimizes scaffolding quantities and onsite productivity, thereby reducing costs. Additional benefits include schedule predictability and reduced site hours and congestion. The program is a partnership between Fluor and AMECO, Fluor’s equipment unit, as well as scaffolding manufacturer PERI.

“Fluor is honored to be recognized by the capital projects community for our innovative execution methods that reduce costs and improve schedule certainty for our clients,” said Jack Penley, Fluor’s president of Construction and Fabrication. “Fluor’s integrated scaffolding solution drives a step-change in efficient scaffolding execution compared to traditional approaches. It is just one example of how our integrated solutions approach delivers project execution advantages.”

Fiatech, an international organization dedicated to the betterment of the capital project industry, annually recognizes companies that have implemented innovative practices and technologies in capital projects and facilities through the CETI Awards. Entries are judged in the areas of new industry advancements, owner benefits, life-cycle improvement, business factors, technical factors, cultural factors and collaboration, by a body of owners, professionals and academics working in the capital projects industry.

Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) is a global engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction and maintenance company that designs, builds and maintains capital-efficient facilities for its clients on six continents. For more than a century, Fluor has served clients by delivering innovative and integrated solutions for our clients in the energy, chemicals, government, industrial, infrastructure, mining and metals, and power market sectors. With headquarters in Irving, Texas, Fluor ranks 136 on the FORTUNE 500 list with revenue of $18.1 billion in 2015 and has 59,000 employees worldwide.