Each year, KBR participates in some of the world’s largest, most complex projects in remote, diverse and challenging environments — from deserts to deepwater fields, Arctic regions to rainforests, and urban areas to nature preserves. With each project, KBR assumes a responsibility for safe and successful completion — while meeting client expectations and benefiting our stakeholders.

Achieving these goals also means reducing our environmental impact, enhancing energy efficiencies, minimizing lost-time incidents and injuries, and hiring and training local labor to create job opportunities and encourage the development of thriving and successful communities. KBR takes pride in working with local, indigenous, and minority- and women-owned vendors and suppliers, in addition to offering the technical assistance and counsel to enable new partners to qualify as suppliers for our company. We meet — and frequently exceed — all established goals for local and diverse resourcing of labor, suppliers, vendors and materials.

KBR is pleased to showcase some of the most prominent sustainable projects in which we have participated.

Kellogg Joint Venture Gorgon (KJVG)Client: Chevron Location: Barrow Island, AustraliaScope: Engineering, procurement and construction management

The Chevron-operated Gorgon Project is developing the Gorgon and Jansz-Io gas fields, located between 80 and 124 miles off the northwest coast of Western Australia. It includes the construction of a three-train, 15.6 million tons-per-year (MTPA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on Barrow Island and a domestic gas plant with the capacity to provide 300 terajoules of gas per day to Western Australia.

The Kellogg Joint Venture Gorgon (KJVG), an unincorporated joint venture between KBR, JGC, Hatch and Clough, is the Gorgon Project’s downstream engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contractor.

Barrow Island has been a Class A Nature Reserve since 1910 and is an internationally important conservation estate. KBR, as a joint venture partner in KJVG, has supported measures to protect the ecology of Barrow Island and its surrounds by:

• Conducting environmental issues and risk identification (ENVID) workshops and providing technical advice on the integration of environmental management requirements during the engineering design phase.

• Ensuring the downstream EPCM execution strategy was designed to minimize the environmental impacts on the island during downstream construction and commission-ing activities.

• Complying with measures to protect Barrow Island and its surrounds by adhering to the Gorgon Project’s Quarantine Management System (QMS), which directs the project’s quarantine operations. The project’s QMS is the largest non-government quarantine initiative in the world with accredited best practice by the United Nations Association of Australia.

• Developing the first marine use of color LED lighting to address Barrow Island environmental management requirements and design standards. After its debut on the Barrow Island project site, the light fitting was prototyped by the Queensland companies that assisted KJVG in its development and is now marketed as part of an LED range of products.

The Gorgon Project is operated by an Australian subsidiary of Chevron and is a joint venture of the Australian subsidiaries of Chevron (47.3 percent), ExxonMobil (25 percent), Shell (25 percent), Osaka Gas (1.25 percent), Tokyo Gas (1 percent) and Chubu Electric Power (0.417 percent).

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Opposite: Tangguh LNG, Indonesia / Above Left: The Gorgon Project, Australia / Above Right: KJVG helped develop the first marine use of color LED lights at Gorgon

Our responsibility is to ensure safe, successful project completion — while meeting client expectations and benefiting the well-being of our stakeholders.

Aspire Defence (Capital Works) Client: UK Ministry of Defence Location: Aldershot and Salisbury Plain, UKScope: Construction services

Aspire Defence Capital Works is a KBR joint venture to develop living and working accommodations for nearly 19,000 military personnel based in the garrisons at Aldershot and across the Salisbury Plain. This construction project is part of the largest infrastructure Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract ever awarded by the UK Ministry of Defence. Spread across 200 construction sites, this eight-year program involves the demolition, construction and renovation of hundreds of buildings.

With the overall goal to improve the quality of life for British army members, sustainability has been a key driver of the project from the beginning — and it is recognized as one of the top models for sustainable development in Europe. The construction program is currently the largest BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) certification project in the U.K., with more than 410 buildings that have met BREEAM Excellent (new buildings) or Very Good (refurbished buildings) standards. More than 97 percent of demolition waste is crushed and reused on-site, minimizing waste sent to landfills, and 100 percent of maintenance timber and more than 96 percent of construction timber are procured through sustainable means (FSC or PEFC). The modular construction technique, where much of the construction takes place off-site, also minimizes waste and enhances speed, efficiency and quality control.

State-of-the-art lighting and control systems encourage energy conservation by optimizing lamp efficiency and discouraging occupant overuse, and Micro-Combined Heat and Power (mCHP) systems potentially save more than 1,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year compared to gas-fired condensing boiler systems. Water conservation is achieved by installing aerated faucets, dual-flush/low-flush toilets and an innovative

rainwater harvesting system that is used to reduce water usage when flushing toilets in certain buildings. A series of sustainable drainage systems convey clean water and absorb surface water run-off while preventing floods.

Nature conservation is also a priority. To minimize disturbances to local protected species, especially bats, the new buildings have more than 2,500 bat bricks, as well as specially designed bat cavity spaces, squeeze boxes in lofts and free-fly loft spaces — making this one of the largest bat mitigation projects in the U.K.

This project’s many recent awards include the Outstanding Contribution Award at the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Corporate Green Awards, the Green Apple Environmental Best Practice Award and the British Safety Council Environmental 5-Star Audit Award.

Ichthys Project Onshore LNG FacilitiesClient: INPEX Location: Darwin, Australia

The Ichthys LNG Project is a joint venture between INPEX group companies (the operator), major partner TOTAL and the Australian subsidiaries of Tokyo Gas, Osaka Gas, Chubu Electric Power and Toho Gas.

The project is developing gas in the Browse Basin, approxi-mately 137 miles offshore of Western Australia. The gas will then be exported to onshore processing facilities in Darwin, Northern Territory, via a 552-mile pipeline.

In 2012, JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd — a KBR joint venture with JGC Corporation and Chiyoda Corporation — was awarded the engineering, procurement and construction contract for all onshore facilities. This includes the liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at Blaydin Point, its jetty and mod-ule offloading facility, and a 3,500-bed construction workers’ accommodation village at Howard Springs, 19 miles from the Darwin Central Business District.

KBR, as a partner of JKC, is supporting various sustainability initiatives on the project by:

• Working closely with partners, government and other stakeholders to enhance employment opportunities and create thousands of jobs for the region. Many of these op-portunities include training and apprenticeship programs and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) employ-ment aimed at developing people with the skills to meet current and future LNG market demands in the region.

By the middle of 2013, about 180 ATSI people were working on the onshore LNG facilities component of the Ichthys Project — two ATSI apprentices and 28 ATSI trainees were part of this group. Local ATSI business and project-sponsored registered training organization, the Larrakia Trade Training Centre,

ensured the trainees were ready to take on their new construction roles.

• Supporting and contributing to the local economy by engaging small businesses and suppliers to provide services to the project. Businesses awarded subcontracts range from cleaning and hospitality to security and site services, which have further generated local job and training opportunities.

By the middle of 2013 (one-and-a-half years after starting), the Ichthys Project has forecast more than $5 billion of commitments to the Northern Territory economy, of which contracts have been awarded by JKC and its subcontractors to more than 130 local businesses.

• Ensuring KBR’s safety philosophy permeates the onshore works — across Australian construction sites and the Asian fabrication yards. This includes the JKC leadership team and client representatives developing a set of safety values that are regularly communicated through HSE forums and comprehensive on-site training packages.

• Enhancing regional partnerships by working with partners and subcontractors to protect the environment and ensure the local ecosystem is enjoyed by generations to come.

The planting of hundreds of native seedlings on the banks of the Mitchell Creek by JKC, its subcontractors, Friends of Mitchell Creek and Greening Australia demonstrates that environmental responsibility is valued by KBR and is practiced with each project we undertake.

• Understanding the importance of contributing to the health and well-being of the communities KBR works in by supporting local community and sporting groups.

In 2012 – 2013, JKC sponsored the Wanderers Football Club, a local Darwin club made up of talented ATSI players. With longer-term sponsorship, the aim is to provide apprenticeships and traineeships to some of the players, providing healthy pathways to grow careers in construction.

Scope: Engineering, procurement and construction management

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Above Left: Ichthys LNG Project, Australia / Above Right: A team of environmental professionals ensure the local ecosystem is enjoyed by generations to come Above Left: Aspire Defence, U.K. / Above right: Bat bricks at the Aspire development

Escravos GTLClient: Chevron Nigeria Ltd. and NNPC Location: Escravos, Nigeria

Located 60 miles southeast of Lagos, the second most populous city in Africa, the Escravos Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) facility converts more than 300 million cubic feet of gas per day to 34,000 barrels of GTL products per day.

Cultural diversity was a hallmark of Escravos GTL, with more than 65 nationalities and the majority of 250 ethnic groups in Nigeria represented on this project. KBR also made it a priority to hire local workers and businesses — of the thousands of workers employed at this site, no more than a few hundred were from outside Nigeria. Escravos GTL also employed approximately 41 local contractors, who will take their experience gleaned from this job back into their communities — evidenced by the large number of houses and buildings that are newly completed or under construction in Warri, the nearby site where shipping, logistics and fabrication for Escravos was undertaken. The skills developed in these workers at Escravos and Warri Port are a success story and have been a major contributor to the port’s revitalization. It is our hope that the Warri Port Authority can use our successful partnership to attract new business and clients. Since its inception, Escravos GTL has invested nearly $29 million in human capital.

Escravos GTL has amassed 1.4 million student/trainee hours. KBR frequently hosted workshops and training events that workers consistently endorse. We relocated our expatriate artisan trainers to Warri on a full-time basis to evaluate and administer hands-on practical tests to thousands of candidates for skilled worker positions. The six-day new employee orientation, with a curriculum that focuses on every aspect of life at Escravos and Warri Port, was a success and served as the foundation for various other training programs. After completing the orientation, KBR issued each worker a

“training passport” to formally document all of the courses attended — which may be used to verify knowledge and skills as part of an application for future work. Nearly 10,000 new employees completed the orientation.

As part of our ongoing community development program, KBR hired a full-time Nigerian program coordinator and trained approximately 200 potential welders at three training facilities. The Welders Association from the Ijaw, Ilaje and Ekpan communities honored Escravos GTL with Certificates of Recognition & Excellence for our efforts on this initiative.

Scope: Project management and engineering, construction and procurement (EPC) management

Palm Beach Renewable Energy Facility Unit 2Client: Solid Waste AuthorityLocation: West Palm Beach, FloridaScope: Engineering, procurement and construction

The Solid Waste Authority (SWA) of Palm Beach County is expanding its award-winning solid waste management capabilities, adding a new waste-to-energy (WTE) facility — the first of its kind to be built in the United States in more than 15 years — to its Palm Beach County Renewable Energy Park, which will process solid waste for the county’s 1.4 million residents and businesses. With the capacity to process approximately 3,000 tons of municipal solid waste per day — more than 1 million tons annually — the new WTE facility will generate 75 megawatts (MW) — enough electricity to power 40,000 homes.

KBR’s contribution to this project involves the engineering and procurement of plant equipment, overall construction services and the installation of three MSW boilers, a GE steam generator (100 MW) and Air Quality Control System equipment. With these upgrades, this WTE facility will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 874 million pounds per year and should offset the need to burn 85.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas to generate electricity over its operating life, an annual savings of 1.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas. Comparable WTE facilities produce 63 percent less carbon dioxide, 94 percent less sulfur dioxide and 62 percent less nitrous oxides (NO2) than traditional coal-fired plants. In fact, the SWA WTE facility will be the first to reduce NO2 emissions using catalytic technology. Through the best available control technology, this facility will have air emissions that are below permitted limits — the lowest emissions of any renewable energy facility currently combusting municipal solid waste in the U.S.

These modern WTE facilities meet or exceed the strictest federal and local environmental and air quality standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the municipal waste-to-energy industry for upgrading emission

control systems to exceed Clean Air Act standards, and consid-ers WTE a clean, reliable and renewable energy source with less environmental impact than most other sources of electricity.

Water conservation is key to the sustainability of this facility. The plant boasts zero wastewater discharge and an industri-al-sized rainwater harvesting system projected to capture 10 to 12 million gallons of rainwater each year from 7 acres of roof, reducing the demand for processed water by 15 percent. To further maximize water recycling and reduce the need for water treatment and disposal, a water management system directs water to areas of the facility according to the specific quality needed for different processes.

This WTE facility will also significantly reduce landfill waste in Palm Beach County by up to 85 percent due to an on-site compositing facility, two material recycling facilities and vegetation processing facility, as well as household hazardous waste collection and a network of five transfer stations. Further waste is reduced by the metals recovery system, which max-imizes the recycle of aluminum, steel and other ferrous and non-ferrous metals from the waste stream — more than 30,000 tons per year. The facility also operates on photovoltaic solar panels for added energy efficiency.

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Above: Solid Waste Authority Renewable Energy Facility Unit 2, Florida Above: Escravos GTL, Nigeria

Climate Change Adaptation Study for Five Pacific Island NationsClient: Asian Development Bank Location: Pacific IslandsScope: Information systems and strategy development

Pacific islands may be especially vulnerable to the possible impacts of climate change. To help better prepare for a potentially devastating situation, KBR developed a climate change adaptation strategy for Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Palau, the Marshall Islands and Timor-Leste.

Climate change may result in rising ocean levels and stron-ger storms, increasing risks for flooding, coastal erosion and drought. The adverse effects on food production and the use of land and water resources, alongside the potential damage to infrastructure and decline in human health, may lead to catastrophic losses and large-scale migration within and across national borders.

To address these issues, KBR identified and reviewed potential pilot projects, including the use of drought- or salt-tolerant plants to improve the resilience of local plant life to reduced rainfall and increased groundwater salt levels; mangrove forests to mitigate the effects of storm waves and prevent coastal erosion; and coastal mapping to better monitor changes and guide land-use planning. KBR recommended the development of cyclone and flood shelters to protect residents, as well as climate change awareness programs.

These island countries need databases containing information about their vulnerability to sea- or flood-level combinations and the impact of levee and storm barrier breaches. With such information, government policymakers can assess the resilience of the island’s infrastructure to guide planning, land use and the prioritization of any protective structures. Furthermore, KBR produced an adaptive strategy to incorporate the predicted climate change scenarios into the design of these structures.

Research and Academic Center at Lake NonaClient: University of FloridaLocation: Orlando, FloridaScope: Construction management

Home to the University of Florida’s College of Pharmacy, Institute on Aging and Institute of Therapeutic Innovation, this 115,000-square-foot facility includes space for research, laboratories, classrooms, offices, and conference and support areas. This building is the first major UF research facility to be constructed outside the main Gainesville campus.

The building owes its LEED Platinum certification to these features:

• A terra cotta rain screen that provides extra insulation to improve energy efficiency, while preventing damage from excess moisture

• A stainless steel sunshade that reduces heat load and in-creases energy efficiency by blocking excess sun exposure

• The first application of “chilled beams” in Florida• Energy recovery units, heat exchangers and fume hoods

with exhaust fans• On-site Central Energy Plant that minimizes system

redundancies

LEED Platinum is the highest LEED rating available — and this award marks the first time in KBR’s history that a building project has achieved LEED Platinum. Additionally, this project won the 2013 ABC Eagle Award for Excellence in Construc-tion and was a Finalist for Project of the Year from Associated Builders and Contractors of Central Florida, as well as a Best of 2013 Award in the Research/Higher Education category from ENR Southeast.

Hallett Wind FarmsClient: AGL Energy Limited Location: Near Hallett, Australia (105 miles north of Adelaide)Scope: Construction management

This development of five wind farms — the largest such development constructed in Australia — generates, at full speed, enough renewable energy to power 40,000 average Australian households per year and abate approximately 250,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually. KBR’s scope of services included project management, document control, contract administration, schedule control, cost control, prog-ress verification and payment certification, site management, health and safety inspection and audit, progress reporting, meeting facilitation, risk management and quality control. Each stage of the development involved associated connection and infrastructure works, such as substations, access roads, 33-kilovolt collection, SCADA systems and switchyards.

Each 2.1 megawatt (MW) turbine is 262 feet high with three turbine blades that are 144 feet long. The wind farms deliver a combined generation capacity of 298 MW.

The Hallett Wind Farms have contributed in excess of $110 million to the local economy, and its energy-efficient achievements leave a lasting legacy for the emerging renewable energy industry. KBR’s successful track record in constructing the wind farms for AGL resulted in our inclusion within the membership of AGL’s Renewable Energy Panel from 2009 to 2014. This recognition increases KBR’s profile in the green energy industry and positions us well for securing future contracts for renewable energy projects.

In 2011, KBR won Project of the Year for the Hallett Wind Farms from the Australian Institute of Project Management.

Duke Medicine Cancer CenterClient: Duke University Health SystemLocation: Durham, North CarolinaScope: Construction management

The seven-floor, 269,956-square-foot Duke Medicine Cancer Center is a world-class facility that houses all of the Duke University Health System’s cancer programs — giving patients the convenience of accessing advanced, multidisciplinary treatment within one space. With the goal of achieving maximum patient comfort and the highest standards of energy efficiency, its features include:

• 8,100-square-foot green roof space with an irrigation system and 4,400-square-foot roof garden

• Rooftop Xero Flor mats, which are pre-cultivated with climate-compatible plants, resistant to weeds and help reduce the amount of uncollected stormwater

• A reclaimed water system that diverts water collected from the roof or recycled from air-handling units to either the three penthouse cisterns for rooftop irrigation or to the underground, 100-gallon cistern that provides water for all the landscaping around the facility

In addition to a LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Gold certification, awards for this project include Best of 2012 from Engineering News-Record, as well as the ABC Eagle Award for Excellence in Construction and Finalist, Project of the Year from the Associated Builders and Contractors of the Carolinas.

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Above Left: Hallett Wind Farms, Australia / Above, Top Right: Duke Medicine Cancer Center, North Carolina / Above, Bottom Right: Rooftop garden at Duke Medicine Cancer Center Above Left: KBR’s climate change adaptation study will mitigate risks for Pacific islands / Above Right: Research and Academic Center at Lake Nona, Florida

Pacific NorthWest LNG

The Pacific NorthWest facility will be one of the first initiatives to commercially produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) in British Columbia, a region that is new to LNG development.

KBR and JGC, in a joint venture, have been involved with the Pacific NorthWest facility since its inception in 2011. Once feasibility studies and front-end engineering design (FEED) are complete, KBR and JGC will assist with site development and will implement programs to minimize the impact of the LNG facility on the surrounding wildlife and environment.

Located on Lelu Island approximately 3 miles south of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and adjacent to Port Edward, the project site is situated within an environmentally sensitive area. KBR recommended this location after a detailed site selection study to evaluate sustainability issues such as the impact on water and plant life; indigenous personnel relocation; availability of local utilities; and safety and geohazard concerns, including the risk of floods, tsunamis and erosion.

Preliminary soil tests on Lelu Island have identified the need for significant pre-construction preparation, and site development will commence upon completion of an environmental assessment. Area surveys will detect the presence of protected species, sacred trees and archaeological items. Significant archaeological elements, primarily in the form of culturally modified trees, have already been discovered within and around the project site.

The Pacific NorthWest site and Lelu Island lie within the asserted traditional territories of the Coast Tsimshian First Nation (CTFN), part of the larger Tsimshian people of north-ern British Columbia. A protocol agreement exists between the Prince Rupert Port Authority and the CTFN that covers

training, employment and post-secondary education programs for the CTFN, as well as the pursuit of opportunities for business and economic development.

Directly and through local and regional project contractors, this project will employ local Tsimshian workers. KBR and JGC will be actively involved in developing the local workforce during the project’s construction phase, and will train these workers to manage facility operations. KBR seeks to establish a benchmark for constructive, positive engagement with these regional communities and leave a legacy of excellence in environmental performance.

Client: Pacific NorthWest LNG Limited Partnership (Petronas/Progress Energy)Location: Lelu Island, Port Edward, British ColumbiaScope: Feasibility studies, pre-FEED, FEED and early detailed engineering

Kitimat LNG Client: Chevron Canada Limited and Apache CorporationLocation: Kitimat, British ColumbiaScope: Early works, pre-FEED and FEED

Kitimat LNG is located approximately 9 miles southwest of Kitimat, British Columbia, near the community’s industrial zone, an existing pipeline system and a natural deepwater port. With a projected capacity of 5 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year, potential capacity is estimated to be 10 million metric tons per year or more. In all, there is approximately 19 trillion cubic feet of combined recoverable and marketable natural gas at this facility.

In addition to the management of early works and initial engineering to support project development, KBR’s scope of work includes front-end engineering design (FEED) for LNG process units, associated infrastructure, and administration and marine facilities.

From its inception in 2012, the development of this facility has placed a high priority on sustainability considerations. The project site is located in an environmentally sensitive area with fauna populations that include bears, wolves, moose, birds of prey, salmon, whales and seals. Kitimat LNG also has an on-site wetland and is surrounded by environmentally sensitive water bodies. KBR monitors water quality to verify that construction activities are not negatively affecting the sensitive salmon spawning and rearing habitat.

Before construction began, KBR surveyed work areas for the presence of both protected species (tailed frogs and western toads) and non-threatened species (salamanders and newts). If found, KBR relocated these species to suitable habitats outside work zones. During development, we took measures to protect aquatic, avian and terrestrial wildlife and minimize the disruption to their movements, including the designation of wildlife lanes and the construction of runways.

KBR’s wildlife monitors identify when local bear populations awaken from hibernation and ensure a safe working environment for site personnel and visitors. During this time, work is restricted within the prime bear foraging habitats adjacent to the project site. These measures provide protection and minimize disturbances for the bears, and offer them unimpeded access to spawning salmon along the water bodies that border the project site.

Through contractors like KBR, this project is creating jobs, as well as educational and training opportunities, for members of the Haisla Nation, the indigenous people who own the property on Douglas Channel on which Kitimat LNG is located. Developing the local and indigenous workforce will provide many economic benefits to the community.

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Above Left: Pacific NorthWest LNG, British Columbia / Above Right: KBR employees conduct area surveys of native vegetation on Lelu IslandAbove Left: Kitimat LNG, British Columbia / Above Right: Workers’ accommodation units at Kitimat LNG

USAREUR Support Contract II (USC-II)Client: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Army Europe Location: Camp Bondsteel, KosovoScope: Operations, maintenance and logistical support services

Since 1995, KBR has supported U.S. Armed Forces deployed in the Balkans. Under USC-II, KBR provides operations, maintenance and logistical support services for contingency operations and military readiness exercises.

At Camp Bondsteel, a KBR-constructed camp built to accommodate 6,000 soldiers, KBR implemented energy- efficient upgrades to reduce operating costs, conserve limited natural resources and protect the surrounding environment:

• Used recycled pond water for dust abatement on base roads and for irrigation of sports fields, which saved more than 18.2 million gallons of well water and reduced the electricity consumption associated with pumping and treating well water

• Replaced 550 air conditioners using R-22 refrigerant with units using R-407C refrigerant, which depletes no ozone in the event of a refrigerant leak

• Installed bathroom faucet aerators and toilet flush mechanisms to achieve an 80 percent and 33 percent water use reduction respectively

• Disconnected every other light fixture on SEAhuts porches to reduce material use, the waste stream of de-pleted bulbs and electricity consumption by 10 percent — without negatively impacting personnel safety

• Reduced working hours in some offices from 10 hours per day to eight hours per day, realizing a further 20 percent reduction in electricity consumption due to less heating and lighting requirements

• Designed, fabricated and installed a refuse-collection chute to directly transfer trash from the refuse storage area into subcontractor trash collection trucks, eliminating the need for greenhouse gas-emitting Bobcats to load trash

South Carolina 787 Facility ExpansionClient: The Boeing CompanyLocation: North Charleston, South CarolinaScope: Design-build and general contracting

Boeing’s high-profile renovation and expansion of the final assembly and delivery facilities for the 787 Dreamliner pro-gram represents the largest single capital investment in South Carolina’s history. KBR worked closely to ensure that Boeing’s facility incorporated many energy-efficient features:

• Plant operations are fed by compressed air, chilled water, fire protection, domestic water, natural gas, data and electrical services from the new Central Utilities Building

• Condensate harvesting and water-efficient fixtures provide the 692,000-square-foot building with 48 percent overall water savings

• 100 percent renewable energy is harvested from a 2.6-megawatt photovoltaic solar panel array installed on the roof of the Final Assembly Building

Four of the on-site facilities have achieved LEED (Leader-ship in Energy & Environmental Design) Gold status. Project awards include the National Best of Best 2012 Award from Engineering News-Record, Best Industrial/Manufacturing Project of 2012 from ENR Southeast, National ABC Eagle Award for Excellence in Construction from Associated Builders and Contractors and safety awards from the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.

DuPont – LaPorte, TexasClient: DuPontLocation: LaPorte, TexasScope: Construction and maintenance services

KBR performed a variety of construction and maintenance services in support of this DuPont facility, which produces herbicides and insecticides, vinyls, and sulfuric and hydrofluoric acid for the manufacture of various products. In support of the local community, KBR hired a core group of 170 local workers, as well as local businesses, to supply equipment rentals and maintenance, industrial cleaning, mechanical inspections and specialty industrial services.

For all incoming workers and subcontractors, KBR offered a site orientation that focused on safety and hazard awareness, crane operator training as required and National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) training. The site training coordinator worked in conjunction with the Houston Area Safety Council.

KBR’s technology innovations have helped this facility meet Texas Commission for Environmental Quality requirements and achieve minimized waste and improved efficiencies. KBR installed a farm emissions reduction vent header/incinerator, added restricted spray valves into the systems to reduce disposal fees and participated in facility recycle programs. The Texas Chemical Council recognized this project with a Best in Texas Safety and Environmental Award.

In the community, KBR participated in the annual “Baytown Santa” Christmas charity program, donating toys for children from low-income families during the holidays.

Newlands Coal Extension ProjectClient: Glencore (formerly Xstrata Coal)Location: Newlands, Queensland, AustraliaScope: Environmental impact statement and approvals

KBR completed environmental and social impact assessment, and assessed water management and vegetation offset require-ments to assist Glencore to plan the extension of their existing open cut coal mine at Newlands, in Central Queensland, and gain the necessary Government approvals.

The outcomes from these studies were important inputs to Glencore’s mine planning and development, and were used to balance environmental and social constraints with the works necessary to extend the mine.

Key elements included minimising impacts on high value native vegetation and associated fauna habitats, designing water management measures to prevent adverse effects on downstream fresh water systems, and effectively planning the management of social and community issues.

In addition, an ecological offset strategy was developed, utilising the nature refuge which Glencore maintains and manages within their land for this purpose. This strategy demonstrated that the improved ecological values delivered in the offset area would effectively offset the necessary impacts on vegetation and habitats from the mine extension.

Glencore’s primary water management objective was to min-imize mine water discharge from the site through improving the water efficiency of the mine design and operations and bal-ancing water supply and demand. To achieve this KBR studied the potential impacts on existing natural flow paths, developed a mine water management model, and advised on mine water recycling and reuse practices.

The work completed by KBR’s project team will assist Glencore to integrate environmental and social values into the planning and operation of the mine extension.

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Above Left: Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo / Above, Top and Bottom Right: Boeing 787 Facility, South Carolina Above: A KBR worker operating a welder