There's got to be a better way!

Authors
Citation
Vh. Edwards, There's got to be a better way!, CHEM ENG PR, 95(9), 1999, pp. 55-56
Categorie Soggetti
Chemical Engineering
Journal title
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PROGRESS
ISSN journal
03607275 → ACNP
Volume
95
Issue
9
Year of publication
1999
Pages
55 - 56
Database
ISI
SICI code
0360-7275(199909)95:9<55:TGTBAB>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The process-plant engineering and construction (E&C) business currently is undergoing a significant slowdown in many parts of the world. For instance, many major E&C firms in the Houston area have laid off half or more of the ir staffs. In Houston alone, at least several thousand engineers, designers , and support personnel have lost their jobs or are billing fewer work hour s. Bear in mind that these recent cuts have gone into the bone, The highly competitive nature of the process-plant E&C business in the past decade had already eliminated the fat before the current slowdown began.