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BUSINESS NEWS JACOBS TO LEAD CONCEPT DESIGN FOR NEW AGRIBUSINESS INNOVATION HUB IN AUSTRALIA Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been appointed by Fucheng Investment Australia to lead the conceptualization, planning, and design of a regional center of agribusiness innovation in Australia. Jacobs is providing a multidisciplinary approach for the proposed development, combining urban planning, design, engineering, economics, and environmental sustainability services. The appointment follows FIA’s AUS$100 million acquisition of a 4,953 hectare section of Woodhouse Station, a former cattle station on Melbourne’s western urban fringe. Initial concept planning for the site will take place over the coming months. “We were looking to appoint a global leader in city planning and infrastructure development to help us create something completely unique with Woodhouse Station,” said Fucheng Investment Australia CEO Chris Potaris. “Jacobs stood out as the team who not only understood our vision, but had the ability and experience to deliver it.” “It is our goal to help FIA deliver a project that is viable at each stage of its development, from a core of intensive agriculture to one that can potentially become a National Employment Cluster for Melbourne,” said Patrick Hill, senior vice president of buildings and infrastructure. AECOM AND ASIA SOCIETY ANNOUNCE IMAGINE 2060: DELIVERING TOMORROW’S CITIES TOGETHER AECOM , an infrastructure firm, and Asia Society, a leading global non-profit institution, announced a three-year partnership – Imagine 2060: Delivering Tomorrow’s Cities Together. Together the two organizations will leverage their extensive public and private sector relationships to facilitate a series of high-level conversations. Each forum is an opportunity for leaders in urban design, infrastructure and public policy to connect with a common goal – imagining a long-term vision for each city supported by innovative ways to achieve it. The first year of the partnership launched in March in Manila before moving to Sydney, Los Angeles, New York, and culminating in Hong Kong. “These are some of the most exciting and

vibrant cities on our planet but they share common stresses caused by growth, urbanization and densification which are only going to intensify with the predicted level of population growth,” says AECOM Asia Pacific President Sean Chiao. “If we want future generations to flourish in these cities, it is up to those in positions of influence today to lead the way and create a legacy they can be proud of.” The initiative will cultivate a connected global community of “city shapers” who are committed to sharing their experience and best practices, all aimed at enhancing the quality of life in Manila, Sydney, Los Angeles, New York, and Hong Kong. “This is the start of a new conversation between the brightest minds in urban design, business, economics, infrastructure design and public policy,” continued Chiao. “The series will explore cities through five key lenses of wellbeing, economic development, culture, mobility and innovation in project delivery. It is our belief that the right balance of these elements leads to the best outcomes for cities and their citizens.” Asia Society’s Executive Vice President Tom Nagorski says, “What we are asking, essentially, is ‘Where do the great cities of our world need to be, a half century from now?’ And then ‘What must we do now to be sure that those dreams are realized?’ There are few more pressing questions for the planet’s future. Ultimately Imagine 2060 will be a guide not only for the five cities involved, but for any major metropolis interested in creating a roadmap for the future.” In its inaugural year, Imagine 2060 will look at issues involving the urban waterfront under the heading “2017: At The Water’s Edge” – a wide-ranging examination of how the diverse approaches to their proximity to water have shaped the quality of life for citizens of these five cities in radically different ways. The world premiere of the five-city series took place on 30 March, 2017. It explored how citizens of the Philippines’ capital city can reimagine the original ideas of a “City Beautiful”, created by renowned urban planner Daniel Burnham back in 1905.

Throughout the Imagine 2060 series AECOM and Asia Society will compile the main findings from each city, build upon the discussions and publish the key insights so they are available for further input and development. The event in Manila will be followed by waterfront-focused events in Sydney, Los Angeles, and New York before the first year of the program is brought to a conclusion in Hong Kong, which is coming to terms with a new future as part of the world’s largest metropolis – the Pearl River Delta. Next year, AECOM and Asia Society will explore creative and resourceful strategies for land use by cities. The third and final year of Imagine 2060 will look at the futuristic-sounding, but all too real, prospects for use of aerial space and air quality. FLUOR’S STORK SECURES NEW FIVE-YEAR MAINTENANCE CONTRACT WITH HUNTSMAN AT FOUR SITES IN TEXAS Fluor Corporation announced that Stork, Fluor’s maintenance, modification and asset integrity segment, was awarded a five-year contract by Huntsman International, LLC, for maintenance and sustaining small capital projects at four of its differentiated chemicals manufacturing sites in Texas. Fluor will book the undisclosed contract value in the first quarter of 2017. “Fluor has worked with Huntsman on projects around the globe for nearly two decades and we are pleased that Stork will continue that long-term relationship with this new maintenance work,” said Taco de Haan, president of Stork. “Stork is a leader in the maintenance, modification and asset integrity business and this new maintenance contract is an example of our emerging growth in the oil, gas and chemicals market along the U.S. Gulf Coast,” said Dale Barnard, regional vice president of Stork. Stork will begin work in mid-April with about 220 full-time personnel at Huntsman sites in Dayton, Conroe, Freeport, and Port Neches, Texas. Stork has service centers located in Houston and Pasadena with additional locations planned for Freeport, Texas City, and Beaumont.

economy. I think we are poised for one of the greatest runs in productivity and economic growth since the post WWII boom. I can’t wait – it’s going to be awesome. “We love organic growth but it’s dependent on developing internal leadership fast enough. M&A allows you quicker penetration into the market and leadership you can’t find internally.”

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LL: Organic growth stretches your leadership capabilities. M&A stretches your cash and challenges your communica- tion capabilities. TZL: What’s your prediction for 2017 and for the next five years? LL: I’m always about finding work. Our upper Midwestern markets are struggling a bit with the downturn in oil pro- duction, but I’m extremely optimistic about our nation’s

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