This results in considerable costs for engineering services and approval.
Included in the subcontractors listed in the bid was Anthony Sartor, a friend of Mr. DiFrancesco's, who would receive $3.5 million for engineering services.
But a few months later BP had signed a $1m contract with Unaoil, the first of two for engineering services related to the Kirkuk oilfield in Iraq.
* Fluor Daniel Inc., Irvine, Calif., an engineering and construction company, said it had received a contract for engineering services by Texas Copper Corp., a unit of Mitsubishi Metals Corp., Tokyo.
"The new twist over the last 10 years has been to try to avoid materials that generate CO2," said Kevin A. MacDonald, vice president for engineering services of the Cemstone Products Company, the concrete supplier for the I-35W bridge.
These four divisions set their own strategy — e.g. the business strategy for engineering services, the strategy for elevators, et cetera — and have their own management teams and P&L.
In response to questions from the Guardian, BP confirmed it had contracted Unaoil for engineering services related to the Kirkuk oilfield, but declined to respond in detail to queries about whether its compliance department had approved or advised upon the deal.
Andrew Kitchens, Hines' vice president for engineering services, says his Energy Star buildings save $1.37 per square foot, or $105 million a year, compared to Hines' non-green buildings.
The Cement Equipment and Engineering Services segment is engaged in the provision of engineering equipment and engineering services for engineering services new dry process cement production lines and mining projects and equipment manufacturing.
