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Fluor Corporation SWOT Analysis

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Fluor History The Fluor Corporation was founded in 1912 from the Fluor Construction Company. The company was originally founded in Oshkosh Wisconsin by three Swiss Brothers, Ralph, Casper, and Simon Fluor in 1869. The company began as a construction contracting business. In its early years, the company built lumber mills and worked to shore the riverbanks with concrete retaining walls that still stand today. Simon Fluor moved his portion of the company to California in 1911 and in 1912 his company became the Fluor Corporation. The Fluor Corporation is now one of the world’s largest construction firms with involvement in over 25 industries on six continents. Fluor is responsible for the construction of the Buddha Tower in the 1920’s to the Alaskan Pipeline in the 1970’s and the largest polysilicon facility in the world in 2008. (Fluor Corporation, 2008) Today Fluor employs 28,000 employees and has revenue of over 16 billion dollars.

Mission Statement As Fluor employees, our mission is to assist clients in attaining a competitive advantage by delivering quality services of unmatched value. (Fluor Corporation, 2008)

Fluor Corporation Organizational Strengths Market diversity is a major strength of the Fluor Corporation. Fluor serves multiple markets across a broad spectrum of industries. Market diversification allows Fluor achieve steady growth and balance in the markets they focus on. This strategy allows them to weather downturns in specific markets by emphasizing markets in which they are strong. (Fluor Corporation, 2007) Fluor’s unique capabilities to handle mega-projects, and decades of experience in centrally planned economies and in harsh, remote geographies enable them to bid on projects that other companies