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| Black & Veatch establishes Global Design Centre for water Black & Veatch, a global engineering and consulting company with world headquarters based in Kansas City, officially opened its Global Design Centre for water in Singapore. Minister of State for Trade and Industry S. Iswaran at a ribbon-cutting ceremony also presented Ralph Eberts, Managing Director of Black & Veatch's Asia-Pacific water business, with the Singapore Economic Development Board's International Headquarters Award. B&V Water president and CEO Dan McCarthy said that Black & Veatch's Singapore office will be expanded "significantly over the next five years. These five-year plans include doubling the number of professionals in Singapore, as well as investing in a Global Design Centre and establishing a Centre of Excellence for Desalination today. McCarthy added: "We are also seeing increasing use of desalination as a treatment process throughout the world. However, desalination is still constrained by high energy consumption and membrane lifespan. The Centre of Excellence in Desalination will focus on optimising the performance of plants and enhancing membrane life." write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Construction News :: home page |