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Burns and Roe Enterprises, Inc. is pleased to announce that we will be exhibiting at the POWER-GEN Asia Conference on October 3 - 5, 2012 in Bangkok, Thailand. The company encourages all conference attendees to visit them at Booth #D44. The POWER-GEN Asia Conference is the region's premier conference and exhibition for the electric power generation industry, and its co-located Renewable Energy World Asia, the leading event for renewable and alternative energy. The combined conference program includes over 130 international experts presenting across eight conference tracks, including topics focusing on strategic and technical power issues and challenges, as well as the growth of the renewable and alternative energy sectors. Attracting over 7,000 delegates and attendees from over 60 countries, POWER-GEN Asia is the leading industry event to meet and network with senior executives and industry leaders.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of Burns and Roe. The company started as a partnership between Ralph Roe and Allan Burns. During the company’s inception, Ralph Roe managed the firm with a vision of exceptional people focused on creating a global service company that provides complete customer satisfaction. In 1963, Kenneth Roe became President, succeeding his father. He led Burns and Roe through a period of unprecedented growth built on strategic customer alliances. He never lost his vision of empowering talented people to meet the challenges of a growing world.

The Burns and Roe Group, Inc., a leading engineering design firm, today announced it has made the ENR (Engineering News-Record) list of the Top 200 International Design Firms. Burns and Roe moved up six spots over the company’s 2011 rankings. Burns and Roe’s international revenue, the measuring stick for this ranking also increased 16% over the previous year.

The Burns and Roe Group, Inc. Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Martino as Vice President – Client Service. In his new role, Joe will be responsible for sales and marketing activities to the Fossil Power Generation customers throughout the United States. This will include new business development of gas turbine facilities, electrical transmission and distribution, plant retrofit and renewable energy applications.

Burns and Roe Services Corporation, a subsidiary of the Burns and Roe Group, Inc., recently completed a major upgrade of the main power plant at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The work involved the demolition of four boilers, steam turbines, and associated mezzanines; construction of generator foundations; installation of four new 3.5MW diesel generators and supporting controls, fuel, cooling, and exhaust systems; and connection to the Base power distribution system. The work also included upgrades to Programmable Logic Controllers and Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system. The work was completed in two phases, with two generators put on line in July 2011 and two in May 2012. Captain John Heinzel, Commanding Officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast, officiated at the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Pacific Business News ranked Burns and Roe Enterprises, Inc. #1 on their List of Hawaii’s Top Commercial Construction Projects. Burns and Roe was the Architect/Engineer for the H-Power Facility Expansion. Burns and Roe added a third boiler unit to the City and County of Honolulu’s existing waste-to-energy facility. This third unit expansion increases the capacity of the plant by 900 tons per day. Burns and Roe was responsible for the complete design of the Expansion Project constructed on the existing H-Power site.

Burns and Roe Enterprises, Inc. is pleased to announce that Larry Puckett has joined the organization as Vice President of Business Development for the Power Generation and Distribution Division of the company. In this position, he will develop and execute strategies to increase opportunities with utility and industrial customers.

Burns and Roe is proactive in the areas of seismic analysis, consistently reassessing civil, structural and architectural capabilities to ensure constant enhancement of skills and capabilities.