1st General Meeting Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012

Who We Are

• Professional organization• Inaugural year• Affiliations• Why We Started• Types of Events• Meetings:• Every other Wednesdays from 5pm at UTC 3.104

Confirmed Companies

• ConocoPhillips• Intel• Marathon Oil• Citibank• DNV

Benefits of Joining

• Networking with Companies• Socials• Volunteer Events• Resume Reviews• Letters of Recommendation• Meet other like-minded students

The EPC Industry

David Van Breukelen

The Acronym

E- EngineeringP- ProcurementC- Construction

EPC Company

• Basically build the facilities that energy companies use– Refineries– Power Plants– Renewables– Nuclear Power Plants– Field Developments

• Work mostly in for the Energy industry but also complete some infrastructure projects

Biggest Companies• SNC Lavalin

– Largest EPC in Canada– 29000 employees

• Fluor• KBR

– Largest non-union construction company in US– 27000 employees

• CB&I• Bechtel

– Largest EPC in US– 5th largest privately owned company in US

www.wikipedia.com

Industry Size• Europe has over 2.05 trillion dollars of potential investment• Africa has over 1.4 trillion dollars of potential investment• USA has over 800 billion dollars of potential investment

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Region Specific

Mining Projects

Mining Projects

Oil Field Developments

LNG Projects

Gas Field DevelopmentsOffshore Wind Farms

Relevance

• Most of the projects have an incredibly high amount of engineering involved

• The building phase requires much more business experience

• EPC industry is a great example of bridging the fields of business and engineering

• If sounds interesting, then find out more about internship opportunities at the companies mentioned earlier

Questions

Funding

• Expecting funds from- Corporate funding- MASO- Frito lay clean up- BBA business alumni excellence- Dues

Dues

• $20 per year or $15 per semester• Pay as soon as possible• Methods of payment

- Cash- Check- Credit Card

• Extra charge for Credit Card payment- $20.60 for semester

Leadership Opportunities

• Many available• Application on Website• www.TexasBusinessEngineering.com

• Interview

Leadership Opportunities

• Director of Fundraising• Director of Media/Photographer• Director of Internal Affairs/Meeting Coordination• Food & Drinks

• Director of Volunteering• Director of Publicity• Secretary

Leadership Opportunities

• Investment Team• Sheldon Zheng

• Case Competition Team• Mitch McIntire

Intern Database1. What is the Intern Database?• GoogleDoc – intern and work experiences• Specific information: Student Name, E-mail, Major,

Student Classification (i.e. Junior, Senior), Name of Company, Industry, Job Title, Job Functions

2. Why Created?• Internship advice, guidance• Cockrell nor McCombs offers this valuable information

3. How to Gain Access?• Become a BEA member• E-mail me: travisdonnell@utexas.edu

*Expect to build database through BEA member participation!

Social/Sports Events

• September– IM Flag Football• Recruiting Team Captain and Members

• October– South Congress First Thursday

• November– Laser Tag at Main Event Entertainment

Yogurt Social Tomorrow!

• Thur 9/6• 5 PM• Juicy Tart

– 504 W 24th St

Next Event

• ConocoPhillips: Wednesday, September 12 from 5pm at UTC 3.104

• Social Event at Juicy Tart 5pm Thursday• Pay Dues

More Info

• www.TexasBusinessEngineering.com• Facebook: Business Engineering Association• Twitter: @BusinessEngrUT• LinkedIn: Business Engineering Association at UT• Email: TexasBusinessEngineering@gmail.com