This glossary provides definitions of common industry terms
used by engineering companies. It is presented by Fluor as an easy reference source
for media professionals and other members of the public.
ABFJV
American Bridge/Fluor Joint Venture. JV built the new San Francisco Bay Bridge for California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS).
Absorption
Act or process of absorbing.
Adsorption
Assimilation of gas, vapor, or dissolved matter by the surface of a solid or liquid.
ADU
Atmospheric Distillation Unit
AEC
Atomic Energy Commission
AMECO?
Fluor's equipment subsidiary is a leader in providing integrated mobile equipment, tool, and fleet management solutions to construction, mining, government, and industrial markets around the world.
Anchor Bolts
Bolts imbedded in concrete foundation and bolted to vessels to anchor bolt chairs.
ANSI
American National Standards Institute.
AOR
Area of Responsibility
API
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient
API
Asset Performance Improvement
ASME Boiler Code
Standard rules for the construction of boilers and pressure vessels divided into sections which establish design formulas, material selection, allowable stress values, methods of construction, inspection, and nondestructive examination procedures for pressure containment vessel.
AUC
American University in Cairo. Fluor provided project and construction management services on this project.
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Baseline CentricSM
Fluor work process that centers and defines Fluor's activities around the project baseline, and then delivers to that baseline to meet commitment to clients.
Battery Limits
Geographic boundaries, imaginary or real, enclosing a plant or unit being engineered and/or erected, established for the purpose of providing a means of specifically identifying certain portions or work. Generally refers to process area only unless specified to the contrary.
BPSD or B/SD
Barrels per standard day.
Benefits for You?
Benefits for You is a name and logo used by Human Resources in communication materials regarding Fluor benefits.
Brownfield
Abandoned or underused industrial and commercial facilities available for reuse.
BTEX
Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes, compounds that are some of the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) found in petroleum derivatives.
BTU
British Thermal Unit
Building Futures
Fluor's annual global volunteer program, providing backpacks filled with school supplies to students.
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CAD
Computer-aided Design
Carbon Capture
The process of captured CO2 from flue gases produced by fossil-fuel power plants, refineries, and chemical plants.
Catalytic Cracking
The process of breaking up heavier hydrocarbon molecules into lighter hydrocarbon fractions by using heat and catalysts.
CC
Cubic centimeters.
CENTCOM
U.S. Army Central Command.
CETAC
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Transatlantic Programs Center.
CETI
Center of Engineering and Technology Innovation
CFM
Cubic feet per minute.
CIP
Clean-in-place.
Claus-type Treating
Sulfur technology to meet clients' environmental requirements.
CMSiSM
Fluor-developed, web-based contract management reference system.
The Code
Fluor's Code of Ethics.
Cogeneration
The use of a single facility to simultaneously produce power and heat or steam.
Comminution
Reducing to powder; pulverizing.
Commissioning
Process of verifying and documenting that a facility and its associated systems meet project requirements. Activities may include run-ins, water batching, and operation of equipment and systems in support of the validation IQ and OQ execution.
Constructability
Integration of the design with the construction approach and experience to optimize (within contract requirements) the project quality, safety, capital cost, and construction schedule, thus minimizing the overall project cost.
Contingency Operations
Services provided worldwide to U.S. Government agencies, including logistics, base camp construction, housing, transportation, fuel, meals, laundry, recreation, and other support services.
COOEC-Fluor Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (COOEC-Fluor)
Fluor fabrication and modular assembly joint venture managing the Zhuhai Fabrication Yard in China's Guangdong Province
CSP
Concentrating Solar Power.
CURT?
Construction Users Roundtable?
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D&D
Decontamination and decommissioning.
DBE
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
DHS
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
DOD
U.S. Department of Defense
DOE
U.S. Department of Energy
DOL
U.S. Department of Labor
Decommissioning
The retirement of a facility, including decontamination and/or dismantlement.
Decontamination
The removal of unwanted hazardous contamination by a chemical or mechanical process.
Desalination
Process of removing dissolved salt and other minerals from water. Seawater is desalinated to produce fresh water suitable for human consumption.
Design-Build
A system of contracting under which one entity performs both architecture/engineering and construction under one single contract.
Dispersed Execution
Use of multi-office execution teams across Fluor's network of global offices.
Downstream
The refining or processing of crude oil into finished fuel products.
DTP
Denver Transit Partners; Fluor-managed concession responsible for the design, build, operation and maintenance of the Eagle P3 Commuter Rail Line in Denver, Colorado
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E&C
Engineering and construction.
E&C
Energy & Chemicals
E&I
Electrical & Instrumentation
ECO
Electro Catalytic Oxidation.
EconamineSM
Fluor's Econamine uses diglycolamine as the aqueous solvent for H2S and CO2 removal from gas streams
Econamine FGSM
Fluor's Econamine FG technology is a carbon dioxide recovery process. It has MEA scrubbing technology with special additives to prevent excessive degradation and corrosion caused by oxidizing agents in flue gas.
Econamine FG PlusSM
Fluor's Econamine FG Plus uses aqueous monoethanolamine solutions for producing food grade CO2. Econamine FG Plus is also used for carbon capture and sequestration projects.
EconoSolvSM
Fluor process that uses dimethyl ether of polyethylene glycol as a solvent for removal of contaminants such as H2S, CO2, COS, Mercaptans, and others. Selective removal is also possible.
Electrowinning
An electrochemical process in which a metal dissolved within an electrolyte is plated onto an electrode. Used to recover metals such as cobalt, copper, gold, and nickel from solution in the leaching of ores, concentrates, precipitates, matte, etc.
Enhanced Oil Recovery Systems
CO2 (raw-gas production, handling, treating, dehydration, compression, injection, metering, etc.)
EPC
Engineering, procurement and construction.
EPCM
Engineering, procurement, and construction management.
EPC&M
Engineering, procurement, construction, and maintenance.
EPCmV
Engineering, procurement, construction management, and validation.
EPFC
Engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction
EQIN
Delivers rental, sales and maintenance of industrial welding, air, lighting and power generation equipment across Europe
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FAST
Fluor Analytical Schedule Technique Management Plan.
Fast Track
A scheduling process in which design and construction activities overlap. Design documents and equipment and trade subcontracts are released in phases.
FEED
Front-end engineering and design.
Front-end engineering and design
Engineering and design phase, early in project lifecycle, to develop project definition and optimize clients' capital resources.
Feedstock
Stock from which material is taken to be fed into a processing unit.
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FGD
Flue gas desulfurization.
Fixed Cost
An expenditure or expense that does not vary with volume level of activity.
Fluor Cares?
Fluor Cares is the new brand for Fluor’s global community volunteer program.
Fluor Foundation
Formed in 1952, the Fluor Foundation invests in communities, nonprofit organizations, and education. Since that time, the Fluor Foundation has contributed more than $145 million to projects around the world.
Fluor Offshore Solutions
Fluor Business Line dedicated to serving the oil and gas offshore industry.
Fluor Site ConnectSM
Fluor technology allowing for the integration of construction work processes on mobile devices
Fluor SolventSM
Process uses a dry propylene solvent to remove H2S and CO2 from gas streams.
Fluor SOx TechnologySM
Fluor's proprietary processes for the removal of SO2 and SO3 from a variety of processing facilities.
Fluor University?
Fluor University is a completely integrated career-development system incorporating more than 1,000 online and instructor-led courses and other educational programs and resources.
FOCUSSM Process
Process in which conceptual design of a project is developed collaboratively with all project disciplines and input from client.
Fractionation Column
Generally a vertical vessel containing trays or packing; when in service, it extracts from the process system a certain required fraction such as butane or propane.
FutureFlexSM
FutureFlex is a Fluor program that defines a manufacturing facility concept with optimal flexibility and minimal cost. This approach allows Fluor to conceptualize, initiate, and validate design across an Owner's life-cycle asset.
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Gathering Systems
Flowlines, testlines, manifolds, metering, etc.
GOSPs
Gas Oil Separation Plants, part of the ARAMCO Gas Program in Saudi Arabia.
Graduates Advancing to Professionalism (GAP)SM
Fluor internal program aimed to help recent college and university graduates transition between educational and the corporate environments by familiarizing them with the Fluor culture, goals, and procedures.
Grassroots Plant
A complete plant erected on a virgin site. Investment includes all cost of land, site preparation, battery-limits facilities, and auxiliary facilities.
Greenfield
A project located on semirural property that is undeveloped except for agricultural use, especially one considered as a site for expanding urban development.
GRI
Global Reporting Initiative (International Sustainability Report). Guidelines for Fluor's Annual Sustainability Report.
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HAZMAT
Hazardous Materials. Materials that are legally classified as having the potential to endanger the public in some way and that require special transportation arrangements.
HDPE
High density polyethylene.
HOT
High Occupancy Toll.
HOV
High occupancy vehicle.
HPGR
High-Pressure Grinding Rolls.
HRSG
Heat Recovery Steam Generator.
HSE
Health, Safety & Environmental.
HVAC
Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning.
Hydrometallurgy
Separating metal from ores and ore concentrates by chemical reactions in aqueous solution, such as leaching, extraction, and precipitation.
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IBC
International Building Code.
ICA Fluor
Fluor engineering and construction joint venture in Mexico
IGCC
Integrated gasification combined cycle
Improved EconamineSM
The Improved Econamine process uses an aqueous monoethanolamine solution to produce food grade carbon dioxide.
ISO
International Standards Organization.
ISO
Isometric Drawing. A pictorial view of piping using isometric conventions to represent a 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional piping system.
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J
Joule
J/K
Joule per Kelvin
JIT
Just in Time
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K-Basins
Two indoor, concrete rectangular structures at the DOE Hanford site that contained the largest collection of spent nuclear reactor fuel.
Knowledge OnLineSM
Fluor's award-winning knowledge management system that allows 24/7 collaboration across Fluor's global offices.
KTPA
Kilotonnes per annum.
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LCOE
Lowest levelized cost of electricity.
LDPE
Low density polyethylene.
LEED?
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LNG
Liquefied natural gas.
LOGCAP IV
U.S. Army's Logistics Civil Augmentation Program IV provides support to military troops worldwide using private contractors. Fluor provides services to U.S. Army as part of LOGCAP IV.
Logistics
The process of planning and executing the transportation of material to required destinations to meet schedules.
LPG
Liquefied petroleum gas.
LSM
Large-scale manufacturing; typically related to biotech or pharmaceutical industries.
Lump-Sum Turnkey Project
Fixed price project for which all components are within a single supplier's responsibility.
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M&O
Management and Operations contracts, typically awarded by DOE to manage and operate facilities in the DOE complex.
MasterPlant? by Fluor?
Fluor's MasterPlant suite of project automation tools consists of integrated proprietary and commercial software to help Fluor's project teams design, build, and maintain world-class facilities.
MaterialManager? A MasterPlant Solution by Fluor
The MaterialManager tool in the MasterPlant? suite of project automation tools integrates all material management functions into one seamless system that provides for the total control of project materials, from identification and acquisition to tracking, transportation, warehousing, and installation.
Mechanical Completion
Unit is essentially complete for start-up operation and test run. All major work completed except installation of catalyst. Minor work not interfering with operation may not be completed. Acceptance letter will have been submitted to the client. Precise definition may vary and is usually a contractual provision.
Mentoring Circles
Fluor program in which members of Fluor management serve as mentors to small groups of employees.
MM&AI
Maintenance, modification & asset integrity
Modular Construction
A construction technique in which sections of a facility are prefabricated in "Modules," which are transported to the project site, placed in position, and connected.
MS20SM (Managing Safety to Zero)
Fluor's web-based HSE performance measuring and reporting program with a centralized database for tracking and trending key leading and trailing indicators.
MW
Megawatt
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NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NAVPAC
Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific.
NCACP
National Craft Assessment and Certification Program
NCCER
National Center for Construction Education and Research
NDE
Non-Destructive Examination.
NGL
Natural Gas Liquid.
NRC
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
NuScale Power
Fluor is a majority investor in NuScale Power, a small modular reactor (SMR) technology company
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O&M
Operations and maintenance.
Oil Sands
Bituminous sands are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit.
OL2K
Olefins II Kuwait project for EQUATE (DowPIC).
OptimEyes?
A proprietary front-end engineering tool for plot optimization and preliminary layout
OSIP
Fluor's Operating Systems Implementation Plan. This Fluor document further describes the OSR implementation within each Business Segment.
OSR
Fluor's Operating Systems Requirements. Fluor's quality manual that documents basic quality and operating requirements.
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P4SM
Fluor's Professional Publications & Presentation Program.
PACI
Partnering Against Corruption Initiative, an anti-corruption initiative formed at the World Economic Forum.
P&ID
Piping & Instrumentation Diagram.
PFD
Process Flow Diagram.
Photovoltaics
Photovoltaics (PV) is the physical effect causing voltage to be generated across two electrical poles of a semiconductor plate and allowing current to flow when connected to a consumer.
Plant EngineeringSM
Fluor subsidiary providing multi-disciplined engineering and project management services
PLC
Pegasus Link Constructors, LLC; Fluor-led joint venture constructing the Texas Department of Transportation Horseshoe Project in Dallas, Texas
PM
Particulate matter.
Polysilicon
Short version for polycrystalline silicon.
PPB
Parts per billion.
PPE
Personal Protective Equipment.
PPM
Parts per million.
Public-Private Partnerships (P3)
Public-Private Partnerships develop major transportation projects with innovative contracting methods.
Process Vessel
A container for handling or chemically changing liquids and gases within a process system.
Pyrometallurgy
Metallurgy that depends on the action of heat, as smelting.
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QA
Quality Assurance.
QC
Quality Control.
Q&CR
Quality and Certification Requirements.
QOD
Quick Opening Device.
QOV
Quick Opening Valve.
QSR
Quality Surveillance Report.
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Reactor
A vertical vessel containing a catalyst, which in service rearranges the molecular structure and therefore changes the fractions in a process system.
Reflux Accumulator
Generally a horizontal vessel, and without internal parts; when in service it collects and transmits back to a fractionation column the fraction which is processed by the column.
Reverse Osmosis
A process where water is cleaned by forcing water through an ultra-fine semi-permeable membrane, allowing only the water to pass through and retaining the contaminants.
RF
Radio Frequency
Reference Power Plant Designs
Fluor's pre-engineered power plant designs that can be customized using innovative design software and integrated collaboration tools.
Ripios
Previously processed material that contains residual copper.
RoSPA
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
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SADAF
Saudi Arabia Petrochemical Company.
SAG
Semi-Autogenous Grinding mill. Used in mineral extraction to grind ore to a fine consistency for further extraction processes.
SAGD
Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage
SAS
Self-anchored suspension bridge.
SBE
Small Business Enterprise
SCFD
Standard cubic feet per day.
SCIF
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities
SCNR
Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction.
SCR
Selective Catalytic Reduction.
Self perform
Fluor provides self-perform construction services to clients rather than subcontracting.
Separation Systems
Gas-oil-water separation, gas and oil dehydrations, desanding, desalting and sweetening facilities, produced-water handling and treating facilities.
SMR
Small Modular Reactor
SNG
Synthetic natural gas.
SPC
Special Purpose Company
Spent Fuel
Irradiated fuel that is permanently discharged from a nuclear reactor. Except for possible reprocessing, this fuel must eventually be removed from its temporary storage location at the reactor site and placed in a permanent repository.
SRNL
Savannah River National Laboratory
SRNS
Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC. A Fluor-led partnership that provides operations and management to the DOE at the Savannah River Nuclear Site. The partnership also manages the Savannah River National Laboratory.
SRS
Savannah River Site.
STEM
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Storage Vessel and Storage Tank
A container for storing liquids and gases prior to or following the process system.
Stork, a Fluor company
Fluor subsidiary providing global maintenance, modification & asset integrity services
SX/EW
Solvent extraction and electro-winning.
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3rd Gen Modular ExecutionSM
Fluor's 3rd Gen Modular Execution approach modularizes construction and leverages offsite fabrication for a shorter construction schedule and better quality control.
TCS
Trichlorosilane.
TGTU
Tail Gas Treating Unit.
TIC
Total installed cost.
TPD
Tons per day.
TRIR
Total Recordable Case Incidence Rate.
TRS Staffing Solutions?
Fluor subsidiary that provides technical contract staffing.
Turnkey Project
A project in which all components are within a single supplier's responsibility.
TZC
Tappan Zee Constructors, LLC; Consortium designing and building the Tappan Zee Hudson River Crossing Project in New York
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UpFRONT?
Fluor's Operational Readiness tool for coordinating operating strategies, commissioning and startup activities, system turnover schedules, organization preparedness, employee training, HSE procedures, and quality certifications.
Upstream
The exploration, production, and transportation of oil and gas.
U&O
Utilities and Offsites.
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VAM
Vinyl Acetate Monomer.
VFD
Variable Frequency Drive.
VPP
OSHA Voluntary Protection Program. Because of Fluor’s outstanding commitment and exemplary occupational health and safety records the company is part of OSHA's Corporate VPP Program.
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Wafer
A wafer is a thin slice of silicon used for the manufacture of microelectronic chips and solar cells.
Wafer Technology
The production of solar cells from silicon wafers is the predominant technology in the photovoltaics industry. It is used by all major solar cell producers and still offers great cost-cutting potential as a means of further extending its leading position.
Wastewater
Water that has been used for domestic or industrial purposes.
Wastewater Treatment
Physical, chemical, or biological processes used to remove pollutants from wastewater before discharging into a body of water.
Watershed
Land area from which water drains to a particular body of water.
WEF
World Economic Forum. An independent international organization. Its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland brings business and political leaders, intellectuals and journalists together to discuss world issues.
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XA
Outlet Body, Hazardous Area-Terminal
XC
Outlet Body, Hazardous Area-Through
XFMR
Transformer
XFRS
Transfer Switch
XLP
Cross Linked Polyethylene
XLPL
Cross Linked Polyethylene, Lead Covered
XP
Explosion-proof
XPD
Explosion-proof Dust Tight
XPG
Explosion-proof Gastight
XPS
Explosion-proof Spin Top, Gas, and Dust Tight
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Y
Yellow
YIL
Yellow Indicating Light
YP
Yield Point
YS
Yield Strength
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ZERO IncidentsSM
Fluor's commitment to the health and safety of all Fluor stakeholders and to sustainability is evident in the corporation's ZERO Incidents HSE program. Fluor believes ZERO Incidents is an attainable objective.
ZERO? Symbol
Registered service mark of Fluor Corporation signifies Fluor's commitment to achieve ZERO Incidents.
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