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| More importantly, we see significant prospects in front of us |
| Based on our performance, it's evident that we are well-positioned to leverage the progress we've made over the past three years, and we expect that this will drive significant value for Fluor shareholders for years to come |
| So with quite a bit of that $20 billion in energy transition, where, again, we are well-positioned and are, as I said, working on over 200 projects in energy transition |
| These are just a few examples in the past year of the generosity of our employees and the company, which has helped Fluor continue our honorable and long history of giving back |
| Those are prospects we don't talk about publicly, but they are very exciting and quite sizable |
| And like I said, very positive, and we've moved towards national security and brought in some new management capabilities in national security in the defense and intelligence space, where we're pretty excited about some prospects there as well |
| Our continued focus on operational excellence has allowed us to move past the inflection point in our path to creating significant shareholder value |
| I'm extremely proud of the results we've achieved and very thankful for all the efforts put forth by our employees worldwide |
| In 2023, we were successful in converting our high quality prospect pipeline into new awards, a trend we expect to continue in 2024 |
| But we're really excited about Mission Solutions and the future that we've got being such a strong Department of Energy contractor and picking up speed in the defense space and our LOGCAP work in Africa and supporting the troops out of Germany, we see really great opportunities in DOE and DOD |
| Through our disciplined pursuit of contracts, 87% of our new awards were reimbursable and our total backlog is now 76% reimbursable, a full year ahead of our strategic goal |
| This is a significant improvement from 41% two years ago |
| And we've got some good prospects on the horizon there |
| and so very bullish on that market |
| And, so we see that as very positive |
| We are very pleased to have a resolution on Gordie, that defines our cash funding obligations and solidify the path to project completion in 2025 |
| So confidence wise, I'd say we're very confident that the programs we're getting involved with are going to be going forward |
| And you'll see it in a ramp up of massive amounts of home office engineering hours, which deliver a good margin for Fluor as we help them with our technical their technical solutions where they really look to us |
| We see this as a real growth engine for the company, and we are extremely well-positioned for not only the mining work with [indiscernible], but liquids to chemicals programs, where they are shifting obviously from a lower automotive fuel requirement to high margin chemicals |
| So not only hitting on a lot of them, but improving the margin as well |
| We looked at the results of our hit rates at the company in '23 and they were really strong |
| We have also shown success in the claims recovery process with three key settlements reached on some of our legacy projects, and we continue to hold productive conversations on other pending claims |
| The entire organization is excited about not only what we have accomplished, but also what lies ahead |
| We are incredibly pleased with our progress over these past few years as we transform back into one of the leading engineering and construction firms |
| As we look to continue improving our reputation through solid project execution, we are confident that our strategy is meeting our stakeholder aspirations and creating a business that generates consistent earnings and cash flow |
| We continue to restore trust with our clients, and build confidence with our shareholders |
| They are driving revenue growth in new markets and improving product execution |
| In 2023, we had over 200 active energy transition projects, many of which are front end technical solutions scopes of work that position us well for EPCM conversion |
| Finally, we also made considerable progress in divesting non-core businesses to allow greater focus on end markets with highest returns |
| These include building trust with our clients, creating a great place to work for our employees, becoming an attractive investment for shareholders and continuing our tradition of having a positive impact on society and on the communities in which we live and work |
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| Michael Feniger And just thematically, there's always a worry with rates still kind of high that some projects will get pushed out to the right |
| You take BHP this morning that came out and said, well, the Nickels not doing well for them |
| Net-net, it's not that much because we as projects come down in certain regions of the world, we'll have to let folks go |
| So, and our clients look through the short-term challenges of economic and geopolitical challenges |
| There is an inherent risk that actual results and experience could differ materially |
| Mission Solutions can be very lumpy with these massive long-term 10, 20-year contracts, of course, we hit one in late 2022 with Savannah River that was a very large program |
| So now with the sale of Stork, you'll see our numbers dropping, head count dropping somewhat |
| So I just think that interest rates are less of a concern for Fluor and our prospects |
| Results for the year include a $93 million loss on the sale of Stork Latin America that was transacted in the fourth quarter |
| Obviously, that one is a bit lower here this quarter |
| New awards were modest in the quarter and ending backlog was $3.9 billion compared to $5.7 billion a year ago |
| Since a significant portion of these claims arose from COVID related challenges, we see lower claims exposure over the coming years |
| I think we'll continue to see that and we've been over performing on our go get factored numbers |
| The projects that we work on other than maybe some energy transition developers that would need some financing, which they've been somewhat successful at |
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