Chicago Bridge & Iron Company#World War 2

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CB&I was founded by Horace E. Horton of Rochester, Minnesota when he moved to Chicago, Illinois, USA in 1889. While initially involved in bridge design and construction, CB&I turned its focus to bulk liquid storage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, coinciding with the western expansion of railroads across the United States and the discovery of oil in the Southwest.{{citation needed|date = February 2017}} CB&I quickly became known for design engineering and field construction of elevated water storage tanks, above-ground tanks for storage of petroleum and refined products, refinery process vessels and other steel plate structures.{{Cite web|date=2013-06-29|title=Chicago Bridge & Iron|url=https://www.companieshistory.com/chicago-bridge-iron/|access-date=2020-07-20|website=Companies History - The biggest companies in the world|language=en-US}} As such, CB&I supported the expansion of oil exploration outside the US, starting operations in South America in 1924, in Asia two years later and in the Middle East in 1939.

According to one of the founder's heirs, "The old joke is that Chicago Bridge & Iron isn't in Chicago, doesn't build bridges and doesn't use iron."{{cite news |author=Young, David |date=6 March 1997 |title=Chicago Bridge & Iron Set For Spinoff |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/03/06/chicago-bridge-iron-set-for-spinoff/ |access-date=15 February 2017 }}

During World War II, CB&I was selected to build Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs), which carried troops and supplies to American and Allied troops fighting in Europe and the Pacific theater. CB&I was chosen because of their reputation and skills, particularly welding. Since the coastal shipyards were busy building large vessels for the war effort, such as aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers and destroyers, there was no alternative but to use the inland waterways and shipyards for the production of smaller ships.{{cite news |last= Forgy-Schock |first=Babara |title=The Prairie Shipyard |url=http://www.thezephyr.com/prairieshipyard.htm |publisher=The Zephyr |location=Galesburg, Illinois |date=30 August 2007 |access-date=10 December 2018}} As a result of these and other wartime production activities, CB&I ranked 92nd among US corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts.{{cite book |author-link1=Whiz Kids (Department of Defense)|last1=Peck |first1=Merton J. |author-link2=Frederic M. Scherer |last2=Scherer |first2=Frederic M. |date=1962 |title=The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis |page=619, of 736 pp |location=Cambridge, MA |publisher=Division of Research, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wfNHAAAAMAAJ |access-date=15 February 2017}}{{verification needed|date = February 2017}}{{verification needed|date = February 2017}}

CB&I was acquired by Praxair in 1996; Praxair kept a chemical subsidiary and spun off CB&I as a Dutch-incorporated company the next year. CB&I headquarters moved from Chicago to Houston, Texas in 2001 and then to the Hague, Netherlands when Texas enacted a franchise tax.{{citation needed|date = February 2017}}

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In 2003 it bought John Brown Hydrocarbons, renaming it at first CB&I John Brown, and later CB&I UK Limited.{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/CB&I+Acquires+John+Brown+Hydrocarbons%3B+Acquisition+Expands...-a0102678005 |title=CB&I acquires John Brown Hydrocarbons |newspaper=Businesswire |date=2 June 2003 |access-date=27 June 2022 |archive-date=17 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117022836/https://www.thefreelibrary.com/CB%26I+Acquires+John+Brown+Hydrocarbons%3b+Acquisition+Expands...-a0102678005 |url-status=dead }}

The firm acquired Lummus Global from ABB on November 19, 2007, adding approximately 3,000 employees.{{cite web |author=CB&I Staff |date=30 August 2007 |title=Current Report, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., The Netherlands (Form 8-K) |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |via=secdatabase.com |url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/911/95012907004400/filing-main.htm |access-date=25 March 2013 }}{{cite web |author=CB&I Staff |date=21 November 2007 |title=Current Report, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., The Netherlands (Form 8-K) |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |via=secdatabase.com |url=http://pdf.secdatabase.com/2299/0000950129-07-005788.pdf |access-date=25 March 2013 }} In 2012, CB&I Technology (formerly Lummus) was awarded a contract by Indian petrochemicals major, Reliance Industries,[https://www.icis.com/resources/news/2012/07/03/9574964/us-cb-i-wins-contract-for-work-on-reliance-aromatics-complex/] {{dead link|date=July 2017}} to provide paraxylene (P-Xylene) (PX) technology for an aromatics complex in India. The complex was started up in April 2017,{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/ril-commissions-final-phase-of-jamnagar-paraxylene-project-117042001338_1.html|title=RIL commissions final phase of Jamnagar paraxylene project|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2017-04-20|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2017-06-07}} making Reliance the world's second largest producer of paraxylene.

In 2012, CB&I agreed to buy The Shaw Group for about US$3 billion,{{cite news |author1=Polson, Jim |author2=Black, Thomas |date=30 July 2012 |title=CB&I to Buy Shaw Group for $3 Billion to Add Nuclear Unit |work=Bloomberg News |via=SFGate.com |url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/bloomberg/article/CB-I-to-Buy-Shaw-Group-for-3-Billion-to-Add-3746381.php |access-date=30 July 2012 }}{{dead link|date=June 2022}}{{cite web |author=CB&I Staff |date=30 July 2012 |title=Current Report, Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V., The Netherlands (Form 8-K) |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=United States Securities and Exchange Commission |via=secdatabase.com |url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2937/89882212000362/filing-main.htm |access-date=15 February 2017 }}{{cite news |author=Chaudhuri, Saabira |title=Shaw Group Agrees to CB&I's $3.04B Takeover Bid |work=MarketWatch |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/shaw-group-agrees-to-cbis-304b-takeover-bid-2012-07-30 |date=30 July 2012 }} completing the acquisition in February 2013.{{cite news |author=Zacks |date=14 February 2013 |title=CBI Completes Shaw Acquisition |work=Yahoo Finance |location=Chicago |publisher=Zacks Equity Research |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/cbi-completes-shaw-acquisition-214341917.html |access-date=15 February 2017 }} The subsidiary that was formed as a result, CB&I Stone Webster—a result of The Shaw Group's earlier acquisition of Stone & Webster during its bankruptcy—was again sold, in January 2016, to Westinghouse Electric Co., for US$229M.{{cite news |author=Downey, John |date=January 6, 2016 |title=CB&I Completes Sale of Nuclear Subsidiary |newspaper=Charlotte Business Journal |location=Charlotte, N.C. |publisher=American City Business Journals |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/blog/energy/2016/01/cb-i-completes-sale-of-nuclear-subsidiary.html |access-date=February 15, 2017 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/westinghouse-buys-cb-i-to-beef-up-its-nuclear-business-1446069210|title=Westinghouse Buys CB&I Division to Beef Up Its Nuclear Business|last=Smith|first=Rebecca|date=2015-10-29|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=2016-10-19}}

For 2017, revenue for CB&I was $6.7 billion, down from the year before.{{Cite web|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cbi-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2017-financial-results-300601349.html|title=CB&I Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2017 Financial Results}}

In May 2018 the company was acquired by McDermott International for US$6 billion.{{cite web|url=http://www.mcdermott-investors.com/news/historical-mcdermott-news/historical-mcdermott-news-details/2018/McDermott-and-CBI-Stockholders-Approve-Proposed-Combination/default.aspx|title=McDermott and CB&I Stockholders Approve Proposed Combination|publisher=McDermott International|date=2018-05-02|access-date=2018-05-15}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/19/mcdermott-adds-onshore-services-with-chicago-bridge-buy.html|title=McDermott adds onshore services with its Chicago Bridge and Iron deal|date=2017-12-19|website=CNBC|language=en|access-date=2019-10-02}} After being acquired by McDermott, CB&I's stock ceased being listed on the NYSE on May 11, 2018. Gary P. Luquette was the chairman of the combined company.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcdermott-investors.com/news/press-release-details/2018/McDermott-Completes-Combination-with-CBI/default.aspx|title=McDermott Completes Combination with CB&I}} McDermott struggled to integrate its acquisition of CB&I, and in January 2020 was facing bankruptcy.{{cite news |date=18 January 2020 |title=McDermott Is Said to Prepare for Bankruptcy as Soon as Next Week |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-18/mcdermott-is-said-to-prepare-for-bankruptcy-as-soon-as-next-week |access-date=18 January 2020 |work=bloomberg.com}} On January 21, 2020, McDermott announced that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.{{cite news |last1=Chapa |first1=Sergio |date=January 21, 2020 |title=Houston-based McDermott confirms oilfield service company will file for bankruptcy |url=https://www.chron.com/business/energy/article/McDermott-oil-field-company-files-bankruptcy-14991364.php |access-date=January 21, 2020 |work=Houston Chronicle}}

In 2024, a consortium of investors led by Mason Capital completed the purchase of the company.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lngindustry.com/liquid-natural-gas/11122024/mason-capital-management-led-consortium-completes-acquisition-of-cbi/|title=Mason Capital Management-led consortium completes acquisition of CB&I|work=LNG Industry|access-date=2024-12-26|language=en}}

In July 2017, CB&I's global business groups were:

• Technology: licensed process technologies, catalysts, specialized equipment and engineered products for use in petrochemical facilities, oil refineries and gas processing plants;
• Engineering & Construction: engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction of major energy infrastructure facilities;
• Fabrication Services: fabrication capabilities for piping, structural steel, module prefabrication and assembly, as well as storage tanks and vessels for the oil and gas, water and wastewater, mining and power generation industries

Corporate headquarters were located in The Hague, Netherlands. The administrative headquarters were located in The Woodlands, Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbi.com/Where-We-Work/Corporate-Offices|title=Where We Work—Corporate Offices|date=15 February 2017|author=CB&I Staff|work=CBI.com|access-date=15 February 2017}} In 2018 McDermott announced that it would sell the headquarters facility in The Woodlands to Howard Hughes Corporation.{{cite news|author=Mann, Joshua|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2018/09/05/mcdermott-to-sell-former-cb-i-hq-in-the-woodlands.html|title=McDermott to sell former CB&I HQ in The Woodlands to Howard Hughes|newspaper=Houston Business Journal|date=2018-09-06|access-date=2018-09-11}}

The company built bridges and other works of historic importance, including some listed on the US National Register of Historic Places.{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/search/?utf8=%25E2%259C%2593&affiliate=nps&query=Chicago+Bridge+%2526+Iron+Company&commit=Search |title=Search for Chicago Bridge & Iron Company |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2017-05-19}} These works include (with varying attribution):

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• Boiling Nuclear Superheater (BONUS) Reactor Facility, Punta Higuero Sector, PR 413, Rincon, Puerto Rico (Chicago Bridge Co. Nuclear Engineering), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07001194 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=2007-11-14 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• Bunnell Water Tower, 100 Utility Street, Bunnell, FL 32110, Bunnell, Florida (Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/100003407 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=2019-02-04 |access-date=2019-12-30}}
• One or more works in the Caplinger Mills Historic District, junction of Washington Ave. and the Sac River, Caplinger Mills, Missouri (Chicago Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/93000903 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=1993-02-09 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• Embarras River Bridge, Wade Township Rd. 164 over Embarras River, Newton, Illinois (Chicago Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/98000472 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=1998-05-20 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• Evansville Standpipe, 288 N. 4th St., Evansville, Wisconsin (Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/08000120 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=2008-02-27 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• Hartford Water Tower, Pine & 1st. Sts., Hartford, Arkansas (Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07001434 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=2008-01-24 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• Hughes Water Tower, Church St., Hughes, Arkansas (Chicago Bridge & Iron Works Co.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/SF0064-pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Hughes Water Tower|publisher=Arkansas Preservation|accessdate=2014-11-16}}
• Lake Ditch Bridge, junction of Lake Ditch and Lake Ditch Rd., Monrovia, Indiana (Chicago Bridge and Iron Co.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/01000986 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=2001-09-16 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• Mahned Bridge, Mahned Rd. over the Leaf River, New Augusta, Mississippi (Chicago Bridge and Iron Company), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/97001379 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=1997-11-24 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• Manning Water Tower, 620 3rd St., Manning, Iowa (Chicago Bridge and Iron Co.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/16000296.pdf|title=Manning Water Tower|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2017-11-14|first1=Allan|last1=Eich|first2=Leah D.|last2=Rogers}}
• McCrory Waterworks, junction of N. Fakes and W. Third, McCrory, Arkansas (Chicago Bridge & Iron Works), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07000968 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=2007-09-20 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• Mill Race Bridge, Pheasant Rd. over Turkey River, West Union, Iowa (Chicago Bridge and Iron Co.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/98000784 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=1998-06-25 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• Monette Water Tower, SW. corner junction of AR 139 & Texie Ave., Monette, Arkansas (Chicago Bridge & Iron), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07001424 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=2008-01-24 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• Otranto Bridge, 480th Ave. over Big Cedar River, St. Ansgar, Iowa (Chicago Bridge and Iron Company), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/98000495 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=1998-05-15 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• Tyronza Water Tower, NW of junction of Main St. and Oliver St., Tyronza, Arkansas (Chicago Bridge & Iron Works), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/07000963 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=2007-09-20 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• Water Street/Darden Road Bridge, Over St. Joseph River at Darden Rd., South Bend, Indiana (Chicago Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85000599 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=1985-03-21 |access-date=2017-07-22}}
• West Water Tower and Ground Storage Tank, 310 11th Ave., Orion, Illinois (Chicago Bridge & Iron), NRHP-listed{{cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/02001754 |title=Asset Detail |website=Npgallery.nps.gov |date=2003-02-05 |access-date=2017-07-22}}

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File:ABSD5repairingUSSMississippiBB41.jpg, Philippines repairing the USS Mississippi in July 1945 ]]

There was a great demand for ships and U.S. Navy vessels during World War II. For the war Chicago Bridge built in its Eureka, California shipyard Medium Auxiliary Floating Dry Docks ( or AFDM). These could repair ships in remote locations and could be move to more needed actions during the war.[https://shipbuildinghistory.com/smallships/auxafd.htm ship history Medium Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock][http://wwiimemorialhumboldt.weebly.com/chicago-bridge--iron.html Chicago Bridge, Eureka] Chicago Bridge also had shipyards in: Seneca, Illinois, Newburgh, New York and Morgan City, Louisiana.

• AFDB-5 (A-G), scrapped in 1997[http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/67/6749.htm USS AFDB-5]
• USS Los Alamos (AFDB-7) (A-G), sold to private shipyard in 1995
• USS Richland (AFDM-8), later called YFD 64, scrapped in 2016[http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2808.htm navsource, USS Richland (AFDM-8)]
• USS AFDM-9, also called YFD 65, sold to private use in 1989[http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2810.htm navsource, USS AFDM-9 ]
• USS Resolute (AFDM-10), also called YFD 67, leased to Todd Pacific Shipyards, 2004
• USS AFDM-11, also called YFD 68, sold to private use in 2004
• Six floating crane barges
• USS AFDM-1 YFD 3, was floated through the Panama Canal on its side, and scrapped in 1986
• USS AFDM-3 through the Panama Canal on its side, YFD 6, sold to private use [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2803.htm navsource, USS AFDM-3]
• USS AFDM-4 YFD 10 sold to private use in 1948File:USS Adept (AFD-23).jpg
• USS Endeavor AFD-1 – AFDL-1
• USS AFD-2 [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2852.htm navsource, USS AFD-2]
• USS AFD-3 – AFDL-3 [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2846.htm navsource, USS AFD-3]
• USS AFD-4 – AFDL-4 [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2854.htm navsource, USS AFD-4]
• USS AFD-5 – AFDL-5 [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2848.htm navsource, USS AFD-5]
• USS Dynamic (AFD-6) – AFDL-6 [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2849.htm navsource, USS Dynamic (AFD-6)]
• USS Ability (AFD-7)[http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2850.htm navsource, USS Ability (AFD-7)]
• USS AFD-8 – AFDL-8 [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2853.htm navsource, USS AFD-8]
• USS AFD-9 – AFDL-9 [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2859.htm navsource, USS AFD-9]
• USS AFD-10 – AFDL-10 [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2860.htm navsource, USS AFD-10]
• USS AFD-11 – AFDL-11 [http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2861.htm navsource, USS AFD-11]

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• LST

Built: LST-197 to LST-136; LST-511 to LST-522; LST-600 to LST-652; LST-777 to LST-774; and LST-1115 to LST-1152.[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/emergencylarge/chicagobridge.htm Chicago Bridge] Examples: {{USS|Bamberg County||6}}, USS LST-230, USS LST-231 / {{USS|Atlas|ARL-7|6}}, {{USS|Caddo Parish|LST-515|6}}, {{USS|Calaveras County|LST-516|6}}, {{USS|LST-511}}, USS Burnett County, {{USS|LST-517}}, {{USS|Calhoun County|LST-519|6}}, USS Cape May County, {{USS|Clarke County|LST-601|6}}, {{USS|Clearwater County|LST-602|6}}, {{USS|Coconino County|LST-603|6}}, {{USS|LST-607}}, USS LST-1115 / {{USS|Pentheus|ARL-20|6}}, and USS LST-1116 / {{USS|Proserpine|ARL-21|6}}.

• Barges: YFN-611, YFN-612, and YFN-613
• Floating derrick cranes: YD-120 and YD-121[http://www.navsource.org/archives/14/26idx.htm YD-120 navsourse]
• Tank barge: DPC-408 to DPC-419, to transport liquids.

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Other major projects include:

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• LNG liquefaction plant in Pampa Melchorita, Peru;{{cite news

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• Natural gas processing and treating complex in Cabinda Province, Angola;{{citation needed|date = February 2017}}
• Crude vacuum and decoking unit expansion project for a refinery in Kansas, US;{{citation needed|date = February 2017}}
• Golden Pass LNG import terminal near Sabine Pass, Texas, US;{{citation needed|date = February 2017}}
• Large tankage facility at Shell Pearl GTL, Qatar;{{citation needed|date = February 2017}}
• Hydrotreating and sulfur removal/recovery facilities for several major US refiners;{{citation needed|date = February 2017}}
• A $775 million LNG re-gasification terminal at Quintero Bay, Chile;{{citation needed|date = February 2017}}
• Cat gas hydrotreater (CGHT) in El Paso, Texas, US;{{citation needed|date = February 2017}}
• Hydrogen generation plant in Benicia, California, US;{{citation needed|date = February 2017}}
• Propane dehydrogenation unit in Houston, Texas, US;{{citation needed|date = February 2017}}
• Multiple Middle East storage facilities;{{citation needed|date = February 2017}} and
• Oil sands storage tanks in Alberta, Canada.{{citation needed|date = February 2017}}
• 150 wind turbine towers for wind farms in the western United States (2004).{{citation needed|date = February 2017}}
• Petrochemicals expansion project in Geismar, Louisiana, including the license and basic engineering for ethylene technology (2012).{{cite web|url=http://www.industrial-newsroom.com/news-detail/t/cbi-announces-petrochemicals-expansion-project-in-the-us/|title=CB&I announces Petrochemicals Expansion Project in the U.S.|work=industrial-newsroom.com|access-date=15 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216055438/http://www.industrial-newsroom.com/news-detail/t/cbi-announces-petrochemicals-expansion-project-in-the-us/|archive-date=16 February 2017|url-status=dead}}

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CB&I was revealed as a subscriber to the UK's Consulting Association, exposed in 2009 for operating an illegal construction industry blacklist; CB&I was one of 14 companies issued with enforcement notices by the UK Information Commissioner's Office.{{cite web|title=Construction blacklist|url=https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/construction-blacklist/|website=ICO.org|publisher=ICO|access-date=7 September 2015|archive-date=16 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416235131/https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/construction-blacklist/|url-status=dead}} A CB&I employee consulted the blacklist more than 900 times in 2007 alone, a 2010 employment tribunal was told.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/dec/02/crossrail-blacklisting-scandal |date=2 December 2012 |access-date=5 May 2013 |last=Boffey |first=Daniel |newspaper=The Guardian |title=Crossrail Project Dragged Into Blacklist Scandal}}

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Chicago Bridge & Iron Beaumont was a yard owned by Chicago Bridge & Iron Company from 1982 to 2017 in Beaumont, Texas. Chicago Bridge & Iron Company Beaumont closed the Beaumont work yard, called Beaumont Island Park Fabrication Services, in 2017 after the site was flooded due to Hurricane Harvey in September 2017. In 2008 Chicago Bridge & Iron Company sold the site to Port of Beaumont. Port of Beaumont entered into a partnership with Allegiant Industrial Island Park to rebuild the 75 acres site.[https://kfdm.com/news/local/port-of-bmt-enters-partnership-to kfdm.com, news, Port of Bmt enters partnership to develop former CB&I property, July 5, 2018][https://www.pobtx.com/ Port of Beaumont] Allegiant Industrial opened the Allegiant Industrial Island Park Campus on the site in October 2018. The site has 500,000 square feet of welding and fabrication space.[https://www.bicmagazine.com/resources/supplier-news/allegiant-industrial-opens-island-park-campus-in-beaumont-te/ Allegiant Industrial opens Island Park Campus in Beaumont, Texas, October 24, 2018]

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