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1 st 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.
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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- Engineering P- Procurement C- 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 Trillions of Dollars
Region Specific Oil Field Developments Offshore Wind Farms Gas Field Developments Mining Projects LNG Projects Mining Projects
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
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 Database • 1. 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 • 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