Black & Veatch Selects Two Project Managers for Growing Energy Business

Overland Park, KS. (November 10, 2005) – Black & Veatch Corporation, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, has added two senior-level project managers to support growth in the energy market. Within B&V Energy, Prahlad Kaushik has been named Project Manager in the combustion turbine business line; and Edward Lauzon was named Project Manager in the coal business line.

Kaushik comes to Black & Veatch with significant experience in a variety of roles in the power industry, as well as the oil refining and petrochemical industry. He has extensive experience on projects around the world and a strong commercial background in both lump sum turnkey projects and cost reimbursable projects.

“Prahlad is an important addition to our project management team,” stated Larry Seibolt, Combustion Turbine Business Line Director. “He will lead large-scale, complex projects in our growing Middle East, India, Europe and Africa regions, as we anticipate significant growth and opportunity in those regions of the world.”

Lauzon is a Project Development and Project Controls expert, with 25 years experience in managing large, complex projects. “Edward’s breadth of experience and expertise covers a wide-range of power projects,” said Ron Ott, the Coal Business Line Director. He will provide additional strength to our Coal Business Line management team to help meet the growing demand we are seeing with clients to make coal a reliable, efficient and clean source of power.”

About Black & Veatch

Black & Veatch Corporation is a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in energy, water, information and government markets. Founded in 1915, Black & Veatch develops tailored infrastructure solutions that meet clients’ needs and provide sustainable benefits. Solutions include conceptual and preliminary engineering services, engineering design, procurement, construction, financial management, asset management, information technology, environmental, security design and consulting, and management consulting services. The employee-owned company has more than 90 offices worldwide. Black & Veatch is ranked on the Forbes “500 Largest Private Companies in the United States” listing for 2004. The company’s Web site address is www.bv.com.

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