[Shuie]

Im not really sure why nobody ever cries about how politically connected Steve Bectel is. They get there fair share of government money and they can do large scale work like this. Shaw is getting there foot in the door on some of this stuff as well.

You guys that cry about Halliburton getting all of these huge contracts dont actually think they do the work do you? Does anyone have stats on how much work they sub out? Ive worked on more than one job where KBR was a general contractor who did absolutely nothing but manage smaller contracts with specialized subs. Of course they make a fee, but so does everyone else who gets out there and gets a piece of the work. All of the subcontracts on taxpayer funded jobs are awarded to the lowest bidder in a public bid format on an equal oppurtunity basis.

The only time Ive ever seen KBR craft labor come in and do work was on a pipe job that was so far behind schedule that the piping sub contractor was run off from the site. KBR brought a crew of fitters that did more work on a daily basis than the previous contractor was doing in a week until they were back on schedule.