R. W. Beck Is Independent Engineer in Four Honored Projects

DENVER, Feb. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- R.W. Beck, a business and engineeringconsultancy, provided Independent Engineering services for four projects,which have been honored as "Deals of the Year" by Project Finance Magazineduring 2007. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030429/RWBECKLOGO ) "We want to congratulate the sponsors and lenders associated with thesefour projects, as well as to thank them for their confidence in us asIndependent Engineer," says Bill Reynolds, Executive Vice President ofGlobal Asset Consulting at R. W. Beck. One of the awards was the North America Public Power Deal of the Yearfor the St. Clair Energy Centre, which helped fulfill a clean energycontract between Ontario and the local Power Authority. "The Centre demonstrated to the financing market how a highly complexconstruction strategy can be analyzed and structured to a successful end,"says Vince Hahn, Vice President of Global Asset Consulting and projectmanager. "I was fortunate to work with a lead arranger-the Royal Bank ofCanada-and a sponsor-Invenergy-that fostered an environment of creativityand problem solving throughout the financing process." The Latin America Refinancing Deal of the Year was the Panama CanalRailway Company, for which R. W. Beck provided third-party expertise forrefinancing. The Firm also provided Independent Engineering for financing Longview,the nation's largest single-asset power project, which won the NorthAmerica Merchant Power Deal of the Year. The Nuevas Ventanas coal-firedpower plant in Chile won the Latin America Power Deal of the Year. The awards will be presented at the 9th Annual Project Finance AwardsDinner at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on Thursday, March 6. Founded 65 years ago, R. W. Beck (rwbeck.com) is a technically basedbusiness consulting and engineering firm providing services to both publicand private sectors in the areas of energy, water and waste resources.