NGEE ANN CITY, Sept. 16--PRNewswire-AsiaNet/InfoQuest At the one-year anniversary mark, management consulting and engineering firm R. W. Beck Inc., has secured four independent engineering projects in Southeast Asia -- with several more project possibilities in the works. ( Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030429/RWBECKLOGO ) Lance Hardesty, senior director for Southeast Asia, says, "Our presence in Singapore has been very beneficial both for us and our clients in the power, oil and gas and mining financing sectors." Most recently, R. W. Beck was retained to act as the independent engineer in support of the refinancing of the 110MW Wayang Windu Geothermal Power Project in West Java, Indonesia. Among its newsworthy accomplishments, previously announced, the Singapore office was responsible for the award to R. W. Beck of the assignment as independent engineer in support of the financing of the Ratchaburi Independent Power Project, a 2x700MW gas-fired combined-cycle power plant located in Ratchaburi Province, Thailand. Bill Reynolds, leader of Energy Asset Consulting for R. W. Beck, says, "We are extremely pleased by this validation of our business plan for the Singapore office, and the successes we have seen over this past year." Both Reynolds and Hardesty concur that more project opportunities will unfold in the increasingly robust Asian market. For more information on the R. W. Beck office in Singapore, visit R. W. Beck's Web site at ( http://www.rwbeck.com/insight/offices.asp ). Founded more than 60 years ago, R. W. Beck (rwbeck.com) is a technically based management consulting and engineering firm providing services to both public and private sectors in the areas of energy and water/waste resources. SOURCE: R. W. Beck, Inc. CONTACT: Pamela Denahy, Public Relations Coordinator, R. W. Beck, +1-303-299-5232, [email protected] Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030429/RWBECKLOGO AP Archive: http://photoarchive.ap.org PRN Photo Desk: [email protected] Web site: http://www.rwbeck.com --Distributed by AsiaNet (www.asianetnews.net)--