Damages sustained by Hurricane Harvey have forced the closure of one of CB&I’s facilities in Beaumont, Texas. The effects of Hurricane Harvey, the catastrophic storm that caused unprecedented rainfall and flooding in Southeast Texas , are still being felt – including in the form of energy employment. In a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) dated Sept. 21, CB&I, an engineering, procurement and construction company that serves oil and gas, chemicals, power and industrial storage markets, said it’s being forced to close its Fabrication Services Shop in Beaumont (Island Park) due to “sustained irreparable damage” from Harvey’s rainfall and flooding. The company is permanently closing the entire facility, which resulted in the layoffs of 455 employees, most of them terminated Sept. 21. “Based upon the information provided by weather reporting services prior to the hurricane making landfall and its effects being felt immediately, CB&I had no way of […]