In 1987, the Vinnell Corporation and Brown & Root Services Corporation   formed a joint venture company, called VBR, to provide base maintenance services to the United States military forces within the republic of Turkey.  Both Vinnell and Brown & Root have had extensive experience and successes with individual and joint ventures of this nature.

The VBR Organization, with managing offices at Vinnell’s corporate headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia, is structured to ensure full authority and autonomy of decision-making at the VBR program headquarters level in Adana, Turkey.

A VBR board of directors, comprised of the president of Vinnell Corporation, and the president of Brown & Root Services Corporation, meets quarterly to review and monitor both the fiscal aspects of the contract and performance. The board also convenes for special sessions as circumstances may require.

The organization has been further structured to ensure continuous monitoring of the TBMC program by the Vinnell Director of Operations. The VBR program manager at Incirlik Air Base directs VBR’s in-country organization and performance. He reports to the VBR Director of Operations and has full authority and autonomy for the execution of the TBMC.

The responsibility for the daily operation at the site locations rests with the appointed site managers. VBR’s management philosophy provides each site manager with the requisite authority to exercise this responsibility to the fullest extent.

Vinnell Corporation (a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation), founded in 1931, has earned a reputation for excellence in the performance of a broad range of services for governments, international agencies, US military and private clients. The corporate headquarters, in Fairfax, Virginia, provides the operational base for marketing and for financial, personnel, data, and project management. Logistics, procurement and transportation support for Vinnell’s overseas operations is provided by Logistics and Transportation Services, Inc., (LTSI), a Vinnell subsidiary in Baltimore, Maryland.

Vinnell has successfully undertaken projects in over fifty countries on five continents through a consistently high level of professional and technical proficiency and a thorough understanding of local cultural, business and physical environs. Vinnell’s wide-ranging services include operational and logistics support, facilities and grounds maintenance, training, freight forwarding, and subcontract management.

Vinnell provides technical services and training programs for multi-national military organizations, power production, and industrial facilities. Important DoD contracts include the operation, maintenance, and caretaker services for the US Air Force at three air bases in Oman and the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) Modernization Program which has been entrusted to Vinnell for over 12 years. A multi-million dollar company, Vinnell is a strong, service-oriented organization with worldwide experience and the resources to effectively carry out the Turkey Base Maintenance Contract (TBMC).

Brown & Root Services Corporation(a subsidiary of The Halliburton Company),a worldwide engineering and construction contractor, has successfully executed major projects in the public and private sectors for more than 60 years. Brown & Root’s performance and capabilities have ranked it first in its industry five times in a recent 10-year period. Brown & Root is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and maintains permanent offices around the world.

Brown & Root’s engineering, construction, and maintenance programs have entailed simultaneous management of multiple design, engineering and construction contracts and a full complement of related engineering services in support of widely dispersed projects. Capability and capacity are amply demonstrated in the concurrent execution of services for the $452 million rapid deployment Naval facility in Diego Garcia, the $1.06 billion Maneven project in Venezuela, and the $1.26 billion Chevron project in Mississippi, along with numerous other public and private projects around the world. All these projects were completed on time, or are proceeding on schedule, and within cost and quality objectives.

Brown & Root has significant interest and presence in Turkey, including design engineering and construction management of a 306 mile, 18 inch crude oil pipeline from Batman to Dortyol, and the installation of twin 30 inch subsea pipelines for natural gas across the Sea of Marmara

The diversity in project types and geographic locations has given Brown & Root an excellent understanding of, and past experience in solving, the problems and constraints associated with differing governmental, cultural, societal and economical environments - truly qualifying it as a world class leader.