U.S. modularization—Keep an eye toward the most economical approach

Carl Rentschler is the U.S. sales representative for Al Bassami Industries, a global steel fabrication company based in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has more than 40 yr of varied engineering and management experience with three international EPC companies in the power and petrochemical fields. Mr. Rentschler holds a BS degree in civil engineering from Pennsylvania State University and an MEng degree from Cornell University. He is also a licensed professional engineer.

Goutam Shahani is Vice President of sales and marketing at ShureLine Construction. Previously, he was Business Development Manager at Linde Engineering in North America. With more than 30 yr of industry experience, Mr. Shahani specializes in industrial gases for the energy, refining and chemical industries. He holds BS and MS degrees in chemical engineering, as well as an MBA degree.