	morrison knudsen mrn sees year net falling morrison knudsen corp said its ings for are likely to be lower than those for due to lower than expected growth in engineering and construction and a previously predicted decline in ings of its national steel and shipbuilding unit the company ed mln dlrs in including pretax gains of mln dlrs from pension income and dlrs from the settlement of vested pension obligations down from mln dlrs in it said lower than expected levels of new work booked in the last quarter of and the first two plus months of this year have delayed the expected growth in the engineering and construction area the company said it will remain profitable in and results should strengthen as the year progresses it attributed the decline in new work to more stringent bidding standards and a competitive market reuter 
