“Book-to-bill was greater than one and we will see our typical seasonal book-to-bill with the first half being greater than one and the back half being under one. And for the full year, I'll tell you that we're expecting book-to-bill to be about one.”

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“Krishnan: Yes, I think you said it. The modernization projects which actually had a significant impact in Q1 orders performance for us in power will go through faster in terms of conversion to sales. But certainly the nuclear projects which is a good portion of our funnel as well as the combined cycle greenfield plants take much longer to convert to sales. Brett Linzey: Okay, got it. And then just a follow-up on orders, so up 1% in the quarter. What are you assuming for order growth for the year as part of this operating framework on the sales side? And then any color on book-to-bill embedded as part of the planning assumptions? Lal Karsanbhai: Yes, Brett, we don't forecast the orders publicly, so we're not going to comment on that. Book-to-bill was greater than one in the first quarter. Book-to-bill was greater than one and we will see our typical seasonal book-to-bill with the first half being greater than one and the back half being under one. And for the full year, I'll tell you that we're expecting book-to-bill to be about one. Yes. Brett Linzey: Okay, great. Appreciate the detail. Best of luck. Operator: The next question comes from Deane Dray from RBC Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Deane Dray: Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Lal Karsanbhai: Good morning, Deane. Deane Dray: Hey, I signed on a bit late. I'm not sure if I missed this, but any comments on how January has gotten off? Lal Karsanbhai: The good news is being you didn't miss anything. We didn't comment on January. I'm not going to comment on it, but beginning of the quarter and we feel good about the guide we just put out there. Deane Dray: Okay. And I know there was a reference to mega projects and there's still lots of focus on where and how they play out. There was a reference to them in on the automation side. Just what's your setup? What's y”