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bechtel.com}}}}Bechtel Corporation ({{IPAc-en|Ëˆ|b|É›|k|t|É™l}}) is an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management company founded in San Francisco, California in 1898, and headquartered in Reston, Virginia.NEWS, Bachtel decides to stay in Post Oak, Sarnoff, Nancy,www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Bechtel-decides-to-stay-on-Post-Oak-4730480.php, Houston Chronicle, 13 August 2013, 19 March 2018, NEWS, Bechtel Corporation moving from Maryland to Virginia, Schwartz, Heidi,businessfacilities.com/2015/03/bechtel-corporation-moving-from-maryland-to-virginia/, Business Facilities, 6 March 2015, 21 March 2018, {{asof|2022}}, the Engineering News-Record ranked Bechtel as the second largest construction company in the United States, following Turner Construction.NEWS, May 2022, ENR 2022 Top 400 Contractors 1â€“100, Engineering News-Record,www.enr.com/toplists/2022-Top-400-Contractors-1-preview, 2022-10-16,

History

Founding and early years

Bechtel’s business activities began in 1898, when cattle farmer Warren A. Bechtel moved from Peabody, Kansas, to the Oklahoma Territory to construct railroads with his team of mules.BOOK, Big Dams and Other Dreams: The Six Companies Story, Donald E. Wolf, 2010, University of Oklahoma Press, 978-0-8061-4162-6,books.google.com/books?id=HKgHSrsqAosC&q=wattis+bechtel&pg=PA22, 11 April 2014, Bechtel moved his family frequently between construction sites around the western United States for the next several years, eventually moving to Oakland, California, in 1904, where he worked as the superintendent on the Western Pacific Railroad. In 1906, W. A. Bechtel won his first subcontract to build part of the Oroville-to-Oakland section of the Western Pacific Railroad. That year he bought a steam shovel, becoming a pioneer of the new technology.NEWS, He Built It -- And They Came; Be Diligent: Bechtel’s hard work powered his drive to build the frontier, Reinhardt Krause,news.investors.com/management-leaders-in-success/091404-401236-he-built-it-and-they-came-be-diligent-bechtels-hard-work-powered-his-drive-to-build-the-frontier.htm, Investor’s Business Daily, September 14, 2004, 15 April 2014, NEWS, Company, 75, Still Is Family-Owned; Director of Companies Corporate Profile: Family-Owned Bechtel Is a World Builder at the Age of 75 Steamshovel Pioneer, Robert Wright,www.nytimes.com/1973/10/03/archives/company-75-still-is-familyowned-director-of-companies-corporate.html?ref=bechtelgroup, The New York Times, October 3, 1973, 14 April 2014, He painted “W.A. Bechtel Co.” on the side of the steam shovel, effectively establishing Bechtel as a company, although it was not yet incorporated.BOOK, Colossus: The Turbulent, Thrilling Saga of the Building of Hoover Dam, Michael Hiltzik, 2011, Free Press, 978-1-4165-3217-0,books.google.com/books?id=-qMYJX4_8aQC&q=bechtel+peabody+kansas&pg=PA167, 14 April 2014, Bechtel completed work on a series of railroad contracts during the early 1900s, culminating in an extension of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad finished in 1914.Starting with the construction of Klamath River Highway in California in 1919, Bechtel ventured into jobs other than building railroads. The company built roads, bridges, and highways throughout the western United States. The company worked on its first hydroelectric projects in the 1920s for Pacific Gas and Electric Company in California.BOOK, Jason Henderson, Stanley D. Brunn, Engineering Earth: The Impacts of Megaengineering Projects, Springer, 2011, 783â€“801, Chapter 45: Bechtel: The Global Corporation, 978-9048199198,books.google.com/books?id=mEyjMx7EV8IC&q=1919+road+california+bechtel&pg=PA785, In 1925, Warren, his sons Warren A. Bechtel Jr, Stephen, Kenneth (Ken), and his brother Arthur (Art) joined him to incorporate as W.A. Bechtel Company,Obituary story of Warren A. Bechtel; Peabody Gazette-Herald; October 12, 1933. which by this time was the leading construction company in the western United States.NEWS, Building a new world: Behind the scenes with Bechtel, Julie Pitta,www.worldtradewt100.com/articles/building-a-new-world-behind-the-scenes-with-bechtel?v=preview, World Trade, August 1, 2003, 14 April 2014,www.worldtradewt100.com/articles/building-a-new-world-behind-the-scenes-with-bechtel?v=preview," title="web.archive.org/web/20141006104452www.worldtradewt100.com/articles/building-a-new-world-behind-the-scenes-with-bechtel?v=preview,">web.archive.org/web/20141006104452www.worldtradewt100.com/articles/building-a-new-world-behind-the-scenes-with-bechtel?v=preview, October 6, 2014, dead, In 1929, Warren’s son, Stephen, urged his father to embark on the company’s first pipeline project. Bechtel began working with California Standard Oil Company to build pipelines and refineries.NEWS, Finalists for Rebuilding Down to 2 Firms, David Streitfeld,articles.latimes.com/2003/apr/03/news/war-rebuild3, Los Angeles Times, April 3, 2003, 14 April 2014, In January 1931, Bechtel joined other contractors in the west to form Six Companies, Inc., a consortium created to bid for a contract from the U.S. government to construct Hoover Dam. Six Companies won the bid in March and construction began in the summer of 1931.

WWII, overseas expansion and the nuclear age

Warren Bechtel died unexpectedly in 1933 while in Moscow on business. He was succeeded by his oldest son, Warren A. Bechtel Jr,. first, then later Stephen Bechtel Sr., who became both the head of Bechtel and chief executive of the Hoover Dam project. Under his leadership, the Hoover Dam was finished in 1935. The project was the largest of its kind in U.S. history at the time and Bechtel’s first megaproject.NEWS, Modern pharaohs, Seth Lubove,business.highbeam.com/392705/article-1G1-54663812/modern-pharaohs,business.highbeam.com/392705/article-1G1-54663812/modern-pharaohs," title="web.archive.org/web/20141006083429business.highbeam.com/392705/article-1G1-54663812/modern-pharaohs,">web.archive.org/web/20141006083429business.highbeam.com/392705/article-1G1-54663812/modern-pharaohs, dead, October 6, 2014, Forbes, May 31, 1999, 15 April 2014, During World War II, the United States Maritime Commission invited the company to bid for a contract to build half of their order of 60 cargo ships. The company had no prior experience in shipbuilding, but bid for the entire 60 ships.NEWS, Bechtel’s roots in Mideast / Lucrative projects date back to WWII, David R. Baker,www.sfgate.com/news/article/Bechtel-s-roots-in-Mideast-Lucrative-projects-2618799.php#page-2, San Francisco Chronicle, May 4, 2003, 15 April 2014, Between 1941 and 1945, Bechtel’s wartime shipyards, including Marinship and Calship, built 560 vessels. Bechtel also worked on a pipeline from the Yukon to Alaska called Canol for the United States Department of War during this period.Under Stephen Bechtel Sr., the company diversified its projects and expanded its work into other countries. The company also focused on turnkey projects, a concept Stephen Bechtel Sr. pioneered, in which Bechtel handled a project from planning and design through construction.NEWS, Stephen D. Bechtel Is Dead at 88; Led Major Construction Concern, Andrew Pollack,www.nytimes.com/1989/03/15/obituaries/stephen-d-bechtel-is-dead-at-88-led-major-construction-concern.html?pagewanted=print, The New York Times, March 15, 1989, 15 April 2014, NEWS, Bechtel Corp., Industry Partnership Award,www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-36598333.html,www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-36598333.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140611070901www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-36598333.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140611070901www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-36598333.html, dead, June 11, 2014, Mining Engineering, November 1, 1998, 14 April 2014, Bechtel’s first job outside the U.S. was building the Mene Grande pipeline in Venezuela in 1940. In 1947, Bechtel began construction on what was then the world’s longest oil pipeline, the Trans-Arabian Pipeline, which began in Saudi Arabia, ran across Jordan and Syria, and ended in Lebanon,BOOK, The A to Z of the Petroleum Industry

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URL=HTTPS://ARCHIVE.ORG/DETAILS/SIM_OIL-GAS-JOURNAL_1952-01-07_50_35/PAGE/52/MODE/1UP?Q=%22BECHTEL%22, The company continued to expand globally throughout the 1940s, particularly in the Middle East.In 1949, Bechtel began working with nuclear power after being contracted to build the Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Idaho. The company later built the United States’ first privately financed commercial nuclear power plant, the Dresden Generating Station, for Commonwealth Edison in Illinois in 1957.NEWS, Bechtel, New Contractor at Idaho Lab, Has Strong Ties to Nuclear Industry, Paul Menser,www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54816190.html,www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54816190.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150323011713www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54816190.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150323011713www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54816190.html, dead, March 23, 2015, Knight Ridder, June 4, 1999, 14 April 2014, BOOK, The Earth Changers, Neill Wilson, Frank Taylor, 1957, Doubleday (publisher), Doubleday, 290, Other major projects in the 1950s included the Trans Mountain Pipeline in 1952, an oil pipeline in Canada, and a preliminary study for the English Channel in 1959.MAGAZINE, The Master Builders from Bechtel, Alexander L. Taylor III,content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,925559,00.html, Time (magazine), Time, July 12, 1982, 14 April 2014, Bechtel also began engineering work on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system in 1959.

Megaprojects era

Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. took over for his father as president of the company as Stephen Bechtel Sr. retired in 1960.NEWS, The rebuilding of Bechtel: Riley Bechtel has made peace with his past and taken on the family job of doing the undoable, Matt Rothman,w3.nexis.com/new/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T19676706087&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T19676706091&cisb=22_T19676706090&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=140610&docNo=8, California Business, April 1, 1991, 14 April 2014, During the 1960s and 1970s, Bechtel was involved in constructing 40% of the nuclear plants in the United States. In 1968, the company completed the largest nuclear plant in the U.S. at the time, the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, in California.NEWS, Bechtel Group: training ground for Reagan Cabinet?, Leon Lindsay,www.csmonitor.com/1982/0707/070746.html/(page)/2, The Christian Science Monitor, July 7, 1982, 15 April 2014, In 1972, Bechtel was involved in approximately 20% of all of the United States’ new power-generating capacity. By the end of the decade, the company had moved from nuclear power construction toward nuclear cleanup projects, including Three Mile Island in 1979.Bechtel completed work on other megaprojects during the 1970s, including major airports in Saudi Arabia and the metro rail in Washington, D.C. In 1976, the company began work on the industrial city of Jubail in Saudi Arabia. The company’s multiple construction contracts helped to transform the area from a small village to a city with a population of over a quarter of a million people.In the 1980s, Bechtel handled the project management of the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.NEWS, Bechtel team arrives to review Games plans,www.deseretnews.com/article/600069/Bechtel-team-arrives-to-review-Games-plans.html?pg=all, Deseret News, December 11, 1997, 21 August 2014, The company also built the Ankara-Gerede Motorway in Turkey as part of the network of roadways linking Europe and Asia in 1986.NEWS, Continuity and change at the family firm, Angus Hindley,w3.nexis.com/new/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T19676632708&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T19676632712&cisb=22_T19676632711&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=140610&docNo=25, MEED, March 20, 1998, 5 September 2014, July 14, 2019,www.nexis.com/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T19676632708&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T19676632712&cisb=22_T19676632711&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=140610&docNo=25," title="web.archive.org/web/20190714041228www.nexis.com/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T19676632708&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T19676632712&cisb=22_T19676632711&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=140610&docNo=25,">web.archive.org/web/20190714041228www.nexis.com/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T19676632708&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T19676632712&cisb=22_T19676632711&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=140610&docNo=25, dead, In 1987, Bechtel was awarded a contract for project management services of an undersea tunnel linking the UK and France called the Channel Tunnel or “Chunnel.” The tunnel was completed in 1994.WEB,www.railway-technology.com/projects/channel-tunnel/, Channel Tunnel, Strait of Dover, English Channel, United Kingdom, Railway-Technology, 5 September 2014, {{unreliable source?|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST|date=August 2016}}

Increased business and visibility

The recession of the 1980s turned the company’s focus toward new areas of growth including environmental cleanup and alternative energy projects.NEWS, Big Builders Learn to Think Small, Thomas C. Hayes,www.nytimes.com/1985/07/28/business/big-builders-learn-to-think-small.html?ref=bechtelgroup&pagewanted=all, The New York Times, July 28, 1985, 14 April 2014, In 1989 Riley P. Bechtel was named president of the company.In 1991, Bechtel, in a joint venture with Parsons Brinckerhoff, broke ground on Boston’s Central Artery/Tunnel Project or “Big Dig,” a project the company had been in charge of since 1986.NEWS, Bechtel says report on overruns was unfair, Scott Bernard Nelson,www.boston.com/globe/metro/packages/bechtel/022103_folo.shtml, The Boston Globe, 21 February 2003, 25 September 2014, The Big Dig was, at the time, the largest and most complex urban transportation project ever undertaken in the US. The 20-year project was critiqued for rising costs and increasing scope of work, as the Big Dig became more complex than was originally estimated. Criticism of the project increased in 2005 when a leak sprang in one of the new tunnels. In the summer of 2006, a faulty tunnel ceiling panel collapsed, killing a motorist.NEWS, Big Dig tragedy could stain Bechtel’s name / Delays, cost overruns, leaks and now a death in Boston puts spotlight on S.F. construction giant -- and some of its other mammoth projects, David R. Baker,www.sfgate.com/business/article/Big-Dig-tragedy-could-stain-Bechtel-s-name-2492830.php#page-3, San Francisco Chronicle, July 19, 2006, 14 April 2014, Litigation ensued, and in January 2008, Bechtel settled with federal and state officials for $352 million with other contractors involved paying smaller amounts.NEWS, Bechtel, partner settle Big Dig lawsuit, David R. Baker,www.sfgate.com/business/article/Bechtel-partner-settle-Big-Dig-lawsuit-3230087.php, San Francisco Chronicle, January 24, 2008, 9 September 2014, As a result of the Gulf war, Bechtel accepted the task of extinguishing oil well fires in Kuwait in 1991. This fire-suppression project was part of the effort to rebuild the infrastructure of Kuwait.In 1994, Bechtel began work on the US$20 billion Hong Kong Airport Core Programme, which was the largest civil engineering project at the time and included a new airport and nine other infrastructure projects.NEWS, Asia : Hong Kong’s New Airport Finally Gets Off Ground, Maggie Farley,articles.latimes.com/1994-12-02/news/mn-4094_1_hong-kong, Los Angeles Times, December 2, 1994, 9 September 2014, BOOK, Emergent Architectural Territories in East Asian Cities, Peter G Rowe, 2011, Walter de Gruyter, 978-3-0346-1059-9, 84,books.google.com/books?id=GeuaUWm7RbAC&q=bechtel&pg=PA84, 9 September 2014, Bechtel’s other major projects during the 1990s included the Athens Metro system,MAGAZINE, Stephen Bechtel: Global Builder, George J. Church,content.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,989775,00.html, Time (magazine), Time, December 7, 1998, 15 April 2014, the Atlantic LNG in Trinidad, the Croatian Motorway,NEWS, Croatia Tries to Unlock Economy With Multibillion-Dollar Motorway, John J. Kosowatz,www.enr.com/articles/29758-croatia-tries-to-unlock-economy-with-multibillion-dollar-motorway?v=preview, Engineering News-Record, August 26, 2002, 21 August 2014, the Jubilee Line Extension for the London Underground, Quezon Power Plant in the Philippines,NEWS, Quezon power plant soon to be operational,www.philstar.com/business/101319/quezon-power-plant-soon-be-operational, The Philippine Star, January 14, 2000, 21 August 2014, and a semiconductor plant in China.NEWS, Massive public works projects featured at new exhibit, Randolph E. Schmid,www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-19740384.html,www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-19740384.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150323011816www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-19740384.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150323011816www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-19740384.html, dead, March 23, 2015, Associated Press, June 1, 1998, 14 April 2014, NEWS, The private companies that drive the global economy, Richard Anderson,www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12334757, BBC, April 26, 2011, 14 April 2014, NEWS, Bechtel completes phase 1 of Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project,www.railway-technology.com/news/newsbechtel-completes-phase-i-of-dulles-corridor-metrorail-project-4253408, Railway-Technology, April 28, 2014, 21 August 2014, {{unreliable source?|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST|date=August 2016}} Bechtel also managed design and construction of facilities for Olympic games: the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics, and the Winter Games in Nagano, Japan in 1998.NEWS, Firms Vie For Olympic Gold / U.S. companies see opportunities as Beijing prepares for 2008 games, David Armstrong,www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Firms-Vie-For-Olympic-Gold-U-S-companies-see-2896823.php, San Francisco Chronicle, July 26, 2001, 8 September 2014, In the early 2000s, the company provided planning and management services for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. In 2001, Bechtel was part of a consortium to project manage the US$4.3 billion construction of the CSPC Nanhai Petrochemicals Complex in China.NEWS, CSPC Petrochemical Complex, China,www.chemicals-technology.com/projects/nanhai/, Chemicals-Technology, 14 April 2014, Several projects in the 2000s attracted controversy. In 2000, after a protest against water prices being raised by a utility partially owned by Bechtel in Bolivia, the company pulled out of the country and later filed suit against Bolivia for $25 million in losses. The claim was settled in 2006 for $0.30.NEWS, BOLIVIA: Bechtel Drops $50 Million Claim to Settle Bolivian Water Dispute,www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13144, Environment News Service, January 19, 2006, 9 September 2014, February 13, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210213211154/https://corpwatch.org/article/bolivia-bechtel-drops-50-million-claim-settle-bolivian-water-dispute, dead, In 2001, Bechtel began work on the Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at the Hanford site in Washington state.NEWS, Building technologies developed at Hanford vit plant, Annette Cary,www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/11/25/1730597_building-technologies-developed.html?rh=1, Tri-City Herald, November 25, 2011, 17 September 2014,www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/11/25/1730597_building-technologies-developed.html?rh=1," title="web.archive.org/web/20141006070451www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/11/25/1730597_building-technologies-developed.html?rh=1,">web.archive.org/web/20141006070451www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/11/25/1730597_building-technologies-developed.html?rh=1, October 6, 2014, dead, The project is a highly complex plant for the treatment of radioactive liquid waste that has employed new technologies and construction techniques that are the first of their kind. As of 2013, it is considered the most complex project in the US.NEWS, Sealed ‘black cells’ stall radioactive waste cleanup at Hanford nuclear reservation, Scott Learn,www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/03/black_cells_behind_stalled_cle.html, The Oregonian, March 16, 2013, 25 September 2014, Management of the project has been the subject of controversy including the Department of Energy’s Inspector General reports and Government Accountability Office studies regarding rising costs, nuclear safety and quality, and whistleblower allegations. For example, in 2013 the DOE Inspector General concluded that “Bechtel determined that there was a systemic problem and a breakdown in controls over the review of design changes”, but that the company had taken steps to correct the problems.NEWS, Bechtel failed to do safety checks at nuclear waste plant, Energy Department report says, Mufson, Steven,www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/bechtel-failed-to-do-safety-checks-at-nuclear-waste-plant-energy-department-report-says/2013/10/03/50e69782-2b8a-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html, The Washington Post, 3 October 2013, 19 March 2018, NEWS, LaFlure, Rebecca, Hanford nuclear site clean-up: The mess gets worse,investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/18/21482804-hanford-nuclear-site-clean-up-the-mess-gets-worse?lite, 24 January 2014, The Center for Public Integrity/NBC News, 18 November 2013, In 2003, Bechtel won a $680 million contract to begin rebuilding infrastructure in Iraq for U.S. Agency for International Development. The contract led to the company being accused of both non-competitive bidding and war profiteering.NEWS, Bechtel Target of Anti-War Protesters, Aaron Davis and Dana Hull,www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99317135.html,www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99317135.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150323165835www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99317135.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150323165835www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99317135.html, dead, March 23, 2015, Knight Ridder, March 28, 2003, 14 April 2014, Bechtel won a competitively-bid second contract in January 2004,NEWS, Bechtel Wins Its Second Big Contract for Iraq, Michael Janofsky,www.nytimes.com/2004/01/07/world/struggle-for-iraq-reconstruction-bechtel-wins-its-second-big-contract-for-iraq.html, The New York Times, January 7, 2004, 14 April 2014, and completed 97 of 99 task orders of the contract, returning the two remaining projects due to the escalating security concerns in the country.NEWS, Bechtel Speaks About Work in a War Zone, Tom Sawyer and Andrew G. Wright,www.enr.com/articles/35628-bechtel-speaks-about-work-in-a-war-zone?v=preview, Engineering News-Record, October 30, 2006, 21 August 2014, Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Bechtel was one of four companies hired by FEMA to build temporary housing. Bechtel delivered over 35,000 trailers in under a year for displaced residents in Mississippi, though the company was criticized by officials and in the media for the cost and quality of work.NEWS, Controversy Continues over Post-Katrina Spending on Trailers, Jefferey Kaye,www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather-jan-june07-katrina_04-09/, PBS, April 9, 2007, 14 April 2014, In 2007, Bechtel began work on the Romanian A3 motorway (Autostrada Transilvania) and Albanian motorways. Bechtel and the Romanian National Roads Authority jointly agreed on a settlement to end the contract for works on the Autostrada Transilvania in 2013. The Albanian Motorway was opened to traffic in 2010 on schedule.NEWS, Romania offers $450m to the contractor who’ll finish its road to nowhere, David Rogers,www.globalconreview.com/markets/romania-offers-450m-finish-road-nowhere/, Global Construction Review, June 6, 2014, 21 August 2014, NEWS, Highway set to bring Albania and Kosovo closer, Benet Koleka,www.reuters.com/article/us-albania-kosovo-link-idUSL261003820070628?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0, Reuters, June 28, 2007, 21 August 2014, October 6, 2014,www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/28/us-albania-kosovo-link-idUSL261003820070628?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0," title="web.archive.org/web/20141006065841www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/28/us-albania-kosovo-link-idUSL261003820070628?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0,">web.archive.org/web/20141006065841www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/28/us-albania-kosovo-link-idUSL261003820070628?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0, live, Other major projects at the end of the 2000s included the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington state,NEWS, At last, it’s good to go, Rob Carson,www.thenewstribune.com/2007/07/15/110260/at-last-its-good-to-go.html, The News Tribune, July 15, 2007, 5 September 2014,www.thenewstribune.com/2007/07/15/110260/at-last-its-good-to-go.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20141006114720www.thenewstribune.com/2007/07/15/110260/at-last-its-good-to-go.html,">web.archive.org/web/20141006114720www.thenewstribune.com/2007/07/15/110260/at-last-its-good-to-go.html, October 6, 2014, dead, Jamnagar Refinery expansion in India,NEWS, Sohar Aluminium pours first hot metal,www.gulfindustryonline.com/news/6795_Sohar-Aluminium-pours-first-hot-metal.html, Gulf Industry Online, July 1, 2008, 21 August 2014, Equatorial GuineaLNG,NEWS, Equatorial Guinea LNG Project, Bioko Island, Punta Europa, Equatorial Guinea,www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/bioko-lng/

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2000 Bolivian Water privatization, rate increase and violence

After years of unreliable water supply and 40% water loss in the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, the World Bank pressured Bolivia to put SEMAPA (the Cochabamba water utility) up for auction without funding. Bechtel and others formed a consortium named “Aguas del Tunari” (Water of Tunari â€“ a local regional term) to file a bid to the city of Cochabamba, Bolivia in 1999. Bechtel was a 27% partner and Abengoa S.A. of Spain was a 25% partner. This bid was in response to the increasing pressure from the World Bank, which had funded and extended water supply projects for the country of Bolivia, to privatize the water utility of Cochabamba. With the strings attached in 1995, and the World Bank participating in draft bids in 1997, the Aguas del Tunari consortium were the only bidders for the auction. The bid was accepted, under pressure of the World Bank and the conditions of their loans to Bolivia. The terms were ratified in the often-cited Law 2029 by the legislative body of Bolivia, however largely it had previously been accepted and influenced by local governments. Under the terms, Bechtel and the consortium immediately raised water pricing 35% and after the first month they had raised the price for water to the residents by almost 60% and in other parts much higher. The Bechtel consortium contract claimed harvesting of rainwater violated its contract essentially monopolizing the supply of water to millions of people.WEB, BOLIVIA: Bechtel Drops $50 Million Claim to Settle Bolivian Water Dispute {{!, corpwatch |url=https://www.corpwatch.org/article/bolivia-bechtel-drops-50-million-claim-settle-bolivian-water-dispute |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=www.corpwatch.org}}WEB, How Bolivians Fought For â€” and Won â€” Water Access for All,www.ucpress.edu/blog/58831/how-bolivians-fought-for-and-won-water-access-for-all/, 2022-09-12, UC Press Blog, en, WEB, FRONTLINE/WORLD . Bolivia â€“ Leasing the Rain . The Story {{!, PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bolivia/thestory.html |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=www.pbs.org}}{{Citation |title=Lymphoblasts More Than 50 Percent of Bone Marrow Nucleated Cells |date=2020-02-02 |work=Definitions |publisher=Qeios |doi=10.32388/2vtcpi |s2cid=240681878 |doi-access=free}}WEB, Sangha, Sukhpal Kaur, Uncovering the Bolivian Water War 15 Years Later,natoassociation.ca/uncovering-the-bolivian-water-war-15-years-later/, 2022-09-12, NAOC, en-CA, WEB, Bolivians end foreign-owned water privatization in Cochabamba ‘Water War’, 2000 {{!, Global Nonviolent Action Database |url=https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/bolivians-end-foreign-owned-water-privatization-cochabamba-water-war-2000 |access-date=2022-09-12 |website=nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu}} Water became one fifth of the average person’s expenses and protests erupted. Protests were met with a cold shoulder response by Bechtel expressing they would simply cut-off water to those who did not pay. Further protests were enhanced when agricultural sectors realized the bylaws allowed Bechtel and the consortium rights to rain water as well, which was assumed to mean they could no longer collect rain water.World Bank:Bolivia Water Management: A Tale of Three Cities {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719150002lnweb90.worldbank.org/oed/oeddoclib.nsf/docunidviewforjavasearch/ee95ee729b8a87cb85256bad0066c3a4/$file/precis_222.pdf |date=19 July 2011}}, Operations Evaluation Department PrÃ©cis, Spring 2002, Number 222, retrieved on 19 March 2022NEWS, Leasing The Rain, William, Finnegan, 8 April 2002, The New Yorker,www.waterobservatory.org/library.cfm?refID=33711, 15 February 2007,www.waterobservatory.org/library.cfm?refID=33711," title="web.archive.org/web/20070929151555www.waterobservatory.org/library.cfm?refID=33711,">web.archive.org/web/20070929151555www.waterobservatory.org/library.cfm?refID=33711, 29 September 2007, dead, Violence between protesters and police resulted in the burning of government buildings and hundreds of injured within the first days of the conflict. The local governments of Manfred Reyes Villa (mayor) and Jose Pepe Orias (prefect or governor) resigned. The contract was ultimately abandoned, for which Bechtel in February 2021 demanded settlement. The aftermath of the violence was destruction of public property in downtown Cochabamba paid for by taxpayers, the death of one civilian, restitution by the government, and hundreds of injured police, military personnel, and protestors. A movie titled Even the Rain with actor Gael GarcÃa Bernal depicts a historical fiction story set in this time. The conflict became known as the Cochabamba Water War.

Locations and operational activities

Bechtel’s major operational locations are in Brisbane,NEWS, Life in the valley a gas for Bechtel, Bartsch, Phil,www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/life-in-the-valley-a-gas-for-bechtel/story-fn6ck2gb-1226023582014, The Courier-Mail, March 18, 2011, 20 March 2014, Calgary,NEWS, William Dudley,www.world-gen.com/class03/dudley.html, World Generation Magazine, 2003, 9 April 2014, Chandler, Arizona, Dubai,NEWS, Bechtel joining in Gulf metals and mining boom, Neuhof, Florian,www.thenational.ae/business/industry-insights/economics/bechtel-joining-in-gulf-metals-and-mining-boom, The National (Abu Dhabi), The National, September 11, 2013, 20 March 2014, Houston,NEWS, Bechtel is Hiring for 170 Positions in Houston, Patrick, Jennifer,blog.chron.com/houstonshiring/2012/06/bechtel-is-hiring-for-170-positions-in-houston/, Houston Chronicle, June 13, 2012, 20 March 2014, July 10, 2015,blog.chron.com/houstonshiring/2012/06/bechtel-is-hiring-for-170-positions-in-houston/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150710205025blog.chron.com/houstonshiring/2012/06/bechtel-is-hiring-for-170-positions-in-houston/,">web.archive.org/web/20150710205025blog.chron.com/houstonshiring/2012/06/bechtel-is-hiring-for-170-positions-in-houston/, dead, Knoxville, Tennessee, London,NEWS, Bechtel set to take up 75,000 sq ft of London office space at FC200, MacGregor, Kirsty,www.devono.com/news/bechtel-set-to-take-up-75,000-sq-ft-of-london-office-space-at-fc200-19035875/, DeVono, November 12, 2013, 20 March 2014, February 19, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200219063620/https://www.devono.com/blog/bechtel-set-to-take-up-75-000-sq-ft-of-london-office-space-at-fc200/, dead, New Delhi,NEWS, 15% Of Bechtel Turnover To Come From India,www.business-standard.com/article/specials/15-of-bechtel-turnover-to-come-from-india-198020601117_1.html, Business Standard, February 6, 1998, 9 April 2014, Reston, Virginia,NEWS, Bechtel moving 625 jobs from Frederick to Reston,www.fredericknewspost.com/archive/bechtel-moving-jobs-from-frederick-to-reston/article_2e2ab89f-fe69-5728-8740-dc401b45f513.html, Frederick News-Post, November 8, 2011, 20 March 2014, San Francisco,NEWS, Bechtel’s Higgins Stresses Ethics, Dipietro, Ben,www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304773104579266202310526722, The Wall Street Journal, January 15, 2014, January 27, 2014, Santiago,NEWS, The bigger picture: Peter Dawson interview,www.nce.co.uk/the-bigger-picture-peter-dawson-interview/8640118.article, New Civil Engineer, December 13, 2012, 17 April 2014, Shanghai, Nairobi, Taipei, and Washington, D.C.The company is headquartered in Reston,NEWS, Bechtel to move headquarters to Reston after more than a century in San Francisco, bringing 150 jobs, Gregg, Aaron,www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/bechtel-to-move-headquarters-to-reston-after-more-than-a-century-in-san-francisco-bringing-150-jobs/2018/06/07/f562e108-6a69-11e8-bea7-c8eb28bc52b1_story.html, The Washington Post, June 7, 2018, December 18, 2018, which also houses the company’s global operational headquarters,NEWS, Bechtel to move some jobs from Maryland to Virginia, Anita Kumar and Fredrick Kunkle,www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/bechtel-to-move-some-jobs-from-maryland-to-virginia/2011/11/07/gIQA2ry8wM_story.html, The Washington Post, November 7, 2011, 9 September 2015, as well as the headquarters of the Nuclear, Security & Environmental global business unit and the Americas offices of the Infrastructure global business unit.NEWS, Bechtel to move ‘substantial’ number of employees to Virginia, Ed Waters Jr.,www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/bechtel-to-move-some-employees-to-virginia/article_4aef584e-8853-5fe3-89dc-16c747869a81.html, Frederick News-Post, October 14, 2014, 23 July 2015, PRESS RELEASE, Bechtel Streamlines Organization, Announces Leadership Changes,www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bechtel-streamlines-organization-announces-leadership-changes-78078032.html, Bechtel, June 29, 2015, 9 September 2015, The company’s Oil, Gas & Chemicals unit is based in the Houston office.WEB,investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=52004152,investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=52004152," title="archive.today/20140615091653investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=52004152,">archive.today/20140615091653investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=52004152, dead, June 15, 2014, Company Overview of Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc., Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg, 9 April 2014, The Washington office is home to the government affairs team, and maintains a Political Action Committee.WEB,www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2014&strID=C00103697, Bechtel Group, OpenSecrets, 20 March 2014, Outside of North America, the Infrastructure unit’s headquarters is located at the company’s London office.NEWS, Toby Seay Named President of Bechtel’s Newly Formed Infrastructure Business, Jay Clemens,blog.executivebiz.com/2014/10/toby-seay-named-president-of-bechtels-newly-formed-infrastructure-business/, ExecutiveBiz, October 6, 2014, 23 July 2015, The Mining & Metals unit is based out of Santiago, Chile, and Brisbane.NEWS, Face to Face: David Welch, Bechtel, Dey, Paromita,www.constructionweekonline.com/article-38047-face-to-face-david-welch-bechtel/, Construction Week Online, March 20, 2016, December 18, 2018, In 2013, the company established its global center of engineering excellence in Dubai focusing on rail and marine projects.NEWS, Bechtel eyes wider role for itself in region, Himendra Mohan Kumar,m.gulfnews.com/business/construction/bechtel-eyes-wider-role-for-itself-in-region-1.1182910, Gulf News, May 13, 2013, 9 April 2014, It established innovation centers in Houston and London in 2015 and Santiago in 2018 to test new technology.NEWS, The Top 400, Engineering News-Record, May 25, 2015, NEWS, Bechtel opens mining innovation center in Chile,www.mining.com/bechtel-opens-mining-innovation-center-chile/, Mining.com, December 20, 2018, February 13, 2019, Bechtel works on global megaprojects through its four business units. The company frequently manages work from design through construction phases.NEWS, Bechtel Corp., Industry Partnership Award,www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-36598333.html,www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-36598333.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140611070901www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-36598333.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140611070901www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-36598333.html, dead, 11 June 2014, Mining Engineering (magazine), Mining Engineering, 1 November 2008, 27 January 2014, Its corporate values include safety, quality, and ethics.NEWS, Bechtel: Striving to be the Best, Smith, Sandy,ehstoday.com/safety/best-practices/ehs_imp_36578, EHS Today, September 12, 2013, 20 March 2014, Bechtel was the presenting sponsor of “Dream Big: Engineering Our World,” a 42-minute IMAX documentary produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films in partnership with American Society of Civil Engineers. The documentary seeks to inspire young people to pursue engineering careers.WEB,www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/dream-big-engineering-our-world#, Dream Big: Engineering Our World, Sandie Angulo Chen, Common Sense Media, 27 November 2017, NEWS, Engineering careers IMAX film, education program are dream come true, Tuchman, Janice L.,www.enr.com/articles/41574-engineering-careers-imax-film-education-program-are-dream-come-true, Engineering News-Record, 1 March 2017, 27 November 2017, NEWS, Film review: ‘Dream Big: Engineering Our World’, Schager, Nick,variety.com/2017/film/reviews/dream-big-engineering-our-world-review-1201988988/, Variety (magazine), Variety, 16 February 2017, 27 November 2017, Bechtel opened its welding and applied technology center in 2017 in the Houston Energy Corridor to train welding and construction workers. The center also provides virtual training and augmented reality to train workers.NEWS, Bechtel opens welding tech innovation, training center, Peiffer, Emily,www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-opens-welding-tech-innovation-training-center/440684/, Construction Dive, 19 April 2017, 27 November 2017, Its Houston offices were in the Houston Galleria area; in 2022 the company announced it would move those offices to Westchase, Houston effective late 2023.WEB, Luck, Marissa,www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Engineering-giant-Bechtel-to-move-Houston-offices-17295625.php, Engineering giant Bechtel to move Houston offices out of Galleria, Houston Chronicle, 2022-07-11, 2022-07-12,

Infrastructure

The Infrastructure unit handles transportation, power, and hydroelectric facilities.NEWS, Bechtel reorganizes company into new nuclear, global business units,www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/10/bechtel-reorganizes-company-into-new-nuclear-global-business-units.html, Power Engineering (magazine), Power Engineering, October 7, 2014, 23 July 2015, September 25, 2015,www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/10/bechtel-reorganizes-company-into-new-nuclear-global-business-units.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150925100735www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/10/bechtel-reorganizes-company-into-new-nuclear-global-business-units.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150925100735www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/10/bechtel-reorganizes-company-into-new-nuclear-global-business-units.html, dead, NEWS, People,enr.construction.com/people/people/archives/080625b.asp, Engineering News-Record, June 25, 2008, January 27, 2014, Transportation projects include highways, bridges, rail, and aviation facilities. Bechtel has built more than {{convert|17200|miles}} of roadway, 390 power plants, 50 hydroelectric plants,WEB, Annual Report,www.bechtel.com/bechtel/media/html/2016-reports/annual-report/, Bechtel, 2016, 21 July 2016, as well as 20 towns and cities globally.NEWS, Bechtel Target of Anti-War Protesters, Davis, Aaron,www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99317135.html,www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99317135.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20150323165835www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99317135.html,">web.archive.org/web/20150323165835www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99317135.html, dead, March 23, 2015, Knight Ridder, March 28, 2003, 20 March 2014, It has worked on 300 subway and rail projects, 80 port and harbor projects, and 96 major airport projects.NEWS, Khalifa Port bears Bechtel stamp,www.gulfindustryworldwide.com/news/10791_Khalifa-Port-bears-Bechtel-stamp.html, Gulf Industry, October 2012, 20 March 2014, Bechtel’s Infrastructure unit is leading a consortium in the engineering, procurement and construction of lines One and Two of the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia metro, which began construction in April 2014.NEWS, Bechtel busy on eight-month Riyadh Metro design,www.constructionweekonline.com/article-26427-bechtel-busy-on-eight-month-riyadh-metro-design/#.U0VIVq1G-nQ, Construction Week Online, February 7, 2014, 9 April 2014, NEWS, Construction work on $22.5bn Riyadh metro begins,www.constructionweekonline.com/article-27422-construction-work-on-225bn-riyadh-metro-begins/#.U0RwzK1G-nQ, Construction Week Online, April 6, 2014, 9 April 2014, In July 2014, Bechtel was selected to build a new 37-mile motorway linking Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, to Macedonia.NEWS, Bechtel to build Kosovo to Macedonia motorway, Joe Quirke,www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/bechtel-build-kosovo-macedoni25a-motorway47493/, Global Construction Review, 4 July 2014, 23 July 2015, Bechtel is also participating in the building of London’s Crossrail, a $24 billion project that will connect commuter towns east and west of London and is intended to serve an estimated 200 million people a year upon completion.NEWS, At Halfway Mark, $24-Billion U.K. Crossrail Project Back on Track, Reina, Peter,www.enr.com/articles/5432-at-halfway-mark-24-billion-u-k-crossrail-project-back-on-track?v=preview, Engineering News-Record, January 20, 2014, 19 March 2014, NEWS, Bechtel’s Adams Explains the Virtues of Engineering, William Lyons,www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703805704575594214185691590, The Wall Street Journal, November 5, 2010, 9 April 2014, As of June 2015, the project is 65% complete.NEWS, PM meets the team who tunnelled crossrail,www.construction-manager.co.uk/news/david-cameron-me3ets-te1am-who-tun1nelled-crossrai/, Construction Manager, 5 June 2015, 24 July 2015,www.construction-manager.co.uk/news/david-cameron-me3ets-te1am-who-tun1nelled-crossrai/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150925125817www.construction-manager.co.uk/news/david-cameron-me3ets-te1am-who-tun1nelled-crossrai/,">web.archive.org/web/20150925125817www.construction-manager.co.uk/news/david-cameron-me3ets-te1am-who-tun1nelled-crossrai/, September 25, 2015, dead, In 2016, Bechtel began construction on the first phase of the Edmonton Valley Line Light Rail Transit project in Alberta, Canada, the first publicâ€“private partnership (P3) business group.NEWS, Bechtel-led team kicks off construction on $1.8B Canadian P3 light rail, Kim Slowey,www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-team-kicks-off-construction-on-canadian-light-rail/418164/, Construction Dive, 27 April 2016, 27 July 2016, The company is also involved in several ongoing projects as of 2016, including building national infrastructure in GabonNEWS, Company strengthens ties with African country, Zandile Mavuso,www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/company-strengthens-ties-with-african-country-2016-07-15/rep_id:4136, Engineering News], 15 July 2016, 23 July 2016, and supporting the continuous development of Jubail industrial city in Saudi Arabia.NEWS, Bechtel signs 5-year extension for world’s largest industrial development project, Slowey, Kim,www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-signs-5-year-extension-for-worlds-largest-industrial-development-p/420461/, Construction Dive, June 7, 2016, 23 July 2016, Bechtel has worked at Jubail for more than 40 years, and was granted a five-year extension on both projects June 2016.NEWS, Bechtel gets five-year extension on Jubail project, Rubin, Debra K.,www.enr.com/articles/39601-bechtel-gets-five-year-extension-on-jubail-project, Engineering News-Record, 8 June 2016, 6 November 2017, In February 2017, Bechtel was chosen to support setting up and operating Saudi Arabia’s National Project Management Office.NEWS, Bechtel wins contract to run Saudi project management office,www.reuters.com/article/saudi-projects-bechtel/bechtel-wins-contract-to-run-saudi-project-management-office-idUSL8N1G62AN, Reuters, 21 February 2017, 6 November 2017, In May 2017, Bechtel was appointed the delivery management partner for the tunnels and stations excavation package of Stage 2 of the Sydney Metro project.NEWS, Bechtel joins the Sydney Metro project in new management role, Rowell, Catherine,www.constructionglobal.com/major-projects/bechtel-joins-sydney-metro-project-new-management-role, Construction Global, 6 May 2017, 7 November 2017, Considered Australia’s largest public infrastructure project, the work includes new twin rail tunnels under Sydney Harbour. Bechtel won the contract in August 2017 to design and build a 473-kilometer highway with 19 interchanges linking Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, to Mombasa, Kenya’s main port.NEWS, Kenyan key contract being built by Bechtel,www.worldhighways.com/categories/auctions-equipment-supply-servicing-finance/news/kenyan-key-contract-being-built-by-bechtel/, WorldHighways.com, 11 August 2017, 6 November 2017, NEWS, Bechtel to construct Kenya’s first expressway, Oirere, Shem,www.enr.com/articles/42609-bechtel-to-construct-kenyas-first-expressway?v=preview, Engineering News-Record, 18 August 2017, 6 November 2017, NEWS, Nairobi-Mombasa expressway work starts in January, Amadala, Victor,www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/08/09/nairobi-mombasa-expressway-work-starts-in-january-kenha_c1612518, The Star, 9 August 2017, 6 November 2017, The first section is targeted to open in October 2019 and the entire length of the highway is scheduled to be complete in 2024.In 2018, Bechtel’s work on the Panda Power Funds’ 1.1 GW natural gas Hummel Station Power Plant in Pennsylvania was completed.NEWS, Bechtel completes 1.1GW power plant in Pennsylvania, US,www.power-technology.com/news/bechtel-completes-1-1gw-power-plant-pennsylvania-us/, Power Technology, July 19, 2018, February 13, 2019, NEWS, Panda powering-up Hummel Station plant, Scicchitano, Eric,www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/panda-powering-up-hummel-station-plant/article_860ae2ee-5851-5e0d-a8b2-d8d37317a0a3.html, The Daily Item (Sunbury), 29 March 2018, 14 May 2018, Bechtel is also working on a project for Advanced Power, the Cricket Valley Energy Center in New York.NEWS, Bechtel to deliver 1GW gas power station in New York State, Joe Quirke,www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/bechtel-deliver-1gw-gas-p8ow8er-station-new-york/, Global Construction Review, 15 October 2015, 23 July 2016, Bechtel is also building the Keeyask Generating Station, a hydroelectric power plant for Manitoba Hydro in Manitoba, Canada.NEWS, Manitoba Hydro selects consortium to construct 695-MW Keeyask hydropower plant, Michael Harris,www.hydroworld.com/articles/2014/03/manitoba-hydro-selects-consortium-to-construct-695-mw-keeyask-hydropower-plant.html, HydroWorld, March 25, 2014, 8 April 2014, The Infrastructure unit had also worked on projects for Google Fiber in several markets in the Southeastern U.S.NEWS, Google starts construction on Charlotte ‘Fiber’ network, Sam Hardiman,www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article25349662.html, 23 June 2015, 14 September 2015, NEWS, Google Fiber construction to begin in Nashville, Jamie McGee,www.tennessean.com/story/money/tech/2015/06/09/google-begin-fiber-construction/28724691/, The Tennessean, 9 June 2015, 14 September 2015, NEWS, Google uses Bechtel to deploy fiber in Atlanta, Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham, Jeff Moore,www.fierceinstaller.com/story/google-uses-bechtel-deploy-fiber-atlanta-charlotte-and-raleigh-durham/2015-06-26, Fierce Installer, 26 June 2015, 14 September 2015, July 9, 2016,www.fierceinstaller.com/story/google-uses-bechtel-deploy-fiber-atlanta-charlotte-and-raleigh-durham/2015-06-26," title="web.archive.org/web/20160709105321www.fierceinstaller.com/story/google-uses-bechtel-deploy-fiber-atlanta-charlotte-and-raleigh-durham/2015-06-26,">web.archive.org/web/20160709105321www.fierceinstaller.com/story/google-uses-bechtel-deploy-fiber-atlanta-charlotte-and-raleigh-durham/2015-06-26, dead, Among completed projects, Bechtel finished a {{convert|10.8|miles}} four-lane motorway in Kosovo a year ahead of schedule in November 2013.NEWS, Kosovo motorway opens ahead of schedule, Wright, Helen,www.khl.com/magazines/construction-europe/detail/item90348/Kosovo-motorway-opens-ahead-of-schedule, Construction Europe, November 26, 2013, 19 March 2014, March 24, 2016,www.khl.com/magazines/construction-europe/detail/item90348/kosovo-motorway-opens-ahead-of-schedule," title="web.archive.org/web/20160324003413www.khl.com/magazines/construction-europe/detail/item90348/kosovo-motorway-opens-ahead-of-schedule,">web.archive.org/web/20160324003413www.khl.com/magazines/construction-europe/detail/item90348/kosovo-motorway-opens-ahead-of-schedule, dead, The unit completed the 143 MW Catalina Solar photovoltaic generating facility and the construction of the 250 MW California Valley Solar Ranch in 2013.NEWS, Bechtel Completes 143 MW Catalina Utility-Scale Solar Power Project,www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.13124, Solar Industry Magazine, August 23, 2013, 20 March 2014, NEWS, The Rise Of A Giant Solar Power Plant In California’s Central Plain, Wang, Ucilia,www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2013/10/31/the-rise-of-a-giant-solar-power-plant-in-californias-central-plain/, Forbes, October 31, 2013, 22 September 2015, Bechtel also completed the Hanna Region Transmission Development, a power transmission project in Canada, which included 1,200 new transmission towers and {{convert|85|mile}} of transmission lines in 2013.NEWS, Bechtel Completes Major Power Transmission Project in Canada,tdworld.com/overhead-transmission/bechtel-completes-major-power-transmission-project-canada, Transmission & Distribution World, August 7, 2013, 20 March 2014, Bechtel completed Phase I of an extension of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail in Northern VirginiaNEWS, Newsmaker: Charlene Wheeless, Bechtel, Dickinson, Virgil,www.prweekus.com/newsmaker-charlene-wheeless-bechtel/article/312491/, PRWeek, October 1, 2013, January 27, 2014, NEWS, The Silver Line story: A new route is born after decades of faulty planning, political paralysis, Paul Duggan,www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/the-silver-line-story-a-new-route-is-born-after-decades-of-faulty-planning-political-paralysis/2014/06/23/bdf619c4-f894-11e3-a606-946fd632f9f1_story.html, The Washington Post, 23 June 2014, 15 September 2015, and completed the Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, in 2014.NEWS, Doha’s Hamad airport ‘virtually complete’, Fahy, Michael,www.constructionweekonline.com/article-24344-dohas-hamad-airport-virtually-complete/#.Uyoxo61G-YR, ConstructionWeekOnline, September 22, 2013, 19 March 2014, NEWS, CWQ 2015 Leaders summit hailed as a success, Kim Kemp,www.constructionweekonline.com/article-33406-cwq-2015-leaders-summit-hailed-as-a-success/, ConstructionWeekOnline, 24 April 2015, 15 September 2015, Bechtel also completed the world’s largest solar thermal project, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California, which began producing power in February 2014.NEWS, Feature:Alasdair Cathcart,world-gen.com/features/AlasdairCathcart.html, World Generation Magazine, Januaryâ€“February 2011, 20 March 2014, NEWS, Ivanpah: World’s Biggest Solar Power Tower Project Goes On-Line, Trabish, Herman K.,www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Ivanpah-Worlds-Biggest-Solar-Power-Tower-Project-Goes-Online, GreenTech Media, February 13, 2014, 20 March 2014, In 2015, Bechtel began work as project manager of the Toronto-York Spadina subway extension for the Toronto Transit Commission.NEWS, Bechtel awarded contract to manage completion of Spadina subway extension, Sean Wetselaar,www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/04/13/bechtel-awarded-contract-to-manage-completion-of-spadina-subway-extension.html, Toronto Star, 13 April 2015, 15 September 2015, The project was completed in 2017.WEB,www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/12/the-ambitious-design-and-low-density-of-torontos-newest-subway-stations/548615/, The Ambitious Design and Low Density of Toronto’s Newest Subway Stations, Chris Bateman, 18 December 2017, CityLab (web magazine), CityLab, 4 May 2018, Bechtel completed construction of the Stonewall Energy Facility in May 2017. The 778 megawatt natural gas-fired power plant supplies electricity to 778,000 homes in northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C., metro area.WEB,www.power-technology.com/projects/stonewall-power-project-loudoun-county-virginia/, Stonewall Power Project, Loudoun County, Virginia, Power Technology, 7 November 2017, Bechtel’s work on the Carroll County Energy Facility in Ohio for Advanced Power was also completed in 2017.NEWS, Carroll County Energy plant making power,www.indeonline.com/news/20180110/carroll-county-energy-plant-making-power, The Independent (Massillon), 10 January 2018, 14 May 2018, February 19, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200219063615/https://www.indeonline.com/news/20180110/carroll-county-energy-plant-making-power, dead, In 2018, the unit completed a new air passenger terminal in Muscat, Oman.WEB,www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2018/02/25/first-look-muscat-airports-new-terminal/, First look: Muscat Airport’s new terminal, Dominic Ellis, 25 February 2018, Business Traveller, 4 May 2018, In May 2022, Bechtel was hired to update the Vision 2041 plan for Shannon Foynes Port in Ireland.WEB, Bechtel supports Irish port in offshore expansion plans,renews.biz/77658/bechtel-supports-irish-port-in-offshore-expansion-plans/, reNEWS â€“ Renewable Energy News, 6 May 2022,

Mining & Metals

The Mining & Metals (M&M) unit works on projects related to the mining and production of materials such as aluminum, coal, copper, iron ore, alumina and other metals and minerals. The unit operates on six continents and has completed hundreds of major mining projects as well as more than 1,000 mining studies.NEWS, Building on foundations, Moore, Paul, International Mining, January 2014, NEWS, Bechtel sets up mining, metals HQ for GCC growth, Sambidge, Andy,www.arabianbusiness.com/bechtel-sets-up-mining-metals-hq-for-gcc-growth-517973.html, Arabian Business, September 13, 2013, 20 March 2014, It has also finished 42 major copper projects, 30 aluminum smelters, 15 major coal projects, and eight alumina refinery projects.In 2013, the unit completed construction of Saudi Arabia’s first aluminum smelter in Ras Al-Khair, the Daunia coal mine in Queensland, Australia,WEB,mininglink.com.au/site/daunia, Daunia, Mining Link, 15 September 2015, October 25, 2020,mininglink.com.au/site/daunia," title="web.archive.org/web/20201025112212mininglink.com.au/site/daunia,">web.archive.org/web/20201025112212mininglink.com.au/site/daunia, dead, and the expansion of the Kooragang Coal Terminal in Port Waratah in Australia, increasing capacity to 145 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa).NEWS, Bechtel completes Port Waratah’s Kooragang Coal Terminal expansion, Lyubomirova Traykova, Zdravka,shipping.seenews.com/news/bechtel-completes-port-waratahs-kooragang-coal-terminal-expansion-377648, SeeNews, September 13, 2013, 20 March 2014, {{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

In 2014, M&M completed the Caval Ridge coal mine in Queensland,NEWS, Las Bambas on track, Simon Walker,www.e-mj.com/features/5029-the-epcm-perspective.html#.V9FTCJMrKu4, Engineering and Mining Journal, 5 March 2015, 8 September 2016,www.e-mj.com/features/5029-the-epcm-perspective.html#.V9FTCJMrKu4," title="web.archive.org/web/20161019075828www.e-mj.com/features/5029-the-epcm-perspective.html#.V9FTCJMrKu4,">web.archive.org/web/20161019075828www.e-mj.com/features/5029-the-epcm-perspective.html#.V9FTCJMrKu4, October 19, 2016, dead, and began operations at Escondida’s OLAP copper cathode project, which consisted of a new dynamic leaching pad and a mineral handling system.WEB,www.bnamericas.com/project-profile/en/oxide-leach-area-project-olap, Oxide Leach Area Project, bnamericas.com, Business News Americas, 8 September 2016, In 2015, the unit completed the Las Bambas copper concentrator in Peru for MMG,NEWS, The EPCM Perspective, Tracy Hancock,www.miningweekly.com/article/las-bambas-on-track-2016-07-01/rep_id:3650, Mining Weekly, 1 July 2016, 8 September 2016, the Kitimat aluminum smelter in Canada for Rio Tinto Group.,NEWS, Kitimat Rio Tinto aluminum smelter re-opens,www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kitimat-rio-tinto-aluminum-smelter-re-opens-1.3141077, CBC News, 7 July 2015, 28 July 2016, and the Escondida Organic Growth Project 1 (OGP1), the largest single-line copper concentrator ever built. M&M also completed a third berth for the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) at Hay Point Coal Terminal in Queensland, Australia, which increased export capacity from the existing 44 Mtpa to 55 Mtpa.NEWS, Seeing Things Differently, Jessica Ferlaino,www.businessinfocus.com.au/index.php/2014/11/seeing-things-differently/, Business In Focus, 8 September 2016, October 31, 2020,www.businessinfocus.com.au/index.php/2014/11/seeing-things-differently/," title="web.archive.org/web/20201031063624www.businessinfocus.com.au/index.php/2014/11/seeing-things-differently/,">web.archive.org/web/20201031063624www.businessinfocus.com.au/index.php/2014/11/seeing-things-differently/, dead, Bechtel began building the Al Taweelah alumina refinery (formerly Shaheen) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates for Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) in 2015.NEWS, Bechtel’s David Welch predicts UAE construction growth,www.technicalreviewmiddleeast.com/construction/buildings/bechtel-s-david-welch-predicts-uae-construction-growth, Technical Review Middle East, 5 March 2015, 23 July 2015, NEWS, US construction company Bechtel to train Emirati engineers, Michael Fahy,www.thenational.ae/business/economy/us-construction-company-bechtel-to-train-emirati-engineers, The National (Abu Dhabi), The National, 3 September 2015, 23 July 2016, In April 2016, Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) announced that Bechtel had been appointed engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) contractor for the company’s Line 6 Expansion Project. The initiative will make Alba the world’s largest single-site aluminum smelter upon completion, boosting production to 1.5 Mtpa.NEWS, Alba appoints Bechtel as EPCM Contractor for Line 6 Expansion Project, Nadine Firth,www.aluminiumtoday.com/news/view/alba-appoints-bechtel-as-epcm-contractor-for-line-6-expansion-project, Aluminum Today, 18 April 2016, 8 September 2016, July 3, 2018,www.aluminiumtoday.com/news/view/alba-appoints-bechtel-as-epcm-contractor-for-line-6-expansion-project," title="web.archive.org/web/20180703133458www.aluminiumtoday.com/news/view/alba-appoints-bechtel-as-epcm-contractor-for-line-6-expansion-project,">web.archive.org/web/20180703133458www.aluminiumtoday.com/news/view/alba-appoints-bechtel-as-epcm-contractor-for-line-6-expansion-project, dead, That same month, Rio Tinto announced that Kitimat had reached full production levels of 420,000 tonnes per annum,NEWS, Rio Tinto’s rebuilt Kitimat aluminum smelter ramped up to full production, Derek Penner,vancouversun.com/business/local-business/rio-tintos-rebuilt-kitimat-aluminum-smelter-ramped-up-to-full-production, The Vancouver Sun, 6 April 2016, 8 September 2016, while Las Bambas achieved commercial production in July 2016.NEWS, Las Bambas Reaches Commercial Production,www.e-mj.com/news/leading-deveopments/6295-las-bambas-reaches-commercial-production.html#.V9FygpMrKu4, Engineering & Mining Journal, 7 July 2016, 8 September 2016, December 20, 2016,www.e-mj.com/news/leading-deveopments/6295-las-bambas-reaches-commercial-production.html#.V9FygpMrKu4," title="web.archive.org/web/20161220090228www.e-mj.com/news/leading-deveopments/6295-las-bambas-reaches-commercial-production.html#.V9FygpMrKu4,">web.archive.org/web/20161220090228www.e-mj.com/news/leading-deveopments/6295-las-bambas-reaches-commercial-production.html#.V9FygpMrKu4, dead, As of 2016, Bechtel is advancing the Amrun bauxite initiative for Rio Tinto in Australia, which announced project approval in November 2015.NEWS, Rio Tinto approves $1.9bn expansion of Amrun bauxite project in Australia, Mike Dooley,www.lidtime.com/rio-tinto-approves-1-9bn-expansion-of-amrun-bauxite-project-in-australia-8463/, Lidtime, 27 November 2015, 8 September 2016, Bechtel completed the engineering, procurement, and construction of a water system and desalination plant for the Escondida copper mine in ChileNEWS, Agua y energÃa: Los proyectos crÃticos de BHP Billiton,www.mch.cl/reportajes/agua-energia-los-proyectos-criticos-bhp-billiton/, Mineria Chilen, November 2016, 10 May 2018, in 2018.NEWS, Escondida identifies a new desalination plant as the center of its water strategy 2018â€“2030,www.mch.cl/2018/04/09/escondida-identifica-a-nueva-planta-desalinazadora-como-el-centro-de-su-estrategia-hidrica/, Mineria Chilena, 9 April 2018, 14 May 2018, The Bechtel-Techint joint venture team built a dual 112-mile-long pipeline to carry desalinated water from the Pacific Coast across the Atacama Desert to the Escondida copper mine approximately 10,000 feet above sea level in the Andes.WEB,www.bechtel.com/getmedia/38a3559c-d874-4dc2-bbac-28b3e79a1c4f/The-Bechtel-Report-2017.pdf?ext=.pdf, 2017 Annual Report, 2017, Bechtel, 27 November 2017,

Energy

The Energy unit designs and builds liquefied natural gas (LNG), oil, pipeline, petrochemicals, natural gas, and water treatment facilities.WEB, Annual Report,www.bechtel.com/2013-05-17.html, Bechtel, 2012, 17 September 2013,www.bechtel.com/2013-05-17.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130906031842www.bechtel.com/2013-05-17.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130906031842www.bechtel.com/2013-05-17.html, September 6, 2013, dead, NEWS, World’s 10 largest oil and gas contractors,www.arabianoilandgas.com/article-5773-worlds-10-largest-oil-and-gas-contractors/1/print/, Arabian Oil and Gas, June 29, 2009, 9 June 2014, March 17, 2018,www.arabianoilandgas.com/article-5773-worlds-10-largest-oil-and-gas-contractors/1/print," title="web.archive.org/web/20180317040032www.arabianoilandgas.com/article-5773-worlds-10-largest-oil-and-gas-contractors/1/print,">web.archive.org/web/20180317040032www.arabianoilandgas.com/article-5773-worlds-10-largest-oil-and-gas-contractors/1/print, dead, NEWS, BP-led consortium awards $841 million contracts for Shah Deniz project, Margarita Antidze,www.reuters.com/article/us-azerbaijan-gas-contract-idUSBREA2I1SU20140319, Reuters, March 19, 2014, 22 May 2014, September 25, 2015,www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/19/us-azerbaijan-gas-contract-idUSBREA2I1SU20140319," title="web.archive.org/web/20150925101321www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/19/us-azerbaijan-gas-contract-idUSBREA2I1SU20140319,">web.archive.org/web/20150925101321www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/19/us-azerbaijan-gas-contract-idUSBREA2I1SU20140319, live, WEB, Los Pelambres Copper Mine,www.compelo.com/energy/projects/los-pelambres-copper-mine/, Compelo.com, November 29, 2018, February 13, 2019, March 25, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190325195808/https://www.compelo.com/energy/projects/los-pelambres-copper-mine/, dead, Since the company’s founding, it has built approximately {{convert|50000|miles}} of pipeline systems, more than 50 major oil and gas field developments, and completed over 380 major chemical and petrochemical projects. The unit also constructs and tests tanks for LNG storage.NEWS, Workers take a raft around LNG tank filled with water,www.cqnews.com.au/news/workers-take-raft-around-lng-tank-filled-water/2224751/, Central Queensland News, April 11, 2014, 22 May 2014, Bechtel has built a third of the world’s LNG liquefaction capacity.NEWS, More contracts ahead: Bechtel, Blair Price,www.energynewsbulletin.net/storyview.asp?storyID=826948758§ion=Liquified+Natural+Gas§ionsource=s588036&aspdsc=yes, Energy News Bulletin, 7 May 2015, 30 July 2015, Between 2011 and 2016, the unit built three LNG plants on Curtis Island in Queensland, Australia.NEWS, Bechtel hiring 500 workers for Curtis Island LNG, Validakis, Vicky,www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/bechtel-hiring-500-workers-for-curtis-island-lng, Australian Mining, June 3, 2013, 20 March 2014, It completed the first of six trains in December 2014.NEWS, BG prepares first LNG shipment from QCLNG,www.afr.com/business/energy/gas/bgprepares-first-lng-shipment-from-qclng-20141229-12fdcn, The Australian Financial Review, 30 December 2014, 15 May 2018, NEWS, APLNG on track but analysts warn on oil price, Matt Chambers,www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/aplng-on-track-but-analysts-warn-on-oil-price/news-story/eac17b0a90ac285744d1e375de161dfe, The Australian, 30 July 2016, 29 July 2016, The complex was named a 2016 Global Best Project by Engineering News-Record in the category of “Power/Industrial“NEWS, ENR Announces 2016 Global Best Projects Winners, Scott Blair,www.enr.com/blogs/13-critical-path/post/39808-enr-announces-global-best-projects-winners, Engineering News-Record, 6 July 2016, 29 July 2016, and a Construction Project of the Year by S&P Global Platts.NEWS, Gladstone ‘mega-project’ named the world’s best, Cooley, Declan,www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/bechtel-cashes-in-on-curtis-island-mega-project/3128708/, The Observer (Gladstone), 5 January 2017, 15 May 2018, The unit also built the Wheatstone project, a two-train LNG plant that is one of Australia’s largest energy resource efforts.NEWS, Bechtel to design Australia’s Wheatstone 1st phase, Reddall, Braden,www.reuters.com/article/chevron-wheatstone-idUSN3037091920090730, Reuters, July 30, 2009, 20 March 2014, February 19, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200219063610/https://www.reuters.com/article/chevron-wheatstone/update-1-bechtel-to-design-australias-wheatstone-1st-phase-idUSN3037091920090730, live, NEWS, Dockwise Awarded Largest Contract Ever by Bechtel, Almeida, Rob, gCaptain, December 24, 2013, Following completion of Train 1 in late 2017, Train 2 of the facility moved into production mid-2018.NEWS, Chevron starts second production unit at Wheatstone LNG in Australia,www.reuters.com/article/us-chevron-australia-lng/chevron-starts-second-production-unit-at-wheatstone-lng-in-australia-idUSKBN1JB0BG, Reuters, June 15, 2018, February 13, 2019, WEB,www.lngworldnews.com/wheatstone-lngs-second-train-90-pct-done/, Wheatstone LNG’s second train 90 pct done, 18 January 2018, LNG World News, 15 May 2018, Bechtel has built five LNG production trains for Cheniere Energy Partners LP as the Sabine Pass liquefaction project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.NEWS, Cheniere, Bechtel Sign Sabine Pass Contract (USA),www.lngworldnews.com/cheniere-bechtel-sign-sabine-pass-contract-usa/, LNG World News, December 21, 2012, 20 March 2014, The initial cargo from the first completed train was delivered in 2016.NEWS, First LNG commissioning cargo exported from Sabine Pass, David Rowlands,www.lngindustry.com/liquefaction/26022016/First-LNG-commissioning-cargo-exported-from-Sabine-Pass-2052/, LNG Industry, 26 February 2016, 29 July 2016, NEWS, Cheniere reaches near completion of Sabine Pass Train 4,www.ogj.com/articles/2017/10/cheniere-reaches-near-completion-of-sabine-pass-train-4.html, Oil&Gas Journal, 13 October 2017, 27 November 2017, In November, 2018, the unit has completed the first of three LNG trains on the Corpus Christi Liquefaction project in Texas.WEB, Corpus Christi LNG Project, Texas,www.compelo.com/energy/projects/corpus-christi-lng-project-texas/, Compelo.com, December 12, 2018, February 13, 2019, February 3, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210203143531/https://www.compelo.com/404.html, dead, The Corpus Christi, project includes three LNG trains, three LNG storage tanks, and two berths.NEWS, Cheniere Energy, Bechtel Agree to Two Contracts Worth $9.5 Billion, Mason, Everdeen,www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303560204579247962332310326, The Wall Street Journal, December 9, 2013, 20 March 2014, NEWS, Corpus Christi Liquefaction June 2016 construction report, Callum O’Reilly,www.lngindustry.com/liquefaction/26072016/Corpus-Christi-Liquefaction-June-2016-construction-report-2818/, LNG Industry, 26 July 2016, 29 July 2016, In 2016, Bechtel completed roof raises on two tanks at a liquefaction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, for Cheniere.In May 2013, the unit was awarded a contract for the front-end engineering design of the Pacific NorthWest LNG in Vancouver, BC.NEWS, Pacific NorthWest LNG awards design and engineering contract, Shaun Thomas,www.thenorthernview.com/news/208388081.html, Black Press, Northern View, May 21, 2013, 9 April 2014, October 30, 2016,www.thenorthernview.com/news/208388081.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20161030113857www.thenorthernview.com/news/208388081.html,">web.archive.org/web/20161030113857www.thenorthernview.com/news/208388081.html, dead, In March 2014, the unit was awarded a contract to construct facilities in Georgia for the Shah Deniz II gas field in Azerbaijan. In August 2015, Bechtel was contracted by Delfin LNG, to provide front-end engineering and design for a planned floating LNG vessel at Port Delfin off the coastline of Louisiana, which would be the first in the U.S.NEWS, Bechtel, Delfin sign FEED contract,www.oedigital.com/energy/lng/item/9939-bechtel-delfin-sign-feed-contract, Offshore Engineer, 5 August 2015, 14 September 2015, Also in 2015, the unit was awarded a contract to manage the engineering, procurement, and construction of 12 new natural-gas pipelines in Thailand.NEWS, Bechtel Gets Contract for 12 Natural-Gas Pipelines in Thailand, Pam Russell,www.enr.com/articles/16991-bechtel-gets-contract-for-12-natural-gas-pipelines-in-thailand?v=preview, Engineering News-Record, 8 September 2015, 22 September 2015, The company was part of a consortium selected by PTT GC America in 2015 to provide front-end engineering and design for a new petrochemical complex in Belmont County, Ohio.NEWS, Consortium With Global Footprint to Lead Ohio Cracker Engineering, Jamison Cocklin,www.naturalgasintel.com/articles/103603-consortium-with-global-footprint-to-lead-ohio-cracker-engineering, Natural Gas Intel, 9 September 2015, 15 September 2015, It is also the lead contractor for a Shell petrochemical plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.NEWS, Union leaders expect membership boost with Shell’s Beaver County plant, David Conti,triblive.com/business/headlines/10816225-74/workers-shell-union, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 23 July 2016, 29 July 2016, Bechtel’s technology was licensed for facility upgrades at the Rijeka Refinery in Croatia in February 2014.NEWS, Bechtel Supplies Coker Technology for Croatian Refinery, Stephan, Dominik,www.process-worldwide.com/engineering_construction/plant_design/basic_detail_engineering/articles/439393/, Process Worldwide, March 25, 2014, 19 March 2014, In 2016, the unit was contracted by the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation to design an upgrade to the coker unit at the Assiut refinery in Egypt using its ThruPlus technology.NEWS, Egyptian refiner lets contract for revamp project, Robert Brelsford,www.ogj.com/articles/2016/05/egyptian-refiner-lets-contract-for-revamp-project.html, Oil & Gas Journal, 20 May 2016, 29 July 2016, Also in 2016, it was awarded a contract to upgrade a refinery in Beaumont, Texas, for ExxonMobil, using ExxonMobil’s proprietary SCANfining technology.NEWS, BRIEF-Bechtel to upgrade Texas refinery for ExxonMobil,www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1AC18P, Reuters, 26 July 2016, 29 July 2016, In late 2017, the unit was selected to design and build Tellurian’s Driftwood LNG project, a proposed liquefied gas facility in Louisiana.NEWS, Tellurian issues $100 million worth of stock to pay for LNG facility’s engineering costs,www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/article_4760347a-dc34-11e7-9164-7fd762c26546.html, The Advocate (Louisiana), 8 December 2017, 15 May 2018, In January 2018, the unit was awarded a front-end engineering design contract for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s planned offshore ultra-sour gas mega project located in the north western area of Abu Dhabi.WEB,www.middleeastevents.com/news/page/feed-contracts-for-hail-gasha-and-dalma-ultra-sour-gas-offshore-project-awarded/30061#.WvtC3tMvzVp, FEED Contracts For Hail, Gasha And Dalma Ultra Sour Gas Offshore Project Awarded, 9 January 2018, Middleeastevents.com, 15 May 2018, WEB,www.icis.com/resources/news/2018/01/10/10181701/uae-bets-on-alternative-energy-local-gas-production/, UAE bets on alternative energy, local gas production, Ekaterina Kravtsova, 10 January 2018, ICIS, 15 May 2018, WEB,www.oedigital.com/regions/middle-east/item/16847-bechtel-technipfmc-win-adnoc-sour-gas-contracts, Bechtel, TechnipFMC win ADNOC sour gas contracts, 10 January 2018, Offshore Engineer, 15 May 2018, In June 2019, Kallanish Energy reported that Bechtel had been hired by Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical America and South Korea-based partner Daelim to build a $6 billion ethane cracker on the Ohio River in Belmont County, Ohio.WEB,www.kallanishenergy.com/2019/06/24/bechtel-gets-construction-contract-for-ohio-ethane-cracker/, Bechtel gets construction contract for Ohio ethane cracker Â» Kallanish Energy News, 2019-06-24, Kallanish Energy News, en-US, 2019-06-24, August 3, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190803234524/https://www.kallanishenergy.com/2019/06/24/bechtel-gets-construction-contract-for-ohio-ethane-cracker/, dead,

Nuclear, Security & Environmental

The Nuclear, Security & Environmental unit handles the company’s government work and commercial nuclear businesses. The unit supports U.S. and international governmental organizations including the U.S. Departments of Defense and Energy.WEB,www.your-poc.com/top-20-defense-contractors-2015/, Top 20 Defense Contractors in 2014, January 10, 2015, Professional Overseas Contractors, 23 July 2015,www.your-poc.com/top-20-defense-contractors-2015/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150707220438www.your-poc.com/top-20-defense-contractors-2015/,">web.archive.org/web/20150707220438www.your-poc.com/top-20-defense-contractors-2015/, July 7, 2015, dead, Since the 1950s, Bechtel has designed, serviced, or delivered 80 percent of all nuclear plants in the U.S.As of 2019, Bechtel leads or is a member of a consortium that manages a national laboratory and several national security-related facilities in the U.S., including: the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the combined operations of the Y-12 National Security Complex and the Pantex Plant.NEWS, Nuclear weapons: These companies manage America’s stockpile, Rocco, Matthew,www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/08/09/nuclear-weapons-these-companies-manage-americas-stockpile.html, Fox Business, 9 August 2017, 27 November 2017, NEWS, Meet the Private Company That Has Changed the Face of the World, Shawn Tully,fortune.com/bechtel-construction/, Fortune (magazine), Fortune, 17 May 2016, 1 August 2016, NEWS, Y-12 contractor executive shares his philosophy,www.knoxnews.com/business/business-journal/y12-contractor-executive-shares-his-philosophy_95313051, Knoxville News Sentinel, 6 July 2015, 30 July 2015, Bechtel has been contracted to manage the United States Navy’s nuclear propulsion research facilities since 2011. In June 2013 the unit completed design and construction on a U.S. Missile Defense Agency project at Fort Greely, Alaska, which included three missile fields and forty silos.NEWS, Bechtel completes work on US MDA’s ground-based midcourse defence programme,www.army-technology.com/news/newsbechtel-completes-work-us-mdas-ground-based-midcourse-defense-programme, Army-Technology.com, June 12, 2013, 20 March 2014, In 2014 the U.K. Ministry of Defence selected Bechtel to support the Royal Navy and Air Force on procurement and managed support services.NEWS, Bechtel, CH2M Hill Win UK Service Provider Contracts, Andrew Chuter,archive.defensenews.com/article/20140818/DEFREG01/308180005/Bechtel-CH2M-Hill-Win-UK-Service-Provider-Contracts, Defense News, 18 August 2014, 23 July 2015, {{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Additionally, in 2016, Bechtel began providing testing and operations for the Arnold Engineering Development Complex at the Arnold Air Force Base in Tennessee.NEWS, NAS begins contract operation at AEDC, Kelly Lapczynski,www.tullahomanews.com/nas-begins-contract-operation-at-aedc/, The Tullahoma News, 3 July 2016, 1 August 2016, Other government work includes the construction of the facilities to treat the liquid radioactive waste stored underground at the Department of Energy’s Hanford nuclear waste site in Washington.NEWS, Bechtel Makes It Official for New Head of Washington Office, Jones, Andy,legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2010/04/bechtel-makes-it-official-for-new-head-of-washington-office.html, ALM (company), LegalTimes, April 16, 2010, 20 March 2014, NEWS, The Risky Business of Destroying Chemical Weapons, Weisse, Karen,mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-11/the-risky-business-of-destroying-chemical-weapons,mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-11/the-risky-business-of-destroying-chemical-weapons," title="archive.today/20140615091840mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-11/the-risky-business-of-destroying-chemical-weapons,">archive.today/20140615091840mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-11/the-risky-business-of-destroying-chemical-weapons, dead, June 15, 2014, Bloomberg Businessweek, September 11, 2013, 20 March 2014, NEWS, Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Plant May Be Too Dangerous, Valerie Brown,www.scientificamerican.com/article/hanford-nuclear-cleanup-problems/, Scientific American, May 9, 2013, 17 April 2014, Bechtel and AECOM agreed in 2016 to pay $125 million to settle claims by the U.S. Department of Justice that the companies used subpar work while building a nuclear waste treatment facility at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, in addition to allegedly using public funds for lobbying. The companies did not admit wrongdoing; they said they settled to avoid long, costly litigation.NEWS, Bechtel, AECOM pay $125M to settle claims of subpar work at WA nuclear site, Slowey, Kim,www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-aecom-pay-125m-to-settle-claims-of-subpar-work-at-wa-nuclear-site/431140/, Constructive Dive, 28 November 2016, 27 November 2017, NEWS, Contracts settle case over cleanup effort at Hanford Nuclear site, Emshwiller, John R.,www.wsj.com/articles/contractors-settle-case-over-cleanup-effort-at-hanford-nuclear-site-1479951868, The Wall Street Journal, 23 November 2016, 27 November 2017, NEWS, Feds: Hanford contractors to pay $125 million settlement,www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2016-11-23/feds-hanford-contractors-to-pay-125-million-settlement, Associated Press, 23 November 2016, 27 November 2017, In late 2017, Bechtel completed the assembly of two nuclear waste melters, each at 300 tons. The melters are the largest of their kind ever built in the United States.NEWS, Two Nuclear Waste Melters Now Installed at Hanford Site, Tim Newcomb,www.enr.com/blogs/15-evergreen/post/43060-two-nuclear-waste-melters-now-installed-at-hanford-site, ENR North West, 13 October 2017, 24 April 2018, The unit also manages U.S. Department of Defense contracts to dismantle and dispose of stored chemical weapons, including decades-old mustard and nerve gas from World War II. By 2019, the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Colorado had destroyed nearly 100,000 munitions.NEWS, Robots dismantle and neutralize 100,000 mustard agent chemical weapons, Nichols, Greg,www.zdnet.com/article/robots-dismantle-and-neutralize-100000-mustard-agent-chemical-weapons/, ZDNet, February 7, 2019, February 13, 2019, Bechtel completed the construction of the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in 2015.NEWS, Bechtel and partners move toward destroying U.S. chemical weapons, Ryan Maass,www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2015/10/28/Bechtel-and-partners-move-toward-destroying-US-chemical-weapons/9921446035421/, United Press International, 28 October 2015, 1 August 2016, Since May 2012, Bechtel has been part of a consortium completing the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement, a structure that will safely confine the damaged Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Number 4.NEWS, Enormous Chernobyl Confinement Shelter to be Completed in 2015,nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2012/05/25/enormous-chernobyl-confinement-shelter-to-be-completed-in-2015-052501.aspx#.U1BKoeZG8qc, Nuclear Street News, May 25, 2012, 17 April 2014, Bechtel continues to oversee the operation. In November 2016, the team slid a massive containment arch to cover the damaged nuclear reactor and contain radioactive material.In 2016, Bechtel completed work on Tennessee Valley Authority’s Watts Bar 2 nuclear reactor.NEWS, TVA Orders Replacement Steam Generators for Watts Bar 2,www.breakbulk.com/breakbulk-news/industry-sector/epcs-project-owners/tva-orders-replacement-steam-generators-for-watts-bar-2/,www.breakbulk.com/breakbulk-news/industry-sector/epcs-project-owners/tva-orders-replacement-steam-generators-for-watts-bar-2/," title="archive.today/20140615091810www.breakbulk.com/breakbulk-news/industry-sector/epcs-project-owners/tva-orders-replacement-steam-generators-for-watts-bar-2/,">archive.today/20140615091810www.breakbulk.com/breakbulk-news/industry-sector/epcs-project-owners/tva-orders-replacement-steam-generators-for-watts-bar-2/, dead, June 15, 2014, Breakbulk, February 18, 2014, 21 March 2014, NEWS, First criticality for Watts Bar 2,www.world-nuclear-news.org/NN-First-criticality-for-Watts-Bar-2-2405167.html, World Nuclear News, 24 May 2016, 1 August 2016, In May 2016, a joint venture including Bechtel won a contract to conduct front-end engineering and design for the eventual construction of Wylfa Newydd, a nuclear power station in Wales for Horizon Nuclear Power.NEWS, Hitachi, Bechtel and JGC aiming to build Â£10bn nuclear power station in Wales, Kedar Grandhi,www.ibtimes.co.uk/hitachi-bechtel-jgc-aiming-build-10bn-nuclear-power-station-wales-1561245, 21 May 2016, 1 August 2016, In August 2017, Bechtel took over as the lead contractor to complete construction at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle, estimated in 2022 at $30 billion.WEB, Georgia nuclear plant’s cost now projected to top $30B,www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-nuclear-plant-vogtle-projected-costs, Associated Press, 9 May 2022, Bechtel was awarded the contract and took over day-to-day construction of Plant Vogtle’s Units 3 and 4 after Westinghouse Electric, the designer and principal contractor for the two new reactors, filed for bankruptcy.NEWS, Bechtel in, Fluor out as Vogtle construction continues, Proctor, Darrell,www.powermag.com/bechtel-in-fluor-out-as-vogtle-construction-continues/?printmode=1, Power, 31 August 2017, 27 November 2017, As of 2018, Bechtel is building the Uranium Processing Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee. The $6.5 billion project is part of the National Nuclear Security Administration program to replace aging, Cold War-era facilities that service, refresh, and replace the uranium stages of nuclear warheads.NEWS, DOE Authorizes Construction Start on Keystone Next-Gen Uranium Plant,www.exchangemonitor.com/doe-authorizes-construction-start-keystone-next-gen-uranium-plant-upf/, Exchange Monitor, 26 March 2018, 24 April 2018, NEWS, Bechtel Finishes Another UPF Subproject,www.exchangemonitor.com/bechtel-finishes-another-upf-subproject/, Exchange Monitor, 9 March 2018, 24 April 2018,

Manufacturing and technology

The Manufacturing & Technology unit designs and builds projects in the semiconductor, electric vehicle, synthetic materials, and data center markets.NEWS, Bechtel launches division targeting manufacturing, tech, Obando, Sebastian, Construction Dive,www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-division-manufacturing-technology-semiconductor-data-center-electric-vehicle/623523/, May 11, 2022, December 12, 2023, M&T was contracted by Intel in November 2022 to build a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Ohio.NEWS, Bechtel picked to build $20 billion Intel project in New Albany, Williams, Mark, The Columbus Dispatch,www.dispatch.com/story/business/manufacturing/2022/11/28/bechtel-picked-to-build-new-albany-intel-factories/69674281007/, November 28, 2022, December 12, 2023, Another project initiated in 2022â€“2023 included electrical vehicle charging infrastructure for school bus provider First Student.NEWS, Bechtel, First Student Partnership Promises to Boost School Bus Electrification Efforts, Gray, Ryan, School Transportation News,stnonline.com/news/bechtel-first-student-partnership-promises-to-boost-school-bus-electrification-efforts/, March 13, 2023, December 12, 2023,

Management

Brendan Bechtel is chairman and CEO and is the fifth generation of the Bechtel family to lead the company.WEB,www.globalconstructionreview.com/companies/brendan-becomes-fifth-genera7tion-bec7htel-ta7ke/, Brendan becomes fifth generation Bechtel to take company chair, Global Construction Review, 28 April 2017, 1 May 2017, Craig Albert is president and chief operating officer.NEWS, Bechtel taps new president, COO,www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/07/30/bechtel-new-coo-president-replace-jack-futcher.html, Washington Business Journal, Cordell, Carten, July 30, 2020, November 16, 2023, Keith Hennessey is chief financial officer.NEWS, Leadership, Bechtel Corporation,www.bechtel.com/about-us/leadership/keith-hennessey/, November 4, 2022, Several high-ranking Bechtel executives at times held important positions in the United States government. Notably, Reagan’s cabinet had two former Bechtel executives: Caspar Weinberger and George Shultz, serving as Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State respectively.BOOK, Denton, Sally, The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World, At the end of 2009 Jude Laspa, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Director, retired from Bechtel ending a 43 year career with the company.WEB,www.ccst.us/ccstinfo/council/bios/laspa.php, Jude Laspa, California Council on Science and Technology, October 7, 2013, dead,www.ccst.us/ccstinfo/council/bios/laspa.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20130103153459www.ccst.us/ccstinfo/council/bios/laspa.php,">web.archive.org/web/20130103153459www.ccst.us/ccstinfo/council/bios/laspa.php, January 3, 2013,

Financials and rankings

In 2017, Bechtel ranked eighth on Forbes’ list of America’s Largest Private Companies by revenue,NEWS, America’s Largest Private Companies,www.forbes.com/largest-private-companies/list/#tab:rank, Forbes, 2017, 21 July 2016, and 7th on Fortune’s list of the 25 Most Important Private Companies.NEWS, Bechtel ranks 7th on Fortune list of 25 most important private companies, Kim Slowey,www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-ranks-7th-on-fortune-list-of-25-most-important-private-companies/419480/, ConstructionDive, May 19, 2016, 21 July 2016, The company has been named the top U.S. Contractor by revenue by Engineering News-Record for 20 years in a rowNEWS, ENR 2018 Top 400 Contractors 1-100,www.enr.com/toplists/2018-Top-400-Contractors1, Engineering News-Record, May 2018, 25 May 2018, NEWS, No surprise: Bechtel No. 1 on ENR 2018 Top 400 contractors list, Slowey, Kim,www.constructiondive.com/news/no-surprise-bechtel-no-1-on-enr-2018-top-400-contractors-list/523846/, Construction Dive, 25 May 2018, and ranked 12th on the publication’s Top 250 International Contractors list by revenue for 2018.NEWS, ENR’s 2018 Top 250 International Contractors,www.enr.com/toplists/2018-Top-250-International-Contractors-1, Engineering News-Record, August 2018, December 18, 2018,

Major projects {| class“wikitable sortable” style@width:100%;”

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Arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado>Black Canyon of the Colorado River commissioned by the Bureau of Reclamation to control flooding and provide water and hydroelectric power to the Southwestern United States and California.HTTP://WWW.HISTORY.COM/TOPICS/HOOVER-DAM/VIDEOS/HOOVER-DAM-TRUE-GIANT >TITLE=HOOVER DAM

PUBLISHER=HISTORY (U.S. TV CHANNEL), 8 August 2016, At the time of construction, it was the world’s biggest dam and the largest public works project in the history of the U.S. Bechtel bid on the project as part of Six Companies, Inc., a group of several smaller contractors. Bechtel led construction from 1931 until completion in 1935. The Hoover Dam was Bechtel’s first megaproject.

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Public transportation system for San Francisco Bay Area. Bechtel engineered, designed, and built BART for the Bay Area Rapid Transit District through a joint venture called Parsons-Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel. Construction began in 1964 and was completed in 1976.HTTP://WWW.BART.GOV/ABOUT/HISTORY/HISTORY

WORK=BART.GOV

BAY AREA RAPID TRANSIT >ACCESS-DATE=26 AUGUST 2016,

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Industrial district>industrial city in the Middle East and the largest construction engineering project in the world.SITE VISIT: JUBAIL INDUSTRIAL CITY >AUTHOR=MICHAEL FAHY

WORK=CONSTRUCTION WEEK ONLINE

ACCESS-DATE=1 AUGUST 2016, Bechtel has been overseeing construction since the project’s inception in the mid-1970s. The city has been built from a master plan designed by Bechtel and encompasses infrastructure to support 19 primary industries, and produce oil and gas-based products including refined oil, petrochemicals, steel, glass and aluminum. Bechtel has also built housing, retail space, mosques, schools, clinics, and fire stations. Bechtel began construction on an expansion to the city, called Jubail Industrial City II, in 2006.

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undersea tunnel connecting the United Kingdom and France considered by the American Society of Civil Engineers to be one of the Wonders of the World#American Society of Civil Engineers>“Seven Wonders of the Modern World”.THE CHANNEL TUNNEL: 20 FASCINATING FACTS >AUTHOR=OLIVER SMITH

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://GHOSTARCHIVE.ORG/ARCHIVE/20220112/HTTPS://WWW.TELEGRAPH.CO.UK/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/EUROPE/FRANCE/ARTICLES/THE-CHANNEL-TUNNEL-20-FASCINATING-FACTS/

URL-ACCESS=SUBSCRIPTION

WORK=TELEGRAPH MEDIA GROUP

>DATE=1 DECEMBER 2015

Eurotunnel in 1987. Construction lasted from 1988 to 1994.MANAGING A PROJECT WITH MANY MASTERS

WORK=RAILWAY GAZETTE

ACCESS-DATE=1 AUGUST 2016,

Kuwaiti oil fires>Kuwait Oil Field Restoration

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Gulf War, Bechtel was contracted to lead a team to restore oil fields damaged by Iraqi forces, including repairing 749 wells, of which 650 were on fire. Bechtel completed the task in eight months and under budget.AMID CEREMONY AND INGENUITY, KUWAIT’S OIL-WELL FIRES ARE DECLARED OUT

URL=HTTPS://WWW.NYTIMES.COM/1991/11/07/WORLD/AMID-CEREMONY-AND-INGENUITY-KUWAIT-S-OIL-WELL-FIRES-ARE-DECLARED-OUT.HTML

THE NEW YORK TIMES >DATE=7 NOVEMBER 1991, 1 August 2016,

Big Dig>Boston Central Artery/Tunnel

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Interstate 93 that runs through downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Bechtel and Parsons Brinckerhoff jointly supervised the planning and construction that re-routed and rebuilt the Central Artery from an elevated roadway to a series of tunnels. Planning began in 1982 and construction lasted from 1991 to 2006, approximately ten years longer than initially planned.10 YEARS LATER, DID THE BIG DIG DELIVER?

URL=HTTPS://WWW.BOSTONGLOBE.COM/MAGAZINE/2015/12/29/YEARS-LATER-DID-BIG-DIG-DELIVER/TSB8PIMS4QJUETSMPA7SPI/STORY.HTML

THE BOSTON GLOBE >DATE=29 DECEMBER 2015

Big Dig”, the project included construction of the Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge, the widest cable-stayed bridge in the world,JAMES P. MCCARTHY AND KATE DRISCOLL DERICKSON

TITLE=ENGINEERING EARTH: THE IMPACTS OF MEGAENGINEERING PROJECTS

DATE=2011

CHAPTER=CHAPTER 40: MANUFACTURING CONSENT FOR ENGINEERING EARTH

CHAPTER-URL=HTTPS://BOOKS.GOOGLE.COM/BOOKS?ID=MEYJMX7EV8IC&Q=1919+ROAD+CALIFORNIA+BECHTEL&PG=PA785, and an underwater tunnel that traverses the Boston Harbor and connects downtown Boston with Logan International Airport. The megaproject was considered the most complex and expensive highway project in United States history.BOSTON’S BIG DIG CONSTRUCTION: A LOOK BACK 10 YEARS LATER >AUTHOR=TOM ACITELI

WORK=CURBED

ACCESS-DATE=10 AUGUST 2016,

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London with the Channel Tunnel. Originally called the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), Bechtel led the London and Continental Railways consortium of companies in the design, project management, and construction of the railway, including a renovation of the St Pancras railway station. The group was selected by the Government of the United Kingdom>UK government in 1996 and construction was completed in 2007. High Speed 1 is considered the “UK’s first truly high speed rail line”.

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Athens, Greece. Bechtel led a consortium that built two new lines, including 17 miles of rail expansion and two stations prior to the 2004 Summer Olympics. The company also worked with Greece’s Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece)>Ministry of Culture and Sports to ensure unearthed archaeological artifacts were preserved. It’s estimated that the system reduced traffic by between 200,00 and 375,000 cars.

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Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, which exploded in 1986 in the worst nuclear accident in history. The confinement is designed to last 100 years and replaces the original “sarcophagus” erected to contain radiation following the Chernobyl disaster.CHERNOBYL’S RADIOACTIVE RUINS GET A NEW TOMB

URL=HTTP://NEWS.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/2016/04/042516-CHERNOBYL-NEW-SAFE-CONFINEMENT-CONTAINS-RADIATION/

URL-STATUS=DEAD

WORK=NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC (MAGAZINE)

>DATE=25 APRIL 2016

WORK=NUCLEAR ENGINEERING INTERNATIONAL

ACCESS-DATE=10 AUGUST 2016, HTTP://WWW.EBRD.COM/NEWS/2016/UNIQUE-ENGINEERING-FEAT-CONCLUDED-AS-CHERNOBYL-ARCH-HAS-REACHED-RESTING-PLACE.HTML >TITLE=UNIQUE ENGINEERING FEAT CONCLUDED AS CHERNOBYL ARCH HAS REACHED RESTING PLACE

DATE=29 NOVEMBER 2016, 12 January 2018,

Hanford site>Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant

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Vitrification plant to process radioactive waste at the Hanford site in Washington (state)>Washington into a stable form that can be safely disposed. Bechtel was selected by the United States Department of Energy to lead the team designing, constructing, and commissioning the plant, which is expected be the largest of its kind.HANFORD VIT PLANT TAKES BIG STEP >AUTHOR=TIM NEWCOMB

WORK=ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD

ACCESS-DATE=4 OCTOBER 2016, Work began in 2001, but the project had significant delays due to technical problems and design issues.TREATMENT PLANT FOR WASTE IN NUCLEAR CLEANUP HAS DESIGN FLAWS, PANEL SAYS >AUTHOR=MATTHEW L WALD

WORK=THE NEW YORK TIMES

ACCESS-DATE=10 AUGUST 2016, A new plant for processing “low-activity” waste was completed in January 2021.HTTPS://WWW.ENERGY.GOV/EM/ARTICLES/DOE-LEADERS-ANNOUNCE-COMPLETION-KEY-STEP-TOWARD-HANFORD-TANK-WASTE-TREATMENT >TITLE=DOE LEADERS ANNOUNCE COMPLETION OF KEY STEP TOWARD HANFORD TANK WASTE TREATMENT

DATE=10 JANUARY 2021,

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Suspension bridge crossing the Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. The current Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened in 1950 after the original one collapsed in 1940. Bechtel was selected with Kiewit Corporation>Peter Kiewit and Sons by the Washington State Department of Transportation to build a second, parallel bridge to accommodate increased traffic.AT LAST, IT’S GOOD TO GO >AUTHOR=ROB CARSON

WORK=THE NEWS TRIBUNE

ACCESS-DATE=10 AUGUST 2016, Construction began in 2002 and was completed in 2007. It was the largest American bridge built since the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in 1964.HISTORY IN THE MAKING...AGAIN >URL=HTTP://CENEWS.COM/ARTICLE/4404/HISTORY-IN-THE-MAKING-AGAIN

DATE=MAY 2004

date=July 2021

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regasification plant at Sabine Pass in Louisiana. Bechtel is working on the project for Cheniere Energy Partners. Between 2005 and 2009, Bechtel built the regasification terminal. As of 2016, Trains 1 and 2 are complete, and the other trains are at varying levels of construction.BECHTEL HANDS OVER SABINE PASS LNG TRAIN 2 CONTROL TO CHENIERE

WORK=LNG WORLD NEWS

ACCESS-DATE=4 OCTOBER 2016,

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Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station#Unit 2>Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station completion

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Tennessee made up of two reactors used for electric power generation. In 2007, Bechtel was chosen by the Tennessee Valley Authority to complete the second unit, which had stopped construction in 1985. Watts Bar Unit 2 was completed in 2015. It was the first nuclear reactor to come online in the United States since 1996.IT’S THE FIRST NEW U.S. NUCLEAR REACTOR IN DECADES. AND CLIMATE CHANGE HAS MADE THAT A VERY BIG DEAL.

URL=HTTPS://WWW.WASHINGTONPOST.COM/NEWS/ENERGY-ENVIRONMENT/WP/2016/06/17/THE-U-S-IS-POWERING-UP-ITS-FIRST-NEW-NUCLEAR-REACTOR-IN-DECADES/

THE WASHINGTON POST >DATE=17 JUNE 2016, 12 August 2016,

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Commuter rail linking Heathrow Airport to central London and providing connections to the city and suburbs. Bechtel is part of a team of companies overseeing construction. Development began in 2009 and tunneling was completed in 2015. The Crossrail is the largest infrastructure project in Europe, and it serves an estimated 1.5 million people.BORING JOB DONE: LONDON’S CROSSRAIL TEAM COMPLETES FINAL TUNNEL

WORK=GLOBAL CONSTRUCTION REVIEW

ACCESS-DATE=12 AUGUST 2016,

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Gabon. Called “Le Gabon Ã‰mergent”, the plan was created by Bechtel and President Ali Bongo Ondimba in 2010. Its goal is to invest $25 billion in new infrastructure by 2025.WHAT BECHTEL PARTNERSHIP IN GABON COULD MEAN FOR DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS

URL=HTTPS://WWW.DEVEX.COM/NEWS/WHAT-BECHTEL-PARTNERSHIP-IN-GABON-COULD-MEAN-FOR-DEVELOPMENT-ORGANIZATIONS-84648

DATE=29 OCTOBER 2014

URL=HTTP://WWW.FT.COM/CMS/S/0/45DD22FA-AB3B-11E1-B675-00144FEABDC0.HTML#AXZZ4JUKD0GAR

THE FINANCIAL TIMES >DATE=5 JUNE 2012, 12 August 2016,

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Solar thermal energy>Solar thermal power plant located in the Mojave desert in California. The plant was developed and designed by BrightSource Energy, which brought in Bechtel to construct the plant between 2009 and 2014. Bechtel was also an investor in the project. Ivanpah uses heat-generating mirrors that create steam, powering turbines that produce electricity. It is the largest operating solar farm in the world.THE HOOVER DAM OF SOLAR IS NOW LIVE IN THE DESERT OF CALIFORNIA. HERE’S WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT >AUTHOR=KATIE FEHRENBACHER

WORK=GIGAOM

ACCESS-DATE=12 AUGUST 2016

ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20201111225408/HTTPS://GIGAOM.COM/2014/02/13/THE-HOOVER-DAM-OF-SOLAR-IS-NOW-LIVE-IN-THE-DESERT-OF-CALIFORNIA-WHY-ITS-SO-IMPORTANT/, dead,

Curtis Island (Queensland)>Curtis Island LNG

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liquefied natural gas plants on Curtis Island (Queensland)>Curtis Island in Queensland, Australia. Bechtel was contracted to design and build the LNGs for three separate joint ventures. Upon completion, the trains will produce 8% of all LNG production.

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Bechtel was contracted in 2013 to head a consortium to develop six lines, including all tunneling and stations. In 2016, Bechtel stated that it is the largest civil engineering project the company has undertaken in its history.SAUDI SPENDS $22 BILLION ON RIYADH METRO LINE CONSTRUCTION

URL=HTTPS://WWW.BLOOMBERG.COM/NEWS/ARTICLES/2013-07-29/BECHTEL-FCC-ANSALDO-WIN-22-4-BILLION-RIYADH-METRO-CONTRACTS

BLOOMBERG NEWS >DATE=29 JULY 2013

DATE=FEBRUARY 5, 2021

ACCESS-DATE=MARCH 6, 2021,

A3 motorway (Romania)>Romania A3 Motorway

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DATE=4 AUGUST 2011

ACCESS-DATE=5 OCTOBER 2018,

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