It gets a little windy

Despite its name, Iceland isn’t usually quite that cold, but it can get windy. At the Fjarðaál project, winds sometimes exceeded 140 kilometers per hour, shutting down crane operations and other outside work. But Bechtel found a way to get the job done by having components—in some cases entire buildings—preassembled so they could be put in place when the weather improved.

Not every place Bechtel works is freezing cold. Some are hot and some are wet On Bioko Island, you get both, with the temperature averaging 31 degrees Celsius (XX Fahrenheit), humidity around 90 percent, and up to three meters of rain for the year.

It should be noted that most Bechtel work is done in comfortable offices in cities around the world, where the biggest challenge is the morning commute. But if you want to experience the thrill of working in a remote location on the kind of project that made us famous, we’ve probably got one for you.