For all of the impressive achievements in our report, we know that the know-how and performance of the people we bring to each new project are paramount.

For that reason, we are always looking for colleagues of character with a taste for challenge and accomplishment—people with the ability to see a good solution to a vexing problem and who bring to their work ways to make the most of the knowledge, experience, resourcefulness, discipline, and creativity that they and their colleagues have to offer. We continue to work to create a robust culture of trust and accountability that values diverse talents, experience, and ideas. We continue to invest in individuals and build teams to help our colleagues learn from each other and flourish and to allow us as a company to accomplish the challenging assignments for which we are renowned.

In 2012, we will continue to invest in our people by expanding our already extensive skills development platform, exploring new ways of recognizing and rewarding achievements and offering the most exciting career development opportunities in our industry so our know-how can shine and so we each can be proud of what we do—and of Bechtel.

Know-how is not an end but the means by which we, as teams of Bechtel people, achieve great things for our customers. Well applied, it creates accomplishment, reward, satisfaction, and enduring pride.