Features | | Mountain Hideaway |
 Scientists and engineers plan a safe haven for nuclear waste.
As mountains go, Yucca Mountain doesn't really measure up. A crooked spine of dusty volcanic ridges, it nearly blends into the desolate landscape…
|
| Comeback for Coal |
 An Arizona project heralds new interest in an old energy source.
One-quarter of the world's coal reserves are found within the United States, and the energy content of U.S. coal resources exceeds that of all the world's known recoverable oil.
|
| Industrial Strength |
 Jubail celebrates its 30th anniversary—and it's still growing.
Thirty years ago, Saudi Arabia launched a project to build a city from the sand up. Today, Jubail is an industrial capital with a population of more than 100,000 that accounts for more than 7 percent of the kingdom's gross domestic product.
|
| Beyond Holes and Poles |
 AT&T Wireless upgrades to offer high-speed cellular service.
Not so many years ago, a phone in your pocket seemed the stuff of science fiction. Today, people can put the Internet in their pockets.
|
Departments | | Front End |
 The rehabilitation of a vital waterway marks a milestone in the Iraqi
project.
|
| Detail Design |
 Crossing the Tacoma Narrows—Again
|
| Milestones |
| Keeping up with Bechtel projects, people, and safety records around the world.
|
|
Bechtel Briefs is a full-color magazine showcasing the projects, people, and technology that make Bechtel a premier engineering and construction company worldwide. For a printed copy of a particular issue, please contact Pacita Ward at 1-415-768-7909 or e-mail briefs@bechtel.com.
|
