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Milestones
Safe Crossing
CHILE After witnessing several near-accidents at an intersection and crosswalk next to the Santiago office of the Codelco Copper PDA Phase I project, members of a Bechtel safety committee contacted the mayor of Las Condes to see what could be done. Their efforts led the city to install a new traffic light. By choosing “not to look the other way,” a staple of Bechtel’s safety philosophy, their action has reduced risks for all pedestrians visiting the suburban office development—Bechtel employees included.
Smelter Nears Completion
OMAN Bechtel expects to complete engineering, procurement, and construction management at the Sohar Aluminium smelter later this year. The $1.4 billion project consists of the world’s largest aluminum potline, a carbon plant, a metal casting facility, and port facilities for storage and shipping. Bechtel trained nearly 750 Omanis as electricians, carpenters, and other skilled laborers—the largest such training program in Oman’s history. Upon completion of the smelter, many of the newly trained workers will move to other nearby construction jobs.
Management Moves
Adrian Zaccaria has been named Bechtel’s vice chairman. He remains a member of the company’s board of directors and its operating committee, and will sponsor Bechtel Systems and Infrastructure, Inc. through the end of 2008.
Bill Dudley succeeds Zaccaria as the company’s president and chief operating officer and operating committee chair. Dudley joined Bechtel in 1981.
Copper Concentrator
CHILE Bechtel will expand a copper concentrator in the Andes northeast of Santiago, under a $1.2 billion contract with Anglo American SUR S.A. The project will more than double output of the Los Bronces facility by adding a new concentrator and new crushing and conveying equipment, among other improvements. The expansion is scheduled for completion in December 2010.
LNG Projects
ANGOLA Bechtel will construct a liquefied natural gas production train for Angola LNG Limited near the Congo River delta city of Soyo. The project consists of a 5.7-million-ton-per year (5.2-million-tonne) LNG train, as well as storage and marine loading facilities for LNG, liquefied petroleum gas products, and condensate. First production at the facility is slated for early 2012.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA Liquid Niugini Gas Limited has selected Bechtel to perform front-end engineering and design, and engineering, procurement, and construction for its planned LNG liquefaction plant at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Authorization of Bechtel’s work is contingent on government agreements and gas reserve confirmation.
Both the Papua New Guinea and Angola LNG projects will employ ConocoPhillips’ Optimized CascadeSM process technology for the plant designs. Bechtel has a long-standing global collaboration with ConocoPhillips and has used its process on a string of LNG projects.
Project of Decade
UK High Speed 1—Britain’s first high-speed rail line—was named Project of the Decade at the London Transport Awards. A Bechtel-led consortium called Rail Link Engineering performed design and project management for the the 68-mile (109-kilometer) route between the Channel Tunnel and central London’s St Pancras International station, completed in 2007.
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