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    Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project Advances Toward Construction

    • 30 March 2007

    The Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation (DRPT) today announced the successful negotiation of a $1.6 billion design-build agreement with Dulles Transit Partners, LLC, (DTP) for final design and construction of Phase 1 of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project. DTP is a limited liability company owned by Bechtel Infrastructure, Inc. and Washington Group International—two of the world's leading engineering, construction, and project management companies.

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    Bechtel Efforts House 80,000 Hurricane Victims in Mississippi

    • 06 January 2007

    More than 80,000 Mississippi residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina are now living in emergency housing units installed and readied for occupancy by Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) under contract to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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    Bechtel Joins UK Nuclear Cleanup Consortium

    • 06 November 2006

    Three leading international companies have formed a world-class consortium to support the UK Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s clean-up program. Serco, Bechtel and BWXT have joined forces in a consortium that combines their proven track records of service delivery, nuclear site management, and clean-up capability.

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    Bechtel Team Takes Awards, Ranks High in U.S. Challenge

    • 26 October 2006

    Returning from Roanoke, Virginia, physically and mentally exhausted, Bechtel's first-ever team to enter the BG U.S. Challenge placed third among 47 entrants and brought home several awards and trophies from the competition, which was held October 19-21, 2006.

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    Plan Moves Forward for Second Cleaner Coal Power Plant

    • 17 August 2006

    GE Energy and Bechtel Power have signed their second agreement with American Electric Power (AEP) to move forward with plans for an integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC), or cleaner coal, power plant.

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    Bechtel National Wins Contract to Support FEMA

    • 10 August 2006

    Bechtel National, Inc. (BNI) has been awarded a two-year contract by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide temporary housing and disaster recovery center support in times of future disasters.

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    Bechtel and Jacobs Awarded Proposed Refinery Expansion Project by Motiva

    • 03 August 2006

    Bechtel Corporation and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today that they were awarded a contract by Motiva Enterprises LLC (jointly owned by Saudi Refining, Inc. and Shell Oil Company) to provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for a proposed 325,000 barrel per day (BPD) refinery expansion at its Port Arthur, Texas, facility.

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    Construction Training Initiative Launched for Gulf Coast Region

    • 28 July 2006

    Washington, D.C., July 28, 2006 -- Business Roundtable today announced the rollout of a broad-based effort to recruit and train up to 20,000 new construction workers in the Gulf Coast region by the end of 2009 and to help continue the region’s recovery from last year’s hurricanes.

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    Reinsch Appointed to DOE Committee

    • 21 June 2006

    Jim Reinsch, president of Bechtel’s nuclear power business line, was yesterday appointed to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) new Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technical Advisory Committee. The committee will advise U.S. secretary of energy on issues related to the development of hydrogen and fuel-cell technologies.

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    Conocophillips Optimized CascadeSM Process Employed at World's Largest LNG Train

    • 01 June 2006

    ConocoPhillips [NYSE:COP] and Bechtel announced today that the world’s newest and largest operating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant has been transferred to Atlantic LNG of Trinidad and Tobago after passing a performance test. The plant, which was engineered and constructed by Bechtel, uses the ConocoPhillips Optimized Cascade process designed to safely and efficiently meet the growing demand for clean-burning natural gas. The plant has a nominal capacity of 5.2 million tonnes per year and was delivered three months ahead of schedule.