Resilient infrastructure
13 Results
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Sumaq Wasi Housing: Beating the Cold
In this three-part series, Bechtel's Heloisa Schmidt, manager, Corporate Sustainability, and Mellissa Case, sustainable development manager, Mining and Metals, share their on-the-ground experiences in Peru talking to Bechtel colleagues, partners, and community members. In this first installment, learn about the innovative partnership that is helping to protect indigenous families from extreme frost in the remote Andes.
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One Team, One Dream – How an Inspirational Project United Bechtel Colleagues with an Entire Rwandan village
In June 2023, fifteen Bechtel volunteers travelled to Nyanza, Rwanda to build a 140-metre suspension bridge in partnership with Bridges to Prosperity, a nonprofit organization that connects rural communities through trail bridges.
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Philippines Coastal Protection: A Green-Grey Approach to Resilience
Bechtel is partnering with Conservation International to increase resilience in Iloilo in the Phillippines
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Preventing Future Environmental Hazards in Ethiopia’s Rural Communities
Fixing environmental and health hazards in Ethiopia showed Bechtel the challenges of, and community opportunities to make life better for local residents.
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Edmonton Light Rail Transit - Building More Than Rail
The Edmonton Light Rail Transit system creates jobs for local citizens, saves energy and recycles construction waste. Read Bechtel’s blog to learn more.
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Rethinking “bankability” for Africa’s infrastructure
Africa's economic growth during the last decade has remained relatively robust despite some countries facing strong headwinds – from the Ebola epidemic to the weakening of global commodity prices and capital flows.
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Infrastructure for economic development in SE Asia
Bechtel's Ian Laski joins Raj Kumar, president and editor-in-chief of Devex, to discuss the dynamic and growing challenges in Southeast Asia.
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What is resilient infrastructure for Southeast Asia?
Bechtel's Ian Laski and Raj Kumar sit down and discuss what resilient infrastructure means for a diverse region of the world.
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Partnership for resilient smart development
Rapid urbanization in Asia has created an unprecedented challenge for the development community. From 2000 to 2010, nearly 200 million people moved into East Asian cities, according to the World Bank.
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Public-private partnerships are critical in addressing global challenges
Enhanced collaboration between civil society, government, and business in the planning, design and implementation of core and social infrastructures should grow economies; build resiliency; and help to solve societal problems.
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Smart cities as innovation hubs
Global megatrends require a step-change in the way we design, construct and operate structures and systems that will benefit society for the long term.
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Research: designing resilient infrastructure
Bechtel has contributed to a two-year study with re:focus partners culminating in a report, A Roadmap for Resilience that helps to guide cities on how to leverage private investment in building more resilient and integrated infrastructure.
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Infrastructure’s role in achieving the post-2015 UN SDGs
Infrastructure is not just about physical assets (e.g., roads and bridges), but also about sustainable solutions for the delivery of reliable energy, clean water, communications, logistics and mobility.