Bechtel is at the forefront of constructing innovative battery manufacturing facilities in the U.S. Our expert team ensures compliance with local codes and standards, conducts thorough pre-inspections, and manages permitting, startup processes, and risk identification.
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The Bechtel-built mine, one of the largest copper resources, features a first-of-its-kind desalination plant and will operate on 100% renewable energy by 2025.
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Bechtel is delivering one of Australia’s largest infrastructure projects — a state-of-the-art airport designed to handle 10 million passengers annually.
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Jul 31, 2026
This piece was originally published by Fortune
America just blew out the candles on its 250th birthday — a moment to celebrate the freedoms and ideals that define us. But behind those ideals stands something more tangible: infrastructure. The hardware of civilization that made the American dream real, livable, and lasting.
Since its founding, our nation’s capacity to build at scale has made the United States a world power. The railroads and highways that moved people and goods. The refineries, pipelines, nuclear plants, and LNG terminals that fueled our growth. The defense systems that kept us safe. America wouldn’t be America without them.
None of it built itself. Our most critical infrastructure was raised over generations — designed and engineered, then constructed by carpenters, masons, laborers, ironworkers, operators, teamsters, pipefitters, welders, and electricians. They built the facilities that made America the world’s largest producer of both oil and natural gas.
