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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.
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.
Bechtel is delivering one of Australia’s largest infrastructure projects — a state-of-the-art airport designed to handle 10 million passengers annually.
The 52nd annual Waste Management Symposia will attract a powerful global network of attendees highlighting this year’s theme “Efficient and Innovative Nuclear Materials and Technology Solutions.”
WM Symposia will explore cutting-edge research, development, and operational insights across 12 specialized tracks, featuring discussions on timely topics like Used Fuel, D&D, Procurement and Contracting, Safety, Legacy Site Cleanup worldwide, and NRC/DOE initiatives. This year’s Featured US DOE Site is Hanford, Washington.
Bechtel at Waste Management Symposia 2026
The following Bechtel colleagues will be featured in several sessions at this year’s conference:
Bechtel’s President of Bechtel National, Inc, and the General Manager of Bechtel’s Environmental and Security business line Ben Souther will be featured during “Culture of Urgency” on March 10th.
Bechtel’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Project Director and Senior Vice President Brian Hartman will be featured during “Meeting Government Mandate to Increase Efficiency” on March 10th.
SIMCO’s President and Program Manager at WIPP Ken Harrawood will be featured during “Meeting Government Mandate to Increase Efficiency” on March 10th.
This year’s conference will take place at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Bechtel is a Diamond sponsor of this year’s conference and will be present at booth #201.
Bechtel has partnered with the U.S. Department of Energy for more than 75 years, building on decades of experience delivering complex projects for government and commercial customers worldwide.
From managing and operating DOE laboratories and production sites to delivering critical clean-up projects, Bechtel executes on some of the nation’s most consequential security, science, and environmental programs missions. Bechtel’s work includes advancing uranium operations at the Y‑12 National Security Complex, safely isolating transuranic waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, building infrastructure to treat legacy waste at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, and supporting breakthrough fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Bechtel executes projects critical to national and energy security and delivers transformative infrastructure worldwide. From iconic projects like the Hoover Dam to global leadership in Liquefied Natural Gas plants, Bechtel sets the standard for executing large and technically demanding projects, delivering results that meet the nation’s highest expectations.
Building Smarter: Bringing Digital Innovation to Government Projects
By: Ben Souther
Over the last few decades, digital innovation has improved construction, driving efficiency at every stage of the project lifecycle. Yet government construction—namely nuclear facilities and other high-security builds—has been slower to adopt these tools.
Empowering America’s Construction Workers: The Key to a Prosperous Future
By: Craig Albert
So much of our future quite literally rests on concrete, steel, pipe, and wire—and on the men and women with the skills to turn those raw materials into infrastructure. Construction workers have always risen to the occasion.
Bechtel Begins Nuclear Vitrification at Hanford Site
Bechtel today announced the start of nuclear vitrification operations at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) at the Hanford site in Washington state, where the first batch of radioactive and chemical waste from the Manhattan Project and Cold War…
Bechtel Completes First Container Pour at Vitrification Plant in Washington State
Bechtel announced today that it has successfully completed the first set of test glass pours into a stainless-steel storage container designed to hold vitrified radioactive and chemical waste. This is a critical step in the Department of Energy’s mission to...
Bechtel today named Senior Vice President Brian Hartman as project director for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) project at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hanford Site in Washington state. Hartman is a 40-year Bechtel veteran with extensive...
Bechtel studied Yucca Mountain as a potential U.S. nuclear waste repository, leveraging advanced engineering and analysis to explore safe, long-term disposal solutions.