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February 21, 2019

Bechtel Engineer Farhang Ostadan To Be Honored for Advancing the Protection of Nuclear Power Plants Against Earthquakes

Farhang Ostadan, manager of Bechtel’s Earthquake Engineering Center, has been announced as the 2019 recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Stephen D. Bechtel Jr. Energy Award. The prestigious award recognizes outstanding achievements in the energy industry and is...

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February 4, 2019

Chemical Agent Destruction Plant Safely Neutralizes 100,000 Chemical Weapons

The Bechtel-led team at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, or PCAPP, is marking a significant milestone: safely eliminating 100,000 munitions from the chemical weapons stockpile located at the U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado. The destruction of these...

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January 17, 2019

Bechtel to Expand Teck’s Quebrada Blanca Copper Mine in Chile

Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement and construction, has received approval from Teck to proceed with the expansion of the Quebrada Blanca copper mine in Chile, comprising a143,000 tonnes-per-day copper concentrator, a high-capacity desalination plant, and a 165-kilometer water...

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December 19, 2018

Bechtel To Drive Productivity and Environmental Innovations in Mining at New Center in Chile

The global engineering, construction, and project management company Bechtel has opened the Bechtel Mining & Metals Innovation Center to lead the development of new technologies that boost productivity, promote environmental sustainability and improve worker safety for the copper industry. The...

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December 13, 2018

Bechtel Leads Alba Potline 6 Project to First Hot Metal Production

Alba, the Bahrain-based aluminum producer, announced that it has successfully produced the First Hot Metal on December 13 at its Potline 6 Expansion Project. Potline 6 is being executed by Bechtel as the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) contractor.

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November 15, 2018

Bechtel and Cheniere Deliver LNG Ahead of Schedule on US Gulf Coast

Bechtel, a global leader in project management, engineering, procurement, and construction, today joined its customer Cheniere Energy to announce production of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Corpus Christi Liquefaction project in Texas. This production train at the...

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November 14, 2018

Bechtel Selected to Participate in U.S. Versatile Test Reactor Program

Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, construction, and project management, today announced it has been selected to participate in the research and development phase of a program critically important to the future of  advanced nuclear power reactors in the...

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