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August 8, 2012

Ivanpah Solar Project Reaches Halfway Mark and Peak of Construction Employment

NRG Energy, Google, BrightSource Energy and construction partner Bechtel announced that the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (Ivanpah SEGS) has reached the halfway mark of construction on the world’s largest solar thermal project. Ivanpah has also reached its peak construction...

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August 1, 2012

Bechtel Selected to Provide Nuclear Consulting Services to CNPEC

Bechtel has signed an agreement to provide project management consulting services to the China Nuclear Power Engineering Corporation (CNPEC), a subsidiary of the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Group (CGNPG). Bechtel will provide CNPEC with training and education to help the...

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July 24, 2012

12 Million Safe Hours at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant

Bechtel Corporation announced today that workers at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant, known as the Vit Plant, have worked more than 12 million hours without an injury that resulted in a worker missing a single day of work....

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July 18, 2012

Bechtel Awarded EPC Contract for State-of-the-Art Power Plant in Texas

Bechtel announced today the company is part of a consortium awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction contract to build a natural gas-fueled, combined-cycle power plant for Panda Temple Power, LLC, an affiliate of Panda Power Funds. Bechtel and Siemens will...

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July 17, 2012

Bechtel Team Completes Dulles Rail Aerial Guideway

The Bechtel-led team building Phase 1 of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail project has completed construction of the aerial guideway that will carry Metrorail trains and passengers over major highways and through Tysons Corner, one of Virginia’s busiest retail and business...

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July 12, 2012

Ma’aden Awards Bechtel Prefeasibility Study for Copper and Zinc Smelter Study

Ma’aden has awarded Bechtel the prefeasibility study contract for its proposed copper and zinc smelter projects in Saudi Arabia. The multibillion-dollar potential projects are set to include the construction of two world-class smelters. “Our team in Saudi Arabia will bring...

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July 10, 2012

Innovations at Three Bechtel Sites Recognized by Scientific Community

Researchers at three National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) sites managed and operated by Bechtel partnerships are winners of R&D Magazine’s 2012 R&D 100 Awards, which honor the top 100 proven technological advances of the year. Teams at Lawrence Livermore and...

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June 28, 2012

Bechtel Named a Best Diversity Company

Bechtel has been recognized by the readers of Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology magazine as one of the best diversity companies. The readers were asked to identify the organizations that they believe do the best work in diversity, which...

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