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September 15, 2012

Bechtel Teams With Ocean Exploration Trust to Advance STEM Education

Bechtel announced today the company is sponsoring nine teachers and five students participating in a pair of 2012 Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) programs that promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education to a global audience. Both the Educator-at-Sea Program...

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September 6, 2012

Bechtel Celebrates Groundbreaking for Panda Temple Power Plant

Bechtel, along with representatives from Panda Temple Power, LLC, an affiliate of Panda Power Funds, Siemens, and federal, state, and local dignitaries today celebrated the groundbreaking of the Panda Temple Project. The power plant, located in Temple, Texas, will be...

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September 1, 2012

Bechtel’s Project Management Skills Support Delivery of Port Megaproject

Khalifa Port, the new state-of-the-art gateway to Abu Dhabi, today commenced commercial operations. Bechtel was responsible for project management of the port and Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi (Kizad) for its client, Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC). “With Khalifa Port...

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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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