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June 27, 2012

Los Alamos National Lab Celebrates 1,000th Transuranic Waste Shipment

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), which is operated by a team led by Bechtel and the University of California, has made its 1,000th shipment of transuranic waste to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a permanent repository near Carlsbad, NM....

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June 25, 2012

Bechtel Completes Terminal 3 at McCarran Airport on Schedule and Within Budget

Bechtel has completed the new state-of-the-art Terminal 3 building at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, NV on schedule and within budget. The $2.4 billion, 1.9-million-square foot facility will open to international airlines on June 27. The construction of Terminal...

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June 13, 2012

Bechtel Announces Plan to Continue Strengthening WTP Safety Culture

Bechtel unveiled its comprehensive plan to continue strengthening its commitment to nuclear safety and quality at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) project in Washington state. In the plan, the Bechtel leadership team identified the specific actions needed...

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May 22, 2012

Bechtel Makes Woman Engineer Magazine’s Top 50 Employers List

Bechtel has been named a top employer by the readers of Woman Engineer magazine, earning a spot on the magazine’s 2012 list of Top 50 Employers. The list is based on the magazine’s annual survey that asks readers which companies...

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May 21, 2012

Bechtel Reaches Key Milestones on Dulles Metrorail Project

The Bechtel-led team building Phase 1 of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project has installed the final segment of the elevated Tysons East Guideway, a key milestone signaling the close out of the heavy civil work needed on the project. The...

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May 11, 2012

Bechtel Reaches Safety Milestone at Hanford Waste Treatment Plant

Bechtel Corporation announced today that workers at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, also known as the “Vit Plant,” surpassed 11 million hours without an injury resulting in a lost work day.  More than 2,700 people at the Vit Plant worked...

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May 9, 2012

Bechtel Named Top U.S. Contractor for 14th Straight Year

Bechtel Corporation has been named the top U.S. contractor in 2012 by Engineering News-Record (ENR), a leading publication for the engineering and construction industry. This marks the 14th consecutive year that Bechtel has ranked first on ENR’s Top 400 Contractors...

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May 3, 2012

Bechtel Project Recognized for Safety Performance

An independent safety and health organization regulated by Chilean Workers Compensation Law, Mutual de Seguridad, has recognized Bechtel Chile Ltd. for its performance on the Los Bronces Development project. It named Los Bronces the country’s safest major mining project over...

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