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May 11, 2011

Bechtel Named Top U.S. Contractor for 13th Straight Year

2011 Marks the 13th Consecutive Year of Recognition Bechtel Corporation has been named the top U.S. contractor in 2011 by Engineering News-Record (ENR), a leading publication for the engineering and construction industry. This marks the 13th consecutive year that Bechtel...

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May 11, 2011

Bechtel Receives Full Notice to Proceed for Ivanpah Project

BrightSource Energy has issued a Full Notice to Proceed to Bechtel for the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Facility Project in Southern California after successfully achieving financial close for the project. This milestone culminates a four year effort by BrightSource to...

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May 6, 2011

Recycling History to Deliver the Future

Bechtel engineer Linda Miller met recently with Tom Edwards of BBC News London and took him on a tour of the Connaught Tunnel, a piece of London Underground history that is about to be recycled as part of a complex...

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April 25, 2011

Bechtel Announces 2010 Financial Results

Total Revenue of $27.9 billion New work booked of $21.3 billion Revenue backlog of $78 billion Bechtel Corporation today announced its business results for 2010, highlighting a strong year in which the company’s diverse portfolio once again delivered solid results....

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April 1, 2011

Bechtel and Solfocus Deliver Renewable Power for California Agribusiness

Bechtel, SolFocus, and developer Sol Orchard announced today that a one-megawatt high concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) power plant was completed for Nichols Farms, a pistachio farm in Hanford, CA. The solar plant, which utilizes the SolFocus SF-1100S CPV systems, was designed...

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March 16, 2011

Bechtel Innovation and Global Resources Used in Japanese Crisis Response

Bechtel, along with multiple government agencies and suppliers, worked non-stop to design and build a temporary cooling system to address the unprecedented situation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The system went from conceptual design to on-site delivery in...

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March 2, 2011

Generation mPower Names Executive Leadership

Generation mPower LLC, a joint company formed by The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) and Bechtel to design, license, and build the next generation of nuclear power plants based on B&W mPower™ reactor technology, today announced several executive leadership...

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February 23, 2011

Bechtel Selected by Xcel Energy for Nuclear Plant Services

Bechtel today announced it has been selected by Xcel Energy to provide engineering, field engineering, and construction services at the utility’s Monticello and Prairie Island nuclear generating plants in Minnesota. As part of a five-year contract, Bechtel will manage projects...

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February 9, 2011

Bechtel Completes Nuclear Job Ahead of Schedule

Bechtel today announced that it has completed a steam generation replacement (SGR) project ahead of schedule on Unit 3 of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in San Clemente, California.  “We completed the SGR in 80 days and 13...

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