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September 16, 2010

Bechtel Joins U.S. Effort to Improve Engineering Education

Bechtel is one of 100 firms partnering with a new national nonprofit, Change the Equation, to improve the performance of U.S. students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. The new organization was unveiled earlier today by President Barack...

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September 14, 2010

Bechtel to Help Develop Offshore Wind Farm

Bechtel has joined with two other companies to develop an offshore wind farm on Lake Erie near Cleveland, Ohio.  Bechtel Development Company, Inc., Cavallo Great Lakes Ohio Wind, LLC, and Great Lakes Wind Energy, LLC, comprise Great Lakes Ohio Wind,...

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August 17, 2010

Blue Grass Completes Design Phase

A Bechtel-led team at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant near Richmond, Kentucky, recently reached a significant milestone with the completion of the plant's design. This milestone was featured in the Richmond Register. To allow for site preparation and...

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August 9, 2010

Bechtel Projects Win 12 R&D 100 Awards

Research teams at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and the Y-12 Nuclear Security Complex are among the recipients of this year’s R&D 100 Awards. Bechtel is on the teams that manage and operate these laboratories...

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August 5, 2010

Ivanpah Solar Project Receives Key Support

A California Energy Commission siting committee has issued a proposed decision recommending approval A California Energy Commission siting committee has issued a proposed decision recommending approval of BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. Bechtel is partnering with BrightSource to...

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August 3, 2010

Bechtel Wins U.S. Gov’t Work to Reduce Biological Threats in Uzbekistan

The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) recently awarded Bechtel National new work in Uzbekistan under the Biological Threat Reduction Integrating Contract (BTRIC). Bechtel will complete Phase 2 of DTRA's Biological Threat Reduction Program (BTRP) that includes Threat Agent Detection...

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July 28, 2010

WTP Wins Safety Recognition

The Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) construction site near Richland, Washington, was recently recognized with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star status–the highest level of VPP recognition. Bechtel is designing and building WTP, the world’s largest...

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July 26, 2010

New Agreement on Prairie State Project

Prairie State Generating Company, LLC and Bechtel Power Corporation have announced a new fixed price engineering, procurement, and construction agreement for building the power plant at Prairie State Energy Campus.

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