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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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July 13, 2010

Construction Begins on Ras Az Zawr Aluminium Smelter

Bechtel started construction on Saudi Arabia's first ever aluminium smelter at the Ma’aden minerals industry complex at the Ras Az Zawr Minerals Industrial City. The industry complex is being developed by the Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma’aden and will also...

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July 12, 2010

ENR Names Jubail II a World Megaproject

Engineering News Record (ENR) named Jubail II Industrial Complex, a project managed by Bechtel, one of the world’s 10 largest programs under construction. Read the article in ENR. Bechtel has managed the Jubail project, located in the Eastern Province of...

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June 30, 2010

Major Safety Milestone On Savannah River Remediation Project

Savannah River Remediation’s construction team recently achieved a major safety milestone – 12 consecutive years with more than 22.7 million hours of work without an injury causing a lost day at work. The importance of this achievement is underscored when compared...

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