Bechtel is at the forefront of constructing innovative battery manufacturing facilities in the U.S. Our expert team ensures compliance with local codes and standards, conducts thorough pre-inspections, and manages permitting, startup processes, and risk identification.
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The Bechtel-built mine, one of the largest copper resources, features a first-of-its-kind desalination plant and will operate on 100% renewable energy by 2025.
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Bechtel is delivering one of Australia’s largest infrastructure projects — a state-of-the-art airport designed to handle 10 million passengers annually.
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February 23, 2010
The U.S. Department of Energy has conditionally granted $1.37 billion in loan guarantees for construction and start up of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in southeastern California being built by BrightSource Energy Inc. and Bechtel. Bechtel partnered with BrightSource on the Ivanpah project as the engineering, procurement...
February 16, 2010
Construction progress on the Prairie State Energy Campus is featured in the St. Louis Labor Tribune, one of America’s oldest labor newspapers. Bechtel is building the 1,600-megawatt power plant in southern Illinois for Prairie State Generating Company LLC. Learn more about Prairie...
February 5, 2010
Bechtel environmental engineer Kyra Davis discusses the important role ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) Mentor Program had in her choosing a career in engineering. Read the Gazette story. ACE is a hands-on program in which mentors encourage high school students to pursue further education...
February 3, 2010
Jubail Industrial City, the largest civil engineering project in the world today, is featured in the February 2010 issue of PM Network magazine. Read the article, published by permission of the Project Management Institute. Bechtel has managed the Jubail project, located in the Eastern Province...
January 25, 2010
“I am delighted that Dave has joined our board,” said Bechtel Chairman and CEO Riley Bechtel. “He brings to Bechtel a legacy of leadership in the global oil and gas industry, and we are extraordinarily fortunate to have his wealth...
January 21, 2010
The W. H. Sammis Air Quality Control Project, for which Bechtel provided engineering, procurement, construction, and startup services, received honorable mention in the 2010 Power Engineering Projects of the Year awards. The plant was recognized in the best coal-fired project...
January 18, 2010
Bechtel announced today that its projects around the world racked up 263 million safe hours last year, the equivalent of 10,000 individuals working safely for 12 years. Individually, 53 projects each achieved at least 1 million consecutive work hours without...
January 15, 2010
The Foundation’s president, Adrian Zaccaria, also today pledged an immediate US$100,000 gift to the American Red Cross to support its on-the-ground relief efforts in the stricken country. The Foundation’s matching funds will be directed to the International Response Fund of...
December 21, 2009
We Power LLC, a subsidiary of Wisconsin Energy Corporation (WEC) that builds and owns electric generating units, and Bechtel Power Corporation today announced an agreement that settles all pending claims between them regarding the new coal-fueled units that have been...