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October 14, 2007

Bechtel Wins Watts Bar

When completed in 2012, Watts Bar Unit 2 will add approximately 1,200 megawatts of power to the TVA system, enough to serve 650,000 homes. Work on the original plant was stopped in 1985, when it was about two-thirds complete. The...

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September 28, 2007

Bechtel Takes the Gold for Driving Safety Challenge Online Course

The course, developed with co-winner InterWorks, provides a virtual trip to and from work, which exposes users to likely driving scenarios and hazards. Responses to situations on the driving route are scored positively if safe and negatively if risky. Judges...

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September 24, 2007

Bechtel to Proceed on Major Texas Refinery Expansion

A joint venture of Bechtel Corp. and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. will serve as primary contractor for engineering, procurement and construction. The expansion, scheduled to be complete in 2010, will double the size of the refinery to more than 600,000...

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September 13, 2007

Bechtel Names Three New Technical Fellows

Bechtel Fellows, a select group of 20 experts in science and technology who have made outstanding contributions to the company and their professions.  Bechtel Fellows are industry experts in technologies including structural analysis, seismology, environmental engineering, rail systems, gas processing,...

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July 27, 2007

Gulf Coast Workforce Development Initiative Completes Over 7,500 Trainings

"Just over a year into our ambitious program, we already have over 7,500 training completions, with another 2,000 students enrolled in classes," said Charles O. Holliday, Jr., chairman and CEO of DuPont, and co-chairman of the Gulf Coast Workforce Development...

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July 26, 2007

Bechtel Expanding Alumina Refinery in Australia for Rio Tinto

Bechtel is providing engineering, procurement, and construction management for the project, which comes three years after Bechtel completed the first stage of the refinery (at that time known at the Comalco Alumina Refinery). The expansion will increase annual output by...

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