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June 7, 2007

Bechtel Wins Brass LNG Project Management Contract

The contract covers the coordination of all plant site activity for the construction of the Brass LNG project comprising two trains of 5 million metric tons per annum, as well as other works involved in the construction of the plant. These include...

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June 4, 2007

BSRI’s 20 Million Safe Hours Sets U.S. Standard

This record-breaking accomplishment means Savannah River Site construction workers have been free of serious industrial illness and injury since 1998. By comparison, based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average construction firm would have experienced 241 lost-time injuries...

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May 21, 2007

Bechtel Completes Nuclear Power Project in Record Time

Working with TXU, the plant's owner, a Bechtel team replaced four steam generators and a reactor head during a planned outage that lasted just 55 days– eight days less than the previous record for steam generator replacement (SGR). Located about...

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May 17, 2007

Bechtel Named Top U.S. Construction Contractor

Engineering News-Record (ENR), a leading U.S. trade publication for the construction industry.  ENR’s Top 400 Contractors list is based on revenue. In 2006, Bechtel had its fourth straight record year with revenue of $20.5 billion, a 13 percent increase over 2005....

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May 17, 2007

Bechtel National on Winning AT&T Network Universal Team

Under the Networx Universal contract, Bechtel National will team with AT&T in its efforts to compete for task orders for telecommunications, networking, and related services. Bechtel National brings to the team its long-standing experience in serving the federal government, with...

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May 15, 2007

PBS Ombudsman Finds Newshour Segment on Bechtel ‘Unfair’

After Bechtel took issue with a Katrina-related story on PBS's The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, PBS ombudsman Michael Getler examined the story and called it "unfair" in his column on the PBS Web site.   The 10-minute segment, "Critics Question Post-Katrina Spending on Trailers," was reported by...

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