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March 13, 2006

LG&E Selects Bechtel as EPC Contractor on Trimble County #2 Project

The new generating unit, TC2, will be a 750 MW super-critical, pulverized coal-fired unit with world-class environmental controls.  Once built, it will be the cleanest and most efficient coal-fired unit in Kentucky.  Construction is scheduled to start in July of...

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March 3, 2006

Bechtel Reaches Emergency Housing Milestone for FEMA

FEMA set for Bechtel a contract ceiling of no more than 36,000 temporary housing units. Now that Bechtel has nearly completed its assigned mission, FEMA is transferring most of the hauling and installing work to other contractors. Bechtel will continue...

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February 24, 2006

Bechtel Helps House Nearly 100,000 Hurricane Victims in Mississippi

"We are pleased to have helped FEMA house so many Mississippians," said Paul Divjak, BNI's program manager. "More than 99,000 people are now temporarily housed in travel trailers and mobile homes, and can restart their lives after the havoc of...

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February 17, 2006

Bechtel Efforts House 95,000 Hurricane Victims in Mississippi

"We are pleased to have helped FEMA house so many Mississippians," said Paul Divjak, BNI's program manager. "Federal and state officials have said that we are housing people at a record rate, allowing hurricane victims to rebuild their lives faster...

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January 27, 2006

BPR-Bechtel Receives ‘Project of the Year Award’ for Aclan

Managed by Guy Lapointe for BPR-Bechtel, the new potlining centre at Alcan's Alma smelter was an unmitigated success. As stated by Pierre Gagnon, Project Manager for the Alcan Primary Metal Group, "We benefited from four exceptional advantages: a project schedule...

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January 19, 2006

Cochabamba Water Dispute Settled

The Government of Bolivia and the international shareholders of Aguas del Tunari declare that the concession was terminated only because of the civil unrest and the state of emergency in Cochabamba and not because of any act done or not...

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