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December 11, 2003

BECHTEL/PARSONS BRINCKERHOFF STATEMENT ON POSSIBLE LAWSUIT RELATED TO BOSTON CENTRAL ARTERY/TUNNEL

This issue has received intense scrutiny and has been reviewed by several State and Federal oversight agencies.  Indeed, the Inspector General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts issued a report in March 2001 stating:  “In 1994 Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff  (B/PB) provided the...

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December 3, 2003

Iraq Project Update to U.S. Congress

Status Report: Iraq Infrastructure Reconstruction Project December 2, 2003    Major Milestones Port of Umm Qasr Reopened Iraq’s only deepwater port to receive hundreds of thousands of tons of food and humanitarian supplies for 22 million Iraqi citizens as well...

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October 30, 2003

Getting the Facts Straight: Bechtel’s Response to Newsweek

I was profoundly disappointed with Newsweek’s November 3 article, “The $87 Billion Money Pit,” and cannot help but think that this was a story in search of failures rather than an objective search for the truth about the efforts to reconstruct...

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October 6, 2003

Bechtel Helps Rehabilitate 1,153 Iraqi Schools

Approximately 1 million children will be returning to the newly refurbished schools. The schools program will refurbish approximately 1,200 schools in 14 major cities throughout Iraq.

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September 23, 2003

Iraq Infrastructure Reconstruction Program Update

Airport Infrastructure The immediate mission of the Airports program is to restore critical infrastructure at Baghdad (BIA) and Basrah (BSR) international airports to support opening of the airports for limited, international, commercial flights operating under daytime visual meteorological conditions (VMC)....

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September 22, 2003

Bechtel and GE File Arbitration Over Dabhol Power Company

"We have attempted to resolve our legal and contractual claims but have been blocked at every turn," said Rick Smith, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Bechtel Enterprises. "Regrettably, this international arbitration demand must be made."   "We will...

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September 16, 2003

Historic Ex-Im Bank Financing Supports U.S. Exports

"This is the first major private financing by Ex-Im Bank in China. It opens up a new avenue for Ex-Im Bank to help U.S. companies export their products and services to the important China market," said Ex-Im Bank Chairman Philip...

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