Welcome to the Bechtel blog, where we share ideas on sustainability and innovation.
Desalination Plants for the Mining Industry: Promoting Efficient Water Usage
While the mining sector in Chile represents only 1.3 percent of the total water consumption at the national level, water remains a scarce and finite resource. Learn about how Bechtel has been involved in building three of Chile’s largest desalination plants supplying industrial water to production facilities and drinking water to populations without access.
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Sumaq Wasi Housing: Beating the Cold
In this three-part series, Bechtel's Heloisa Schmidt, manager, Corporate Sustainability, and Mellissa Case, sustainable development manager, Mining and Metals, share their on-the-ground experiences in Peru talking to Bechtel colleagues, partners, and community members. In this first installment, learn about the innovative partnership that is helping to protect indigenous families from extreme frost in the remote Andes.
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Engineering Sustainable Battery Factories
Bechtel experts say early alignment on sustainability goals “is essential” when building EV battery and battery materials facilities.
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Nuclear Energy, Net Zero, and Energy Security
In a newly released report, Nuclear Energy in Wales, the UK Parliament’s Welsh Affairs Committee considers Wales’ role in the UK Government’s nuclear ambitions, reviewing the economic impact of nuclear energy as well as the development and feasibility of implementing new technologies into Wales’ clean energy mix.
Is Faster Still Better?
GHG emissions analysis challenges conventional approach to designing overland conveyors.
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"Cool" Tech
A team of researchers at Purdue University and Bechtel unveiled a potentially disruptive cooling technology for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, or HVAC, systems, leading to substantial power savings in manufacturing and industrial buildings.
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Watch: Fusion breakthrough featured on 60 Minutes
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) fusion breakthrough was featured on 60 Minutes, highlighting the impressive work of the team at the laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF).
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Bechtel joins the White House to discuss expanding pathways for skilled craft professionals.
Brendan Bechtel joined senior administration officials and business and labor leaders at the White House to discuss how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law presents an opportunity to create and expand pathways to good jobs.
BechTech Podcast: Cracking the code with John Minichiello
In this episode of the BechTech Podcast, John Minichiello, a codes and standards subject matter expert, discusses his nearly 50 years developing technical processes and how he works with customers to deliver solutions.
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BechTech Podcast: Understanding process engineering with Freeman Self
In this episode of the BechTech Podcast, Freeman Self, principal process engineer at Bechtel, discusses his over 35 years of experience in process and process safety engineering and shares how his military career has influenced and helped deliver many successful projects globally to our customers and partners.
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BechTech Podcast: Mineral processing and technology with Dave Meadows
In this episode of the BechTech Podcast, Dave Meadows, discusses his over 35 years of experience in mineral processing technology and how an early interest in geology shaped his career.
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BechTech Podcast: On the right track with Dr. Siv Bhamra
In this episode of the BechTech Podcast, Dr. Siv Bhamra discusses his 30-year career in rail and shares insights into new technologies that will improve the way people travel.
STEM Returners Filling Key Roles, Bring a Unique Perspective
The STEM Returners program, which Bechtel has supported since 2021, provides opportunities for experienced candidates to resume their professional lives following a career break.
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One Team, One Dream – How an Inspirational Project United Bechtel Colleagues with an Entire Rwandan village
In June 2023, fifteen Bechtel volunteers travelled to Nyanza, Rwanda to build a 140-metre suspension bridge in partnership with Bridges to Prosperity, a nonprofit organization that connects rural communities through trail bridges.
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B-BOLD Celebrates Juneteenth with Virtual Museum Tour
On June 19, many of our colleagues celebrated Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and freed the last remaining slaves, three months after the end of the Civil War and two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Women in Engineering: A Conversation with Audrey Bard
As we celebrate Earth Week, we sat down with Audrey Bard, a chief environmental engineer here at Bechtel. She shares her passion for environmental engineering and the role engineers will play in solving global energy challenges.