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  • From Ore to Energy: The Lithium Battery Journey

    • 24 September 2024

    At the heart of energy transition is a powerful force for the future: lithium. This lightweight element is a lynchpin in the quest for electrifying a more sustainable world. Lithium batteries are increasingly used to harness renewable energy, power the cars we drive, and “fuel” the high-tech digital gadgets ubiquitous in our daily lives.

  • One Year of Progress Building NASA’s Mobile Launcher 2

    We live for a challenge. It’s what drove us to support NASA during the Apollo program, and again today as we mark one year of construction on Mobile Launcher 2 (ML2) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This critical piece of infrastructure will quite literally help launch a new era in space exploration.

  • Confronting Suicide in the Construction Community

    Among job occupations in the United States, construction has one of the highest rates of suicide. The time has come for us to treat mental health – and suicide prevention specifically – with the same determined focus that we have successfully brought to physical health, and as a natural extension of our historic commitment to safety.

  • Sparking the Electric Vehicle Revolution

    Sparking the Electric Vehicle Revolution

    • 15 May 2024

    There’s one big speedbump on the road to sparking the electric vehicle revolution: the slow pace of new EV chargers for the public and for vehicle fleets. The electrification specialists at Bechtel recommend a few approaches to speeding up the delivery of new charging infrastructure.

  • Brendan Bechtel on Rebuilding America’s Leadership in Nuclear Power

    The U.S. is once again building and innovating in nuclear power. This week, the second of two new nuclear units went into service in Georgia. It is hard to overstate the significance of these milestones. Rebuilding our country’s nuclear power industry is vital to our fight against climate change, our growing need for more electricity, and our national security.

  • Sustainability and Innovation: How to Harvest Heat

    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.

  • Silicon microchip wafers

    Accelerating Semiconductor Fab Construction

    Bechtel looks to offsite manufacturing, construction workforce development, supply chain buying power, and innovative construction sequencing to accelerate the design and build of new semiconductor fabs.

  • 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.