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Local company helping with NASA moonshot

01 April 2023

“We are pleased to engage members of our supply chain to support new and expanding opportunities across multiple project sites spanning the country. The complex work we do demands capable and experienced suppliers like FCCI to meet the precise requirements for custom and dynamic materials needed to build Mobile Launcher 2."

Source: Tri-Cities Area Journal of Business

Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe, Westinghouse and Bechtel Discuss Closer Cooperation in the Project of the First Nuclear power Plant in Poland

29 March 2023

Directions and principles of cooperation were the main subject of the talks between Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe, Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel in Washington, DC. In the near future, Memorandum of Understanding between PEJ, Westinghouse and Bechtel is planned to ultimately allow to formalize the selected cooperation model in the form of a consortium.

Source: Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe

Bechtel to Deliver Electric School Bus Charging Infrastructure to First Student

27 March 2023

First Student, a major provider of student transportation services in North America, has selected Bechtel to design and build charging stations for one of First Student’s electrification projects. The two companies intend to partner on more EV deployments in the future, for which Bechtel will provide engineering, procurement and construction services.

Source: Charged EVs

Developer Sanctions LNG Project with Potential to Be 'One of Most Significant' Energy Infrastructure Investments in US

22 March 2023

“With strong customers, top-tier equity sponsors in ConocoPhillips and KKR and a world-class contractor in Bechtel, this project has the potential to become one of America’s most significant energy infrastructure investments over time,” said Sempra group chief executive Jeffrey W Martin announcing the final investment decision on Monday.

Source: Upstream

Bechtel-Enka Win North Macedonia Deal

21 March 2023

North Macedonia has signed a €1.3 billion deal with US-Turkish joint venture Bechtel-Enka for construction of four sections of the European Corridors VIII and X.

Source: World Highways

Spurt of North America LNG Projects Get First-Quarter OKs to Proceed

21 March 2023

Bechtel Energy received a notice to proceed for the engineering, procurement and construction of Sempra Infrastructure’s estimated $13-billion LNG export terminal in Port Arthur, Texas, the developer said March 20 after making a final investment decision for it to come online in 2027 and 2028. The two-train project could create 5,000 construction jobs, Bechtel Chairman and CEO Brandan Bechtel said.

Source: Engineering News-Record

Bechtel Adapting to Workforce Shortage While Tackling Bevy of LNG Projects in Tight Labor Market

16 March 2023

Paul Marsden: "We like to manage our workforce consistently across the U.S. Gulf Coast, because it’s a better experience for the workers. ... That’s really important for us and, frankly, the best way that we can manage our workforces is to give people career choices and longevity, not just a job."

Source: Natural Gas Intelligence

Australia-based EV battery materials firm looks to build US factory

15 March 2023

Sicona Battery Technologies tapped Bechtel to assess the needs of an anode battery component plant. Bechtel will assess the needs of an anode battery component plant, to optimize area designs, utilities, equipment and materials, as well as develop a cost estimate for the project.

Source: Manufacturing Dive

Energy Executives, Policymakers Debate Bigger Sector Challenges

15 March 2023

With more focus on the energy “trilemma”—reliability, affordability and sustainability—since Russia’s Ukraine invasion upended global fossil fuel supply and transition, the annual CERAWeek by S&P Global energy sector conference in Houston earlier this month became a larger and more intense forum for debate by executives and policymakers.

Source: Engineering News-Record

Bechtel to build EV charging infrastructure

15 March 2023

Bechtel considers the burgeoning field of EV infrastructure and electrification to be a “very high priority,” Catherine Hunt Ryan, president of the company’s manufacturing and technology business, told Construction Dive in an interview. “We are focused on projects across the entire battery value chain. It’s the full package.”

Source: Construction Dive