ICE Celebrates National Women in Engineering Day 2015 23 June 2015 Bechtel and other organizations celebrated the day through social media campaigns such as #notjustforboys and #IAmAnEngineer and 100 Years of Women in Transport organised a mass photocall on Horse Guards Parade in London. Source: ICE
Bill Dudley receives honorary Doctorate from Purdue University 22 June 2015 Dudley was named CEO of Bechtel in 2014. Source: GovConExecutive
Bucking the trend: why the civil sector has more female engineers 22 June 2015 What is it about civil engineering that means it bucks the trend so dramatically? Lani Tan, a project field engineer at Bechtel, working on the Vauxhall Underground Station Upgrade project, believes that the direct impact civil engineering has on helping community helps attract women to the field. Source: theEngineer
Step Inside London’s Cavernous New Train Tunnels 10 June 2015 London sits on top of 2,000 years of history. Dig up its streets and you’ll find ruins of Roman imperialism, signs of medieval battles, and the oldest subway system on the planet. Now, the capital city can add 26 more miles of tunnels to its underground hoardings. Source: Wired
Bechtel on track to quadruple LNG production 06 June 2015 Bechtel has confirmed that the company is on track to complete the construction of an additional three LNG production trains on Curtis Island, Queensland, Australia, by the end of 2015. Source: LNG Industry
Bechtel wins Co-Developer of the Year at the Africa Investor awards 04 June 2015 Commenting on the Awards, Hubert Danso, Africa Investor's (Ai)’s Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman said, "Infrastructure is among the top priorities—if not the single most important priority—for Africa’s sustainable growth" Source: Africa Investor
David Cameron hails London Crossrail as 'engineering triumph' 04 June 2015 David Cameron has marked the completion of tunnelling for Crossrail by hailing the £14.8bn cross-London project as an engineering triumph. ©image courtesy of Crossrail. Source: The Guardian
Tunneling complete on UK’s Crossrail 04 June 2015 Bechtel’s team celebrates the end of tunneling on Crossrail with customer and project sponsors at a VIP event in London. The final tunnel breakthrough was attended by Prime Minister David Cameron MP and the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson MP. The Crossrail project is now 65% complete and on track for opening in 2018. Source: BBC
Crossrail the Monster Tunnelling Under London Streets 04 June 2015 The huge machines carving out tunnels in London’s new railway – Crossrail – are approaching the end of their journey. Jon Excell hitched a ride. Source: BBC
The Top 400 Contractors: Focusing on Processes 27 May 2015 For the 17th year running, Bechtel has been named the top U.S. contractor by Engineering News-Record (ENR), a leading publication for the engineering and construction industry.