21 December 1999
The first Atlas II Centaur rocket ever to be launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base lifted off into sun-synchronous low earth orbit December 18 from a launch pad that had been completely rebuilt to accommodate larger Atlas launch vehicles by Bechtel National, Inc., under contract to Lockheed Martin Astronautics.
Khrc Officially Inaugurated The Testing Of The New Korea High Speed Rail Ktx
Khrc Officially Inaugurated The Testing Of The New Korea High Speed Rail Ktx
16 December 1999
The Korea High Speed Rail Construction Authority (KHRC) officially inaugurated the testing of the new Korea High Speed Rail KTX (Korea Train Express) today. The new high-speed trains will operate at a maximum speed of 300 kilometers per hour. During today's successful trial runs, speeds were clocked at a test limit of just over 200 kilometers per hour. President Kim Dae-jung was joined by overseas and Korean officials at the project's test track in the countryside south of Seoul to observe the tests. Bechtel is working with KHRC as a part of the Integrated Project Management Organization on the Korea High Speed Rail Project.
13 December 1999
American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), Bechtel Enterprises Holdings, Inc. and Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc. announced that they have formed a joint venture company to provide industrial power quality solutions and transmission network enhancements.The new company, Lectrix LLC, will provide unique service guarantees to power quality customers, compensating the companies for losses incurred if power quality problems create production disruptions.
07 December 1999
Bolt, Inc. today announced that the company has closed a significant strategic round of investment from a group including Time Warner, Comcast Interactive Corporation, Entercom Communications Corp., America Online and Ford Motor Company. Also participating were certain of Bolt, Inc.'s original investors, including Highland Capital (an investor in eToys and Ask Jeeves), Oak Investment Partners (Media Metrix, TheStreet.com), Sandler Capital Management (Liberty Media, Univision), and Bechtel Enterprises (Concrete Media).