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Bechtel Jacobs Receives Governor's Safety Award

21 February 2009

The Oak Ridger features Bechtel Jacobs Co. receiving the Governor’s Award of Excellence for Workplace Safety by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development for its safety in cleanup work at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Bechtel Jacobs, owned by Bechtel and Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., has worked at Oak Ridge since 1998. In 2003, the Department of Energy awarded Bechtel Jacobs a contract for accelerated environmental site cleanup which will complete the cleanup project 21 years ahead of schedule.

Business Week Highlights Autostrada Transilvania in Romania

09 January 2009

Read the Business Week article about Bechtel’s work on the $2.2 billion Autostrada Transilvania project in Romania. In June 2004, Bechtel and partner Enka broke ground on the central piece of Romania’s plans for a national highway system.

Bechtel Awarded $40M Feed Contract at Gladstone LNG in Australia

22 December 2008

Bechtel has been awarded a $40 million front end engineering design (FEED) contract for the downstream components of Gladstone LNG™ in Southeast Queensland, Australia. The FEED contract covers FEED on the liquefaction plant and associated infrastructure on Curtis Island. Read the Santos press release.

Bechtel Engineer Tells her Career Path Story

22 December 2008

Bechtel engineer Karina Lopez-Rangel, who works at the Hanford Vitrification Plant in Washington state, discusses her interest in engineering and her path to becoming an engineer at Bechtel.

Bechtel Reaches 7.7 Million Hours Safety Milestone at Waste Treatment Plant

17 December 2008

Bechtel National, Inc. reached a safety milestone by working five years – more than 7.7 million hours – without a lost workday injury at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Read the press release.

Bechtel Jacobs Oak Ridge Cleanup Project Begins K-25 Demolition

16 December 2008

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that the Bechtel Jacobs environmental cleanup project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, began demolition work at the K-25 building, the first facility ever built to enrich uranium.  

Bechtel-UC Wins Incentive and Contract Extension at Los Alamos Lab

10 December 2008

A team led by Bechtel and the University of California to manage and operate Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) was awarded nearly 88 percent of the total incentive fee by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) for its 2008 performance. A one-year contract extension was also awarded.

Bechtel Team Awarded Savannah River Contract

09 December 2008

Bechtel National Inc., as part of Savannah River Remediation, LLC, was awarded the liquid waste operations contract by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the DOE Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken, South Carolina.

Bechtel Surveyor's Work Featured in American Surveyor Magazine

08 December 2008

Bechtel Surveyor Sam Diaz talks about his life’s work in surveying on Bechtel projects in American Surveyormagazine.

Bechtel Blue Grass Project Recognized Local Teachers

04 December 2008

The Bechtel Blue Grass project in Kentucky awarded local teachers with grants for science, mathematics, and technology programs for their classrooms. Read the Richmond Register article here.