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Bechtel Announces Record 2007 Business Results

19 April 2008

Bechtel Corporation today announced revenue of $27 billion in 2007, a 32 percent increase from 2006, and $34.1 billion in new work booked, a 38 percent increase from 2006. It was the fifth straight record year for revenue, and the second straight record for new work.

Bechtel Construction Negotiates Project Labor Agreement

15 April 2008

The AFL-CIO Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD), and all affiliated international unions of the BCTD, and Bechtel Construction Company (Bechtel) today announced their commitment to negotiate a project labor agreement for Bechtel's scope of work in the construction of a proposed third reactor at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Maryland.

Bechtel is One of Two Pre-feed Contractors for LNG

11 April 2008

Santos, a major Australian oil and gas exploration and production company, announced Bechtel is one of two pre-FEED contractors for its Gladstone LNG. Read the Santos press release.

Bechtel Subcontractor gets DOE Safety Recognition

11 April 2008

Intermech, a Bechtel subcontractor at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant, received the Department of Energy’s highest safety recognition. Read theTri-City Herald article.

ENR Honors Becon Executive

11 April 2008

Engineering News-Record honored Tim Horst as one of 25 top newsmakers in 2007 for his work with the Gulf Coast Workforce Development Initiative.

Bechtel Proceeds with LNG Construction in Angola

26 February 2008

Angola LNG Limited  has given Bechtel's Oil, Gas & Chemicals global business unit (Bechtel) notice to proceed with construction of a 5.2 million-metric-ton-per-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) train, along with storage and marine loading facilities for LNG, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and condensate.

Retired Bechtel Chair Supports Engineering

23 February 2008

Steve Bechtel, Jr., the company’s retired chairman, made $3 million in charitable gifts to engineering education programs at two U.S. universities.

Los Alamos Wins 2008 Pollution Prevention Awards

15 February 2008

The National Nuclear Security Administration awarded Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) two Best-in-Class Pollution Prevention awards and six Environmental Stewardship awards in its 2008 annual pollution prevention awards program. Read the LANL press release.

Bechtel Contributes to Safety Engineers' Scholarship

24 January 2008

The Bechtel Group Foundation continued its support to the American Society for Safety Engineers Foundation (ASSE) with a $10,000 contribution to the Bechtel Group Foundation Scholarship for Safety and Health.

Bechtel and Parsons Brinckerhoff Reach Settlement on Big Dig

23 January 2008

Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation and Parsons Brinckerhoff today reached an agreement that settles claims by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts regarding our work as management consultant for the Boston Central Artery/Tunnel project, also known as the Big Dig.