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Bechtel Unveils Innovative Port Design to Meet Shipping Challenges in Africa

26 August 2013

Bechtel, the global engineering, construction, and project management company, has created a revolutionary design for ports that could transform shipping in Africa. The Multi-User Offshore Hub is designed for two or more users and consists of an offshore, smart terminal arrangement and docking system that can accommodate oceangoing vessels and barges. The Multi-User Offshore Hub has the potential to open new market opportunities for African ports by significantly increasing capacity and substantially reducing port construction and operation costs.

Small Modular Reactor Project Gets Additional Funding

26 August 2013

The U.S. Energy Department allocated an additional $20.5 million to support a new project to design, license, and help commercialize small modular reactors (SMR) in the United States. The award will support a project led by Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority and Bechtel.

Bechtel Completes Utility-scale Photovoltaic Solar Power Project

22 August 2013

Bechtel announced today that the company has completed construction of the Catalina Solar Photovoltaic Generating Facility. The company designed the 110-megawatt alternating-current solar plant located in Southern California’s Kern County. The facility will produce enough clean energy to power some 35,000 homes.

Bechtel Named One of the World’s Top Contractors

22 August 2013

Bechtel has again been recognized as one of the world’s top contractors by Engineering News-Record (ENR), a leading publication for the engineering and construction industry.

Bechtel and Junior Achievement ® Partner for Entrepreneurship Program in Gabon

08 August 2013

Bechtel is expanding its international partnership with Junior Achievement® (JA) to include a major new entrepreneurship skills training program in Gabon.  The training program will teach important business education skills to some 300 young Gabonese in its first year and provide opportunities for Bechtel staff to serve as volunteers and mentors alongside their JA counterparts.  The initiative builds on Bechtel’s ongoing work with the Government of Gabon to develop and implement the National Infrastructure Master Plan and support the Gabon Emergent strategy.

Bechtel Completes Major Power Transmission Project in Canada

05 August 2013

Bechtel announced today the company has completed the Hanna Region Transmission Development (HRTD) project on schedule and under budget. The project to expand and upgrade ATCO Electric’s electrical transmission system and infrastructure in Alberta included stringing 219 miles (353 kilometers) of 240 kilovolt (kV) and 144 kV transmission lines, constructing more than 1,200 new transmission towers, and building six new substations and upgrading twelve substations.

Los Alamos Lab Once Again Breaks Record for Shipping Radioactive Waste

05 August 2013

Bechtel announced today that Los Alamos National Laboratory set a new annual transuranic (TRU) waste shipping record.  With three months remaining in the 2013 fiscal year, the Los Alamos TRU Waste Program has already shipped 1,074 cubic meters of the radioactively contaminated waste, topping last year’s laboratory record of 916 cubic meters.