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Bechtel’s Dulles Transit Partners Achieves Substantial Completion of Silver Line

24 April 2014

Bechtel announced that Dulles Transit Partners has achieved substantial completion of Phase 1 of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, also known as the Silver Line. The Bechtel-led team built the 11.7-mile rail line that will connect to the Washington, D.C., region’s existing metro system for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

Bechtel Corporate Quality Manager to Lead Quality Program at Hanford Nuclear Project

24 April 2014

Bechtel announced that Michael Costas, head of the company’s corporate quality function, is joining the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant leadership team to lead quality, engineering, procurement, and other key functions on the project. Bechtel is designing and building the plant in Washington state to safely treat and package 56 million gallons of radioactive waste for the U.S. Department of Energy.

Bechtel Takes Top Honor for Innovative Use of RFID Technology

22 April 2014

RFID Journal has recognized Bechtel with its Best RFID Implementation Award for the company’s groundbreaking use of the tagging technology. Bechtel is using thousands of active radio frequency identification tags to manage construction materials for the three liquefied natural gas projects the company is building on Curtis Island in Queensland, Australia. The RFID Journal Awards recognize excellence in the creation and use of radio frequency identification technologies.

Bechtel Wins Prestigious Engineering and Technology Innovation Award

08 April 2014

Bechtel has won a CETI Award for the company’s innovative use of RFID technology on the liquefied natural gas projects Bechtel is building on Curtis Island in Queensland, Australia. The CETI Awards honor individuals and companies that have conducted new and emerging technology implementations and are awarded by Fiatech, an international group dedicated to the global development and adoption of innovative practices and technologies. Bechtel received the award in the Intelligent and Automated Construction Jobsite category.