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New Carbon Capture Technology Featured In The New York Times
The New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman recently featured carbon capture technology developed by Calera Corporation. Calera’s innovative process captures carbon dioxide emissions emitted by coal or gas-fired power plants and converts it into calcium and magnesium carbonates for use in manufacturing carbon negative products such as sand, aggregate, supplementary cementitious materials, and cement, as well as fresh water.
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Bechtel Employees Get Creative To Help Maryland Charity
Bechtel employees in Frederick, MD, collected more than $10,000 in food and money to benefit the Frederick Rescue Mission during the 3rd annual Can-struction competition.
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Bechtel Helps Kids Discover Engineering
For the past 20 years, Bechtel has partnered with the National Engineers Week Foundation on DiscoverE, a “teach in” in the United States that introduces primary and secondary school students to the exciting possibilities of a career in engineering. Stephen Bechtel Jr, the company's third-generation leader, helped create DiscoverE in 1990, while chairing Engineers Week. Bechtel has backed Engineers Week through financial support and very active employee involvement. Watch video in which Bechtel CEO Riley Bechtel and his father Stephen Bechtel Jr. discuss this innovative program.
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Bechtel Announces Epc Contract For Queensland Curtis Lng Project
Bechtel's Oil, Gas & Chemicals business unit has signed a multibillion-dollar EPC contract for the Queensland Curtis LNG project, located on Curtis Island near Gladstone, Australia. The two-train LNG facility will be owned and operated by QGC, a BG Group business. The project is currently ramping up engineering and placing orders for long lead equipment. Full notice to proceed is expected later this year, following approval of the project’s environmental impact statement.
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Loan Guarantees Offered For Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System
The U.S. Department of Energy has conditionally granted $1.37 billion in loan guarantees for construction and start up of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in southeastern California being built by BrightSource Energy Inc. and Bechtel. Bechtel partnered with BrightSource on the Ivanpah project as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, and is an equity investor in the project, which will generate approximately 400 megawatts of power.
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Prairie State Featured In The St. Louis Labor Tribune
Construction progress on the Prairie State Energy Campus is featured in the St. Louis Labor Tribune, one of America’s oldest labor newspapers.
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Bechtel Engineer Talks About Ace Mentor Program
Bechtel environmental engineer Kyra Davis discusses the important role ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) Mentor Program had in her choosing a career in engineering.
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Jubail Industrial City Featured In Pm Network Magazine
Jubail Industrial City, the largest civil engineering project in the world today, is featured in the February 2010 issue of PM Network magazine.
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David O’Reilly, Former Chevron Chairman And CEO, Joins Bechtel Board
Bechtel announced that David J. O’Reilly, former Chevron chairman and CEO, has been elected to its board of directors. O’Reilly joins Bechtel’s board after a distinguished 41-year career at Chevron, including 10 years as chairman and CEO.
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Bechtel Project Recognized by Power Engineering
The W. H. Sammis Air Quality Control Project, for which Bechtel provided engineering, procurement, construction, and startup services, received honorable mention in the 2010 Power Engineering Projects of the Year awards. The plant was recognized in the best coal-fired project category.
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263 Million Work Hours Without An Accident? No Problem For Bechtel
Bechtel announced today that its projects around the world racked up 263 million safe hours last year, the equivalent of 10,000 individuals working safely for 12 years.
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Bechtel Foundation Helps Haiti Relief Efforts
Bechtel Group Foundation has launched a special campaign to match employee gifts that help the people of Haiti recover from Tuesday's earthquake.