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May 5, 2026
Bechtel and North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) today announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to advance and modernize apprenticeship programs supporting the construction of a new generation of U.S. nuclear power plants.
The agreement reflects a strategic alignment between one of the world’s most experienced builders of nuclear infrastructure and North America’s largest federation of skilled construction unions. Together, the organizations will strengthen apprenticeship pathways and expand specialized training to develop the craft expertise and quality standards required to deliver nuclear projects.
Through this partnership, Bechtel and NABTU will work together to ensure apprenticeship programs continue to evolve to meet the scale of resources needed as well as the technical requirements of modern nuclear construction.
Under the agreement, Bechtel and NABTU will:
Brendan Bechtel, Chair and CEO of Bechtel, said: “Delivering nuclear power plants requires exceptional craft expertise and a deep commitment to safety and quality. Bechtel’s long-standing partnership with NABTU has helped build some of the most complex energy infrastructure in the United States, including Vogtle Units 3 and 4, the first new nuclear reactors built in the country in more than three decades. Today, we’re continuing that work on next-generation technologies like the Natrium Demonstration Project, which represents a new era of nuclear innovation. This agreement strengthens our collaboration with NABTU and ensures apprenticeship programs continue to develop the number of craft professionals needed to supply this growing market as well as passes on the specialized knowledge and skills required to safely deliver these projects.”
Sean McGarvey, President of NABTU, said: “Building the next generation of nuclear projects requires the highest levels of skill, precision, and safety, and that starts with NABTU’s world-class apprenticeship training and strong contractor partners like Bechtel. This agreement ensures a continuous pipeline of highly skilled, job-ready craft professionals to build nuclear power’s next fleet of reactors. For project owners, that means no labor shortage risk when projects are built under building trades agreements with access to NABTU’s union construction workforce. Workforce availability is not a constraint, and projects can be delivered safely, efficiently, and with certainty.”
For more than a century, Bechtel and the building trades have partnered to deliver some of the world’s most complex infrastructure projects. Most recently, Bechtel and NABTU-affiliated craft professionals worked together to deliver the expansion of Vogtle, and today, are advancing construction on the Natrium Demonstration project in Kemmerer, Wyoming — America’s first utility-scale advanced nuclear project.
As the United States advances a new generation of nuclear projects, apprenticeships will remain central to developing the skilled craft workforce capable of delivering them.
To learn more about this partnership, visit Bechtel.com.
Bechtel is a trusted engineering, construction and project management partner to industry and government. Differentiated by the quality of our people and our relentless drive to deliver the most successful outcomes, we align our capabilities to our customers’ objectives to create a lasting positive impact. Since 1898, we have helped customers complete more than 25,000 projects in 160 countries on all seven continents that have created jobs, grown economies, improved the resiliency of the world’s infrastructure, increased access to energy, resources, and vital services, and made the world a safer, cleaner place.
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