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{{Infobox company
| name = Bechtel Corporation
| logo = Bechtel logo 2023.svg
| logo_size = 170px
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = [[Engineering]] and [[construction]]
| founded = {{start date and age|1898}}<ref>[https://www.bechtel.com/about-us/history Bechtel History]</ref>
| founder = [[Warren A. Bechtel]]
| hq_location_city = [[Reston, Virginia]]
| hq_location_country = United States
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list
   | [[Brendan Bechtel]] ([[Chairperson|chair]] & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
   | Craig Albert ([[President (corporate title)|president]] & [[Chief operating officer|COO]])
   }}
| revenue = {{decrease}} $17.5 billion (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.constructiondive.com/news/flat-construction-revenue-bechtel-2021-earnings-performance/624935/|title=Bechtel Annual Report shows resilience in 2020|publisher=PR Newswire|access-date=April 12, 2021}}</ref>
| owner = Bechtel family
| divisions = {{Unbulleted list
   | [[Bechtel#Energy|Energy]]
   | [[Bechtel#Infrastructure|Infrastructure]]
   | [[Bechtel#Manufacturing & Technology|Manufacturing & Technology]]
   | [[Bechtel#Mining & Metals|Mining & Metals]]
   | [[Bechtel#Nuclear, Security, & Environmental|Nuclear, Security & Environmental]]
   }}
| subsid = {{Unbulleted list
   | [[Bantrel Co.]]
   | [[Bechtel Jacobs]]
   | [[Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory]]
   | [[Consolidated Nuclear Security]]
   | [[Tube Lines]]
   }}
| homepage = {{URL|bechtel.com}}
}}

'''Bechtel Corporation''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɛ|k|t|əl}}) is an American [[engineering]], [[procurement]], [[construction]], and [[project management]] company founded in [[San Francisco]], California in 1898, and headquartered in [[Reston, Virginia]] in the [[Washington metropolitan area]].<ref name="Sarnoff13">{{cite news |title=Bachtel decides to stay in Post Oak |last1=Sarnoff |first1=Nancy |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Bechtel-decides-to-stay-on-Post-Oak-4730480.php |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=August 13, 2013 |access-date=March 19, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Schwartz15">{{cite news |title=Bechtel Corporation moving from Maryland to Virginia |last1=Schwartz |first1=Heidi |url=https://businessfacilities.com/2015/03/bechtel-corporation-moving-from-maryland-to-virginia/ |newspaper=Business Facilities |date=March 6, 2015 |access-date=March 21, 2018}}</ref> {{asof|2022}}, the ''[[Engineering News-Record]]'' ranked Bechtel as the second largest construction company in the [[United States]], following [[Turner Construction]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 2022 |title=ENR 2022 Top 400 Contractors 1–100 |work=Engineering News-Record |url=https://www.enr.com/toplists/2022-Top-400-Contractors-1-preview |access-date=October 16, 2022}}</ref> Bechtel has over 50,000 employees as of May 2025.<ref>[https://jobs.bechtel.com/go/Professional/4321400/ Opportunities for Professionals]</ref>

== History ==

=== Founding and early years ===
Bechtel's business activities began in 1898, when [[cattle]] farmer [[Warren A. Bechtel]] moved from [[Peabody, Kansas]], to the [[Oklahoma Territory]] to [[History of rail transport in the United States|construct railroads]] with his team of [[mule]]s.<ref name=Wolf2010>{{cite book |title=Big Dams and Other Dreams: The Six Companies Story |author=Donald E. Wolf  |year=2010 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-4162-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HKgHSrsqAosC&q=wattis+bechtel&pg=PA22 |access-date=April 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Hiltzik2011 /> Bechtel moved his family frequently between construction sites around the [[western United States]] for the next several years, eventually moving to [[Oakland, California]], in 1904, where he worked as the superintendent on the [[Western Pacific Railroad]].<ref name=Wolf2010 />  In 1906, W. A. Bechtel won his first subcontract to build part of the Oroville-to-Oakland section of the Western Pacific Railroad.<ref name=Wolf2010 /> That year he bought a [[steam shovel]], becoming a pioneer of the new technology.<ref name=Krause2004>{{cite news |title=He Built It -- And They Came; Be Diligent: Bechtel's hard work powered his drive to build the frontier |author=Reinhardt Krause |url=http://news.investors.com/management-leaders-in-success/091404-401236-he-built-it-and-they-came-be-diligent-bechtels-hard-work-powered-his-drive-to-build-the-frontier.htm |work=[[Investor's Business Daily]] |date=September 14, 2004 |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Wright1973>{{cite news |title=Company, 75, Still Is Family-Owned; Director of Companies Corporate Profile: Family-Owned Bechtel Is a World Builder at the Age of 75 Steamshovel Pioneer |author=Robert Wright |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/10/03/archives/company-75-still-is-familyowned-director-of-companies-corporate.html?ref=bechtelgroup |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 3, 1973 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> He painted "W.A. Bechtel Co." on the side of the steam shovel, effectively establishing Bechtel as a company, although it was not yet incorporated.<ref name=Hiltzik2011>{{cite book |title=Colossus: The Turbulent, Thrilling Saga of the Building of Hoover Dam |author=Michael Hiltzik |year=2011 |publisher=Free Press |isbn=978-1-4165-3217-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-qMYJX4_8aQC&q=bechtel+peabody+kansas&pg=PA167 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref>  Bechtel completed work on a series of railroad contracts during the early 1900s, culminating in an extension of the [[Northwestern Pacific Railroad]] finished in 1914.<ref name=Wolf2010 />

Starting with the construction of Klamath River Highway in California in 1919, Bechtel ventured into jobs other than building railroads. The company built roads, bridges, and highways throughout the [[western United States]]. The company worked on its first [[hydroelectricity|hydroelectric]] projects in the 1920s for [[Pacific Gas and Electric Company]] in [[California]].<ref name=Krause2004 /><ref name=Wright1973 /><ref name=Brunn2011>{{cite book |author=Jason Henderson |editor=Stanley D. Brunn |title=Engineering Earth: The Impacts of Megaengineering Projects |publisher=Springer |date=2011 |pages=783–801 |chapter=Chapter 45: Bechtel: The Global Corporation |isbn=978-9048199198 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mEyjMx7EV8IC&q=1919+road+california+bechtel&pg=PA785}}</ref>

In 1925, Warren, his sons Warren A. Bechtel Jr, [[Stephen D. Bechtel Sr.|Stephen]], [[Kenneth K. Bechtel|Kenneth]] (Ken), and his brother Arthur (Art) joined him to incorporate as ''W.A. Bechtel Company'',<ref>[http://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/Viewer/?fn=the_peabody_gazette-herald_usa_kansas_peabody_19331012_english_5 Obituary story of Warren A. Bechtel; Peabody Gazette-Herald; October 12, 1933.]</ref> which by this time was the leading construction company in the western United States.<ref name=Wolf2010 /><ref name=Pitta2003>{{cite news |title=Building a new world: Behind the scenes with Bechtel |author=Julie Pitta |url=http://www.worldtradewt100.com/articles/building-a-new-world-behind-the-scenes-with-bechtel?v=preview |work=World Trade |date=August 1, 2003 |access-date=April 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006104452/http://www.worldtradewt100.com/articles/building-a-new-world-behind-the-scenes-with-bechtel?v=preview |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1929, Warren's son, Stephen, urged his father to embark on the company's first pipeline project. Bechtel began working with [[Chevron Corporation|California Standard Oil Company]] to build pipelines and refineries.<ref name=Brunn2011 /><ref name=Streitfeld2003>{{cite news |title=Finalists for Rebuilding Down to 2 Firms |author=David Streitfeld |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-apr-03-war-rebuild3-story.html |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 3, 2003 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Church1998 />

In January 1931, Bechtel joined other contractors in the west to form [[Six Companies, Inc.]], a [[consortium]] created to bid for a contract from the [[Federal government of the United States|U.S. government]] to construct the [[Hoover Dam]]. Six Companies won the bid in March and construction began in the summer of 1931.<ref name=Hiltzik2011 /><ref name=Krause2004 />

=== WWII, overseas expansion and the nuclear age ===
Warren Bechtel died unexpectedly in 1933 while in [[Moscow]] on business. He was succeeded by his oldest son, Warren A. Bechtel Jr., first, then later [[Stephen David Bechtel Sr.|Stephen Bechtel Sr.]], who became both the head of Bechtel and chief executive of the Hoover Dam project. Under his leadership, the Hoover Dam was finished in 1935. The project was the largest of its kind in U.S. history at the time and Bechtel's first [[megaproject]].<ref name=Wright1973 /><ref name=Church1998 /><ref name=Lubove1999>{{cite news |title=Modern pharaohs |author=Seth Lubove |url=http://business.highbeam.com/392705/article-1G1-54663812/modern-pharaohs |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083429/http://business.highbeam.com/392705/article-1G1-54663812/modern-pharaohs |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=May 31, 1999 |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref>

During [[World War II]], the [[United States Maritime Commission]] invited the company to bid for a contract to build half of their order of 60 cargo ships. The company had no prior experience in [[shipbuilding]], but bid for the entire 60 ships.<ref name=Church1998 /><ref name=Baker2003>{{cite news |title=Bechtel's roots in Mideast / Lucrative projects date back to WWII |author=David R. Baker |url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Bechtel-s-roots-in-Mideast-Lucrative-projects-2618799.php#page-2 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=May 4, 2003 |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref> Between 1941 and 1945, Bechtel's wartime shipyards, including [[Marinship]] and [[California Shipbuilding Corporation|Calship]], built 560 vessels. Bechtel also worked on a pipeline from the [[Yukon]] to [[Alaska]] called [[Canol pipeline|Canol]] for the [[United States Department of War]] during this period.<ref name=Pollack1989 />

Under Stephen Bechtel Sr., the company diversified its projects and expanded its work into other countries. The company also focused on [[turnkey]] projects, a concept Stephen Bechtel Sr. pioneered, in which Bechtel handled a project from planning and design through construction.<ref name=Church1998 /><ref name=Pollack1989>{{cite news |title=Stephen D. Bechtel Is Dead at 88; Led Major Construction Concern |author=Andrew Pollack |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/15/obituaries/stephen-d-bechtel-is-dead-at-88-led-major-construction-concern.html?pagewanted=print |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 15, 1989 |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref><ref name=MiningEngineering1998>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Corp., Industry Partnership Award |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-36598333.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611070901/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-36598333.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2014 |work=[[Mining Engineering]] |date=November 1, 1998 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref>

Bechtel's first job outside the U.S. was building the Mene Grande pipeline in [[Venezuela]] in 1940. In 1947, Bechtel began construction on what was then the world's longest oil pipeline, the [[Trans-Arabian Pipeline]], which began in [[Saudi Arabia]], ran across [[Jordan]] and [[Syria]], and ended in [[Lebanon]],<ref name=Church1998 /><ref name=Baker2003 /><ref name=Vassiliou>{{cite book |title=The A to Z of the Petroleum Industry
|author=M. S. Vassiliou |year=2009 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield|Scarecrow Press]] |isbn= 978-0-8108-7066-6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BdNjTbcB__0C&q=trans+arabian+pipeline+jordan+syria+bechtel&pg=PA512 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> followed by the [[Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline]] from Kirkuk, also to the Mediterranean.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=The Oil and Gas Journal |volume=50 |issue=35 |date=January 7, 1952 |title=I.P.C Line Pushed |page=52 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_oil-gas-journal_1952-01-07_50_35/page/52/mode/1up?q=%22Bechtel%22}}</ref> The company continued to expand globally throughout the 1940s, particularly in the [[Middle East]].<ref name=Pitta2003 /><ref name=Baker2003 />

In 1949, Bechtel began working with [[nuclear power]] after being contracted to build the [[Experimental Breeder Reactor I]] in [[Idaho]]. The company later built the United States' first privately financed commercial nuclear power plant, the [[Dresden Generating Station]], for [[Commonwealth Edison]] in [[Illinois]] in 1957.<ref name=Brunn2011 /><ref name=Menser1999>{{cite news |title=Bechtel, New Contractor at Idaho Lab, Has Strong Ties to Nuclear Industry |author=Paul Menser |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54816190.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323011713/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-54816190.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |work=[[Knight Ridder]] |date=June 4, 1999 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Wilson57">{{cite book |title=The Earth Changers |author1=Neill Wilson |author2=Frank Taylor |year=1957 |publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] |page=290 }}</ref>

Other major projects in the 1950s included the Trans Mountain Pipeline in 1952, an oil pipeline in [[Canada]], and a preliminary study for the [[English Channel]] in 1959.<ref name=Brunn2011 /><ref name=Pollack1989 /><ref name=Taylor1982>{{cite magazine |title=The Master Builders from Bechtel  |author=Alexander L. Taylor III |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,925559,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=July 12, 1982 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> Bechtel also began engineering work on the [[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART) system in 1959.<ref name=Brunn2011 /><ref name=Lubove1999 />

=== Megaprojects era ===
[[Stephen D. Bechtel Jr.]] took over for his father as president of the company as Stephen Bechtel Sr. retired in 1960.<ref name=Lubove1999 /><ref name="MiningEngineering1998" /><ref name=Rothman1991>{{cite news |title=The rebuilding of Bechtel: Riley Bechtel has made peace with his past and taken on the family job of doing the undoable |author=Matt Rothman |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T19676706087&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T19676706091&cisb=22_T19676706090&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=140610&docNo=8 |work=California Business |date=April 1, 1991 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> During the 1960s and 1970s, Bechtel was involved in constructing 40% of the nuclear plants in the United States.<ref name=Rothman1991 /> In 1968, the company completed the largest nuclear plant in the U.S. at the time, the [[San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station]], in California.<ref name="Wolf2010" /><ref name=Lindsay1982>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Group: training ground for Reagan Cabinet? |author=Leon Lindsay |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/1982/0707/070746.html/(page)/2 |work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |date=July 7, 1982 |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref>
In 1972, Bechtel was involved in approximately 20% of all of the United States' new power-generating capacity.<ref name=MiningEngineering1998 /> By the end of the decade, the company had moved from nuclear power construction toward nuclear cleanup projects, including [[Three Mile Island accident|Three Mile Island]] in 1979.<ref name=Brunn2011 /><ref name=Rothman1991 />

Bechtel completed work on other megaprojects during the 1970s, including major airports in [[Saudi Arabia]] and the metro rail in [[Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project|Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="Brunn2011" /><ref name=Pollack1989 /> In 1976, the company began work on the industrial city of [[Jubail]] in Saudi Arabia. The company's multiple construction contracts helped to transform the area from a small village to a city with a population of over a quarter of a million people.<ref name=Pitta2003 /><ref name=Rothman1991 />

In the 1980s, Bechtel handled the project management of the 1984 [[1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles Summer Olympics]].<ref name=Deseret97>{{cite news |title=Bechtel team arrives to review Games plans |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/600069/Bechtel-team-arrives-to-review-Games-plans.html?pg=all |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095216/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/600069/Bechtel-team-arrives-to-review-Games-plans.html?pg=all |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |work=[[Deseret News]] |date=December 11, 1997 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> The company also built the Ankara-Gerede Motorway in [[Turkey]] as part of the network of roadways linking [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] in 1986.<ref name=Hindley98>{{cite news |title=Continuity and change at the family firm |author=Angus Hindley |url=http://w3.nexis.com/new/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T19676632708&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T19676632712&cisb=22_T19676632711&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=140610&docNo=25 |work=[[MEED]] |date=March 20, 1998 |access-date=September 5, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714041228/http://www.nexis.com/results/docview/docview.do?docLinkInd=true&risb=21_T19676632708&format=GNBFI&sort=BOOLEAN&startDocNo=1&resultsUrlKey=29_T19676632712&cisb=22_T19676632711&treeMax=true&treeWidth=0&csi=140610&docNo=25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1987, Bechtel was awarded a contract for project management services of an undersea tunnel linking the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[France]] called the [[Channel Tunnel]] or "Chunnel". The tunnel was completed in 1994.<ref name=Wolf2010 /><ref name=railwaytechnology>{{cite web |url=http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/channel-tunnel/  |title=Channel Tunnel, Strait of Dover, English Channel, United Kingdom |publisher=Railway-Technology |access-date=September 5, 2014}}{{unreliable source?|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST|date=August 2016}}</ref>

=== Increased business and visibility ===
The [[Early 1980s recession|recession of the 1980s]] turned the company's focus toward new areas of growth including environmental cleanup and alternative energy projects.<ref name=Rothman1991 /><ref name=Hayes1985>{{cite news |title=Big Builders Learn to Think Small |author=Thomas C. Hayes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/28/business/big-builders-learn-to-think-small.html?ref=bechtelgroup&pagewanted=all |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 28, 1985 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> In 1989 [[Riley P. Bechtel]] was named president of the company.<ref name=Lubove1999 />

In 1991, Bechtel, in a joint venture with [[Parsons Brinckerhoff]], broke ground on Boston's Central Artery/Tunnel Project or "[[Big Dig]]", a project the company had been in charge of since 1986.<ref name=Baker2006 /><ref name=Nelson03>{{cite news |title=Bechtel says report on overruns was unfair |author=Scott Bernard Nelson |url=http://www.boston.com/globe/metro/packages/bechtel/022103_folo.shtml |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=February 21, 2003 |access-date=September 25, 2014}}</ref> The Big Dig was, at the time, the largest and most complex urban transportation project ever undertaken in the US. The 20-year project was critiqued for rising costs and increasing scope of work, as the Big Dig became more complex than was originally estimated. Criticism of the project increased in 2005 when a leak sprang in one of the new tunnels. In the summer of 2006, a faulty tunnel ceiling panel collapsed, killing a motorist.<ref name=Baker2006>{{cite news |title=Big Dig tragedy could stain Bechtel's name / Delays, cost overruns, leaks and now a death in Boston puts spotlight on S.F. construction giant -- and some of its other mammoth projects |author=David R. Baker |url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Big-Dig-tragedy-could-stain-Bechtel-s-name-2492830.php#page-3 |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=July 19, 2006 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> Litigation ensued, and in January 2008, Bechtel settled with federal and state officials for $352 million with other contractors involved paying smaller amounts.<ref name=Baker08>{{cite news |title=Bechtel, partner settle Big Dig lawsuit |author=David R. Baker |url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Bechtel-partner-settle-Big-Dig-lawsuit-3230087.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=January 24, 2008 |access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref>

As a result of the [[Gulf War]], Bechtel accepted the task of extinguishing oil well fires in [[Kuwait]] in 1991. This fire-suppression project was part of the effort to rebuild the infrastructure of Kuwait.<ref name=Lubove1999 /><ref name=Rothman1991 />

In 1994, Bechtel began work on the US$20 billion [[Airport Core Programme|Hong Kong Airport Core Programme]], which was the largest civil engineering project at the time and included a [[Hong Kong International Airport|new airport]] and nine other infrastructure projects.<ref name=Farley94>{{cite news |title=Asia : Hong Kong's New Airport Finally Gets Off Ground |author=Maggie Farley |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-02-mn-4094-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 2, 1994 |access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Rowe11>{{cite book |title=Emergent Architectural Territories in East Asian Cities |author=Peter G Rowe |year=2011 |publisher=[[Walter de Gruyter]] |isbn= 978-3-0346-1059-9|page=84 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GeuaUWm7RbAC&q=bechtel&pg=PA84 |access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref> Bechtel's other major projects during the 1990s included the [[Athens Metro]] system,<ref name=Church1998>{{cite magazine |title=Stephen Bechtel: Global Builder |author=George J. Church |url=https://content.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,989775,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=December 7, 1998 |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref> the [[Atlantic LNG]] in [[Trinidad]],<ref name=Hindley98 /> the [[A1 (Croatia)|Croatian Motorway]],<ref name=Kosowatz02>{{cite news |title=Croatia Tries to Unlock Economy With Multibillion-Dollar Motorway |author=John J. Kosowatz |url=http://www.enr.com/articles/29758-croatia-tries-to-unlock-economy-with-multibillion-dollar-motorway?v=preview |work=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=August 26, 2002 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> the [[Jubilee Line Extension]] for the [[London Underground]], Quezon Power Plant in the [[Philippines]],<ref name=PhilStar00>{{cite news |title=Quezon power plant soon to be operational |url=http://www.philstar.com/business/101319/quezon-power-plant-soon-be-operational |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=January 14, 2000 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> and a semiconductor plant in China.<ref name=AP1998>{{cite news |title=Massive public works projects featured at new exhibit |author=Randolph E. Schmid |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-19740384.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323011816/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-19740384.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=June 1, 1998 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Anderson2011>{{cite news |title=The private companies that drive the global economy |author=Richard Anderson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12334757 |work=[[BBC]] |date=April 26, 2011 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name=RT14>{{cite news |title=Bechtel completes phase 1 of Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project |url=http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsbechtel-completes-phase-i-of-dulles-corridor-metrorail-project-4253408 |work=Railway-Technology |date=April 28, 2014 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}{{unreliable source?|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST|date=August 2016}}</ref> Bechtel also managed design and construction of facilities for Olympic games: the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics]],<ref name=Deseret97 /> and the [[1998 Winter Olympics|Winter Games in Nagano, Japan]] in 1998.<ref name=Armstrong01>{{cite news |title=Firms Vie For Olympic Gold / U.S. companies see opportunities as Beijing prepares for 2008 games |author=David Armstrong |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Firms-Vie-For-Olympic-Gold-U-S-companies-see-2896823.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=July 26, 2001 |access-date=September 8, 2014}}</ref> In the early 2000s, the company provided planning and management services for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]].<ref name=Deseret97 /> In 2001, Bechtel was part of a consortium to project manage the US$4.3 billion construction of the CSPC Nanhai Petrochemicals Complex in [[China]].<ref name=CT>{{cite news |title=CSPC Petrochemical Complex, China |url=http://www.chemicals-technology.com/projects/nanhai/ |work=Chemicals-Technology |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref>

Several projects in the 2000s attracted controversy.<ref name=DavisMarch2003 /> In 2000, after a [[2000 Cochabamba protests|protest against water prices]] being raised by a utility partially owned by Bechtel in [[Bolivia]], the company pulled out of the country and later filed suit against Bolivia for $25 million in losses. The claim was settled in 2006 for $0.30.<ref name=DavisMarch2003 /><ref name=CorpWatch96>{{cite news |title=BOLIVIA: Bechtel Drops $50 Million Claim to Settle Bolivian Water Dispute |url=http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13144 |work=[[Environment News Service]] |date=January 19, 2006 |access-date=September 9, 2014 |archive-date=February 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213211154/https://corpwatch.org/article/bolivia-bechtel-drops-50-million-claim-settle-bolivian-water-dispute |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2001, Bechtel began work on the [[Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant]] at the [[Hanford site]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington state]].<ref name=Cary11>{{cite news |title=Building technologies developed at Hanford vit plant |author=Annette Cary |url=http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/11/25/1730597_building-technologies-developed.html?rh=1 |work=[[Tri-City Herald]] |date=November 25, 2011 |access-date=September 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006070451/http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/11/25/1730597_building-technologies-developed.html?rh=1 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The project is a highly complex plant for the treatment of radioactive liquid waste that has employed new technologies and construction techniques that are the first of their kind. As of 2013, it is considered the most complex project in the US.<ref name=Cary11 /><ref name=Learn13>{{cite news |title=Sealed 'black cells' stall radioactive waste cleanup at Hanford nuclear reservation |author=Scott Learn |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2013/03/black_cells_behind_stalled_cle.html |work=[[The Oregonian]] |date=March 16, 2013 |access-date=September 25, 2014}}</ref>  Management of the project has been the subject of controversy including the [[United States Department of Energy|Department of Energy]]'s [[Inspector General]] reports and [[Government Accountability Office]] studies regarding rising costs, nuclear safety and quality, and whistleblower allegations. For example, in 2013 the DOE Inspector General concluded that "Bechtel determined that there was a systemic problem and a breakdown in controls over the review of design changes", but that the company had taken steps to correct the problems.<ref name="Mufson13">{{cite news |title=Bechtel failed to do safety checks at nuclear waste plant, Energy Department report says |last1=Mufson |first1=Steven |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/bechtel-failed-to-do-safety-checks-at-nuclear-waste-plant-energy-department-report-says/2013/10/03/50e69782-2b8a-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 3, 2013 |access-date=March 19, 2018}}</ref><ref name=cpi>{{cite news|last=LaFlure|first=Rebecca|title=Hanford nuclear site clean-up: The mess gets worse|url=http://investigations.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/18/21482804-hanford-nuclear-site-clean-up-the-mess-gets-worse?lite|access-date=January 24, 2014|newspaper=The Center for Public Integrity/NBC News|date=November 18, 2013}}</ref>

In 2003, Bechtel won a $680 million contract to begin rebuilding infrastructure in Iraq for [[United States Agency for International Development|U.S. Agency for International Development]]. The contract led to the company being accused of both non-competitive bidding and [[war profiteering]].<ref name=DavisMarch2003>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Target of Anti-War Protesters |author=Aaron Davis and Dana Hull |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99317135.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323165835/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99317135.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |work=[[Knight Ridder]] |date=March 28, 2003 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> Bechtel won a competitively-bid second contract in January 2004,<ref name=Janofsky04>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Wins Its Second Big Contract for Iraq|author=Michael Janofsky |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/07/world/struggle-for-iraq-reconstruction-bechtel-wins-its-second-big-contract-for-iraq.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 7, 2004 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> and completed 97 of 99 task orders of the contract, returning the two remaining projects due to the escalating security concerns in the country.<ref name=Sawyer06>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Speaks About Work in a War Zone |author=Tom Sawyer and Andrew G. Wright |url=http://www.enr.com/articles/35628-bechtel-speaks-about-work-in-a-war-zone?v=preview |work=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=October 30, 2006 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref>

Following [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, Bechtel was one of four companies hired by [[Federal Emergency Management Agency|FEMA]] to build temporary housing.<ref name=Baker2006 /> Bechtel delivered over 35,000 trailers in under a year for displaced residents in [[Mississippi]], though the company was criticized by officials and in the media for the cost and quality of work.<ref name=Kaye2007>{{cite news |title=Controversy Continues over Post-Katrina Spending on Trailers |author=Jefferey Kaye |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/weather-jan-june07-katrina_04-09/ |work=[[PBS]] |date=April 9, 2007 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref>

In 2007, Bechtel began work on the [[A3 motorway (Romania)|Romanian A3 motorway (Autostrada Transilvania)]] and Albanian motorways. Bechtel and the Romanian National Roads Authority jointly agreed on a settlement to end the contract for works on the Autostrada Transilvania in 2013. The Albanian Motorway was opened to traffic in 2010 on schedule.<ref name=Rogers14>{{cite news |title=Romania offers $450m to the contractor who'll finish its road to nowhere |author=David Rogers |url=http://www.globalconreview.com/markets/romania-offers-450m-finish-road-nowhere/ |work=Global Construction Review |date=June 6, 2014 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Koleka07>{{cite news |title=Highway set to bring Albania and Kosovo closer |author=Benet Koleka |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-albania-kosovo-link-idUSL261003820070628?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=June 28, 2007 |access-date=August 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006065841/http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/28/us-albania-kosovo-link-idUSL261003820070628?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other major projects at the end of the 2000s included the twinning of the [[Tacoma Narrows Bridge]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington]] state,<ref name=Carson07>{{cite news |title=At last, it's good to go |author=Rob Carson |url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/2007/07/15/110260/at-last-its-good-to-go.html |work=[[The News Tribune]] |date=July 15, 2007 |access-date=September 5, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114720/http://www.thenewstribune.com/2007/07/15/110260/at-last-its-good-to-go.html |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Jamnagar Refinery]] expansion in [[India]],<ref name=GI08>{{cite news |title=Sohar Aluminium pours first hot metal |url=http://www.gulfindustryonline.com/news/6795_Sohar-Aluminium-pours-first-hot-metal.html |work=Gulf Industry Online |date=July 1, 2008 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> [[EG LNG|Equatorial GuineaLNG]],<ref name=HT>{{cite news |title=Equatorial Guinea LNG Project, Bioko Island, Punta Europa, Equatorial Guinea |url=http://www.hydrocarbons-technology.com/projects/bioko-lng/
|work=Hydrocarbons-Technology |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> and [[Oak Creek Power Plant]] in [[Wisconsin]].<ref name=Neville10>{{cite news |title=Top Plant: Oak Creek Power Plant, Elm Road Units 1 and 2, Milwaukee and Racine Counties, Wisconsin |author=Angela Neville, JD |url=http://www.powermag.com/top-plant-oak-creek-power-plant-elm-road-units-1-and-2-milwaukee-and-racine-counties-wisconsin/ |work=Power Magazine |date=October 1, 2010 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref>

=== 2000 Bolivian water privatization, rate increase and violence ===
{{Main|Cochabamba Water War}}
After years of unreliable water supply and 40% water loss in the city of [[Cochabamba]], Bolivia, the [[World Bank]] pressured Bolivia to put SEMAPA (the Cochabamba water utility) up for auction without funding. Bechtel and others formed a consortium named "Aguas del Tunari" (Water of Tunari – a local regional term) to file a bid to the city of [[Cochabamba]], Bolivia in 1999. Bechtel was a 27% partner and [[Abengoa S.A.]] of [[Spain]] was a 25% partner. This bid was in response to the increasing pressure from the [[World Bank]], which had funded and extended water supply projects for the country of [[Bolivia]], to privatize the water utility of Cochabamba. With the strings attached in 1995, and the World Bank participating in draft bids in 1997, the Aguas del Tunari consortium were the only bidders for the auction. The bid was accepted, under pressure of the World Bank and the conditions of their loans to Bolivia. The terms were ratified in the often-cited Law 2029 by the legislative body of Bolivia, however largely it had previously been accepted and influenced by local governments. Under the terms, Bechtel and the consortium immediately raised water pricing 35% and after the first month they had raised the price for water to the residents by almost 60% and in other parts much higher. The Bechtel consortium contract claimed harvesting of rainwater violated its contract essentially monopolizing the supply of water to millions of people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BOLIVIA: Bechtel Drops $50 Million Claim to Settle Bolivian Water Dispute {{!}} corpwatch |url=https://www.corpwatch.org/article/bolivia-bechtel-drops-50-million-claim-settle-bolivian-water-dispute |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=www.corpwatch.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=How Bolivians Fought For — and Won — Water Access for All |url=https://www.ucpress.edu/blog/58831/how-bolivians-fought-for-and-won-water-access-for-all/ |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=UC Press Blog |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FRONTLINE/WORLD . Bolivia – Leasing the Rain . The Story {{!}} PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bolivia/thestory.html |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=www.pbs.org}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Lymphoblasts More Than 50 Percent of Bone Marrow Nucleated Cells |date=February 2, 2020 |work=Definitions |publisher=Qeios |doi=10.32388/2vtcpi |s2cid=240681878 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sangha |first=Sukhpal Kaur |title=Uncovering the Bolivian Water War 15 Years Later |url=https://natoassociation.ca/uncovering-the-bolivian-water-war-15-years-later/ |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=NAOC |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bolivians end foreign-owned water privatization in Cochabamba 'Water War', 2000 {{!}} Global Nonviolent Action Database |url=https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/bolivians-end-foreign-owned-water-privatization-cochabamba-water-war-2000 |access-date=September 12, 2022 |website=nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu}}</ref> Water became one fifth of the average person's expenses and protests erupted. Protests were met with a cold shoulder response by Bechtel expressing they would simply cut-off water to those who did not pay. Further protests were enhanced when agricultural sectors realized the bylaws allowed Bechtel and the consortium rights to rain water as well, which was assumed to mean they could no longer collect rain water.<ref name="Tale of Three Cities">World Bank:[http://lnweb90.worldbank.org/oed/oeddoclib.nsf/docunidviewforjavasearch/ee95ee729b8a87cb85256bad0066c3a4/$file/precis_222.pdf Bolivia Water Management: A Tale of Three Cities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719150002/http://lnweb90.worldbank.org/oed/oeddoclib.nsf/docunidviewforjavasearch/ee95ee729b8a87cb85256bad0066c3a4/$file/precis_222.pdf |date=July 19, 2011}}, Operations Evaluation Department Précis, Spring 2002, Number 222, retrieved on March 19, 2022</ref><ref name="New Yorker">{{cite news|title=Leasing The Rain|first=William|last=Finnegan |date=April 8, 2002|magazine=The New Yorker|url=http://www.waterobservatory.org/library.cfm?refID=33711 |access-date=February 15, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929151555/http://www.waterobservatory.org/library.cfm?refID=33711 |archive-date=September 29, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Violence between protesters and police resulted in the burning of government buildings and hundreds of injured within the first days of the conflict. The local governments of [[Manfred Reyes Villa]] (mayor) and Jose Pepe Orias (prefect or governor) resigned. The contract was ultimately abandoned, for which Bechtel in February 2021 demanded settlement. The aftermath of the violence was destruction of public property in downtown Cochabamba paid for by taxpayers, the death of one civilian, restitution by the government, and hundreds of injured police, military personnel, and protestors. A movie titled ''[[Even the Rain]]'' with actor [[Gael García Bernal]] depicts a historical fiction story set in this time. The conflict became known as the [[Cochabamba Water War]].<ref name="Tale of Three Cities" /><ref name="New Yorker" />

== Locations and operational activities ==
Bechtel's major operational locations are in [[Brisbane]],<ref name=Bartsch2011>{{cite news |title=Life in the valley a gas for Bechtel |last1=Bartsch |first1=Phil |url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/life-in-the-valley-a-gas-for-bechtel/story-fn6ck2gb-1226023582014 |newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail]] |date=March 18, 2011 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> [[Calgary]],<ref name=WorldGen2003>{{cite news |title=William Dudley |url=http://www.world-gen.com/class03/dudley.html |work=[[World Generation Magazine]] |date=2003 |access-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref> [[Chandler, Arizona]], [[Dubai]],<ref name=Fahy2013 /><ref name=Neuhof2013>{{cite news |title=Bechtel joining in Gulf metals and mining boom |last1=Neuhof |first1=Florian |url=http://www.thenational.ae/business/industry-insights/economics/bechtel-joining-in-gulf-metals-and-mining-boom |newspaper=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |date=September 11, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> [[Houston]],<ref name=Patrick2012>{{cite news |title=Bechtel is Hiring for 170 Positions in Houston |last1=Patrick |first1=Jennifer |url=http://blog.chron.com/houstonshiring/2012/06/bechtel-is-hiring-for-170-positions-in-houston/ |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=June 13, 2012 |access-date=March 20, 2014 |archive-date=July 10, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710205025/http://blog.chron.com/houstonshiring/2012/06/bechtel-is-hiring-for-170-positions-in-houston/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], [[London]],<ref name=MacGregor2013>{{cite news |title=Bechtel set to take up 75,000 sq ft of London office space at FC200 |last1=MacGregor |first1=Kirsty |url=http://www.devono.com/news/bechtel-set-to-take-up-75,000-sq-ft-of-london-office-space-at-fc200-19035875/ |newspaper=[[DeVono]] |date=November 12, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014 |archive-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219063620/https://www.devono.com/blog/bechtel-set-to-take-up-75-000-sq-ft-of-london-office-space-at-fc200/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[New Delhi]],<ref name=BusinessStandard1998>{{cite news |title=15% Of Bechtel Turnover To Come From India |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/15-of-bechtel-turnover-to-come-from-india-198020601117_1.html |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=February 6, 1998 |access-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref> [[Reston, Virginia]],<ref name=FrederickNewsPost2011>{{cite news |title=Bechtel moving 625 jobs from Frederick to Reston |url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/archive/bechtel-moving-jobs-from-frederick-to-reston/article_2e2ab89f-fe69-5728-8740-dc401b45f513.html |newspaper=[[Frederick News-Post]] |date=November 8, 2011 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> [[San Francisco]],<ref name=Dipietro2014>{{cite news |title=Bechtel's Higgins Stresses Ethics |last1=Dipietro |first1=Ben |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304773104579266202310526722 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=January 15, 2014 |access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref> [[Santiago]],<ref name=NewCivilEngineer2012>{{cite news |title=The bigger picture: Peter Dawson interview |url=http://www.nce.co.uk/the-bigger-picture-peter-dawson-interview/8640118.article |work=[[New Civil Engineer]] |date=December 13, 2012 |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> [[Shanghai]], [[Nairobi]], [[Taipei]],<ref name=bechtelreport2012 /> and [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name=Jones2010 />

The company is headquartered in Reston,<ref name="Gregg2018">{{cite news |title=Bechtel to move headquarters to Reston after more than a century in San Francisco, bringing 150 jobs |last1=Gregg |first1=Aaron |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/bechtel-to-move-headquarters-to-reston-after-more-than-a-century-in-san-francisco-bringing-150-jobs/2018/06/07/f562e108-6a69-11e8-bea7-c8eb28bc52b1_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 7, 2018 |access-date=December 18, 2018}}</ref> which also houses the company's global operational headquarters,<ref name=Kumar2011>{{cite news |title=Bechtel to move some jobs from Maryland to Virginia |author=Anita Kumar and Fredrick Kunkle|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/bechtel-to-move-some-jobs-from-maryland-to-virginia/2011/11/07/gIQA2ry8wM_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=November 7, 2011 |access-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref> as well as the headquarters of the Nuclear, Security & Environmental global business unit and the Americas offices of the Infrastructure global business unit.<ref name=Waters2014>{{cite news |title=Bechtel to move 'substantial' number of employees to Virginia |author=Ed Waters Jr. |url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/bechtel-to-move-some-employees-to-virginia/article_4aef584e-8853-5fe3-89dc-16c747869a81.html |work=[[Frederick News-Post]] |date=October 14, 2014 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name=BechtelJune2015>{{cite press release |title=Bechtel Streamlines Organization, Announces Leadership Changes |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bechtel-streamlines-organization-announces-leadership-changes-78078032.html |publisher=Bechtel |date=June 29, 2015 |access-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref> The company's Oil, Gas & Chemicals unit is based in the Houston office.<ref name=BloombergOil>{{cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=52004152 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140615091653/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=52004152 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2014 |title=Company Overview of Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc. |publisher=[[Bloomberg Businessweek|Bloomberg]] |access-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref> The Washington office is home to the government affairs team, and maintains a Political Action Committee.<ref name=OpenSecrets>{{cite web |url=https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?cycle=2014&strID=C00103697 |title=Bechtel Group  |publisher=[[OpenSecrets]] |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref>

Outside of North America, the Infrastructure unit's headquarters is located at the company's London office.<ref name=Clemens2014>{{cite news |title=Toby Seay Named President of Bechtel's Newly Formed Infrastructure Business |author=Jay Clemens |url=http://blog.executivebiz.com/2014/10/toby-seay-named-president-of-bechtels-newly-formed-infrastructure-business/ |work=ExecutiveBiz |date=October 6, 2014 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref> The Mining & Metals unit is based out of Santiago, Chile, and Brisbane.<ref name="Dey2016">{{cite news |title=Face to Face: David Welch, Bechtel |last1=Dey |first1=Paromita |url=http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-38047-face-to-face-david-welch-bechtel/  |work=Construction Week Online |date=March 20, 2016 |access-date=December 18, 2018}}</ref> In 2013, the company established its global center of engineering excellence in [[Dubai]] focusing on rail and marine projects.<ref name="Neuhof2013" /><ref name=Kumar2013>{{cite news |title=Bechtel eyes wider role for itself in region |author=Himendra Mohan Kumar |url=http://m.gulfnews.com/business/construction/bechtel-eyes-wider-role-for-itself-in-region-1.1182910 |newspaper=[[Gulf News]] |date=May 13, 2013 |access-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref> It established innovation centers in Houston and London in 2015 and Santiago in 2018 to test new technology.<ref name=ENR2015>{{cite news |title=The Top 400 |work=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=May 25, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Mining.com2018">{{cite news |title=Bechtel opens mining innovation center in Chile |url=http://www.mining.com/bechtel-opens-mining-innovation-center-chile/ |work=Mining.com |date=December 20, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref>

Bechtel works on global megaprojects through its four business units.<ref name=Davis2003 /> The company frequently manages work from [[Design–build|design]] through construction phases.<ref name=ME98>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Bechtel Corp., Industry Partnership Award |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-36598333.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611070901/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-36598333.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 11, 2014 |newspaper=[[Mining Engineering (magazine)|Mining Engineering]] |date=November 1, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Reddall2009 /><ref name=Dickinson2013 /> Its corporate values include safety, quality, and ethics.<ref name="Dipietro2014" /><ref name=Dickinson2013 /><ref name=Smith2013>{{cite news |title=Bechtel: Striving to be the Best |last1=Smith |first1=Sandy |url=http://ehstoday.com/safety/best-practices/ehs_imp_36578 |newspaper=[[EHS Today]] |date=September 12, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref>

Bechtel was the presenting sponsor of "Dream Big: Engineering Our World", a 42-minute IMAX documentary produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films in partnership with American Society of Civil Engineers. The documentary seeks to inspire young people to pursue engineering careers.<ref name="Chen">{{cite web |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/dream-big-engineering-our-world# |title=Dream Big: Engineering Our World |author=Sandie Angulo Chen |publisher=Common Sense Media |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Tuchman17">{{cite news |title=Engineering careers IMAX film, education program are dream come true |last1=Tuchman |first1=Janice L. |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/41574-engineering-careers-imax-film-education-program-are-dream-come-true |newspaper=Engineering News-Record |date=March 1, 2017 |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Schager17">{{cite news |title=Film review: 'Dream Big: Engineering Our World' |last1=Schager |first1=Nick |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/dream-big-engineering-our-world-review-1201988988/  |newspaper=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=February 16, 2017 |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref>

Bechtel opened its welding and applied technology center in 2017 in the Houston Energy Corridor to train welding and construction workers. The center also provides virtual training and augmented reality to train workers.<ref name="Peiffer17">{{cite news |title=Bechtel opens welding tech innovation, training center |last1=Peiffer |first1=Emily |url=https://www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-opens-welding-tech-innovation-training-center/440684/ |newspaper=Construction Dive |date=April 19, 2017 |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref>

Its Houston offices were in the [[Houston Galleria]] area; in 2022 the company announced it would move those offices to [[Westchase, Houston]] effective late 2023.<ref>{{cite web|last=Luck|first=Marissa|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Engineering-giant-Bechtel-to-move-Houston-offices-17295625.php|title=Engineering giant Bechtel to move Houston offices out of Galleria|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|date=July 11, 2022|accessdate=July 12, 2022}}</ref>

=== Infrastructure ===
The Infrastructure unit handles [[transport]]ation, power, and hydroelectric facilities.<ref name=PowerEngineering2014>{{cite news |title=Bechtel reorganizes company into new nuclear, global business units |url=http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/10/bechtel-reorganizes-company-into-new-nuclear-global-business-units.html |work=[[Power Engineering (magazine)|Power Engineering]] |date=October 7, 2014 |access-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925100735/http://www.power-eng.com/articles/2014/10/bechtel-reorganizes-company-into-new-nuclear-global-business-units.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=ENR2008>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=People |url=http://enr.construction.com/people/people/archives/080625b.asp |newspaper=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=June 25, 2008 |access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref> Transportation projects include [[highway]]s, [[bridge]]s, [[Rail transport|rail]], and [[aviation]] facilities.<ref name=ENR2008 /> Bechtel has built more than {{convert|17200|miles}} of roadway, 390 power plants, 50 hydroelectric plants,<ref name=bechtelreport2016>{{cite web | title=Annual Report | url=http://www.bechtel.com/bechtel/media/html/2016-reports/annual-report/ | publisher=Bechtel | year=2016  | access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref> as well as 20 towns and cities globally.<ref name=Davis2003>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Target of Anti-War Protesters |last1=Davis |first1=Aaron |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99317135.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150323165835/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-99317135.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |newspaper=[[Knight Ridder]] |date=March 28, 2003 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> It has worked on 300 subway and rail projects, 80 port and harbor projects, and 96 major airport projects.<ref name=bechtelreport2016 /><ref name=GulfIndustry2012>{{cite news |title=Khalifa Port bears Bechtel stamp |url=http://www.gulfindustryworldwide.com/news/10791_Khalifa-Port-bears-Bechtel-stamp.html  |newspaper=[[Gulf Industry]] |date=October 2012 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref>

Bechtel's Infrastructure unit is leading a consortium in the engineering, procurement and construction of lines One and Two of the Riyadh, Saudi Arabia metro, which began construction in April 2014.<ref name=ConstructionWeekFeb2014>{{cite news |title=Bechtel busy on eight-month Riyadh Metro design |url=http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-26427-bechtel-busy-on-eight-month-riyadh-metro-design/#.U0VIVq1G-nQ |work=[[Construction Week Online]] |date=February 7, 2014 |access-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name=ConstructionWeekApr2014>{{cite news |title=Construction work on $22.5bn Riyadh metro begins |url=http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-27422-construction-work-on-225bn-riyadh-metro-begins/#.U0RwzK1G-nQ |work=[[Construction Week Online]] |date=April 6, 2014 |access-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref> In July 2014, Bechtel was selected to build a new 37-mile motorway linking Kosovo's capital, [[Pristina]], to [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]].<ref name=Quirke2014>{{cite news |title=Bechtel to build Kosovo to Macedonia motorway |author=Joe Quirke |url=http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/bechtel-build-kosovo-macedoni25a-motorway47493/ |work=Global Construction Review |date=July 4, 2014 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref>

Bechtel is also participating in the building of London's [[Crossrail]], a $24 billion project that will connect commuter towns east and west of London and is intended to serve an estimated 200 million people a year upon completion.<ref name=Reina2014>{{cite news |title=At Halfway Mark, $24-Billion U.K. Crossrail Project Back on Track |last1=Reina |first1=Peter |url=http://www.enr.com/articles/5432-at-halfway-mark-24-billion-u-k-crossrail-project-back-on-track?v=preview |newspaper=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=January 20, 2014 |access-date=March 19, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Lyons2010>{{cite news |title=Bechtel's Adams Explains the Virtues of Engineering |author=William Lyons |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703805704575594214185691590 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=November 5, 2010 |access-date=April 9, 2014}}</ref> As of June 2015, the project is 65% complete.<ref name=ConstructionManager2015>{{cite news |title=PM meets the team who tunnelled crossrail |url=http://www.construction-manager.co.uk/news/david-cameron-me3ets-te1am-who-tun1nelled-crossrai/ |work=Construction Manager |date=June 5, 2015 |access-date=July 24, 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150925125817/http://www.construction-manager.co.uk/news/david-cameron-me3ets-te1am-who-tun1nelled-crossrai/ |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2016, Bechtel began construction on the first phase of the Edmonton Valley Line Light Rail Transit project in [[Alberta]], Canada, the first [[public–private partnership]] (P3) business group.<ref name=SloweyApril2016>{{cite news |title=Bechtel-led team kicks off construction on $1.8B Canadian P3 light rail |author=Kim Slowey |url=http://www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-team-kicks-off-construction-on-canadian-light-rail/418164/ |work=Construction Dive |date=April 27, 2016 |access-date=July 27, 2016}}</ref> The company is also involved in several ongoing projects as of 2016, including building national infrastructure in [[Gabon]]<ref name=Mavuso2016>{{cite news |title=Company strengthens ties with African country |author=Zandile Mavuso |url=http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/company-strengthens-ties-with-african-country-2016-07-15/rep_id:4136 |newspaper=Engineering News] |date=July 15, 2016|access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref> and supporting the continuous development of [[Jubail]] industrial city in Saudi Arabia.<ref name=Slowey2016>{{cite news |title=Bechtel signs 5-year extension for world's largest industrial development project |last1=Slowey |first1=Kim |url=http://www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-signs-5-year-extension-for-worlds-largest-industrial-development-p/420461/  |newspaper=Construction Dive |date=June 7, 2016 |access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref> Bechtel has worked at Jubail for more than 40 years, and was granted a five-year extension on both projects June 2016.<ref name="Rubin16">{{cite news |title=Bechtel gets five-year extension on Jubail project |last1=Rubin |first1=Debra K. |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/39601-bechtel-gets-five-year-extension-on-jubail-project |newspaper=Engineering News-Record |date=June 8, 2016 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>

In February 2017, Bechtel was chosen to support setting up and operating Saudi Arabia's National Project Management Office.<ref name="Reuters21Feb17">{{cite news |title=Bechtel wins contract to run Saudi project management office |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/saudi-projects-bechtel/bechtel-wins-contract-to-run-saudi-project-management-office-idUSL8N1G62AN |newspaper=[[Reuters]] |date=February 21, 2017 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> In May 2017, Bechtel was appointed the delivery management partner for the tunnels and stations excavation package of Stage 2 of the [[Sydney Metro]] project.<ref name="Rowell17">{{cite news |title=Bechtel joins the Sydney Metro project in new management role |last1=Rowell |first1=Catherine |url=http://www.constructionglobal.com/major-projects/bechtel-joins-sydney-metro-project-new-management-role |newspaper=Construction Global |date=May 6, 2017 |access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref> Considered Australia's largest public infrastructure project, the work includes new twin rail tunnels under [[Sydney Harbour]].<ref name="Rowell17" /> Bechtel won the contract in August 2017 to design and build a 473-kilometer highway with 19 interchanges linking Nairobi, Kenya's capital, to Mombasa, Kenya's main port.<ref name="WorldHighways11Aug17">{{cite news |title=Kenyan key contract being built by Bechtel |url=http://www.worldhighways.com/categories/auctions-equipment-supply-servicing-finance/news/kenyan-key-contract-being-built-by-bechtel/ |newspaper=WorldHighways.com |date=August 11, 2017 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Oirere17">{{cite news |title=Bechtel to construct Kenya's first expressway |last1=Oirere |first1=Shem |url=https://www.enr.com/articles/42609-bechtel-to-construct-kenyas-first-expressway?v=preview |newspaper=Engineering News-Record |date=August 18, 2017 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Amadala17">{{cite news |title=Nairobi-Mombasa expressway work starts in January |last1=Amadala |first1=Victor |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2017/08/09/nairobi-mombasa-expressway-work-starts-in-january-kenha_c1612518 |newspaper=The Star |date=August 9, 2017 |access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref> The first section is targeted to open in October 2019<ref name="WorldHighways11Aug17" /><ref name="Oirere17" /><ref name="Amadala17" /> and the entire length of the highway is scheduled to be complete in 2024.<ref name="WorldHighways11Aug17" /><ref name="Oirere17" /><ref name="Amadala17" />

In 2018, Bechtel's work on the [[Panda Energy International|Panda Power Funds]]' 1.1 GW natural gas Hummel Station Power Plant in [[Pennsylvania]] was completed.<ref name="Power-Technology2018">{{cite news |title=Bechtel completes 1.1GW power plant in Pennsylvania, US |url=https://www.power-technology.com/news/bechtel-completes-1-1gw-power-plant-pennsylvania-us/ |work=Power Technology |date=July 19, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Scicchitano18">{{cite news |title=Panda powering-up Hummel Station plant |last1=Scicchitano |first1=Eric |url=http://www.dailyitem.com/news/local_news/panda-powering-up-hummel-station-plant/article_860ae2ee-5851-5e0d-a8b2-d8d37317a0a3.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Item (Sunbury)]] |date=March 29, 2018 |access-date=May 14, 2018}}</ref> Bechtel is also working on a project for Advanced Power, the Cricket Valley Energy Center in [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name=Quirke2015>{{cite news |title=Bechtel to deliver 1GW gas power station in New York State |author=Joe Quirke |url=http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/news/bechtel-deliver-1gw-gas-p8ow8er-station-new-york/ |work=Global Construction Review |date=October 15, 2015 |access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref> Bechtel is also building the Keeyask Generating Station, a hydroelectric power plant for [[Manitoba Hydro]] in [[Manitoba]], Canada.<ref name=Harris2014>{{cite news |title=Manitoba Hydro selects consortium to construct 695-MW Keeyask hydropower plant |author=Michael Harris  |url=http://www.hydroworld.com/articles/2014/03/manitoba-hydro-selects-consortium-to-construct-695-mw-keeyask-hydropower-plant.html |work=[[HydroWorld]] |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=April 8, 2014}}</ref> The Infrastructure unit had also worked on projects for [[Google Fiber]] in several markets in the [[Southeastern United States|Southeastern U.S.]]<ref name=Hardiman2015>{{cite news |title=Google starts construction on Charlotte 'Fiber' network |author=Sam Hardiman |url=http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/article25349662.html |date=June 23, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name=McGee2015>{{cite news |title=Google Fiber construction to begin in Nashville |author=Jamie McGee |url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/tech/2015/06/09/google-begin-fiber-construction/28724691/ |work=[[The Tennessean]] |date=June 9, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Moore2015>{{cite news |title=Google uses Bechtel to deploy fiber in Atlanta, Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham |author=Jeff Moore |url=http://www.fierceinstaller.com/story/google-uses-bechtel-deploy-fiber-atlanta-charlotte-and-raleigh-durham/2015-06-26 |work=Fierce Installer |date=June 26, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2015 |archive-date=July 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709105321/http://www.fierceinstaller.com/story/google-uses-bechtel-deploy-fiber-atlanta-charlotte-and-raleigh-durham/2015-06-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Among completed projects, Bechtel finished a {{convert|10.8|miles}} four-lane motorway in [[Kosovo]] a year ahead of schedule in November 2013.<ref name=Wright2013>{{cite news |title=Kosovo motorway opens ahead of schedule |last1=Wright |first1=Helen |url=http://www.khl.com/magazines/construction-europe/detail/item90348/Kosovo-motorway-opens-ahead-of-schedule |newspaper=[[Construction Europe]] |date=November 26, 2013 |access-date=March 19, 2014 |archive-date=March 24, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160324003413/http://www.khl.com/magazines/construction-europe/detail/item90348/kosovo-motorway-opens-ahead-of-schedule |url-status=dead }}</ref> The unit completed the 143 MW [[Catalina Solar Project|Catalina Solar photovoltaic generating facility]] and the construction of the 250 MW [[California Valley Solar Ranch]] in 2013.<ref name=SolarIndustry2013>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Completes 143 MW Catalina Utility-Scale Solar Power Project |url=http://www.solarindustrymag.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.13124 |newspaper=[[Solar Industry Magazine]] |date=August 23, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Wang2013>{{cite news |title=The Rise Of A Giant Solar Power Plant In California's Central Plain |last1=Wang |first1=Ucilia |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/uciliawang/2013/10/31/the-rise-of-a-giant-solar-power-plant-in-californias-central-plain/ |newspaper=[[Forbes]]|date=October 31, 2013 |access-date=September 22, 2015}}</ref>  Bechtel also completed the Hanna Region Transmission Development, a power transmission project in [[Canada]], which included 1,200 new [[transmission tower]]s and {{convert|85|mile}} of [[transmission line]]s in 2013.<ref name=TransmissionDistributionWorld2013>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Completes Major Power Transmission Project in Canada |url=http://tdworld.com/overhead-transmission/bechtel-completes-major-power-transmission-project-canada |newspaper=[[Transmission & Distribution World]] |date=August 7, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> Bechtel completed Phase I of an extension of the [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Dulles Corridor Metrorail]] in Northern Virginia<ref name=Dickinson2013>{{cite news |title=Newsmaker: Charlene Wheeless, Bechtel |last1=Dickinson |first1=Virgil |url=http://www.prweekus.com/newsmaker-charlene-wheeless-bechtel/article/312491/ |newspaper=[[PRWeek]] |date=October 1, 2013 |access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Duggan2014>{{cite news |title=The Silver Line story: A new route is born after decades of faulty planning, political paralysis |author=Paul Duggan |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/the-silver-line-story-a-new-route-is-born-after-decades-of-faulty-planning-political-paralysis/2014/06/23/bdf619c4-f894-11e3-a606-946fd632f9f1_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 23, 2014 |access-date=September 15, 2015}}</ref> and completed the [[Hamad International Airport]] in [[Doha]], Qatar, in 2014.<ref name=Fahy2013>{{cite news |title=Doha's Hamad airport 'virtually complete' |last1=Fahy |first1=Michael |url=http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-24344-dohas-hamad-airport-virtually-complete/#.Uyoxo61G-YR |newspaper=[[ConstructionWeekOnline]] |date=September 22, 2013 |access-date=March 19, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=CWQ 2015 Leaders summit hailed as a success |author=Kim Kemp |url=http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-33406-cwq-2015-leaders-summit-hailed-as-a-success/ |work=[[ConstructionWeekOnline]] |date=April 24, 2015 |access-date=September 15, 2015}}</ref> Bechtel also completed the world's largest [[Solar thermal energy|solar thermal]] project, the [[Ivanpah Solar Power Facility|Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System]] in [[California]], which began producing power in February 2014.<ref name=WorldGen2011>{{cite news |title=Feature:Alasdair Cathcart |url=http://world-gen.com/features/AlasdairCathcart.html |newspaper=[[World Generation Magazine]] |date=January–February 2011 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Trabish2014>{{cite news |title=Ivanpah: World's Biggest Solar Power Tower Project Goes On-Line |last1=Trabish |first1=Herman K. |url=http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/Ivanpah-Worlds-Biggest-Solar-Power-Tower-Project-Goes-Online |newspaper=[[GreenTech Media]] |date=February 13, 2014 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref>

In 2015, Bechtel began work as project manager of the Toronto-York Spadina subway extension for the [[Toronto Transit Commission]].<ref name=Wetselaar2015>{{cite news |title=Bechtel awarded contract to manage completion of Spadina subway extension |author= Sean Wetselaar |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/04/13/bechtel-awarded-contract-to-manage-completion-of-spadina-subway-extension.html |work=[[Toronto Star]]|date=April 13, 2015 |access-date=September 15, 2015}}</ref> The project was completed in 2017.<ref name="Bateman17">{{cite web |url=https://www.citylab.com/transportation/2017/12/the-ambitious-design-and-low-density-of-torontos-newest-subway-stations/548615/ |title=The Ambitious Design and Low Density of Toronto's Newest Subway Stations |author=Chris Bateman |date=December 18, 2017 |publisher=[[CityLab (web magazine)|CityLab]] |access-date=May 4, 2018}}</ref> Bechtel completed construction of the Stonewall Energy Facility in May 2017. The 778 megawatt natural [[gas-fired power plant]] supplies electricity to 778,000 homes in northern Virginia and the Washington, D.C., metro area.<ref name="PowerTech">{{cite web |url=http://www.power-technology.com/projects/stonewall-power-project-loudoun-county-virginia/ |title=Stonewall Power Project, Loudoun County, Virginia |publisher=Power Technology |access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref> Bechtel's work on the Carroll County Energy Facility in Ohio for Advanced Power was also completed in 2017.<ref name="IndeOnline18">{{cite news |title=Carroll County Energy plant making power |url=http://www.indeonline.com/news/20180110/carroll-county-energy-plant-making-power |newspaper=[[The Independent (Massillon)]] |date=January 10, 2018 |access-date=May 14, 2018 |archive-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219063615/https://www.indeonline.com/news/20180110/carroll-county-energy-plant-making-power |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2018, the unit completed a new air passenger terminal in [[Muscat]], Oman.<ref name="Ellis18">{{cite web |url=https://www.businesstraveller.com/business-travel/2018/02/25/first-look-muscat-airports-new-terminal/ |title=First look: Muscat Airport's new terminal |author=Dominic Ellis |date=February 25, 2018 |publisher=Business Traveller |access-date=May 4, 2018}}</ref> In May 2022, Bechtel was hired to update the Vision 2041 plan for [[Shannon Foynes Port]] in Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bechtel supports Irish port in offshore expansion plans |url=https://renews.biz/77658/bechtel-supports-irish-port-in-offshore-expansion-plans/ |website=reNEWS – Renewable Energy News |date=May 6, 2022}}</ref>

=== Mining & Metals ===
The Mining & Metals (M&M) unit works on projects related to the mining and production of materials such as [[aluminum]], [[coal]], [[copper]], [[iron ore]], [[Aluminium oxide|alumina]] and other metals and minerals. The unit operates on six continents and has completed hundreds of major mining projects as well as more than 1,000 mining studies.<ref name=Moore2014>{{cite news |title=Building on foundations |last1=Moore |first1=Paul |newspaper=International Mining |date=January 2014 }}</ref><ref name=Sambidge2013>{{cite news |title=Bechtel sets up mining, metals HQ for GCC growth |last1=Sambidge |first1=Andy |url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/bechtel-sets-up-mining-metals-hq-for-gcc-growth-517973.html |newspaper=[[Arabian Business]] |date=September 13, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> It has also finished 42 major copper projects, 30 [[Aluminium smelting|aluminum smelters]], 15 major coal projects, and eight alumina refinery projects.<ref name="bechtelreport2016" />

In 2013, the unit completed construction of [[Saudi Arabia]]'s first aluminum smelter in [[Ras Al-Khair]],<ref name=Moore2014 /> the Daunia coal mine in Queensland, Australia,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mininglink.com.au/site/daunia |title=Daunia |work=Mining Link |access-date=September 15, 2015 |archive-date=October 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025112212/http://mininglink.com.au/site/daunia |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the expansion of the Kooragang Coal Terminal in Port Waratah in Australia, increasing capacity to 145 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa).<ref name=Traykova2013>{{cite news |title=Bechtel completes Port Waratah's Kooragang Coal Terminal expansion |last1=Lyubomirova Traykova |first1=Zdravka |url=http://shipping.seenews.com/news/bechtel-completes-port-waratahs-kooragang-coal-terminal-expansion-377648 |newspaper=SeeNews |date=September 13, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
 
In 2014, M&M completed the Caval Ridge coal mine in Queensland,<ref name=Walker2015>{{cite news |title=Las Bambas on track |author=Simon Walker |url=http://www.e-mj.com/features/5029-the-epcm-perspective.html#.V9FTCJMrKu4 |work=Engineering and Mining Journal |date=March 5, 2015 |access-date=September 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019075828/http://www.e-mj.com/features/5029-the-epcm-perspective.html#.V9FTCJMrKu4 |archive-date=October 19, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and began operations at Escondida's OLAP copper [[cathode]] project, which consisted of a new dynamic [[Dump leaching|leaching]] pad and a mineral handling system.<ref name=BNAmericas>{{cite web |url=http://www.bnamericas.com/project-profile/en/oxide-leach-area-project-olap |title=Oxide Leach Area Project |work=bnamericas.com |publisher=Business News Americas |access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref>

In 2015, the unit completed the [[Las Bambas copper mine|Las Bambas]] copper concentrator in [[Peru]] for [[Minerals and Metals Group|MMG]],<ref name=Hancock2016>{{cite news |title=The EPCM Perspective |author=Tracy Hancock |url=http://www.miningweekly.com/article/las-bambas-on-track-2016-07-01/rep_id:3650 |work=Mining Weekly |date=July 1, 2016 |access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref> the [[Kitimat]] aluminum smelter in Canada for [[Rio Tinto Group]].,<ref name=CBC2015>{{cite news |title=Kitimat Rio Tinto aluminum smelter re-opens |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kitimat-rio-tinto-aluminum-smelter-re-opens-1.3141077 |work= [[CBC News]]|date=July 7, 2015 |access-date=July 28, 2016}}</ref> and the Escondida Organic Growth Project 1 (OGP1), the largest single-line copper concentrator ever built.<ref name=Moore2014 />  M&M also completed a third berth for the BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) at Hay Point Coal Terminal in Queensland, Australia, which increased export capacity from the existing 44 Mtpa to 55 Mtpa.<ref name=Ferlaino>{{cite news |title=Seeing Things Differently |author=Jessica Ferlaino |url=http://www.businessinfocus.com.au/index.php/2014/11/seeing-things-differently/ |work=Business In Focus |access-date=September 8, 2016 |archive-date=October 31, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031063624/http://www.businessinfocus.com.au/index.php/2014/11/seeing-things-differently/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Bechtel began building the Al Taweelah alumina refinery (formerly Shaheen) in [[Abu Dhabi]], United Arab Emirates for Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) in 2015.<ref name=TechnicalReview2015>{{cite news |title=Bechtel's David Welch predicts UAE construction growth |url=http://www.technicalreviewmiddleeast.com/construction/buildings/bechtel-s-david-welch-predicts-uae-construction-growth |work=Technical Review Middle East |date=March 5, 2015 |access-date=July 23, 2015}}</ref><ref name=Fahy2015>{{cite news |title=US construction company Bechtel to train Emirati engineers |author=Michael Fahy |url=http://www.thenational.ae/business/economy/us-construction-company-bechtel-to-train-emirati-engineers |work=[[The National (Abu Dhabi)|The National]] |date=September 3, 2015 |access-date=July 23, 2016}}</ref>

In April 2016, [[Aluminium Bahrain]] (Alba) announced that Bechtel had been appointed engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) contractor for the company's Line 6 Expansion Project. The initiative will make Alba the world's largest single-site aluminum smelter upon completion, boosting production to 1.5 Mtpa.<ref name=Firth2016>{{cite news |title=Alba appoints Bechtel as EPCM Contractor for Line 6 Expansion Project |author=Nadine Firth |url=http://www.aluminiumtoday.com/news/view/alba-appoints-bechtel-as-epcm-contractor-for-line-6-expansion-project |work=Aluminum Today |date=April 18, 2016 |access-date=September 8, 2016 |archive-date=July 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703133458/http://www.aluminiumtoday.com/news/view/alba-appoints-bechtel-as-epcm-contractor-for-line-6-expansion-project |url-status=dead }}</ref> That same month, Rio Tinto announced that Kitimat had reached full production levels of 420,000 tonnes per annum,<ref name=Penner2016>{{cite news |title=Rio Tinto's rebuilt Kitimat aluminum smelter ramped up to full production |author=Derek Penner |url=https://vancouversun.com/business/local-business/rio-tintos-rebuilt-kitimat-aluminum-smelter-ramped-up-to-full-production |work=[[The Vancouver Sun]]  |date=April 6, 2016 |access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref>  while Las Bambas achieved commercial production in July 2016.<ref name=EMJJuly2016>{{cite news |title=Las Bambas Reaches Commercial Production |url=http://www.e-mj.com/news/leading-deveopments/6295-las-bambas-reaches-commercial-production.html#.V9FygpMrKu4 |work=Engineering & Mining Journal |date=July 7, 2016 |access-date=September 8, 2016 |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220090228/http://www.e-mj.com/news/leading-deveopments/6295-las-bambas-reaches-commercial-production.html#.V9FygpMrKu4 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of 2016, Bechtel is advancing the Amrun [[bauxite]] initiative for Rio Tinto in Australia, which announced project approval in November 2015.<ref name=Dooley2015>{{cite news |title=Rio Tinto approves $1.9bn expansion of Amrun bauxite project in Australia |author=Mike Dooley |url=http://www.lidtime.com/rio-tinto-approves-1-9bn-expansion-of-amrun-bauxite-project-in-australia-8463/ |work=Lidtime |date=November 27, 2015 |access-date=September 8, 2016}}</ref>

Bechtel completed the engineering, procurement, and construction of a water system and [[desalination]] plant for the [[Escondida]] copper mine in [[Chile]]<ref name=Moore2014 /><ref name="MineriaChilen16">{{cite news |title=Agua y energía: Los proyectos críticos de BHP Billiton |url=http://www.mch.cl/reportajes/agua-energia-los-proyectos-criticos-bhp-billiton/ |newspaper=Mineria Chilen |date=November 2016 |access-date=May 10, 2018}}</ref> in 2018.<ref name="MineriaChilena18">{{cite news |title=Escondida identifies a new desalination plant as the center of its water strategy 2018–2030 |url=http://www.mch.cl/2018/04/09/escondida-identifica-a-nueva-planta-desalinazadora-como-el-centro-de-su-estrategia-hidrica/ |newspaper=Mineria Chilena |date=April 9, 2018 |access-date=May 14, 2018}}</ref> The Bechtel-Techint joint venture team built a dual 112-mile-long pipeline to carry desalinated water from the Pacific Coast across the [[Atacama Desert]] to the Escondida copper mine approximately 10,000 feet above sea level in the [[Andes]].<ref name="AnnualReport17">{{cite web |url=http://www.bechtel.com/getmedia/38a3559c-d874-4dc2-bbac-28b3e79a1c4f/The-Bechtel-Report-2017.pdf?ext=.pdf |title=2017 Annual Report |date=2017 |publisher=Bechtel |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref>

In 2023, Bechtel was awarded EPCM contract for the Thacker Pass lithium mine in Humboldt County, Nevada.<ref name=im>{{Cite web  |date=2023-01-05|title=Bechtel wins EPCM contract for Lithium Americas’ Thacker Pass project  |url=https://im-mining.com/2023/01/05/bechtel-wins-epcm-contract-for-lithium-americas-thacker-pass-project/|access-date=2025-04-08|website=International Mining |language=en}}</ref> 

=== Energy ===
The Energy unit designs and builds [[liquefied natural gas]] (LNG), [[oil]], [[Pipeline transport|pipeline]], [[petrochemicals]], [[natural gas]], and water treatment facilities.<ref name=bechtelreport2012>{{cite web | title=Annual Report | url=http://www.bechtel.com/2013-05-17.html | publisher=Bechtel | year=2012 | access-date=September 17, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906031842/http://www.bechtel.com/2013-05-17.html | archive-date=September 6, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=ArabianOilandGas2009>{{cite news |title=World's 10 largest oil and gas contractors |url=http://www.arabianoilandgas.com/article-5773-worlds-10-largest-oil-and-gas-contractors/1/print/ |work=[[Arabian Oil and Gas]] |date=June 29, 2009 |access-date=June 9, 2014 |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317040032/http://www.arabianoilandgas.com/article-5773-worlds-10-largest-oil-and-gas-contractors/1/print |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Antidze2014>{{cite news |title=BP-led consortium awards $841 million contracts for Shah Deniz project |author=Margarita Antidze |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-azerbaijan-gas-contract-idUSBREA2I1SU20140319 |work=[[Reuters]] |date=March 19, 2014 |access-date=May 22, 2014 |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925101321/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/19/us-azerbaijan-gas-contract-idUSBREA2I1SU20140319 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Compelo2018">{{cite web |title=Los Pelambres Copper Mine |url=https://www.compelo.com/energy/projects/los-pelambres-copper-mine/ |work=Compelo.com |date=November 29, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325195808/https://www.compelo.com/energy/projects/los-pelambres-copper-mine/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since the company's founding, it has built approximately {{convert|50000|miles}} of pipeline systems, more than 50 major oil and gas field developments, and completed over 380 major chemical and petrochemical projects.<ref name="bechtelreport2016" /> The unit also constructs and tests tanks for LNG storage.<ref name=CQNews2014>{{cite news |title=Workers take a raft around LNG tank filled with water |url=http://www.cqnews.com.au/news/workers-take-raft-around-lng-tank-filled-water/2224751/ |work=[[Central Queensland News]] |date=April 11, 2014 |access-date=May 22, 2014}}</ref> Bechtel has built a third of the world's LNG liquefaction capacity.<ref name=Price2015>{{cite news |title=More contracts ahead: Bechtel |author=Blair Price |url=http://www.energynewsbulletin.net/storyview.asp?storyID=826948758&section=Liquified+Natural+Gas&sectionsource=s588036&aspdsc=yes |work=Energy News Bulletin |date=May 7, 2015 |access-date=July 30, 2015}}</ref>

Between 2011 and 2016, the unit built three LNG plants on [[Curtis Island National Park|Curtis Island]] in [[Queensland]], Australia.<ref name=Validakis2013>{{cite news |title=Bechtel hiring 500 workers for Curtis Island LNG |last1=Validakis |first1=Vicky |url=http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/bechtel-hiring-500-workers-for-curtis-island-lng |newspaper=[[Australian Mining]] |date=June 3, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name="AnnualReport17" /> It completed the first of six trains in December 2014.<ref name="AFR14">{{cite news |title=BG prepares first LNG shipment from QCLNG |url=http://www.afr.com/business/energy/gas/bgprepares-first-lng-shipment-from-qclng-20141229-12fdcn |newspaper=[[The Australian Financial Review]] |date=December 30, 2014 |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name=Chambers2016>{{cite news |title=APLNG on track but analysts warn on oil price |author=Matt Chambers |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/aplng-on-track-but-analysts-warn-on-oil-price/news-story/eac17b0a90ac285744d1e375de161dfe |work=[[The Australian]] |date=July 30, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> The complex was named a 2016 Global Best Project by ''[[Engineering News-Record]]'' in the category of "Power/Industrial"<ref name=Blair2016>{{cite news |title=ENR Announces 2016 Global Best Projects Winners |author=Scott Blair |url=http://www.enr.com/blogs/13-critical-path/post/39808-enr-announces-global-best-projects-winners |work=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=July 6, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> and a Construction Project of the Year by S&P Global Platts.<ref name="Cooley17">{{cite news |title=Gladstone 'mega-project' named the world's best |last1=Cooley |first1=Declan |url=https://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/bechtel-cashes-in-on-curtis-island-mega-project/3128708/ |newspaper=[[The Observer (Gladstone)]] |date=January 5, 2017 |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref> The unit also built the Wheatstone project, a [[LNG train|two-train LNG]] plant that is one of Australia's largest energy resource efforts.<ref name=Reddall2009>{{cite news |title=Bechtel to design Australia's Wheatstone 1st phase |last1=Reddall |first1=Braden |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/chevron-wheatstone-idUSN3037091920090730 |newspaper=[[Reuters]] |date=July 30, 2009 |access-date=March 20, 2014 |archive-date=February 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219063610/https://www.reuters.com/article/chevron-wheatstone/update-1-bechtel-to-design-australias-wheatstone-1st-phase-idUSN3037091920090730 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Almeida2013>{{cite news |title=Dockwise Awarded Largest Contract Ever by Bechtel |last1=Almeida |first1=Rob |newspaper=[[gCaptain]] |date=December 24, 2013 }}</ref> Following completion of Train 1 in late 2017, Train 2 of the facility moved into production mid-2018.<ref name="Reuters2018">{{cite news |title=Chevron starts second production unit at Wheatstone LNG in Australia |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chevron-australia-lng/chevron-starts-second-production-unit-at-wheatstone-lng-in-australia-idUSKBN1JB0BG |work=[[Reuters]] |date=June 15, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref><ref name="LNGWheatstone18">{{cite web |url=https://www.lngworldnews.com/wheatstone-lngs-second-train-90-pct-done/  |title=Wheatstone LNG's second train 90 pct done |date=January 18, 2018 |publisher=LNG World News |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref>

Bechtel has built five LNG production trains for Cheniere Energy Partners LP as the Sabine Pass liquefaction project in [[Cameron Parish, Louisiana]].<ref name=LNGWorldNews2012>{{cite news |title=Cheniere, Bechtel Sign Sabine Pass Contract (USA) |url=http://www.lngworldnews.com/cheniere-bechtel-sign-sabine-pass-contract-usa/ |newspaper=[[LNG World News]] |date=December 21, 2012 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> The initial cargo from the first completed train was delivered in 2016.<ref name=Rowlands2016>{{cite news |title=First LNG commissioning cargo exported from Sabine Pass |author=David Rowlands |url=http://www.lngindustry.com/liquefaction/26022016/First-LNG-commissioning-cargo-exported-from-Sabine-Pass-2052/ |work=LNG Industry |date=February 26, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref><ref name="OGJ10132017">{{cite news |title=Cheniere reaches near completion of Sabine Pass Train 4 |url=http://www.ogj.com/articles/2017/10/cheniere-reaches-near-completion-of-sabine-pass-train-4.html |newspaper=Oil&Gas Journal |date=October 13, 2017 |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref> In November 2018, the unit has completed the first of three LNG trains on the Corpus Christi Liquefaction project in Texas.<ref name="CompeloCorpusChristi">{{cite web |title=Corpus Christi LNG Project, Texas |url=https://www.compelo.com/energy/projects/corpus-christi-lng-project-texas/ |work=Compelo.com |date=December 12, 2018 |access-date=February 13, 2019 |archive-date=February 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203143531/https://www.compelo.com/404.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[Corpus Christi, Texas|Corpus Christi]], project includes three LNG trains, three LNG storage tanks, and two berths.<ref name=Mason2013>{{cite news |title=Cheniere Energy, Bechtel Agree to Two Contracts Worth $9.5 Billion |last1=Mason |first1=Everdeen |url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303560204579247962332310326 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=December 9, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name=OReilly2016>{{cite news |title=Corpus Christi Liquefaction June 2016 construction report |author=Callum O'Reilly |url=http://www.lngindustry.com/liquefaction/26072016/Corpus-Christi-Liquefaction-June-2016-construction-report-2818/ |work=LNG Industry |date=July 26, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> In 2016, Bechtel completed roof raises on two tanks at a liquefaction plant in Corpus Christi, Texas, for Cheniere.<ref name="AnnualReport17" />

In May 2013, the unit was awarded a contract for the front-end engineering design of the Pacific NorthWest LNG in [[Vancouver]], BC.<ref name=Thomas2013>{{cite news |title=Pacific NorthWest LNG awards design and engineering contract |author=Shaun Thomas |url=http://www.thenorthernview.com/news/208388081.html |work=[[Black Press|Northern View]] |date=May 21, 2013 |access-date=April 9, 2014 |archive-date=October 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030113857/http://www.thenorthernview.com/news/208388081.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2014, the unit was awarded a contract to construct facilities in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] for the [[Shah Deniz gas field|Shah Deniz II]] gas field in [[Azerbaijan]].<ref name=Antidze2014 /> In August 2015, Bechtel was contracted by Delfin LNG, to provide front-end engineering and design for a planned floating LNG vessel at Port Delfin off the coastline of Louisiana, which would be the first in the U.S.<ref name=OE2015>{{cite news |title=Bechtel, Delfin sign FEED contract |url=http://www.oedigital.com/energy/lng/item/9939-bechtel-delfin-sign-feed-contract |work=Offshore Engineer |date=August 5, 2015 |access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> Also in 2015, the unit was awarded a contract to manage the engineering, procurement, and construction of 12 new natural-gas pipelines in [[Thailand]].<ref name=Russell2015>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Gets Contract for 12 Natural-Gas Pipelines in Thailand |author=Pam Russell |url=http://www.enr.com/articles/16991-bechtel-gets-contract-for-12-natural-gas-pipelines-in-thailand?v=preview |work=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=September 8, 2015 |access-date=September 22, 2015}}</ref>

The company was part of a consortium selected by PTT GC America in 2015 to provide front-end engineering and design for a new petrochemical complex in Belmont County, Ohio.<ref>{{cite news |title=Consortium With Global Footprint to Lead Ohio Cracker Engineering |author=Jamison Cocklin|url=http://www.naturalgasintel.com/articles/103603-consortium-with-global-footprint-to-lead-ohio-cracker-engineering |work=Natural Gas Intel |date=September 9, 2015 |access-date=September 15, 2015}}</ref> It is also the lead contractor for a [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] petrochemical plant in [[Beaver County, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=Conti2016>{{cite news |title=Union leaders expect membership boost with Shell's Beaver County plant |author=David Conti |url=http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10816225-74/workers-shell-union |work=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]] |date=July 23, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref>

Bechtel's technology was licensed for facility upgrades at the Rijeka Refinery in [[Croatia]] in February 2014.<ref name=Stephan2014>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Supplies Coker Technology for Croatian Refinery |last1=Stephan  |first=Dominik |url=http://www.process-worldwide.com/engineering_construction/plant_design/basic_detail_engineering/articles/439393/ |newspaper=[[Process Worldwide]] |date=March 25, 2014 |access-date=March 19, 2014}}</ref> In 2016, the unit was contracted by the [[Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation]] to design an upgrade to the [[coker unit]] at the Assiut refinery in [[Egypt]] using its ThruPlus technology.<ref name=Brelsford2016>{{cite news |title=Egyptian refiner lets contract for revamp project |author=Robert Brelsford |url=http://www.ogj.com/articles/2016/05/egyptian-refiner-lets-contract-for-revamp-project.html |work=[[Oil & Gas Journal]] |date=May 20, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref> Also in 2016, it was awarded a contract to upgrade a refinery in [[Beaumont, Texas]], for [[ExxonMobil]], using ExxonMobil's [[Proprietary community|proprietary]] SCANfining technology.<ref name=Reuters2016>{{cite news |title=BRIEF-Bechtel to upgrade Texas refinery for ExxonMobil |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1AC18P |work=[[Reuters]] |date=July 26, 2016 |access-date=July 29, 2016}}</ref>

In late 2017, the unit was selected to design and build Tellurian's Driftwood LNG project, a proposed liquefied gas facility in Louisiana.<ref name="Advocate17">{{cite news |title=Tellurian issues $100 million worth of stock to pay for LNG facility's engineering costs |url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/article_4760347a-dc34-11e7-9164-7fd762c26546.html |newspaper=[[The Advocate (Louisiana)]] |date=December 8, 2017 |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref>  In January 2018, the unit was awarded a front-end engineering design contract for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company's planned offshore ultra-sour gas mega project located in the north western area of Abu Dhabi.<ref name="MiddleEastEvents18">{{cite web |url=http://www.middleeastevents.com/news/page/feed-contracts-for-hail-gasha-and-dalma-ultra-sour-gas-offshore-project-awarded/30061#.WvtC3tMvzVp |title=FEED Contracts For Hail, Gasha And Dalma Ultra Sour Gas Offshore Project Awarded |date=January 9, 2018 |publisher=Middleeastevents.com |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name="ICIS18">{{cite web |url=https://www.icis.com/resources/news/2018/01/10/10181701/uae-bets-on-alternative-energy-local-gas-production/ |title=UAE bets on alternative energy, local gas production |author=Ekaterina Kravtsova |date=January 10, 2018 |publisher=ICIS |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref><ref name="OE18">{{cite web |url=http://www.oedigital.com/regions/middle-east/item/16847-bechtel-technipfmc-win-adnoc-sour-gas-contracts |title=Bechtel, TechnipFMC win ADNOC sour gas contracts |date=January 10, 2018 |publisher=Offshore Engineer |access-date=May 15, 2018}}</ref>

In June 2019, Kallanish Energy reported that Bechtel had been hired by [[Thailand]]'s [[PTT Global Chemical]] America and [[South Korea]]-based partner [[Daelim]] to build a $6 billion ethane cracker on the [[Ohio River]] in [[Belmont County, Ohio|Belmont County]], Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kallanishenergy.com/2019/06/24/bechtel-gets-construction-contract-for-ohio-ethane-cracker/|title=Bechtel gets construction contract for Ohio ethane cracker » Kallanish Energy News|date=June 24, 2019|website=Kallanish Energy News|language=en-US|access-date=June 24, 2019|archive-date=August 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803234524/https://www.kallanishenergy.com/2019/06/24/bechtel-gets-construction-contract-for-ohio-ethane-cracker/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Nuclear, Security & Environmental ===
The Nuclear, Security & Environmental unit handles the company's government work and commercial nuclear businesses.<ref name="PowerEngineering2014" /> The unit supports U.S. and international governmental organizations including the [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Departments of Defense]] and [[United States Department of Energy|Energy]].<ref name=POC2014>{{cite web |url=http://www.your-poc.com/top-20-defense-contractors-2015/ |title=Top 20 Defense Contractors in 2014 |date=January 10, 2015 |publisher=[[Professional Overseas Contractors]] |access-date=July 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707220438/http://www.your-poc.com/top-20-defense-contractors-2015/ |archive-date=July 7, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Tully2016 /> Since the 1950s, Bechtel has designed, serviced, or delivered 80 percent of all nuclear plants in the U.S.<ref name="bechtelreport2016" />

As of 2019, Bechtel leads or is a member of a consortium that manages a national laboratory and several national security-related facilities in the U.S., including: the [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]], and the combined operations of the [[Y-12 National Security Complex]] and the [[Pantex Plant]].<ref name="Rocco17">{{cite news |title=Nuclear weapons: These companies manage America's stockpile |last1=Rocco |first1=Matthew |url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/features/2017/08/09/nuclear-weapons-these-companies-manage-americas-stockpile.html |newspaper=[[Fox Business]] |date=August 9, 2017 |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref><ref name=Tully2016>{{cite news |title=Meet the Private Company That Has Changed the Face of the World |author=Shawn Tully |url=http://fortune.com/bechtel-construction/ |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |date=May 17, 2016 |access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Knoxville2015>{{cite news |title=Y-12 contractor executive shares his philosophy |url=http://www.knoxnews.com/business/business-journal/y12-contractor-executive-shares-his-philosophy_95313051 |work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |date=July 6, 2015 |access-date=July 30, 2015}}</ref>

Bechtel has been contracted to manage the [[United States Navy]]'s [[nuclear propulsion]] research facilities since 2011.<ref name=Tully2016 />  In June 2013 the unit completed design and construction on a U.S. [[Missile Defense Agency]] project at [[Fort Greely]], [[Alaska]], which included three missile fields and forty silos.<ref name=ArmyTechnology2013>{{cite news |title=Bechtel completes work on US MDA's ground-based midcourse defence programme |url=http://www.army-technology.com/news/newsbechtel-completes-work-us-mdas-ground-based-midcourse-defense-programme |newspaper=[[Army-Technology.com]] |date=June 12, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref> In 2014 the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|U.K. Ministry of Defence]] selected Bechtel to support the [[Royal Navy]] and [[Royal Air Force|Air Force]] on procurement and managed support services.<ref name=Chuter2014>{{cite news |title=Bechtel, CH2M Hill Win UK Service Provider Contracts |author=Andrew Chuter |url=http://archive.defensenews.com/article/20140818/DEFREG01/308180005/Bechtel-CH2M-Hill-Win-UK-Service-Provider-Contracts |work=[[Defense News]] |date=August 18, 2014 |access-date=July 23, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Additionally, in 2016, Bechtel began providing testing and operations for the [[Arnold Engineering Development Complex]] at the [[Arnold Air Force Base]] in [[Tennessee]].<ref name=Lapczynski2016>{{cite news |title=NAS begins contract operation at AEDC |author=Kelly Lapczynski |url=http://www.tullahomanews.com/nas-begins-contract-operation-at-aedc/ |work=The Tullahoma News |date=July 3, 2016 |access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref>

Other government work includes the construction of the facilities to treat the liquid radioactive waste stored underground at the Department of Energy's [[Hanford Site|Hanford]] nuclear waste site in [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref name=Jones2010>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Makes It Official for New Head of Washington Office |last1=Jones |first1=Andy |url=http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2010/04/bechtel-makes-it-official-for-new-head-of-washington-office.html |newspaper=[[ALM (company)|LegalTimes]] |date=April 16, 2010 |access-date=March 20, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Weisse2013>{{cite news |title=The Risky Business of Destroying Chemical Weapons |last1=Weisse |first1=Karen |url=http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-11/the-risky-business-of-destroying-chemical-weapons |archive-url= https://archive.today/20140615091840/http://mobile.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-11/the-risky-business-of-destroying-chemical-weapons |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]] |date=September 11, 2013 |access-date=March 20, 2014 }}</ref><ref name=Brown2013>{{cite news |title=Hanford Nuclear Waste Cleanup Plant May Be Too Dangerous |author=Valerie Brown |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hanford-nuclear-cleanup-problems/ |work=[[Scientific American]] |date=May 9, 2013 |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> Bechtel and AECOM agreed in 2016 to pay $125 million to settle claims by the [[U.S. Department of Justice]] that the companies used subpar work while building a nuclear waste treatment facility at the [[Hanford Nuclear Reservation]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington state]], in addition to allegedly using public funds for lobbying. The companies did not admit wrongdoing; they said they settled to avoid long, costly litigation.<ref name="Slowey11282016">{{cite news |title=Bechtel, AECOM pay $125M to settle claims of subpar work at WA nuclear site |last1=Slowey |first1=Kim |url=https://www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-aecom-pay-125m-to-settle-claims-of-subpar-work-at-wa-nuclear-site/431140/ |newspaper=Constructive Dive |date=November 28, 2016 |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Emshwiller16">{{cite news |title=Contracts settle case over cleanup effort at Hanford Nuclear site |last1=Emshwiller |first1=John R. |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/contractors-settle-case-over-cleanup-effort-at-hanford-nuclear-site-1479951868 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=November 23, 2016 |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref><ref name="AP11232016">{{cite news |title=Feds: Hanford contractors to pay $125 million settlement |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2016-11-23/feds-hanford-contractors-to-pay-125-million-settlement |newspaper=[[Associated Press]] |date=November 23, 2016 |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref> In late 2017, Bechtel completed the assembly of two nuclear waste melters, each at 300 tons. The melters are the largest of their kind ever built in the United States.<ref name=Newcomb2017>{{cite news |title=Two Nuclear Waste Melters Now Installed at Hanford Site |author=Tim Newcomb |url=https://www.enr.com/blogs/15-evergreen/post/43060-two-nuclear-waste-melters-now-installed-at-hanford-site |work=ENR North West |date=October 13, 2017 |access-date=April 24, 2018}}</ref>

The unit also manages U.S. Department of Defense contracts to dismantle and dispose of stored chemical weapons, including decades-old [[Sulfur mustard|mustard]] and [[Nerve agent|nerve gas]] from World War II.<ref name="Jones2010" /><ref name="Weisse2013" /><ref name="Brown2013" /> By 2019, the [[Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant]] in [[Colorado]] had destroyed nearly 100,000 munitions.<ref name="Nichols2019">{{cite news |title=Robots dismantle and neutralize 100,000 mustard agent chemical weapons |last1=Nichols |first1=Greg |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/robots-dismantle-and-neutralize-100000-mustard-agent-chemical-weapons/ |work=[[ZDNet]] |date=February 7, 2019 |access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref> Bechtel completed the construction of the [[Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant]] in 2015.<ref name=Maass2015>{{cite news |title=Bechtel and partners move toward destroying U.S. chemical weapons |author=Ryan Maass |url=http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2015/10/28/Bechtel-and-partners-move-toward-destroying-US-chemical-weapons/9921446035421/ |work=[[United Press International]] |date=October 28, 2015 |access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref> Since May 2012, Bechtel has been part of a consortium completing the [[Chernobyl New Safe Confinement]], a structure that will safely confine the damaged Chernobyl Nuclear Reactor Number 4.<ref name=NuclearStreetNews2012>{{cite news |title=Enormous Chernobyl Confinement Shelter to be Completed in 2015 |url=http://nuclearstreet.com/nuclear_power_industry_news/b/nuclear_power_news/archive/2012/05/25/enormous-chernobyl-confinement-shelter-to-be-completed-in-2015-052501.aspx#.U1BKoeZG8qc |work=[[Nuclear Street News]] |date=May 25, 2012 |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> Bechtel continues to oversee the operation. In November 2016, the team slid a massive containment arch to cover the damaged nuclear reactor and contain radioactive material.<ref name="AnnualReport17" />

In 2016, Bechtel completed work on [[Tennessee Valley Authority]]'s [[Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station|Watts Bar 2]] nuclear reactor.<ref>{{cite news |title=TVA Orders Replacement Steam Generators for Watts Bar 2 |url=http://www.breakbulk.com/breakbulk-news/industry-sector/epcs-project-owners/tva-orders-replacement-steam-generators-for-watts-bar-2/ |archive-url= https://archive.today/20140615091810/http://www.breakbulk.com/breakbulk-news/industry-sector/epcs-project-owners/tva-orders-replacement-steam-generators-for-watts-bar-2/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 15, 2014 |newspaper=[[Breakbulk]] |date=February 18, 2014 |access-date=March 21, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bechtel contracted to complete Watts Bar 2 |url=https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Bechtel-contracted-to-complete-Watts-Bar-2 |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=World Nuclear News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-22 |title=Audit: Bechtel Power Corp. overcharged TVA for labor at Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant {{!}} Chattanooga Times Free Press |url=https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2017/nov/22/bechtel-overcharged-tvwatts-bar-nuclear-labor/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=www.timesfreepress.com |language=en}}</ref>  In May 2016, a joint venture including Bechtel won a contract to conduct front-end engineering and design for the eventual construction of  [[Wylfa Nuclear Power Station|Wylfa Newydd]], a nuclear power station in [[Wales]] for [[Horizon Nuclear Power]].<ref name=Grandhi2016>{{cite news |title=Hitachi, Bechtel and JGC aiming to build £10bn nuclear power station in Wales |author=Kedar Grandhi |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/hitachi-bechtel-jgc-aiming-build-10bn-nuclear-power-station-wales-1561245 |date=May 21, 2016 |access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref>

In August 2017, Bechtel took over as the lead contractor to complete construction at [[Vogtle Electric Generating Plant|Georgia Power's Plant Vogtle]], estimated in 2022 at $30 billion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Georgia nuclear plant's cost now projected to top $30B |url=https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-nuclear-plant-vogtle-projected-costs |website=[[Associated Press]] |date=May 9, 2022}}</ref> Bechtel was awarded the contract and took over day-to-day construction of Plant Vogtle's Units 3 and 4 after Westinghouse Electric, the designer and principal contractor for the two new reactors, filed for bankruptcy.<ref name="Proctor17">{{cite news |title=Bechtel in, Fluor out as Vogtle construction continues |last1=Proctor |first1=Darrell |url=http://www.powermag.com/bechtel-in-fluor-out-as-vogtle-construction-continues/?printmode=1 |newspaper=Power |date=August 31, 2017 |access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref>

As of 2018, Bechtel is building the Uranium Processing Facility at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee. The $6.5 billion project is part of the National Nuclear Security Administration program to replace aging, Cold War-era facilities that service, refresh, and replace the uranium stages of nuclear warheads.<ref name=Exchange2018>{{cite news |title=DOE Authorizes Construction Start on Keystone Next-Gen Uranium Plant |url=https://www.exchangemonitor.com/doe-authorizes-construction-start-keystone-next-gen-uranium-plant-upf/ |work=Exchange Monitor |date=March 26, 2018 |access-date=April 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name=Exchange2018a>{{cite news |title=Bechtel Finishes Another UPF Subproject |url=https://www.exchangemonitor.com/bechtel-finishes-another-upf-subproject/ |work=Exchange Monitor |date=March 9, 2018 |access-date=April 24, 2018}}</ref>

As of April 2025, Dena Volovar is to succeed John Howanitz as president of Bechtel’s nuclear, security and environmental business (NS&E), the company has announced. Howanitz is retiring in April after 42 years with Bechtel. He has served as president of the NSS&E business since 2021. Volovar brings more than 26 years of experience within Bechtel to the role. This includes executive vice president and general manager of NS&E’s environmental and security business line, where she managed Bechtel’s relationship with the US Department of Energy.<ref>{{cite news |title=President promotion for Bechtel’s Dena Volovar |url=https://buildindigital.com/president-promotion-for-bechtels-dena-volovar/ |access-date=7 April 2025 |publisher=Build in Digital |date=19 March 2025}}</ref> 

=== Manufacturing and technology ===
The Manufacturing & Technology unit designs and builds projects in the [[semiconductor]], [[electric vehicle]], synthetic materials, and [[data center]] markets.<ref name="M&T-ConstructionDive">{{cite news |title=Bechtel launches division targeting manufacturing, tech |last=Obando |first=Sebastian |work=Construction Dive |url=https://www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-division-manufacturing-technology-semiconductor-data-center-electric-vehicle/623523/ |date=May 11, 2022 |access-date=December 12, 2023}}</ref> M&T was contracted by [[Intel]] in November 2022 to build a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Ohio.<ref name="M&T-Dispatch">{{cite news |title=Bechtel picked to build $20 billion Intel project in New Albany |last=Williams |first=Mark |work=[[The Columbus Dispatch]] |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/manufacturing/2022/11/28/bechtel-picked-to-build-new-albany-intel-factories/69674281007/ |date=November 28, 2022 |access-date=December 12, 2023}}</ref> Another project initiated in 2022–2023 included electrical vehicle charging infrastructure for school bus provider [[First Student]].<ref name="M&T-School">{{cite news |title=Bechtel, First Student Partnership Promises to Boost School Bus Electrification Efforts |last=Gray |first=Ryan |work=School Transportation News |url=https://stnonline.com/news/bechtel-first-student-partnership-promises-to-boost-school-bus-electrification-efforts/ |date=March 13, 2023 |access-date=December 12, 2023}}</ref>

== Management ==
Brendan Bechtel is chairman and CEO and is the fifth generation of the Bechtel family to lead the company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/companies/brendan-becomes-fifth-genera7tion-bec7htel-ta7ke/|title=Brendan becomes fifth generation Bechtel to take company chair|publisher=Global Construction Review|date=April 28, 2017|access-date=May 1, 2017}}</ref> Craig Albert is [[President (corporate title)|president]] and [[chief operating officer]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bechtel taps new president, COO |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/07/30/bechtel-new-coo-president-replace-jack-futcher.html |work=[[Washington Business Journal]] |last=Cordell |first=Carten |date=July 30, 2020 |access-date=November 16, 2023}}</ref> Keith Hennessey is [[chief financial officer]].<ref name="Proctor2018">{{cite news |last1= |first= |title=Leadership |work=Bechtel Corporation |url=https://www.bechtel.com/about-us/leadership/keith-hennessey/ |access-date=November 4, 2022}}</ref>

Several high-ranking Bechtel executives at times held important positions in the United States government. Notably, Ronald Reagan's cabinet had two former Bechtel executives: [[Caspar Weinberger]] and [[George Shultz]], serving as [[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] and [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] respectively.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Denton|first1=Sally|title=The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World}}</ref>

At the end of 2009 [[Jude Laspa]], Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Executive Vice President and Director, retired from Bechtel ending a 43 year career with the company.<ref name=ccst>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccst.us/ccstinfo/council/bios/laspa.php|title=Jude Laspa|publisher=[[California Council on Science and Technology]]|accessdate=October 7, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103153459/http://www.ccst.us/ccstinfo/council/bios/laspa.php|archivedate=January 3, 2013}}</ref>

== Financials and rankings ==
In 2017, Bechtel ranked eighth on ''[[Forbes]]''' list of America's Largest Private Companies by revenue,<ref name=ForbesPrivate>{{cite news |title=America's Largest Private Companies |url=https://www.forbes.com/largest-private-companies/list/#tab:rank |work=[[Forbes]] |date=2017 |access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref> and 7th on ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]]'s'' list of the 25 Most Important Private Companies.<ref name=Slowey16>{{cite news |title=Bechtel ranks 7th on Fortune list of 25 most important private companies |author=Kim Slowey |url=http://www.constructiondive.com/news/bechtel-ranks-7th-on-fortune-list-of-25-most-important-private-companies/419480/ |work=ConstructionDive |date=May 19, 2016 |access-date=July 21, 2016}}</ref>  The company has been named the top U.S. Contractor by revenue by ''[[Engineering News-Record]]'' for 20 years in a row<ref name="ENRTop400">{{cite news |title=ENR 2018 Top 400 Contractors 1-100 |url=https://www.enr.com/toplists/2018-Top-400-Contractors1 |newspaper=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=May 2018 |access-date=May 25, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Slowey18">{{cite news |title=No surprise: Bechtel No. 1 on ENR 2018 Top 400 contractors list |last1=Slowey |first1=Kim |url=https://www.constructiondive.com/news/no-surprise-bechtel-no-1-on-enr-2018-top-400-contractors-list/523846/ |newspaper=Construction Dive |access-date=May 25, 2018}}</ref> and ranked 12th on the publication's Top 250 International Contractors list by revenue for 2018.<ref name="ENRTopInternational">{{cite news |title=ENR's 2018 Top 250 International Contractors |url=https://www.enr.com/toplists/2018-Top-250-International-Contractors-1 |newspaper=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=August 2018 |access-date=December 18, 2018}}</ref>

== Major projects ==
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!Description
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|[[Hoover Dam]]
|[[File:Damupstream.jpg|120px]]
| [[Arch-gravity dam]] in the [[Black Canyon of the Colorado|Black Canyon]] of the [[Colorado River]] commissioned by the [[Bureau of Reclamation]] to control flooding and provide water and [[hydroelectric power]] to the [[Southwestern United States]] and California.<ref name=History>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/topics/hoover-dam/videos/hoover-dam-true-giant |title=Hoover Dam |work=history.com |publisher=[[History (U.S. TV channel)]] |access-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref> At the time of construction, it was the world's biggest dam and the largest public works project in the history of the U.S.<ref name="Church1998" /><ref name=History /> Bechtel bid on the project as part of [[Six Companies, Inc.]], a group of several smaller contractors. Bechtel led construction from 1931 until completion in 1935.<ref name="Hiltzik2011" /> The Hoover Dam was Bechtel's first [[megaproject]].<ref name=Lubove1999 />
|-
|[[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] (BART)
|[[File:Berkeley BART Station 1973 Postcard.jpg|120px]]
|[[Public transportation]] system for [[San Francisco Bay Area]]. Bechtel engineered, designed, and built BART for the [[Bay Area Rapid Transit District]] through a joint venture called Parsons-Brinckerhoff-Tudor-Bechtel. Construction began in 1964 and was completed in 1976.<ref name="Tully2016" /><ref name=BART>{{cite web |url=http://www.bart.gov/about/history/history |title=A History of BART: The Project Begins |work=bart.gov |publisher=[[Bay Area Rapid Transit]] |access-date=August 26, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|[[Jubail Industrial City]]
|[[File:Saudi Navy Desert Sheild.JPEG|120px]]
|Largest [[Industrial district|industrial city]] in the [[Middle East]] and the largest construction engineering project in the world.<ref name=Tully2016 /><ref name=Fahy122013>{{cite news |title=Site visit: Jubail Industrial City |author=Michael Fahy |url=http://www.constructionweekonline.com/article-25566-site-visit-jubail-industrial-city/ |work=Construction Week Online |date=December 14, 2013 |access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref> Bechtel has been overseeing construction since the project's inception in the mid-1970s.<ref name=Tully2016 /> The city has been built from a master plan designed by Bechtel and encompasses infrastructure to support 19 primary industries, and produce oil and gas-based products including refined oil, petrochemicals, steel, glass and aluminum. Bechtel has also built housing, retail space, [[mosque]]s, schools, clinics, and fire stations. Bechtel began construction on an expansion to the city, called Jubail Industrial City II, in 2006.<ref name=Fahy122013 />
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|[[Channel Tunnel]]
|[[File:Adit A1 Channel Tunnel - geograph.org.uk - 1244407.jpg|120px]]
|32-mile [[undersea tunnel]] connecting the [[United Kingdom]] and [[France]] considered by the [[American Society of Civil Engineers]] to be one of the [[Wonders of the World#American Society of Civil Engineers|"Seven Wonders of the Modern World"]].<ref name=Smith2015>{{cite news |title=The Channel Tunnel: 20 fascinating facts |author=Oliver Smith |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/france/articles/The-Channel-Tunnel-20-fascinating-facts/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/france/articles/The-Channel-Tunnel-20-fascinating-facts/ |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[Telegraph Media Group|The Telegraph]] |date=December 1, 2015 |access-date=August 1, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Bechtel was chosen to manage the project by [[Eurotunnel]] in 1987. Construction lasted from 1988 to 1994.<ref name=RailwayGazaette1999>{{cite news |title=Managing a project with many masters |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/managing-a-project-with-many-masters.html |work=Railway Gazette |date=May 1, 1999 |access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|[[Kuwaiti oil fires|Kuwait Oil Field Restoration]]
|[[File:Bergan oil field fire.jpg|120px]]
|Following the [[Gulf War]], Bechtel was contracted to lead a team to restore [[oil field]]s damaged by Iraqi forces, including repairing 749 wells, of which 650 were on fire. Bechtel completed the task in eight months and under budget.<ref name=Wald1991>{{cite news |title=Amid Ceremony and Ingenuity, Kuwait's Oil-Well Fires Are Declared Out |author=Matthew L. Wald |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/07/world/amid-ceremony-and-ingenuity-kuwait-s-oil-well-fires-are-declared-out.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 7, 1991|access-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|[[Big Dig|Boston Central Artery/Tunnel]]
|[[File:Boston CAT Project-construction view from air.jpeg|120px]]
|Section of [[Interstate 93]] that runs through downtown [[Boston]], Massachusetts. Bechtel and [[Parsons Brinckerhoff]] jointly supervised the planning and construction that re-routed and rebuilt the Central Artery from an elevated roadway to a series of tunnels.<ref name=McCarthy2011 /> Planning began in 1982 and construction lasted from 1991 to 2006, approximately ten years longer than initially planned.<ref name=Flint2015>{{cite news |title=10 years later, did the Big Dig deliver? |author=Anthony Flint |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2015/12/29/years-later-did-big-dig-deliver/tSb8PIMS4QJUETsMpA7SpI/story.html |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=December 29, 2015 |access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> Also known as  "[[Big Dig]]", the project included construction of the [[Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge]], the widest [[cable-stayed bridge]] in the world,<ref name=McCarthy2011>{{cite book |author=James P. McCarthy and Kate Driscoll Derickson |editor=Stanley D. Brunn |title=Engineering Earth: The Impacts of Megaengineering Projects |publisher=Springer |date=2011 |pages=697–712 |chapter=Chapter 40: Manufacturing Consent for Engineering Earth |isbn=978-9048199198 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mEyjMx7EV8IC&q=1919+road+california+bechtel&pg=PA785}}</ref> and an underwater tunnel that traverses the [[Boston Harbor]] and connects downtown Boston with [[Logan International Airport]].<ref name=McCarthy2011 /> The megaproject was considered the most complex and expensive highway project in United States history.<ref name=Flint2015 /><ref name=Aciteli2016>{{cite news |title=Boston's Big Dig Construction: a Look Back 10 Years Later |author=Tom Aciteli |url=http://boston.curbed.com/2016/1/5/10850028/boston-big-dig |work=[[Curbed]] |date=January 5, 2016 |access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|[[High Speed 1]]
|[[File:Eurostar on Channel Tunnel Rail Link.jpg|120px]]
|High-speed railway that connects [[London]] with the Channel Tunnel. Originally called the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), Bechtel led the [[London and Continental Railways]] consortium of companies in the design, project management, and construction of the railway, including a renovation of the [[St Pancras railway station]].<ref name=Brunn2011 /><ref name=RailwayGazaette1999 /> The group was selected by the [[Government of the United Kingdom|UK government]] in 1996 and construction was completed in 2007. High Speed 1 is considered the "UK's first truly high speed rail line".<ref name=Brunn2011 />
|-
|[[Athens Metro]]
|[[File:20070523-NERATZIOTISA.jpg|120px]]
|Rapid transit system in [[Athens]], Greece. Bechtel led a consortium that built two new lines, including 17 miles of rail expansion and two stations prior to the [[2004 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Brunn2011" /> The company also worked with Greece's [[Ministry of Culture and Sports (Greece)|Ministry of Culture and Sports]] to ensure unearthed [[Artifact (archaeology)|archaeological artifacts]] were preserved.<ref name=Tully2016 /> It's estimated that the system reduced traffic by between 200,00 and 375,000 cars.<ref name=Brunn2011 /><ref name=Tully2016 />
|-
|[[Chernobyl New Safe Confinement]]
|[[File:New-safe-confinement-April-2015-IMG 8575.jpg|120px]]
|Structure to confine the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]] in [[Ukraine]], which exploded in 1986 in the worst nuclear accident in history.<ref name=Tully2016 /> The confinement is designed to last 100 years and replaces the original "[[sarcophagus]]" erected to contain [[radiation]] following the [[Chernobyl disaster]].<ref name=Wendle2016>{{cite news |title=Chernobyl's Radioactive Ruins Get a New Tomb |author=John Wendle |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/042516-chernobyl-new-safe-confinement-contains-radiation/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426172443/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/042516-chernobyl-new-safe-confinement-contains-radiation/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 26, 2016 |work=[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]] |date=April 25, 2016 |access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> Bechtel began repairs in 1998 and was part of the team overseeing construction of the arch, which was installed over Unit 4 of the reactor in November 2016.<ref name=Wendle2016 /><ref name=NEI2013>{{cite news |title=Raising the roof over Chernobyl |url=http://www.neimagazine.com/features/featureraising-the-roof/ |work=Nuclear Engineering International |date=April 1, 2013 |access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ebrd.com/news/2016/unique-engineering-feat-concluded-as-chernobyl-arch-has-reached-resting-place.html |title=Unique engineering feat concluded as Chernobyl arch has reached resting place |website=European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |date=November 29, 2016 |access-date=January 12, 2018}}</ref>
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|[[Hanford site|Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant]]
|[[File:Handfor ERDF Grand Opening.jpg|120px]]
|[[Vitrification]] plant to process [[radioactive waste]] at the [[Hanford site]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington]] into a stable form that can be safely disposed. Bechtel was selected by the [[United States Department of Energy]] to lead the team designing, constructing, and commissioning the plant,<ref name=Wald2013 />  which is expected be the largest of its kind.<ref name=Newcomb2016>{{cite news |title=Hanford Vit Plant Takes Big Step |author=Tim Newcomb |url=http://www.enr.com/blogs/15-evergreen/post/40290-hanford-vit-plant-takes-big-step |work=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=September 26, 2016 |access-date=October 4, 2016}}</ref> Work began in 2001, but the project had significant delays due to technical problems and design issues.<ref name=Wald2013>{{cite news |title=Treatment Plant for Waste in Nuclear Cleanup Has Design Flaws, Panel Says |author=Matthew L Wald |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/03/science/earth/treatment-plant-for-waste-in-nuclear-cleanup-has-design-flaws-panel-says.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 2, 2013 |access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> A new plant for processing "low-activity" waste was completed in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.energy.gov/em/articles/doe-leaders-announce-completion-key-step-toward-hanford-tank-waste-treatment |title=DOE Leaders Announce Completion of Key Step Toward Hanford Tank Waste Treatment|publisher=Office of Environmental Management|date=January 10, 2021}}</ref>
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|[[Tacoma Narrows Bridge]]
|[[File:TopViewNarrows.jpg|120px]]
|[[Suspension bridge]] crossing the [[Puget Sound]] in [[Tacoma, Washington]]. The current Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened in 1950 after the original one collapsed in 1940. Bechtel was selected with [[Kiewit Corporation|Peter Kiewit and Sons]] by the [[Washington State Department of Transportation]] to build a second, parallel bridge to accommodate increased traffic.<ref name=Carson2007>{{cite news |title=At last, it's good to go |author=Rob Carson |url=http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/special-reports/article25853395.html |work=[[The News Tribune]] |date=July 15, 2007 |access-date=August 10, 2016}}</ref> Construction began in 2002 and was completed in 2007. It was the largest American bridge built since the [[Verrazano-Narrows Bridge]] in 1964.<ref name=Carson2007 /><ref name=CSE2004>{{cite news |title=History in the making...again |url=http://cenews.com/article/4404/history-in-the-making-again |work=Civil + Structural Engineer |date=May 2004 |access-date=August 10, 2016 }}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
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|[[Sabine Pass]] LNG
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|Facility of six LNG trains currently in development and a [[regasification]] plant at [[Sabine Pass]] in [[Louisiana]]. Bechtel is working on the project for Cheniere Energy Partners. Between 2005 and 2009, Bechtel built the regasification terminal. As of 2016, Trains 1 and 2 are complete, and the other trains are at varying levels of construction.<ref name=LNG2016>{{cite news |title=Bechtel hands over Sabine Pass LNG Train 2 Control to Cheniere |url=http://www.lngworldnews.com/bechtel-hands-over-sabine-pass-lng-train-2-control-to-cheniere/ |work=LNG World News |date=September 16, 2016 |access-date=October 4, 2016}}</ref>
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|[[Los Alamos National Laboratory]], [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]]
|[[File:Los Alamos aerial view.jpeg|120px]]
|U.S. research facilities that focus on [[nuclear weapon]]s and national security. Bechtel has managed both laboratories in a joint venture with the [[University of California]] and other organizations since 2006 under contracts with the Department of Energy.<ref name=Tully2016 />
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|[[Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station#Unit 2|Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station completion]]
|[[File:Watts Bar-6.jpg|120px]]
|Nuclear power plant in [[Tennessee]] made up of two reactors used for electric power generation. In 2007, Bechtel was chosen by the [[Tennessee Valley Authority]] to complete the second unit, which had stopped construction in 1985. Watts Bar Unit 2 was completed in 2015. It was the first nuclear reactor to come online in the United States since 1996.<ref name=Mooney2016>{{cite news |title=It's the first new U.S. nuclear reactor in decades. And climate change has made that a very big deal. |author=Chris Mooney |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/17/the-u-s-is-powering-up-its-first-new-nuclear-reactor-in-decades/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 17, 2016 |access-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref>
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|[[Crossrail]]
|[[File:Crossrail Tunnel Royal Oak Portal Construction.jpg|120px]]
|[[Commuter rail]] linking [[Heathrow Airport]] to central London and providing connections to the city and suburbs.<ref name=Tully2016 />  Bechtel is part of a team of companies overseeing construction. Development began in 2009 and tunneling was completed in 2015. The Crossrail is the largest infrastructure project in Europe, and it serves an estimated 1.5 million people.<ref name=GCR2015>{{cite news |title=Boring job done: London's Crossrail team completes final tunnel |url=http://www.globalconstructionreview.com/companies/boring-job-done-lond5on-crossrail-tea9m-comp8letes/ |work=Global Construction Review |date=June 6, 2015 |access-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref>
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|[[Gabon]] National Infrastructure
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|Master plan for infrastructure development in [[Gabon]]. Called "Le Gabon Émergent", the plan was created by Bechtel and President [[Ali Bongo Ondimba]] in 2010. Its goal is to invest $25 billion in new infrastructure by 2025.<ref name=Kumar2014>{{cite news |title=What Bechtel partnership in Gabon could mean for development organizations |author=Raj Kumar |url=https://www.devex.com/news/what-bechtel-partnership-in-gabon-could-mean-for-development-organizations-84648 |work=Devex |date=October 29, 2014 |access-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref><ref name=Reed2012 /> Bechtel established the country's National Infrastructure Agency and is overseeing all public works projects in the country through 2016, including in the areas of education, housing, and transport.<ref name=Reed2012>{{cite news |title=Infrastructure: Projects all in hands of Bechtel |author=John Reed |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/45dd22fa-ab3b-11e1-b675-00144feabdc0.html#axzz4JUkd0gAR |work=[[The Financial Times]] |date=June 5, 2012 |access-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref>
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|[[Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System]]
|[[File:Ivanpah SEGS (2).JPG|120px]]
|[[Solar thermal energy]] plant in the [[Mojave Desert]] in [[California]]. The plant was developed and designed by [[BrightSource Energy]], which contracted Bechtel to construct the plant between 2009 and 2014. Bechtel was also an investor in the project. Ivanpah uses heat-generating mirrors that create steam, powering [[turbine]]s that produce electricity. When it opened in February 2014, it was the largest operating solar farm in the world.<ref name=Tully2016 /><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.sbsun.com/2014/02/03/worlds-largest-solar-thermal-plant-comes-on-line-near-state-line/ | title=World’s largest solar thermal plant comes on line near state line | first=Jim | last=Steinberg | work=[[The San Bernardino Sun]] | date=February 3, 2014}}</ref>
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|[[Curtis Island (Queensland)|Curtis Island LNG]]
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|Three [[liquefied natural gas]] plants on [[Curtis Island (Queensland)|Curtis Island]] in [[Queensland]], Australia. Bechtel was contracted to design and build the LNGs for three separate joint ventures. Upon completion, the trains will produce 8% of all LNG production.<ref name=Tully2016 />
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|[[Riyadh Metro]]
|[[File:Riyadh Metro Project.jpg|120px]]
|Rapid transit system under construction in [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia. Bechtel was contracted in 2013 to head a consortium to develop six lines, including all tunneling and stations. In 2016, Bechtel stated that it is the largest civil engineering project the company has undertaken in its history.<ref name=Tully2016 /><ref name=Yousef2013>{{cite news |title=Saudi Spends $22 Billion on Riyadh Metro Line Construction |author=Deena Kamel Yousef, Deema Almashabi and Alaa Shahine  |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-07-29/bechtel-fcc-ansaldo-win-22-4-billion-riyadh-metro-contracts |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=July 29, 2013 |access-date=August 12, 2016}}</ref> The first lines of the Riyadh Metro are scheduled to begin operation in the final quarter of 2021.<ref>{{cite web | title=Riyadh Metro – Building the World's Largest Single-Phase Metro: Rail Group on Air | website=Railway Age | date=February 5, 2021 | url=https://www.railwayage.com/podcasts/riyadh-metro-building-the-worlds-largest-single-phase-metro-rail-group-on-air/ | access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref>
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|[[A3 motorway (Romania)|Romania A3 Motorway]]
|[[File:Autostrada București-Ploiești (km 49).JPG|120px]]
|This is one of the most expensive highways in the world. Bechtel abandoned the project after it only built 54&nbsp;km of the planned 400&nbsp;km of Transylvania Motorway, for EUR 1.25 billion.<ref name=Tully2016 /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://business-review.eu/news/bechtel-built-54-km-of-transylvania-motorway-for-eur-1-25-billion-but-agreed-to-renegotiate-contract-11995-170|title=Bechtel built 54&nbsp;km of Transylvania Motorway for EUR 1.25 billion, but agreed to renegotiate contract|date=August 4, 2011|publisher=Business Review|access-date=October 5, 2018}}</ref>
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== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* Denton, Sally. "The Profiteers: Bechtel and the Men Who Built the World", Simon & Schuster, 2016.
* McCartney, Laton. ''Friends in High Places'', Ballantine Books, 1988.
* Mead, Robert Douglas. ''Journeys Down the Line: Building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline'', Doubleday, 1978.

== External links ==
* [http://www.bechtel.com/ Bechtel company website]
*{{OpenCorp|Bechtel}}

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