News Bechtel wins 360MW solar job in Michigan Bechtel has won a contract to build a 360MW solar power plant in Calhoun County, Michigan, from Chicago-based renewables developer Hecate Energy. The facility, called Sunfish Solar 2, will have…
News Bechtel picked for Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 plant in Texas Sempra Infrastructure has awarded Bechtel Energy a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 project in Texas, intended to increase LNG exports. The value…
News Bechtel to oversee BART’s Silicon Valley Phase 2 extension The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has picked Bechtel to provide construction management services for the Bay Area Rapid Transit’s (BART) Silicon Valley Phase II, a six-mile extension with…
Projects Bechtel builds Texas solar farm in 13 months thanks to high-tech tactics Bechtel credits a comprehensive digital approach for allowing it to finish building a 218MW solar power station in Texas ahead of its 13-month deadline. Set on 1,100 acres in Fort…
News Bechtel pledges $7m for suicide prevention American engineer Bechtel will donate $7m to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), to be spent on support for 500,000 construction workers over the next five years. The company…
News Intel delays $20bn Ohio chip factory, citing slowing market US chipmaker Intel has delayed construction of a $20bn manufacturing facility in Ohio, according to the Wall Street Journal. Work has begun on the development, which Intel says it its…
News Westinghouse, Bechtel seal deal on Poland’s first nuclear station Westinghouse and Bechtel have signed a formal agreement to partner on the design and construction of Poland’s first nuclear power plant at Lubiatowo-Kopalino. Westinghouse said Poland would get its first…
News Bechtel starts building rocket launcher at Cape Canaveral Bechtel yesterday started building the Mobile Launcher 2 project at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida for Nasa’s Artemis mission to send astronauts to the Moon and Mars. It…
News Funding finalised for Bechtel’s $18.4bn Texas LNG project Funding for the first three trains of the Rio Grande LNG plant in Brownsville, southern Texas, has been confirmed. NextDecade’s facility will have a liquefaction capacity of 27 million tonnes…
News Bechtel opens second Arizona office for high-tech boom Bechtel has opened a new office in Arizona to tap into the booming semiconductor, batteries, and battery materials markets. The 8,000-sq-ft office in Chandler, near Phoenix, opened 27 June at…
News Bechtel destroys US’ last chemical weapon Bechtel has destroyed the final munition in the US stockpile of chemical weapons at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Kentucky. That completes the US’ commitment to destroy…
News Bechtel and Ukraine sign reconstruction agreement Bechtel has signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine’s State Agency for Restoration and Development of Infrastructure, the organisation responsible for Ukraine’s reconstruction. The two parties agreed last week at…
News Bechtel to build charging stations for major school bus operator Bechtel will build electric charging infrastructure for North America’s biggest school bus operator, First Student.
News Bechtel and Enka chosen for North Macedonia’s biggest ever infrastructure scheme The government of North Macedonia has picked a joint venture between US engineer Bechtel and Turkish contractor Enka to build two motorways with a total length of 110km.
News Westinghouse-Bechtel meet 55 Czech companies in nuclear bid A Westinghouse-Bechtel team this week met with 55 Czech companies to discuss the engineers’ bid to build nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic. The Westinghouse-Bechtel team is one of three…
News Bechtel’s Texas solar farm to generate power for 20,000 homes US engineer Bechtel has completed work on the Cutlass Solar project, a photovoltaic farm capable of providing 20,000 homes with zero-carbon electricity in Fort Bend, southwest Texas. The development will…
News Bechtel to build warehouses in Zambia to get homegrown maize to market Bechtel’s social enterprise, bechtel.org, has teamed up with development agency USAID to build distribution centres in Zambia to prevent the wastage of maize, a staple food crop. Zambia is among…
News Bechtel win management contract for Saudi Arabian ski resort US engineer Bechtel will work as project management consultant on the mountainous Trojena resort project, which will be part of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious Neom development and the site of the…