Teams led by Bechtel and the University of California manage and operate two premier institutions for national defense and scientific research--Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
Los Alamos was created in 1943 to develop the atomic bomb that ended World War II. Today, the lab monitors the U.S. nuclear stockpile and conducts research into new defense programs. Yet it also has become an important center for research in a wide range of scientific disciplines, including space exploration, geophysics, supercomputing, medicine, and nanotechnology.
Created in 1952, Lawrence Livermore also acts as a steward for the nation's nuclear stockpile and conducts scientific and medical research. The lab has won many awards for its research and development work, and is home to some of the world's fastest supercomputers.
In 2005, the U.S. Department of Energy put management and operation of Los Alamos up for competition. The University of California, which had run the lab for its entire history, joined with Bechtel, BWX Technologies, and the Washington Division of URS Corporation to form Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS), which won the Los Alamos contract competition in December. LANS took over at the lab on June 1, 2006.
In October 2007, a team including Bechtel, University of California, BWX Technologies, Washington Group International, and Battelle took over management of Lawrence Livermore.
Bechtel brings world-class business and financial management to both teams. The company has had extensive experience at large government facilities, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, the Idaho National Laboratory, and the Nevada Test Site.
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