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Jubail Welcomes the World: From Engineering Marvel to UNESCO Host City
This week, 1,500 government officials, business leaders, and policymakers from around the globe have convened in Jubail for UNESCO’s 6th International Conference on Learning Cities. What’s remarkable, however, is that 50 years ago this sprawling metropolis—which accounts for 7 percent of Saudi Arabia’s GDP—was little more than a deserted stretch of coastline on the Arabian Gulf.
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The World’s Largest Metro Project Built in a Single Phase
Most metro systems grow gradually: one line at a time. Not Riyadh. It’s the largest metro project in the world to be built in a single phase—and the first to conceive, design, and construct six fully integrated lines simultaneously. All of this unfolded in Riyadh’s dense urban core, which had to remain open to traffic and fully functional for its millions of residents.
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Tomorrow is Women’s to Build
Catherine Hunt Ryan, Bechtel’s president of Manufacturing & Technology, discusses the gender gap in construction and engineering and outlines how women will play a critical role in shaping the field’s future.
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Ahmet Tokpinar, General Manager of Bechtel’s Nuclear Power Business, Discusses Progress on Poland’s Nuclear Power Plant
Bechtel and Westinghouse are constructing Poland’s first nuclear power plant. In early September, NS&E General Manager Ahmet Tokpinar, President and COO Craig Albert, and other company leaders traveled to Poland to visit the project site and meet with Polish officials and project investor, Polskie Elektrownie Jądrowe.
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From Ore to Energy: The Lithium Battery Journey
At the heart of energy transition is a powerful force for the future: lithium. This lightweight element is a lynchpin in the quest for electrifying a more sustainable world. Lithium batteries are increasingly used to harness renewable energy, power the cars we drive, and “fuel” the high-tech digital gadgets ubiquitous in our daily lives.
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One Year of Progress Building NASA’s Mobile Launcher 2
We live for a challenge. It’s what drove us to support NASA during the Apollo program, and again today as we mark one year of construction on Mobile Launcher 2 (ML2) at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This critical piece of infrastructure will quite literally help launch a new era in space exploration.
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What’s New About America’s Next Nuclear Power Plant? Everything
Groundbreakings are always special. But even more so when the groundbreaking is truly breaking new ground for our society and environment. That’s exactly what we did today at the site of the Natrium Demonstration Plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Not just for a single new project, but an entire new industry.
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Confronting Suicide in the Construction Community
Among job occupations in the United States, construction has one of the highest rates of suicide. The time has come for us to treat mental health – and suicide prevention specifically – with the same determined focus that we have successfully brought to physical health, and as a natural extension of our historic commitment to safety.
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Sparking the Electric Vehicle Revolution
There’s one big speedbump on the road to sparking the electric vehicle revolution: the slow pace of new EV chargers for the public and for vehicle fleets. The electrification specialists at Bechtel recommend a few approaches to speeding up the delivery of new charging infrastructure.
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Brendan Bechtel on Rebuilding America’s Leadership in Nuclear Power
The U.S. is once again building and innovating in nuclear power. This week, the second of two new nuclear units went into service in Georgia. It is hard to overstate the significance of these milestones. Rebuilding our country’s nuclear power industry is vital to our fight against climate change, our growing need for more electricity, and our national security.
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Sustainability and Innovation: How to Harvest Heat
In this three-part series, Bechtel's Heloisa Schmidt, manager, Corporate Sustainability, and Mellissa Case, sustainable development manager, Mining and Metals, share their on-the-ground experiences in Peru talking to Bechtel colleagues, partners, and community members. In this first installment, learn about the innovative partnership that is helping to protect indigenous families from extreme frost in the remote Andes.
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Accelerating Semiconductor Fab Construction
Bechtel looks to offsite manufacturing, construction workforce development, supply chain buying power, and innovative construction sequencing to accelerate the design and build of new semiconductor fabs.