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Bechtel Takes the Gold for Driving Safety Challenge Online Course
Bechtel Corporation announced today that it has received a Brandon Hall Custom Content Gold Award for its Driving Safety Challenge online training course. The Bechtel course teaches driver safety techniques through “real life” hazard simulations. The aim is to improve driving skills of Bechtel employees, especially those who spend some of their working day in a vehicle, by increasing their awareness of how to react effectively to challenges on the road.
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Bechtel to Proceed on Major Texas Refinery Expansion
Bechtel has received approval to proceed with detailed design and construction equivalent to building the nation’s first new refinery in more than 30 years. On Friday, the owners of Motiva Enterprises LLC (jointly owned by Saudi Refining, Inc. and Shell Oil Co.) approved the final investment for the project, which will add 325,000 barrels per day (b/d) to its Port Arthur, Tex., refinery.
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Bechtel Names Three New Technical Fellows
Bechtel Corporation, the largest U.S. contractor, today named three employees as Bechtel Fellows, a select group of 20 experts in science and technology who have made outstanding contributions to the company and their professions.
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Bechtel Completes New Anode Plant in Norway to Serve Fjardaal and Mosjoen Smelter
Alcoa, the world's leading producer and manager of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and alumina facilities, today announced the opening of a new 280,000 metric ton per year anode plant in Mosjøen, Norway.
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Industry, Government Leaders Hail High Speed 1 as a Magnificent Engineering Achievement
High Speed 1 (HS1), the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, has today been hailed by industry and Government as a magnificent engineering achievement and a beacon of technical excellence.
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Bechtel Completes Major Transportation Projects on Both U.S. Coasts
Bechtel this month celebrated coast-to-coast achievements with the completion of Washington state’s New Narrows Bridge and Virginia’s Springfield Interchange, two major contributions to their respective states' transportation infrastructure.
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Gulf Coast Workforce Development Initiative Completes Over 7,500 Trainings
Business Roundtable's Gulf Coast Workforce Development Initiative (GCWDI) today announced that it is ahead of schedule in its effort to recruit and train up to 20,000 new construction workers in the Gulf Coast region by the end of 2009.
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Bechtel Expanding Alumina Refinery in Australia for Rio Tinto
Bechtel has begun work on a US$1.8 billion expansion that will more than double the production at Rio Tinto Aluminium’s Yarwun alumina refinery.
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U.S. Government Issues Audit Report on Bechtel's Iraq Reconstruction work
In a newly released review of Bechtel’s spending under its $1.3 billion Phase II Iraq reconstruction contract with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) reported that the program “accomplished a substantial amount of work that contributed to the reconstruction of Iraq, particularly in the electricity and water and sanitation sectors.”
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Bechtel Projects Reach New Safety Milestone Worldwide
Halfway through the year, 46 Bechtel projects around the world have each achieved more than 1 million consecutive safe work hours, underscoring the company’s commitment to “zero accidents.”
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Bechtel Selected to Perform Feasibility Study and Preliminary Engineering on Kitimat Smelter
Alcan Inc., a leading global materials company, announced its signing of a contract with Bechtel to produce a detailed feasibility study and preliminary engineering to confirm the cost estimate and overall project and execution schedule of the planned expansion of the Kitimat smelter in British Columbia, Canada.
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New Tacoma Narrows Bridge Open, Tolling Begins
July 16, 2007--The new Tacoma Narrows Bridge, built by a joint venture of Bechtel and Kiewit Pacific, opened to motorists on July 16.