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Innovative Battery Manufacturing Facilities Construction management consultancy for building innovative battery manufacturing facilities in the United States. Bechtel is at the forefront of constructing innovative battery manufacturing facilities in the U.S. Our expert team ensures compliance with local codes and…
The Bechtel-built mine, one of the largest copper resources, features a first-of-its-kind desalination plant and will operate on 100% renewable energy by 2025.
Bechtel is delivering one of Australia’s largest infrastructure projects — a state-of-the-art airport designed to handle 10 million passengers annually.
The Summit brings together U.S. and international leaders, experts, and industry executives involved in the field of nuclear deterrence to discuss the management of the nuclear complex, the security of the stockpile, arms control negotiations, and strategic policy.
Bechtel Speakers
Monday, January 27, 3:30 pm — 4:15 pm
Mike Costas, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Bechtel National Inc.
Furthering the AUKUS Partnership and the Path Forward
This session will address the maturing partnership among Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States under the AUKUS trilateral agreement, which enables cooperation essential to Australia’s capacity to safely build, operate and maintain a conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarine capability. The agreement serves as a critical platform for ensuring stability, fostering innovation, and bolstering shared defense capabilities. The session will explore recent developments and successes within the AUKUS framework, highlighting collaboration efforts in advanced technology sharing, infrastructure modernization, and nuclear-powered submarine capabilities.
Tuesday, January 28, 10:30 am — 11:45 am
Richard Tighe, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC
Perspectives from NNSA Site Operations
Gain insights into the operational challenges and strategic initiatives at the (NNSA) sites. This session will feature key leaders from various NNSA facilities who will share their perspectives on managing site operations, maintaining safety standards, and advancing mission-critical objectives. Attendees will hear about the latest developments in site management, collaboration across facilities, and the innovative approaches being employed to ensure national security and technological advancement and guidelines to assist sites to move into the next phase.
Wednesday, January 29, 8:30 am — 9:30 am
Todd Ailes, Project Manager, Pueblo Chemical Agent – Destruction Pilot Plant, Bechtel National Inc.
Morning Keynote: Managing Global Risk
Do our current risk management processes really support fully informed decision making at all levels, from strategic down to technical risk? This session will first explore how our definitions of risk and our tools do or do not support effectively analyzing, integrating, and managing risks to achieve our objectives. Then, the discussion will shift to the decision makers, focusing on the challenges they face and how they can best use knowledge of risk to navigate the path to success.
One Year of Progress Building NASA’s Mobile Launcher 2
By: Mike Costas
How Collaboration and Innovation Drive Bechtel’s Mission-Critical Work We Live for a Challenge At the dawn of the Apollo program, in 1962, President John F. Kennedy urged the nation to embrace the challenge of space exploration. Addressing skeptics, he famously...
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) fusion breakthrough was featured on 60 Minutes, highlighting the work of the team at the laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF). On December 5, 2022, ignition was achieved at NIF when an experiment produced more energy...
Bechtel Lifts Next Section of New Launch Tower into Place at Kennedy Space Center
Latest construction milestone keeps ML2 project on track for completion Bechtel successfully lifted and placed the first tower module, Tower Module 4 (Mod 4), of the Mobile Launcher 2 (ML2) project, completing the Rig and Set process. This is the...
Bechtel Completes Jack and Set of Mobile Launcher 2 Base at Kennedy Space Center
Reaching new heights for the Artemis campaign in collaboration with NASA Bechtel today announced the completion of the jacking and setting process for Mobile Launcher 2 at Kennedy Space Center. This achievement is a critical step in the process to...
Bechtel Begins Construction for NASA’s Mobile Launcher 2
Bechtel today announced that construction started at the Mobile Launcher 2 project, located at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The milestone was marked by bolting together the first pieces of steel that will become the foundation of the...
Bechtel-led team to enhance operations at Arnold Engineering Development Complex, the top U.S. aerospace testing hub, ensuring advanced flight simulations.