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==History==
==History==
Bechtel has always functioned as a family-owned company. Its founder, [[Warren A. Bechtel]], started as an employee of the burgeoning United States [[railroad]] industry in 1898 after his [[Oklahoma]] cattle ranch failed. Over the next 20 years, he built up a sizable contracting business that specialized in railroad and highway building. Bechtel participated in the building of [[Hoover Dam]] in the 1930s. It has also had involvement in a number of other high profile construction engineering projects: numerous power projects such as [[Oil refinery|refineries]] and [[nuclear power plant]]s; transportation projects including the [[Channel Tunnel]], the [[BART]] system, [[King Fahd International Airport]] in [[Dammam]] (the largest Airport in the world by land area), [[Hong Kong International Airport]] and the [[Big Dig (Boston, Massachusetts)|Big Dig]]; and other projects such as the [[Kingdom Centre|Kingdom Centre and Tower]] in Saudi Arabia, [[Jubail Industrial City]], the rebuilding of the civil infrastructure of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom|Iraq]] funded by the [[United States Agency for International Development]] (USAID), and the hauling and installing of more than 35,000 [[trailer (vehicle)|trailer]]s and [[mobile home]]s for [[Hurricane Katrina]] victims in [[Mississippi]].
Bechtel has always functioned as a family-owned company. Its founder, [[Warren A. Bechtel]], started as an employee of the burgeoning United States [[railroad]] industry in 1898 after his [[Oklahoma]] cattle ranch failed. Over the next 20 years, he built up a sizable contracting business that specialized in railroad and highway building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dispatchesfromcoconutgrove.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/brief-history-of-bechtel-1898-1980.html|title=A Brief History of Bechtel (1898-1980)|publisher=Dispatches from Coconut Grove|accessdate=19 January 2014}}</ref>

==Major projects==
Major projects have included:
*[[Hoover Dam]] completed in 1936<ref>[http://www.constructioncompany.com/historic-construction-projects/hoover-dam/ Historic Construction Projects]</ref>
*[[Trans-Alaska Pipeline System]] completed in 1977<ref name=mead>Mead, p. 207</ref>
*Bekme [[hydroelectric]] dam in [[Turkey]] completed in 1991<ref>[http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/after/2003/0418bechtel.htm Bechtel has ties to Washington, and in Iraq] New York Times, 2003</ref>
*Petrochemical plants in [[Iraq]] completed in 1991<ref>[http://jwoodard.best.vwh.net/antiwar/bechtel/BechtelraqFact.pdf Bechtel in Iraq]</ref>
*[[Dabhol Power Company|Dabhol Power Project]] Phase 1 completed in 1992<ref>[http://www.bilaterals.org/article.php3?id_article=658 Bechtel and GE file arbitration over Dabhol Power Company] Bechtel, 22 September 2003</ref>
*[[Kuwait]] reconstruction after the [[Gulf War]] completed in 1993<ref>[http://www.bechtel.com/kuwait_reconstruction.html Bechtel: Kuwait Reconstruction]</ref>
*[[Channel Tunnel]] completed in 1994<ref>[http://www.bechtel.com/channel_tunnel.html Bechtel: Channel Tunnel]</ref>
*[[Hong Kong International Airport]] completed in 1998<ref>[http://www.bechtel.com/hong_kong_international_airport.html Bechtel: Hong Kong International Airport]</ref>
*[[Tengiz Field]] expansion in [[Kazakhstan]] completed in 1999<ref>[http://www.gasandoil.com/goc/contract/cox73115.htm Tengiz field expansion project awarded to Bechtel-Enka Joint Venture] Alexander’s Gas & Oil Connections, 29 July 1997</ref>
*Chemical weapons disposal facility in [[Anniston, Alabama]] completed in 2001<ref>[http://www.bechtel.com/1998-10-06.html Bechtel National team awarded $306m contract to design , build and operate chemical agent disposal facility in Maryland] Bechtel, 6 October 1998</ref>
*Three natural gas power plants in [[Turkey]] completed in 2002<ref>[http://www.allbusiness.com/energy-utilities/utilities-industry-electric-power/6568229-1.html Intergen and Enka complete $1.5bn financing of major power plants in Turkey] Businesswire, 28 September 2000</ref>
*Fissile Materials Storage Facility at [[Mayak]], [[Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast|Ozersk]], [[Russian Federation]] completed in 2002<ref>[http://www.bellona.no/bellona.org/english_import_area/international/russia/nuke_industry/siberia/mayak/24707 US official says Mayak Warhead storage facility to open in November] Bellona, 19 June 2002</ref>
*[[Araucária]] Power project, [[Brazil]] completed in 2003<ref>[http://www.bnamericas.com/news/electricpower/Ex-Im_Bank_to_Loan_Bechtel_US*178mn_for_Araucaria Ex-Im Bank to loan Bechtel $178m for Araucaria] BN Americas, 8 October 2001</ref>
*[[Jorge Chávez International Airport]] expansion in [[Lima, Peru|Lima]], [[Peru]] completed in 2005<ref>[http://www.bechtel.com/assets/files/PDF/Aviation/Aviation_JorgeChavez.pdf Joge Chávez International Airport]</ref>
*[[Big Dig (Boston, Massachusetts)|Big Dig]] completed in 2007<ref>[http://www.bechtel.com/2008-01-23.html Bechtel and Parsons Brinkerhoff reach settlement in Big Dig] Bechtel, 23 January 2008</ref>
*Rebuilding of sections of [[Croatia]]n highway between [[Zagreb]] and [[Split (city)|Split]] completed in 2008<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080528213926/http://www.exim.gov/pressrelease.cfm/B0FAB4DD-1032-5B0F-BAD61155AEE86F05/ Ex-Im Bank finances $250m in US exports to build Croatian highway] Ex-Im Bank, 22 October 1998</ref>
*The [[Y-12 National Security Complex|Y-12]] nuclear weapons plant and enriched uranium storage facility in [[Oak Ridge, Tennessee]] completed in 2009<ref>[http://www.bechtel.com/transformation_of_oak_ridge.html Bechtel: Transformation of Oak Ridge]</ref>
*[[A1 motorway (Albania)|Rrëshen-Kalimash Highway]] in [[Albania]] completed in 2010<ref>[http://www.roadtraffic-technology.com/projects/albaniakosovohighway/ Albania Kosovo Highway] Road Traffic Technology</ref>
*[[New Doha International Airport]] due to be completed in 2011{{update after|2011|12|31}}<ref>[http://www.bechtel.com/new_doha_airport.html Bechtel: New Doha International Airport]</ref>
*New [[Muscat International Airport]] Terminal due to be completed in 2014<ref>[http://www.omanairports.com/seeb_newterminal.asp Oman Airports Management Committee]</ref>
*Transylvania Motorway due to be completed in 2016<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,527269,00.html Bechtel drives a highway through the heart of Transylvania] Der Spiegel, 1 August 2008</ref>
*[[Dulles Metrorail]] Extension due to be completed in 2016<ref>[http://www.dullestransitpartners.com/default.aspx Dulles Transit Partners]</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Sources==
*Mead, Robert Douglas. ''Journeys Down the Line: Building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline'', Doubleday, 1978.


[[Category:Companies established in 1898]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1898]]

Revision as of 17:07, 19 January 2014

For persons named Bechtel, see Bechtel (surname).
Bechtel Corporation
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryHeavy construction
Engineering
Project Management
Founded1898
FounderWarren A. Bechtel
HeadquartersBlue Shield of California Building
San Francisco, California, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Riley P. Bechtel (CEO)
ProductsConstruction contracting
RevenueIncrease US$37.9 billion (2012)[1]
OwnerBechtel family and various internally elected employees
Number of employees
52,700 (2010)
Websitewww.bechtel.com

Bechtel Corporation (Bechtel Group) is the largest construction and engineering company in the United States,[2] ranking as the 5th-largest privately owned company in the United States.[3] Its headquarters are in the Financial District of San Francisco.[4] As of 2012, Bechtel had $37.9 billion in revenue and employed 53,000 workers on projects in nearly 50 countries.[5]

History

Bechtel has always functioned as a family-owned company. Its founder, Warren A. Bechtel, started as an employee of the burgeoning United States railroad industry in 1898 after his Oklahoma cattle ranch failed. Over the next 20 years, he built up a sizable contracting business that specialized in railroad and highway building.[6]

Major projects

Major projects have included:

References

  1. ^ "Annual Report". Bechtel. 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  2. ^ ENR Top 400
  3. ^ Forbes 2011 - America's Largest Private Companies
  4. ^ David Streitfield; Mark Fineman. "Bechtel Corporation Receives Iraqi Reconstruction Contract". The Los Angeles Times.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) posted in The Tech. vol. 123, Issue 20. Friday, April 18, 2003. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Annual Report". Bechtel. 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  6. ^ "A Brief History of Bechtel (1898-1980)". Dispatches from Coconut Grove. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  7. ^ Historic Construction Projects
  8. ^ Mead, p. 207
  9. ^ Bechtel has ties to Washington, and in Iraq New York Times, 2003
  10. ^ Bechtel in Iraq
  11. ^ Bechtel and GE file arbitration over Dabhol Power Company Bechtel, 22 September 2003
  12. ^ Bechtel: Kuwait Reconstruction
  13. ^ Bechtel: Channel Tunnel
  14. ^ Bechtel: Hong Kong International Airport
  15. ^ Tengiz field expansion project awarded to Bechtel-Enka Joint Venture Alexander’s Gas & Oil Connections, 29 July 1997
  16. ^ Bechtel National team awarded $306m contract to design , build and operate chemical agent disposal facility in Maryland Bechtel, 6 October 1998
  17. ^ Intergen and Enka complete $1.5bn financing of major power plants in Turkey Businesswire, 28 September 2000
  18. ^ US official says Mayak Warhead storage facility to open in November Bellona, 19 June 2002
  19. ^ Ex-Im Bank to loan Bechtel $178m for Araucaria BN Americas, 8 October 2001
  20. ^ Joge Chávez International Airport
  21. ^ Bechtel and Parsons Brinkerhoff reach settlement in Big Dig Bechtel, 23 January 2008
  22. ^ Ex-Im Bank finances $250m in US exports to build Croatian highway Ex-Im Bank, 22 October 1998
  23. ^ Bechtel: Transformation of Oak Ridge
  24. ^ Albania Kosovo Highway Road Traffic Technology
  25. ^ Bechtel: New Doha International Airport
  26. ^ Oman Airports Management Committee
  27. ^ Bechtel drives a highway through the heart of Transylvania Der Spiegel, 1 August 2008
  28. ^ Dulles Transit Partners

Sources

  • Mead, Robert Douglas. Journeys Down the Line: Building the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, Doubleday, 1978.
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