Bechtel has won an engineering and technology innovation award from Fiatech’s CETI Award for its use of radio frequency identification technology on its liquefied natural gas projects in Australia. Bechtel won the CETI Award in the intelligent and automated construction jobsite category, the company announced Tuesday. Bechtel used the Atlas …

Five Bechtel officials will speak at an international ports conference next week to provide insights on port infrastructure developments in the new millennium. Walker Kimball, managing director of the company’s global infrastructure business, will lead open the 33rd PIANC World Congress plenary sessions with a keynote speech on the need …

Bechtel has lauded several businesses for collaborating with Bechtel to support government projects in the areas of national security, construction, defense, space, energy and nuclear safety. Nineteen companies received Bechtel’s Systems and Infrastructure Subcontractor and Supplier Recognition Awards for their support work during 2013, Bechtel said Monday. “Our subcontractors, vendors, …

Bechtel has donated $15,000 to a program in Washington state for nearly 250 students to participate in a series of mathematics, engineering and science achievement competitions, KVEW TV reported Friday.  Dan Thesman writes that nearly 60 teams of middle and high school students competed in challenges related to prosthetic arms …

The Bechtel-led Dulles Transit Partners team has nearly completed the first phase of the Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project in conjunction with the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority. The Silver Line project includes five stations, six miles of elevated track, an underground tunnel and 11.7-mile rail line connecting Reston, Va. to the orange line, Bechtel said Thursday. “Substantial completion …

Michael Costas, Bechtel‘s corporate quality chief, will help manage engineering, procurement and related functions as part of his appointment to the company’s waste treatment and immobilization plant team. The team will supervise work at a plant Bechtel is building in Washington state for the Energy Department to treat 56 million gallons of radioactive waste, the company said …

Bechtel has won an award from RFID Journal for the way the company used radio frequency identification tags to manage construction materials for three liquefied natural gas projects in Australia. The company won the Best RFID Implementation Award for its work to deploy Atlas RFID Solutions’ Jovix system in the state …

Bechtel will provide management and other preliminary services to prepare for the construction of the Louisiana International Gulf Transfer Terminal off the state’s Gulf Coast under an agreement with the LIGTT Project Company. It will support the facility design, procurement and integration with the terminal operator for Louisiana’s planned 250-acre, deep-water, cargo …

A team led by Bechtel is more than 75-percent complete with construction of a weapons disposal facility for the U.S. Army’s program executive office for assembled chemical weapons alternatives. The Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant is being built to destroy stockpiles of chemical nerve agent weapons at the …

Bechtel has selected a subsidiary of Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. to provide logistical management and transportation related to the operations of a Chevron liquefied natural gas project, Maritime Executive reported Thursday. Dockwise won the $275 million contract, the largest for the company, to provide module transport services for the Wheatstone Project …

Three national security sites managed by Bechtel have won a total of 13 sustainability awards from the National Nuclear Security Administration. The National Nuclear Security Administration Sustainability Awards for 2013 recognizes programs that advance sustainability and increase energy, water, vehicle efficiency and reduce greenhouse gases, pollution and waste, Bechtel announced …

A Bechtel-built solar photovoltaic facility in San Luis Obispo County, Calif., started commercial operations on Oct. 31. The NRG Yield– and NRG Energy-owned California Valley Solar Ranch is designed to generate electricity for up to 250 megawatts, Bechtel said Oct. 31. Donn Grimm, president of Bechtel’s communications, renewables and transmission …

Bechtel Corp. is beginning the approximately $49.5 million upgrade of the Vauxhall Tube station which is part the London Underground, Construction Enquirer reported Monday. Aaron Morby writes that the station will continue operations despite the construction which is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. The upgrade is due …

Siemens Government Technologies will lead team comprising of Bechtel and AECOM to support renewable energy installations under a $7 billion program run by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Defense Department aims to deploy three gigawatts of renewable energy using geothermal, wind, biomass and solar technologies by 2025, Siemens said Wednesday. The Siemens team was …

Bechtel has connected the first unit of a power station the company built in California to a live power grid for generating electricity from solar energy. The solar electric generating station is for the 377-megawatt Ivanpah thermal power plant project that will work to supply electricity to 140,000 homes every year, …