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| + | ''' Bechtel Corporation''' ('''Bechtel Group''') is the largest [[construction]] and [[engineering]] company in the USA,<ref>[http://enr.construction.com/toplists/contractors/001-100.asp ENR Top 400]</ref> ranking as the 5th-largest privately owned company in the US.<ref>Forbes 2011 - [http://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/21/private-companies-11_Bechtel_800U.html America's Largest Private Companies]</ref> Its headquarters are in the [[Financial District, San Francisco|Financial District]] of [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite news | author=David Streitfield; Mark Fineman | title=Bechtel Corporation Receives Iraqi Reconstruction Contract | url=http://tech.mit.edu/V123/N20/long_2_$20.20w.html | work=The Los Angeles Times | date= | accessdate=}} posted in ''[[The Tech (newspaper)|The Tech]]''. '''vol. 123''', Issue 20. Friday, April 18, 2003. Retrieved 29 August 2010.</ref> As of 2010, Bechtel had $27.9 billion in revenue and employed 52,700 workers on [[project]]s in nearly 40 countries.<ref name=bechtelreport2011>{{cite web | author= | title=Annual Report | url=http://www.bechtel.com/2013-05-17.html | publisher=Bechtel | year=2012 | accessdate=9 October 2012}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 13:34, 19 September 2013
Bechtel Corporation (Bechtel Group) is the largest construction and engineering company in the USA,[1] ranking as the 5th-largest privately owned company in the US.[2] Its headquarters are in the Financial District of San Francisco.[3] As of 2010, Bechtel had $27.9 billion in revenue and employed 52,700 workers on projects in nearly 40 countries.[4]
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Water operations
Aside from its work in other sectors Bechtel is fast gaining an unwanted reputation in its water operation as an inefficient supplier of water. In Ecuador Bechtel stands accussed of increasing bills whilst failing to fulfill the promises it makes to win the intial contract granted in 2002.[5]
Nuclear
People
- E. James Reinsch, Immediate Past President: President of Bechtel Nuclear [6]
Notes
- ↑ ENR Top 400
- ↑ Forbes 2011 - America's Largest Private Companies
- ↑ David Streitfield; Mark Fineman Bechtel Corporation Receives Iraqi Reconstruction Contract. posted in The Tech. vol. 123, Issue 20. Friday, April 18, 2003. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- ↑ Annual Report. Bechtel. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ "Milestones' nuclear society appointment", Bechtel website, March, 2005.
