Though best known for helping build landmarks like the Bay Bridge and Hoover Dam, Bechtel's post-World War II experience in Saudi Arabia and its role in reconstructing Kuwait after the first Gulf War ...
On Dec. 20, 1951, scientists at a military facility in Idaho powered up a small nuclear reactor attached to four light bulbs. The bulbs lit. That experimental fission reactor, funded by the U.S.
Working in concert with other companies is nothing new for Bechtel Corp. When Warren A. Bechtel landed his first contract to cut through limestone on Western Pacific Railroad's main line near Sunol, ...