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Released February 07, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Founded in 1898 in San Francisco, California, Bechtel (Reston, Virginia) has become one of the leading construction and engineering firms in the U.S., remaining near the top position for the past several years. The company's project backlog continues to grow, but a look at the projects on which Bechtel is currently at work shows it has a hand in some of the largest projects currently underway in the U.S. Industrial Info is tracking more than $65 billion worth of projects on which Bechtel is at work in the U.S. that are presently under construction.
One of Bechtel's key areas of expertise that has led to sizable engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts is the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector. Bechtel has ongoing projects with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Cheniere Energy Incorporated (Houston, Texas), Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) (San Diego, California) and NextDecade Corporation (NASDAQ:NEXT) (Houston). Bechtel's underway U.S. LNG projects account for nearly $29 billion in aggregate spending by the plant owners.
One of Bechtel's top LNG projects is Cheniere's Stage III LNG production facility in Corpus Christi, Texas. The project entails constructing seven production trains to produce 10.5 million tons per year of LNG in addition to a 160,000-cubic-meter storage tank. The project is expected to be completed in 2026.
Bechtel is at work on two LNG production trains for Sempra in Port Arthur, Texas. Each train will produce 6.5 million metric tons per year of LNG from 1 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas. Both trains are on track for completion in 2027.
Bechtel also is at work on two LNG trains at NextDecade's Rio Grande facility in Brownsville, Texas, each of which will produce 5.9 million tons per year of LNG. The first train is on track for completion in late 2026, followed by the second in early 2027.
Bechtel is providing EPC services for all three LNG projects, accounting for a substantial amount of its U.S. project activity. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Production Project Database can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
Even bigger-ticket items come in the form of two semiconductor projects from Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) (Santa Clara, California) in New Albany, Ohio. Bechtel is underway with construction of two chip fabrication facilities, or fabs, for Intel, known as Project Cardinal and Project Dragonfly. Semiconductor-manufacturing facilities are some of the highest-dollar projects underway in the U.S. today, and these two projects come in at a combined price tag of approximately $28 billion. Both projects, like other projects from Intel and fellow chip manufacturers, are aided with funding from the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which aimed to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to U.S. shores.
In Ohio, Bechtel is constructing two 1.4 million-square-foot fabs, complete with high-tech equipment and state-of-the-art air-separation systems to ensure the ultra-clean conditions needed for manufacturing chips for the automotive and electronics sectors. Construction on both fabs kicked off in 2022, and they are expected to be completed toward the end of next year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can learn more by viewing the reports on Project Dragonfly and Project Cardinal.
Bechtel also has significant contracts with the U.S. government, one of the largest of which is to perform upgrades and modifications to the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a uranium-processing facility that was built as part of the Manhattan Project in the 1940s for the purpose of manufacturing the U.S.' first atomic bombs. According to Bechtel, Y-12's uranium facilities are dated and deteriorating, prompting the National Nuclear Security Administration to launch new projects to create a "modern facility with a design life of at least 50 years to ensure the long-term viability, safety and security of [nuclear defense] capabilities in the United States."
Work to update the facility began in 2018 and is expected to be completed next year. The overall project consists of several pieces, including work on the main processing building and the mechanical electrical building, the addition of a wastewater treatment plant, and more. Work on the main processing building includes the construction of a three-level, 242,000-square-foot building to house casting and chemical-recovery processes, as well as a connector to the Highly Enriched Materials Facility. Having begun work in 2018, Bechtel is expected to complete the various project components as this year moves forward, with the main processing building being the last completed after two other support structures. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
In a related project, Bechtel is expanding a uranium-enrichment facility near Eunice, New Mexico, with the addition of new centrifuges, which it will complete in 2027. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
While most of these projects account for billions of dollars' worth of spending, Bechtel also is at work on smaller projects, particularly in the renewable energy sector. Examples include a solar power and battery energy storage system (BESS) in Lincoln, Nevada, on which Bechtel first turned earth last year. Estuary Power LLC's (Reno, Nevada) Escape facility will include approximately 750,000 bifacial photovoltaic solar modules to generate 185 megawatts (MW), while the BESS unit will provide up to 100 MW of energy in times when the sun isn't shining. Bechtel is expected to finish work on the project later this year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Power Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
One of Bechtel's key areas of expertise that has led to sizable engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts is the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector. Bechtel has ongoing projects with some of the biggest names in the industry, including Cheniere Energy Incorporated (Houston, Texas), Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) (San Diego, California) and NextDecade Corporation (NASDAQ:NEXT) (Houston). Bechtel's underway U.S. LNG projects account for nearly $29 billion in aggregate spending by the plant owners.
One of Bechtel's top LNG projects is Cheniere's Stage III LNG production facility in Corpus Christi, Texas. The project entails constructing seven production trains to produce 10.5 million tons per year of LNG in addition to a 160,000-cubic-meter storage tank. The project is expected to be completed in 2026.
Bechtel is at work on two LNG production trains for Sempra in Port Arthur, Texas. Each train will produce 6.5 million metric tons per year of LNG from 1 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas. Both trains are on track for completion in 2027.
Bechtel also is at work on two LNG trains at NextDecade's Rio Grande facility in Brownsville, Texas, each of which will produce 5.9 million tons per year of LNG. The first train is on track for completion in late 2026, followed by the second in early 2027.
Bechtel is providing EPC services for all three LNG projects, accounting for a substantial amount of its U.S. project activity. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Production Project Database can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
Even bigger-ticket items come in the form of two semiconductor projects from Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) (Santa Clara, California) in New Albany, Ohio. Bechtel is underway with construction of two chip fabrication facilities, or fabs, for Intel, known as Project Cardinal and Project Dragonfly. Semiconductor-manufacturing facilities are some of the highest-dollar projects underway in the U.S. today, and these two projects come in at a combined price tag of approximately $28 billion. Both projects, like other projects from Intel and fellow chip manufacturers, are aided with funding from the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which aimed to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to U.S. shores.
In Ohio, Bechtel is constructing two 1.4 million-square-foot fabs, complete with high-tech equipment and state-of-the-art air-separation systems to ensure the ultra-clean conditions needed for manufacturing chips for the automotive and electronics sectors. Construction on both fabs kicked off in 2022, and they are expected to be completed toward the end of next year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can learn more by viewing the reports on Project Dragonfly and Project Cardinal.
Bechtel also has significant contracts with the U.S. government, one of the largest of which is to perform upgrades and modifications to the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a uranium-processing facility that was built as part of the Manhattan Project in the 1940s for the purpose of manufacturing the U.S.' first atomic bombs. According to Bechtel, Y-12's uranium facilities are dated and deteriorating, prompting the National Nuclear Security Administration to launch new projects to create a "modern facility with a design life of at least 50 years to ensure the long-term viability, safety and security of [nuclear defense] capabilities in the United States."
Work to update the facility began in 2018 and is expected to be completed next year. The overall project consists of several pieces, including work on the main processing building and the mechanical electrical building, the addition of a wastewater treatment plant, and more. Work on the main processing building includes the construction of a three-level, 242,000-square-foot building to house casting and chemical-recovery processes, as well as a connector to the Highly Enriched Materials Facility. Having begun work in 2018, Bechtel is expected to complete the various project components as this year moves forward, with the main processing building being the last completed after two other support structures. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the related project reports.
In a related project, Bechtel is expanding a uranium-enrichment facility near Eunice, New Mexico, with the addition of new centrifuges, which it will complete in 2027. Subscribers can click here to learn more.
While most of these projects account for billions of dollars' worth of spending, Bechtel also is at work on smaller projects, particularly in the renewable energy sector. Examples include a solar power and battery energy storage system (BESS) in Lincoln, Nevada, on which Bechtel first turned earth last year. Estuary Power LLC's (Reno, Nevada) Escape facility will include approximately 750,000 bifacial photovoltaic solar modules to generate 185 megawatts (MW), while the BESS unit will provide up to 100 MW of energy in times when the sun isn't shining. Bechtel is expected to finish work on the project later this year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Power Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here for the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
