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| Bechtel recognized as top U.S. construction company San Francisco-based Bechtel has been named the top U.S. contractor for the tenth straight year by Engineering News-Record (ENR), a leading U.S. trade publication for the construction industry. The ENR Top 400 Contractors' list is based on construction revenue. North American operations accounted for 40 percent of Bechtel's 2007 revenue and generated two-thirds of new work. Business was also strong in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Bechtel's project highlights for 2007 included High Speed 1 in the United Kingdom, the first high-speed rail project in the UK and Britain's first new railway in a century; the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington, the longest new suspension span built in the U.S. in 40 years; Equatorial Guinea LNG, a liquefied natural gas processing facility that will supply at least 3.4 million tons of energy to the market annually; the Fjarðaál aluminum smelter, Bechtel's first project in Iceland and the largest private investment in Iceland's history; and Brown's Ferry Unit 1 in Alabama, the first nuclear reactor to come into service in more than a decade. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Construction News :: home page |