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About - Our History

Our History

We are committed to leaving a legacy of progress by developing local skills for sustained economic opportunity and volunteering our time and talent to the communities where we work.

History

1898

The early days

In 1898, a nearly bankrupt 25-year-old Bechtel and his pregnant wife, Clara, left Peabody, Kansas, and headed 100 miles (161 kilometers) south in search of construction work and new opportunity.

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1931

Bechtel's first megaproject

Hoover Dam—officially dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in September 1935—represents a pivotal event in the history of Bechtel. There have been bigger projects.

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1964

First mass-transit project

Hoover Dam—officially dedicated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in September 1935—represents a pivotal event in the history of Bechtel. There have been bigger projects.

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1987

Surviving a global downturn

Bechtel gets involved in completing the Channel Tunnel, connecting engineering and construction projects and the world’s largest privately financed infrastructure project.

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2016

Building a new century

Bechtel becomes the first engineering and construction company to embrace Six Sigma, a data-driven methodology for improving quality and begins a nationwide.