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  • Bechtel Partners with the Saudi Women Engineers Society

    The new partnership will support Saudi’s Vision 2030 goal to empower women in the region by increasing career opportunities, including development and training, for women in the workforce. “Bringing more diverse talent into the engineering and STEM fields in Saudi Arabia is crucial to delivering on Vision 2030's goals,” said Abdul-Rahman Al-Ghabban, president of Saudi Arabian Bechtel Company (SABCO) and regional manager for the Middle East Region at Bechtel. “Bechtel is partnering with SWES with the goal of inspiring more women in Saudi Arabia – and around the world – to pursue engineering careers and to become future leaders in our industry.”

  • Bechtel in new initiative to promote construction jobs for women in Saudi Arabia

    US-based engineering and construction firm Bechtel has launched a new partnership with Saudi Women Engineers Society (SWES) to promote construction careers for women in Saudi Arabia. Bechtel said it would support not-for-profit SWES with professional development, skills enhancement, and career advancement opportunities for Saudi national women engineers. It said the new partnership was in support of Saudi’s Vision 2030 goal to empower women in the region by increasing career opportunities, including development and training, for women in the workforce.

  • Bechtel lands PMC contract for mega New Murabba project

    Saudi-based New Murabba Development Company has announced that Bechtel, a leading engineering and construction company, has been awarded a key contract to provide project management services for its mega development, New Murabba, in the capital Riyadh. As per the deal, Bechtel will provide PMC services for the masterplan and site-wide infrastructure of the project. New Murabba's impact goes beyond construction; it is about transforming the landscape and future of Riyadh and creating the world’s largest modern downtown, with The Mukaab, the world’s largest immersive experience complex, at its center, said Sabah Barakat, the Acting CEO of New Murabba Development Company (NMDC), after signing the deal with Jacob Mumm, Senior Vice President and Regional President, Bechtel.

  • How U.S.-based Bechtel built Jubail, the largest industrial city in the world

    From a small fishing village in Saudi Arabia to the largest civil engineering project in the world today, Jubail Industrial City is a modern construction marvel and one of the crown jewels of Saudi Arabia's economy. Requiring vast resources and logistical planning on an unprecedented scale, the city was built by U.S.-based Bechtel, Inc. in a "one team approach" collaboration with the Saudi Royal Commission. The 966 spoke with Jacob Mumm, the managing director of Bechtel Saudi Arabia, on the history and economic power of the city on the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia.

  • Bechtel wins the contract to provide project management consultancy services for TROJENA

    Bechtel has been appointed as the Project Management Consultant for TROJENA, a year-round mountain destination in the NEOM region of northwest Saudi Arabia. TROJENA is a key development that will contribute to the Kingdom's Vision 2030 goals of growing tourism and diversifying its economy away from hydrocarbons. In this role, Bechtel is excited to provide services including technical, commercial and construction management, for the development of TROJENA and supporting NEOM’s ambitions for sustainability.

  • Bechtel launches division targeting manufacturing, tech

    Primary drivers for the creation of the division include digitization, energy transition and reshoring for economic and security reasons, said Justin Britt, general manager of semiconductors and electric vehicles at Bechtel.

  • Bechtel, Others Seek Billions of Unpaid Riyadh Metro Bills – Bloomberg

    The overdue payments are related in part to construction delays and cost overruns caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which trapped some workers outside the kingdom and made it difficult to continue the pace of work on the project, three of the people said. The payments dispute took on diplomatic overtones last year when the American, French and Spanish embassies in Riyadh raised the matter in a letter to the Saudi government, two of the people said.

  • Bechtel Appoints Justin Siberell as Region President for Europe and the Middle East

    Bechtel today announced appointment of Justin Siberell as president for the Europe and the Middle East region. In his new role, Siberell will be responsible for overseeing company's relations in the region, supporting Bechtel's four business units as they deliver projects and pursue new opportunities. He will be based in the company's London office.

  • Bechtel hired to lay foundations for Saudi Arabia’s Neom

    So far, Neom Co has also signed contracts with Saudi telecom company STC for a 5G network, and a $5bn partnership with US-based Air Products and Saudi Acwa Power to develop the world’s largest green hydrogen and green ammonia plant, to be operational in 2025.

  • Saudi Arabia’s NEOM signs contract with US-based Bechtel

    NEOM — the company behind Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion megacity — has signed a contract with US-based Bechtel for executive project management work on the development of the primary, base infrastructure. NEOM CEO Nadhmi Al-Nasr said: “Built from the ground up as a model of future living, NEOM will be one of the largest, most sophisticated and advanced infrastructure projects ever undertaken globally, and we are delighted to have a major industry leader like Bechtel on board to work with us to realize our ambitions.”