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Bechtel Corporation (/ˈbɛktəl/) is an American engineering, procurement, construction, and project management company founded in San Francisco, California in 1898, and headquartered in Reston, Virginia in the Washington metropolitan area.[3][4] As of 2022, the Engineering News-Record ranked Bechtel as the second largest construction company in the United States, following Turner Construction.[5] Bechtel has over 50,000 employees as of May 2025.[6] Bechtel's business activities began in 1898, when cattle farmer Warren A. Bechtel moved from Peabody, Kansas, to the Oklahoma Territory to construct railroads with his team of mules.[7][8] Bechtel moved his family frequently between construction sites around the western United States for the next several years, eventually moving to Oakland, California, in 1904, where he worked as the superintendent on the Western Pacific Railroad.[7] In 1906, W. A. Bechtel won his first subcontract to build part of the Oroville-to-Oakland section of the Weste

Bechtel - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American construction and civil engineering company For the German company, see Bechtle . For people named Bechtel, see Bechtel (surname) . Bechtel Corporation Type Private Industry Engineering and construction Founded 1898 &#59; 128 years ago  ( 1898 ) [ 1 ] Founder Warren A. Bechtel Headquarters Reston, Virginia , United States Area served Worldwide Key people Brendan Bechtel ( chair & CEO ) Craig Albert ( president & COO ) Revenue $58.2 billion (2024) [ 2 ] Owner Bechtel family Divisions

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