Bechtel Stewardship: Building a Better World

Bechtel employees are active volunteers in the company’s office and project communities, often working side-by-side with customers, contractors, local organizations, and government entities.

Many of our Stewardship, or corporate social responsibility, activities are done in collaboration with our Signature Program Partners: DiscoverE, FIRST® Robotics, Engineers Without Borders, and Junior Achievement®.

Globally, Bechtel employees participate in Stewardship activities that include mentoring students, specifically girls, to learn about the engineering profession by designing robots; building bridges and water supply systems in remote areas of the world, and even playing classroom games that explore engineering principles.

Stewardship at Bechtel is a way for our employees to give back by supporting education and improving the quality of life through engineering and construction. Each year we build a brighter future for more than 100.000 children, adolescents, and adults around the world.

Bechtel Group Foundation partners with our Signature Programs on efforts that: 

  • Promote education, especially in science, technology, engineering, and math
  • Use engineering and construction skills to improve the quality of life worldwide
  • Make effective use of the passions and unique skills of Bechtel’s volunteers

The Foundation also joins with Bechtel employees in responding to disasters that affect offices or jobsites around the world.

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Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Bechtel Applauds Employee Giving at U.S. Government Projects in 2016
Bechtel thanked employees at the company's affiliated government and nuclear projects for donating more than $12 million in 2016 and for volunteering countless hours to support their surrounding communities across the United States. In one case, responding to a wild fire that destroyed more than 1,000 homes in Tennessee, employees gave both hands-on help and financial aid – sending first responders and emergency supplies. Today's thank-you is part of Bechtel's Global Stewardship Month activities at the company's projects and sites worldwide.

Education

Bechtel Sponsored DiscoverE Future City Team Visits White House, Appears on FabLabTV
Who knew that joining a Future City team could land you a visit to the White House? That’s exactly what happened to the Nevada Future City team this year. Future City is a middle school competition that ask students to imagine, design and build cities of the future. After four months of designing a virtual city (using SimCity), they write up their solution to a city-wide issue, build scale models of their city, and then present their vision to a panel of judges. Luckily a team from Nevada was chosen to participate in the U.S. Science Fair Engineering Festival which was hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama, April 16-17, 2016.

Education

Dream Big Film Should Change How We Talk About Engineering with K-12 Students
Bechtel and its partners, MacGillivray Freeman Films, ASCE and DiscoverE are gearing up to release the Dream Big film on February 17, 2017. The film premieres in 3D IMAX® and giant-screen theatres worldwide and should change how we talk about engineering with K-12 students.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bechtel's Linda Miller Shortlisted for the 2016 WISE Woman of the Year Award
Bechtel's Linda Miller has been shortlisted for the 2016 WISE Woman of the Year Award! Linda works on Crossrail - Europe's largest construction project - as project manager for Farringdon Station in London.

Education

Bechtel Delivers the First® Lego® League Challenge Kit to Students at the Santiago Apóstol School
Bechtel officially delivered the First® Lego® League Challenge Kit to students at the Santiago Apóstol school. This will be the third consecutive year that Bechtel Chile sponsors the school. We wish the students the best of luck as they take part in the FLL tournament!

Diversity & Inclusion

Hispanics in STEM: Pathways to Success
Javier Moya, a Bechtel project controls engineer, initially became interested in a STEM career because of his father. “Colleagues call my father an engineer amongst engineers,” he says. “He is passionate about the engineering field and about working with people. He enjoys the technical aspect of his professional above all else.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bechtel's Bill Dudley Makes STEMConnector's 100 CEO Leaders in STEM List
Bechtel's Bill Dudley Makes 100 CEO Leaders in STEM List.

Awards, Ratings & Rankings

Bechtel to Receive the U.S. President’s Volunteer Service Award

Social Impact & Volunteering

Girl Day 2016: Role Models Play a Big Part in Introducing Girls to Engineering

Social Impact & Volunteering

Bechtel Congratulates Employees for Stewardship at U.S. Government Projects in 2015

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