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Bechtel Corporation is a privately-owned engineering, construction, and project management company headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Bechtel has projects in approximately 50 countries and 53,000 employees as of 2013. The company operates five business units. They are: civil infrastructure; power; oil, gas, and chemicals; mining and metals; and government services. Civil projects include infrastructure, rail, ports, and aviation. Bechtel's power unit includes projects in fossil, renewable, and nuclear energy, as well as communications and transmission. The oil, gas, and chemicals unit works on projects including oil refineries, pipelines, and liquefied natural gas facilities. Mining and metals projects include aluminum, copper, and coal. The government services unit handles government contracts in environmental cleanup and security and defense, including projects with the U.S. and British governments.

Bill Dudley is president and CEO and Riley P. Bechtel is chairman of the board. Prior to February 2014, Bechtel was CEO and is the fourth generation of the Bechtel family to head the company. Mike Adams has been CFO since 2012.

Financials and rankings
As a private company, Bechtel does not report profits, but does disclose revenue. Bechtel's revenues in 2012 were US$37.9 billion, a 15% increase from its 2011 revenues of $32.9 billion. Revenues in 2010 were $27.9 billion. New contracts equaled $23.9 billion for the company in 2012.

Bechtel ranked fourth on Forbes 2013 list of America's Largest Private Companies by revenue. It has been named the top U.S. Contractor by revenue by Engineering News-Record for fifteen years in a row and ranked third on the publication's Top 250 International Contractors list by revenue in 2013.