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As a result of the [[Gulf War]], Bechtel accepted the task of extinguishing oil well fires in [[Kuwait]] in 1991. This fire-suppression project was part of the effort to rebuild the infrastructure of Kuwait.<ref name=Lubove1999 /><ref name=Rothman1991 /> | As a result of the [[Gulf War]], Bechtel accepted the task of extinguishing oil well fires in [[Kuwait]] in 1991. This fire-suppression project was part of the effort to rebuild the infrastructure of Kuwait.<ref name=Lubove1999 /><ref name=Rothman1991 /> | ||
In 1994, Bechtel began work on the US$20 billion [[Airport Core Programme|Hong Kong Airport Core Programme]], which was the largest civil engineering project at the time and included a [[Hong Kong International Airport|new airport]] and nine other infrastructure projects.<ref name=Farley94>{{cite news |title=Asia : Hong Kong's New Airport Finally Gets Off Ground |author=Maggie Farley |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-02-mn-4094-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 2, 1994 |access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Rowe11>{{cite book |title=Emergent Architectural Territories in East Asian Cities |author=Peter G Rowe |year=2011 |publisher=[[Walter de Gruyter]] |isbn= 978-3-0346-1059-9|page=84 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GeuaUWm7RbAC&q=bechtel&pg=PA84 |access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref> Bechtel's other major projects during the 1990s included the [[Athens Metro]] system,<ref name=Church1998>{{cite magazine |title=Stephen Bechtel: Global Builder |author=George J. Church |url=https://content.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,989775,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=December 7, 1998 |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref> the [[Atlantic LNG]] in [[Trinidad]],<ref name=Hindley98 /> the [[A1 (Croatia)|Croatian Motorway]],<ref name=Kosowatz02>{{cite news |title=Croatia Tries to Unlock Economy With Multibillion-Dollar Motorway |author=John J. Kosowatz |url=http://www.enr.com/articles/29758-croatia-tries-to-unlock-economy-with-multibillion-dollar-motorway?v=preview |work=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=August 26, 2002 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> the [[Jubilee Line Extension]] for the [[London Underground]], Quezon Power Plant in the [[Philippines]],<ref name=PhilStar00>{{cite news |title=Quezon power plant soon to be operational |url=http://www.philstar.com/business/101319/quezon-power-plant-soon-be-operational |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=January 14, 2000 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> and a semiconductor plant in China.<ref name=AP1998>{{cite news |title=Massive public works projects featured at new exhibit |author=Randolph E. Schmid |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-19740384.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323011816/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-19740384.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |agency=Associated Press |date=June 1, 1998 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Anderson2011>{{cite news |title=The private companies that drive the global economy |author=Richard Anderson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12334757 |work=[[BBC]] |date=April 26, 2011 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name=RT14>{{cite news |title=Bechtel completes phase 1 of Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project |url=http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsbechtel-completes-phase-i-of-dulles-corridor-metrorail-project-4253408 |work=Railway-Technology |date=April 28, 2014 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}{{unreliable source?|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST|date=August 2016}}</ref> Bechtel also managed design and construction of facilities for Olympic games: the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics]],<ref name=Deseret97 /> and the [[1998 Winter Olympics|Winter Games in Nagano, Japan]] in 1998.<ref name=Armstrong01>{{cite news |title=Firms Vie For Olympic Gold / U.S. companies see opportunities as Beijing prepares for 2008 games |author=David Armstrong |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Firms-Vie-For-Olympic-Gold-U-S-companies-see-2896823.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=July 26, 2001 |access-date=September 8, 2014}}</ref> In the early 2000s, the company provided planning and management services for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]].<ref name=Deseret97 /> In 2001, Bechtel was part of a consortium to project manage the US$4.3 billion construction of the CSPC Nanhai Petrochemicals Complex in | In 1994, Bechtel began work on the US$20 billion [[Airport Core Programme|Hong Kong Airport Core Programme]], which was the largest civil engineering project at the time and included a [[Hong Kong International Airport|new airport]] and nine other infrastructure projects.<ref name=Farley94>{{cite news |title=Asia : Hong Kong's New Airport Finally Gets Off Ground |author=Maggie Farley |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-12-02-mn-4094-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 2, 1994 |access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Rowe11>{{cite book |title=Emergent Architectural Territories in East Asian Cities |author=Peter G Rowe |year=2011 |publisher=[[Walter de Gruyter]] |isbn= 978-3-0346-1059-9|page=84 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GeuaUWm7RbAC&q=bechtel&pg=PA84 |access-date=September 9, 2014}}</ref> Bechtel's other major projects during the 1990s included the [[Athens Metro]] system,<ref name=Church1998>{{cite magazine |title=Stephen Bechtel: Global Builder |author=George J. Church |url=https://content.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,989775,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=December 7, 1998 |access-date=April 15, 2014}}</ref> the [[Atlantic LNG]] in [[Trinidad]],<ref name=Hindley98 /> the [[A1 (Croatia)|Croatian Motorway]],<ref name=Kosowatz02>{{cite news |title=Croatia Tries to Unlock Economy With Multibillion-Dollar Motorway |author=John J. Kosowatz |url=http://www.enr.com/articles/29758-croatia-tries-to-unlock-economy-with-multibillion-dollar-motorway?v=preview |work=[[Engineering News-Record]] |date=August 26, 2002 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> the [[Jubilee Line Extension]] for the [[London Underground]], Quezon Power Plant in the [[Philippines]],<ref name=PhilStar00>{{cite news |title=Quezon power plant soon to be operational |url=http://www.philstar.com/business/101319/quezon-power-plant-soon-be-operational |work=[[The Philippine Star]] |date=January 14, 2000 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}</ref> and a semiconductor plant in China.<ref name=AP1998>{{cite news |title=Massive public works projects featured at new exhibit |author=Randolph E. Schmid |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-19740384.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150323011816/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-19740384.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 23, 2015 |agency=Associated Press |date=June 1, 1998 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Anderson2011>{{cite news |title=The private companies that drive the global economy |author=Richard Anderson |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12334757 |work=[[BBC]] |date=April 26, 2011 |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref><ref name=RT14>{{cite news |title=Bechtel completes phase 1 of Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project |url=http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newsbechtel-completes-phase-i-of-dulles-corridor-metrorail-project-4253408 |work=Railway-Technology |date=April 28, 2014 |access-date=August 21, 2014}}{{unreliable source?|reason=domain on WP:BLACKLIST|date=August 2016}}</ref> Bechtel also managed design and construction of facilities for Olympic games: the [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics]],<ref name=Deseret97 /> and the [[1998 Winter Olympics|Winter Games in Nagano, Japan]] in 1998.<ref name=Armstrong01>{{cite news |title=Firms Vie For Olympic Gold / U.S. companies see opportunities as Beijing prepares for 2008 games |author=David Armstrong |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Firms-Vie-For-Olympic-Gold-U-S-companies-see-2896823.php |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=July 26, 2001 |access-date=September 8, 2014}}</ref> In the early 2000s, the company provided planning and management services for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]].<ref name=Deseret97 /> In 2001, Bechtel was part of a consortium to project manage the US$4.3 billion construction of the CSPC Nanhai Petrochemicals Complex in China.<ref name=CT>{{cite news |title=CSPC Petrochemical Complex, China |url=http://www.chemicals-technology.com/projects/nanhai/ |work=Chemicals-Technology |access-date=April 14, 2014}}</ref> | ||
Several projects in the 2000s attracted controversy.<ref name=DavisMarch2003 /> In 2000, after a [[2000 Cochabamba protests|protest against water prices]] being raised by a utility partially owned by Bechtel in [[Bolivia]], the company pulled out of the country and later filed suit against Bolivia for $25 million in losses. The claim was settled in 2006 for $0.30.<ref name=DavisMarch2003 /><ref name=CorpWatch96>{{cite news |title=BOLIVIA: Bechtel Drops $50 Million Claim to Settle Bolivian Water Dispute |url=http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13144 |work=[[Environment News Service]] |date=January 19, 2006 |access-date=September 9, 2014 |archive-date=February 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213211154/https://corpwatch.org/article/bolivia-bechtel-drops-50-million-claim-settle-bolivian-water-dispute |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Several projects in the 2000s attracted controversy.<ref name=DavisMarch2003 /> In 2000, after a [[2000 Cochabamba protests|protest against water prices]] being raised by a utility partially owned by Bechtel in [[Bolivia]], the company pulled out of the country and later filed suit against Bolivia for $25 million in losses. The claim was settled in 2006 for $0.30.<ref name=DavisMarch2003 /><ref name=CorpWatch96>{{cite news |title=BOLIVIA: Bechtel Drops $50 Million Claim to Settle Bolivian Water Dispute |url=http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=13144 |work=[[Environment News Service]] |date=January 19, 2006 |access-date=September 9, 2014 |archive-date=February 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213211154/https://corpwatch.org/article/bolivia-bechtel-drops-50-million-claim-settle-bolivian-water-dispute |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||