The Nation Builders

Government Executive August 15, 2003

BECHTEL

HEADQUARTERS: San Francisco

FOUNDED: 1898 by Warren Bechtel

  • Company held privately in Bechtel family four generations
  • Offices in 28 countries
EMPLOYEES: 47,000

REVENUES: $11.6 billion (2002)

FAMOUS PROJECTS:

  • Hoover Dam
  • Washington, D.C. subway
  • San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit
  • Manager of Boston's "Big Dig" highway overhaul
  • Britain-to-France Chunnel

HALLIBURTON

HEADQUARTERS: Houston

MAJOR SUBSIDIARY: Kellogg Brown & Root

FOUNDED: 1919 by Erle Halliburton

  • Acquired Brown & Root in 1962
  • Offices in 69 countries
EMPLOYEES: 85,000

EMPLOYEES: 47,000

REVENUES: $12.5 billion (2002)

FAMOUS PROJECTS:

  • Johnson Space Center, Houston
  • World's first offshore oil platform, Gulf of Mexico
  • NATO Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo (population 10,000)
  • Minute Maid Park (formerly Enron Field), home of Houston Astros

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