January 27, 2016

Bechtel Hailed for WTP Savings

By ExchangeMonitor

Bechtel National drew kudos from the Department of Energy for saving $3.4 million in subcontracts and procurements in the last budget year in construction of the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant.

DOE’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) said the Hanford plant exceeded its fiscal 2015 savings goal of $2.3 million by 46.7 percent, Bechtel wrote in a Jan. 27 press release.The plant participates in EM’s Strategic Sourcing Initiative, which overall saved $28 million in 2015, beating its goal of $20 million.

Bechtel National’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant prime contract with DOE’s Office of River Protection was awarded in 2000 and is now worth roughly $9.6 billion. The deal expires on Aug. 15, 2019. The plant, being built to treat liquid waste from Cold War nuclear weapons programs at Hanford, likely will not be fully operational before the mid-2030s, though DOE is seeking opportunities to begin some waste processing earlier.

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