Bechtel Corporation
E114611
Bechtel Corporation is a major American engineering, construction, and project management company known for large-scale infrastructure and energy projects worldwide.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bechtel Corporation canonical | 13 |
| Bechtel | 8 |
| Bechtel Infrastructure | 1 |
| Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Inc. | 1 |
| Bechtel Power | 1 |
| Bechtel-McCone Corporation | 1 |
| Fluor Corporation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T963450 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bechtel Corporation Context triple: [Stephen D. Bechtel Sr., employer, Bechtel Corporation]
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A.
Bechtel National, Inc.
Bechtel National, Inc. is a major U.S. engineering, construction, and project management company known for large-scale government and environmental remediation projects.
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B.
Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is a global engineering, consulting, and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in sectors such as energy, water, and telecommunications.
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C.
Turner Construction Company
Turner Construction Company is a major American construction management firm known for building large-scale commercial, sports, and institutional projects across the United States and internationally.
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D.
Rockwell Group
Rockwell Group is a renowned New York–based architecture and design firm known for its innovative, experience-driven projects across hospitality, entertainment, and cultural spaces worldwide.
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E.
Halliburton
Halliburton is a major American multinational corporation that provides products and services to the oil and gas industry worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bechtel Corporation Target entity description: Bechtel Corporation is a major American engineering, construction, and project management company known for large-scale infrastructure and energy projects worldwide.
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A.
Bechtel National, Inc.
Bechtel National, Inc. is a major U.S. engineering, construction, and project management company known for large-scale government and environmental remediation projects.
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B.
Black & Veatch
Black & Veatch is a global engineering, consulting, and construction company specializing in infrastructure development in sectors such as energy, water, and telecommunications.
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C.
Turner Construction Company
Turner Construction Company is a major American construction management firm known for building large-scale commercial, sports, and institutional projects across the United States and internationally.
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D.
Rockwell Group
Rockwell Group is a renowned New York–based architecture and design firm known for its innovative, experience-driven projects across hospitality, entertainment, and cultural spaces worldwide.
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E.
Halliburton
Halliburton is a major American multinational corporation that provides products and services to the oil and gas industry worldwide.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
engineering and construction company
ⓘ
privately held company ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| employs | tens of thousands of employees worldwide ⓘ |
| formerHeadquartersLocation |
San Francisco, California, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
San Francisco, California
|
| foundedBy | Warren A. Bechtel ⓘ |
| foundedIn | 1898 ⓘ |
| hasBusinessDivision |
infrastructure
ⓘ
mining & metals ⓘ nuclear, security & environmental ⓘ oil, gas & chemicals ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
EPC contracting (engineering, procurement, construction)
ⓘ
megaproject delivery ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary |
Bechtel Corporation
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Bechtel Infrastructure
Bechtel Mining & Metals ⓘ Bechtel National, Inc. ⓘ Bechtel Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Inc.
Bechtel Corporation self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bechtel Power
|
| headquartersLocation |
Reston
ⓘ
surface form:
Reston, Virginia
|
| industry |
construction
ⓘ
engineering ⓘ project management ⓘ |
| keyPerson |
Brendan Bechtel
ⓘ
Riley P. Bechtel ⓘ |
| legalForm | corporation ⓘ |
| notableProject |
Central Artery/Tunnel Project
ⓘ
surface form:
Boston Central Artery/Tunnel Project
Channel Tunnel ⓘ Elizabeth line ⓘ
surface form:
Crossrail (Elizabeth line)
Curtis Island LNG projects (Australia) ⓘ Dubai International Airport expansion ⓘ Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (Hanford WTP) ⓘ
surface form:
Hanford Waste Treatment Plant
Hoover Dam ⓘ Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System ⓘ Jubail ⓘ
surface form:
Jubail Industrial City
London City Airport expansion ⓘ Sabine Pass LNG export terminal ⓘ Sohar Aluminium smelter ⓘ |
| operatesInSector |
civil infrastructure
ⓘ
defense and security ⓘ mining and metals ⓘ oil and gas ⓘ power and renewables ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Bechtel family ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
Manhattan Project
ⓘ
surface form:
Manhattan Project (as a contractor on related facilities)
|
| specializesIn |
energy projects
ⓘ
large-scale infrastructure projects ⓘ nuclear facilities ⓘ petrochemical facilities ⓘ power generation plants ⓘ transportation infrastructure ⓘ |
| website | https://www.bechtel.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Bechtel Corporation Description of subject: Bechtel Corporation is a major American engineering, construction, and project management company known for large-scale infrastructure and energy projects worldwide.
Referenced by (26)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Fluor Corporation
subject surface form:
Warren A. Bechtel
this entity surface form:
Bechtel
subject surface form:
Warren A. Bechtel
subject surface form:
Stephen D. Bechtel Sr.
this entity surface form:
Bechtel
subject surface form:
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr.
this entity surface form:
Bechtel
subject surface form:
Riley P. Bechtel
this entity surface form:
Bechtel
this entity surface form:
Bechtel
this entity surface form:
Bechtel
this entity surface form:
Bechtel
subject surface form:
Boulder Canyon Project
subject surface form:
Boulder Canyon Project
this entity surface form:
Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Inc.
this entity surface form:
Bechtel Infrastructure
this entity surface form:
Bechtel Power
this entity surface form:
Bechtel
this entity surface form:
Bechtel-McCone Corporation