At the wheel is a former British Special Air Service soldier, squiring three clipboard-toting engineers from Bechtel Group.

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He then went to work for the Bechtel Group, an international engineering, construction and energy company, working in places like Texas, California and Russia.

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It turns out that her interviews with CIOs from companies such as Boeing, Bechtel Group, and Cox Communications, have given her clear insight into resolving them.

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And, in fact, the contracts, held by Bechtel, the Shaw Group, Fluor and CH2M HILL, were not then in the process of being rebid.

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Bechtel also nudged Al Abadi Group, a construction firm from Basra, to supply manpower, trucks and forklifts to start port repairs before getting proper approval.

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