March 17, 2014

BECHTEL EXECUTIVE STROCK TAKES OVER AS HEAD OF UPF PROJECT

By ExchangeMonitor

Bechtel executive Carl Strock is taking over as B&W Y-12’s project director for the Uranium Processing Facility with less than a month until the Government Accountability Office acts on protests that could decide the management of the Y-12 National Security Complex and its biggest construction project. Strock, a retired Army general who joined Bechtel in 2007 after serving as the head of the Army Corps of Engineers, has served as the project director for a project at Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas facility in Louisiana, general manager of Bechtel’s Civil Infrastructure business, and corporate manager of construction and President of Bechtel Construction Operations, Inc. Previous Project Director Mark Seely will head up the project’s effort to complete design of UPF and prepare for the start of construction, and UPF Project Manager will lead the project’s effort to complete a Critical Decision 2 baseline.

B&W and Bechtel have managed Y-12 since 2000, but they parted ways in the recompete for a combined Y-12/Pantex management and operating contract. Bechtel-led Consolidated Nuclear Security was awarded the contract in January, but teams led by B&W and Fluor have protested the decision. A ruling from GAO is expected by April 29. Bechtel has not said whether Strock is part of the management team for Consolidated Nuclear Security, but he’ll report to B&W Y-12 Deputy General Manager Jim Haynes, who headed up the Consolidated Nuclear Security bid. “UPF is one of the most important construction projects our nation has embarked upon since the Manhattan Project,” Haynes said in a statement. “Carl Strock’s proven leadership and accomplishments make him the ideal person to lead our UPF team as we enter this critical stage of preparing for construction.”

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