Bechtel Corp.

Scope Of Work

Destroying nerve and mustard agents

As part of the ratification of the 1997 Chemical Weapons Conventions, an international treaty to destroy chemical weapons and production facilities, a Bechtel-led team was contracted in 2003 to help the United States complete its obligations under this treaty. Under this U.S. Department of Defense contract, the Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, a joint venture of Bechtel National and Parsons Government Services, will design, build, systemize, test, operate, and close the first–of–a–kind plant to safely destroy the weapons stockpile at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Richmond, Kentucky. When complete, the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant will destroy 523 tons of nerve and mustard agent within 100,000 M55 rockets and artillery projectiles stored at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky. 

For more information visit the Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass website.

Bechtel has tackled four chemical demilitarization projects at U.S. military sites: Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, Kentucky (ongoing); Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant, Colorado (ongoing); Anniston Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, Alabama (completed); and Aberdeen Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, Maryland (completed).