$1.6 Billion Shelter Named As One Of Most 50 Influential Projects :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency

$1.6 Billion Shelter Named As One Of Most 50 Influential Projects :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency: The international, 22-year effort to cover and seal off the damaged Chernobyl nuclear plant has been recognised as one of the 50 most influential projects of the past 50 years by the Project Management Institute, the global body for project management standards, certifications, and education, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said.



Bechtel led the consortium that performed an original design of the $1.6bn sports-stadium-sized arch – known as the New Safe Confinement – that was slid over the reactor in 2016. Novarka, a joint venture of the French firms Vinci Construction and Bouygues Travaux Publics, performed the design and construction.