CH2M Hill
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CH2M HILL is a global provider of engineering, construction, and operations services for private and public companies, with regional offices worldwide. The firm is headquartered at Meridian, Colorado, though the postal designation of Englewood, Colorado is commonly listed as the company's location in corporate filings and news accounts. 2005 revenues totaled $3.8 billion. The firm is entirely employee-owned, with an internal stock market that operates buy/sell events quarterly.
CH2M HILL offers full-service capabilities in 13 business groups among three key client sectors, Federal, Civil, and Industrial. Business groups served include: Water, Wastewater and Water Resources; Transportation; Operations and Maintenance; Federal Facilities and Military Operations; Nuclear; Environmental; Energy; Power; Electronics and Advanced Technology; Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology; Manufacturing; Chemicals; and Communications and Information Solutions.
CH2M HILL was founded in 1946 by Oregon State University professor Fred Merryfield and three of his students, Holly Cornell, Jim Howland and Burke Hayes. The firm, originally based in Corvallis, Oregon, was named after the founders. Hill was added after a 1970s merger with Clair A. Hill and Associates of Redding, California. Other key acquisitions include Black, Crow & Eidsness (a southeast U.S. engineering firm) in 1977, Gee & Jensen (a Florida-based Ports and Harbor firm) in 2002, DeMil International (a U.S.-based weapons destruction firm) in 2002, EHS Consultants Ltd (a Hong Kong-based consulting firm), Lockwood Greene (a U.S. based industrial engineering firm) in 2003, and BBS Corporation (an Ohio-based environmental engineering firm) in 2005.
As a project management firm CH2M HILL has been involved in several large, complex projects. In 2005, a CH2M HILL joint-venture successfully decommissioned and closed a former nuclear weapons facility at the Rocky Flats site in Colorado. The 10-year, $7 billion project saved taxpayers $30 million and nearly 60 years off of original project estimate. In Singapore, a joint venture is helping to replace an entire nation's sanitary services infrastructure with one that can handle wastewater needs for the next 100 years. The new Singapore Deep Tunnel System will surpass the existing infrastructure in reliability, ease, and economy of operation, and will be critical in handling Singapore's burgeoning waterfront renaissance. CH2M HILL was involved in reconstruction efforts along the US Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Its main assignments included providing temporary housing, debris removal and other services. Recently, CH2M HILL has won contracts to operate all municipal services (except police and fire) for three newly incorporated Georgia cities: Sandy Springs, Milton, and Johns Creek.
CH2M HILL is a global provider of Enterprise Spatial Solutions: systems which integrate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and other information technology systems. CH2M HILL is one of the largest privately held spatial consulting firms in the US.
On August 30, 2006, as part of joint venture CLM, CH2M HILL was named Delivery Partner for the London 2012 Olympics The other two members of the venture are Project Management service provider Mace Limited and Laing O'Rourke, the largest privately owned construction firm in the UK.
