Parsons Brinckerhoff

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Established more than 120 years ago, Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) is a worldwide provider of infrastructure services. Its chairman and chief executive officer is Tom O'Neill.

1 Overview
2 Company history
3 Company Financial
4 Family of firms under Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc Holding
5 External links

[edit] Overview

PB, previously know as Parsons Brinckerhoff, is a planning, engineering, and program and construction management organization. The company has been involved in planning and designing some of the world's largest public works projects, e.g., Boston's Big Dig to Britain's rail system Network Rail; from the Sabiya power plant in Kuwait to Cairo's Metro and the Deep Tunnel Sewerage System in Singapore.

[edit] Company history

The company was started by General William Barclay Parsons, who opened an office in Manhattan in 1885, where the company headquarters are still located. Parsons was known as an ambitious and exceptional engineer. The first undertaking of his new company was the design of New York City's first subway, the IRT. Completed in 1904, this line—extending from lower Manhattan to Harlem—remains the world's most heavily used rapid transit system. Parson's second major project was to design a 1,000-mile railroad in China, from Hankow to Canton, a line that is still in use today.

In 1906, Henry M. Brinckerhoff — a pioneering highway engineer—brought his expertise in electric railways to the firm.

PB now provides comprehensive services for all types of infrastructure projects including power, buildings, environment and telecommunications. It has offices in nearly 80 countries around the world.

In 2006, PB underwent a corporate restructuring that consolidated PB's six operating companies into three. The three operating divisions are the Americas (North and South America), International (Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, Australia), and Facilities (facility operation and maintenance along with U.S. Federal Government contracting).