HDR, Inc.

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HDR Inc.
Type	Employee Owned
Founded	Omaha, Nebraska USA (1917)
Headquarters	Omaha, Nebraska USA
Key people	Richard R. Bell, Chairman and CEO
Industry	Architecture, Engineering, Consulting
Revenue	▲ US $702.1 million (2006)
Employees	6,900
Website	http://www.hdrinc.com/

HDR Inc. is an an employee-owned architectural, engineering and consulting firm based in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. HDR has had projects in all 50 U.S. states and in 60 countries, and has worked on notable projects such as the Hoover Dam Bypass linking Nevada and Arizona by spanning the Colorado River 1,500 feet downstream from the Hoover Dam. ^[1]

HDR is listed as the 10th largest architecture firm in the United States by Architectural Record.^[2] HDR is also ranked number 19 on the Engineering News-Record's 2008 list of "The Top 500 Design Firms" and as the number one healthcare design firm on the Modern Healthcare list of 2007 "Annual Construction & Design Survey of Healthcare Architects".^[3]

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Founded in 1917 by H.H. Henningson, the Henningson Engineering Company got its start as a civil engineering firm in Omaha, where HDR's headquarters remain today. Willard Richardson and Chuck Durham joined the firm in 1939 as interns. By the 1950s, Richardson and Durham had purchased shares in the firm, and it became known as Henningson, Durham and Richardson, Inc.

The company's first project was designing a power station for the city of Ogallala, Nebraska. Similar projects followed as the firm helped cities and towns throughout the Midwestern United States create the water, sewer, electric and road systems that would help them emerge from frontier status. The company built a reputation for quality and integrity, operating under the philosophy "Work Well Done."

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