Golder Associates
| Type | Employee Owned Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Ground engineering and environmental services consultancy |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Key people | Brian Conlin (Company President)[1] |
| Employees | 8,000 (2013)[2] |
| Website | www.golder.com |
Golder Associates is an employee-owned, global company providing consulting, design, and construction services in earth, environment, and related areas of energy. Its more than 8,000 employees operate from more than 180 offices in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America and South America. Golder serves the manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, power, urban development and infrastructure sectors.
History
The company was founded in Toronto, Canada in 1960 by Hugh Golder, Victor Milligan, Larry Soderman, Are Tilk and John Seychuk under the name H.Q. Golder and Associates, and focussed on soil mechanics and ground engineering.[3]
In the 1970s, the service offering expanded to include rock mechanics. In the 1980s the company’s groundwater practice evolved to encompass the broader field of hydrogeology, with particular expertise in contaminated soil and groundwater. In the early 1990s, as public awareness of environmental issues increased, Golder added biological capabilities – including aquatic and terrestrial biology – to its range of services. Hydrology and hydraulic engineering were added in the late 1990s, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), information management, cultural sciences and energy services were added in the 2000s.
Geographic expansion
The company established other offices in Canada in the early 1960s, later expanding into the United States (1968), as well as the United Kingdom and Australia (1972). Since then, the company has grown geographically through a combination of opening new offices and through mergers with existing companies. The most recently established offices (2009) are located in St. Petersburg, Russia and Delhi, India.
Services
- Decommissioning and Decontamination: Site Remediation; Nuclear decommissioning/Greenfield Status of former industrial sites/Demolition; Property Development/Redevelopment
- Ground Engineering: Geotechnical Engineering—Soil and Rock Mechanics/Soil, Rock, and Mining Engineering; Tailings Management; Construction Materials Testing/Engineering; Tunnelling; Geophysics
- Environmental and Social Assessment: Environmental, Ecological, Human Health Risk Assessment; Social Impact Assessment/Public Consultation; Cultural Sciences/Archaeology; Permitting
- Environmental Management and Compliance: Air/Acoustics/Noise; Toxicology; Energy Management; Waste Management; EHS Compliance Systems; Health and Safety/Industrial Hygiene; Mergers and Acquisitions, Divestiture, Due Diligence Consulting; Wastewater Treatment/Process Engineering
- Natural Resources Management: Groundwater/Hydrogeology; Surface Water/Sediments; Geochemistry; Biological Sciences
- Planning and Design: Planning/Design/Landscape Architecture; Sustainability/Climate Change Adaptation; Renewable Energy; Information Management and Graphics; Project/Program Management; Contracting/Construction Services; Ore Evaluation Services
Golder Trust for Orphans
Golder Associates formed the Golder Trust for Orphans in 2003. The organisation collects donations from Golder’s employees and operating companies, as well as external donors. The Trust funds grass-roots charitable organisations serving the needs of orphaned children in Africa affected by HIV/AIDS. The Golder Trust has raised over $1 million USD since its inception and currently supports projects in South Africa, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Tanzania.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Leadership". About. Golder Associates. Retrieved 25 Aug 2011.
- ↑ "About Golder". Golder.com. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ↑ "The Start". Company history. Golder Associates. Retrieved 25 Aug 2011.
- ↑ "Golder Trust for Orphans". Dynamic Philanthropy. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ↑ "Golder Trust for Orphans". Given Gain. Retrieved 25 April 2012.