Hatch Mott MacDonald

Hatch Mott MacDonald
Private
Industry Engineering, infrastructure, design
Founded 1996
Headquarters 111 Wood Avenue South, Iselin, New Jersey
Key people
Nicholas M. DeNichilo
Number of employees
2,500
Parent Hatch Ltd and Mott MacDonald
Website Hatch Mott MacDonald

Hatch Mott MacDonald (HMM) is a consulting engineering firm serving public and private clients in North America. HMM’s capabilities include planning, project development, studies and analysis, design, procurement, and construction engineering and inspection. HMM also provides project, program and construction management as well as facility maintenance and operations.

History

Hatch Mott MacDonald was founded in 1996 by its parent companies, Hatch Ltd and Mott MacDonald.[1] HMM was intended to take advantage of engineering opportunities in North America.

HMM originally provided the bulk of its services in transportation, including the design of tunnels, rail systems, bridges, highways, and airport infrastructure. In 2001, Hatch Mott MacDonald acquired Killam Associates,[2] a New Jersey-based water, wastewater, and environmental services company. HMM has continued to follow a strategy of organic growth coupled with strategic acquisitions.[3][4][5]

As of 2013, Engineering News-Record ranked HMM number 36 among its “Top 500 Design Firms in the United States.”[6] Highways and bridges, oil and gas pipelines, rail and transit, tunneling, and water and wastewater services are among the largest contributors to revenue.

The Sea-to-Sky Highway Improvement Project is one of HMM’s most high-profile projects in the area of highways and bridges. The design-build contractor Peter Kiewit Sons of Kiewit Corporation chose HMM to improve the British Columbia Highway 99, which averaged 574 accidents a year between 1998 and 2004. HMM led 12 design consultants and a team of about 100 people to complete the design of over 65 kilometers of new highway improvements, including 40 bridge structures. The project has reportedly won more than a dozen national and international awards, including Canada's Lieutenant Governor's Award.

From 2007 to 2012, HMM provided project management, preliminary design, environmental engineering, permitting, and right-of-way acquisition services for three segments of the California High-Speed Rail system, each with challenging elements. These included to section between Palmdale, California and Los Angeles, which traverses rivers, mountains, densely populated cities, sensitive ecosystems, and three major fault lines.

Among HMM’s large oil and gas pipeline projects is Spectra Energy's Time III/Temax project, which carries supplies from Rocky Mountain natural gas reserves across Pennsylvania. The pipeline has a capacity of four billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. In September 2011, Pipeline & Gas Journal reported that the project was finished on time and under budget.[7][8]

Tunnels and Tunnelling magazine ranks HMM first among engineering consultants by tunneling revenue in North America. Trenchless Technology magazine ranks HMM number two among design firms in the field of trenchless tunneling technology. HMM played a key role in guiding the alignment of Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement tunnel (Seattle), directing the tunnel away from the original narrow corridor through the historic Pioneer District.

HMM provides engineering services to major water providers, including American Water (company), Aqua America, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water), New York City Department of Environmental Protection, and Philadelphia Water Department. HMM engineers have promoted an integrated approach to wastewater management, writing in Water Canada that "the integration and optimization of stormwater, wastewater, and other source pollution will maximize long-term water quality planning benefits for each dollar spent.”

Major Projects

Other major HMM projects have included the following:

Awards

In the five years spanning 2009 to 2013, HMM has won more than 100 awards for its people and projects, including the following.

References

  1. Rush, James. "Hatch Mott MacDonald: Expanding the Underground Toolbox". Trenchless Technology. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  2. "Hatch Mott MacDonald acquires Killam Group in U.S". Water World. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  3. "Hatch Mott MacDonald Acquires Engineering Northwest, Ltd". Mass Transit. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  4. "Hatch Mott MacDonald Acquires Lambert Engineers". ENR Texas Louisiana. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  5. "Hatch Mott MacDonald Acquires Simcoe". Water & Wastes Digest. Retrieved 11/12/2013. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  6. "The 2013 Top 500 Design Firms". Engineering News-Record. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  7. "Spectra Energy Receives Significant Response to TIME III Open Season for Northeast Expansion". Spectra Energy. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  8. "Spectra Energy Time III/Temax Pipelines". Hatch Mott MacDonald. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  9. "Award of Excellence".
  10. "West LRT". Calgary Transit. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  11. "Canpotex Terminal Development Project". Hatch Mott MacDonald. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  12. Reid, Robert. ""Exciting" Pedestrian Bridge Planned for National Scout Jamboree Site". ASCE. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  13. "FAQ Follow On:Twitter Google+ Facebook Tumblr subscribe by RSS or Email The Tunnels of NYC's East Side Access Project". The Atlantic Monthly. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  14. Parr, Pepper. "Construction crews complete move of a five million pound tunnel – the trickiest part of King Road grade separation is done.". Burlington Gazette. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  15. "Los Angeles World Airport awards three-year contract to Hatch Mott MacDonald". UNITRACC. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  16. "San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge". Hatch Mott MacDonald. Retrieved 2013-11-23.
  17. "Hatch Mott MacDonald named engineer for Tampa Bay seawater desalination project". Water World. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  18. Wallis, Shani. "Canada salutes Canadian achievements". Tunnelling Association of Canada. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  19. Hun, Stephanie. "Hatch Mott MacDonald Ltd. Honoured at 2013 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards". Canadian Consulting Engineer. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  20. "Calgary's West LRT Project". ACEC AFIC. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  21. Rush, Jim. "2013 Project of the Year - New Install Winner". Trenchless Technology. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  22. "Hatch Mott MacDonald Canada Wins Award for Innovation in Rail and Transit". Mass Transit. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  23. "Hatch Mott MacDonald Canada Wins Award for Excellence in Project Management".
  24. "2010 National Design-Build Award Winners". Design-Build Institute of America. Retrieved 2013-11-22.
  25. 25.0 25.1 "BC Projects sweep top USA Awards". British Columbia Construction Roundtable. Retrieved 2013-11-22.

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