CH2M HILL

Engineering

High-performance buildings are a balance of architecture and engineering, standing shoulder-to-shoulder throughout a project. Our interdisciplinary teams consider all of a building's architectural and engineered systems as a whole. We create integrated systems that are safe, cost-effective, energy efficient, and fine-tuned to their context and their communities.

Our engineers excel in scientific analysis, invention, and design. They are at the forefront of science and technology, and bring experience to a project gained from multiple building types. They have developed several patents for CH2M HILL IDC including air quality systems and energy conserving equipment. This broad experience and skill brings diverse state-of-the-art engineering and design to our clients.

Engineering services include:

• Civil
• Structural
• Mechanical
• Electrical
• Industrial
• Telecom
• Fire & Life Safety

Semiconductor Manufacturing

CH2M HILL has earned its reputation as the premier designer of landmark semiconductor facilities for industry leaders, ranging from the very first plants in the United States to microelectronics campuses and flagship fabs across Europe, North America, and Asia. Recent changes in technology have led to projects involving equipment and facility migration from 200mm to 300mm wafers, and new 300mm facilities with manufacturing processes yielding product at sizes as small as 45 nanometers.

Our clients return to us for consulting, design, and construction solutions time and again because of our focus on the tools and special needs for future technology-based manufacturing. From master planning through commissioning and operation, we specialize in planning facilities to accommodate present and future process flow while ensuring fast-track delivery on budget.

Cleanroom Design

CH2M HILL is widely acknowledged as the global leader in planning, design, and construction of high-technology manufacturing facilities, with a particular emphasis on cleanroom design and construction projects worldwide. Our direct experience in the world of cleanroom operations continuously refines the quality, efficiency, and value of our clients' facilities.

We have designed many millions of square feet of cleanroom in all classifications of cleanliness and degrees of complexity. A number of these projects represent the most advanced cleanroom technology in the industry, as well as supporting research, development, and production of the world's most innovative materials and devices. In addition to cleanroom design, CH2M HILL provides specialized cleanroom equipment & installation services.

Systems Integration—Microelectronics

For clients in the microelectronics industry, CH2M HILL offers the following system integration capabilities: dynamic simulation testing prior to field startup, integration of stand-alone equipment and package systems into facilities management systems, and facilities data warehouse links to external systems such as CMMS and MES.

All system integration projects benefit from CH2M HILL IDC's project management expertise, as well as our cost control and scheduling systems. We provide complete and detailed documentation including design guide standards and procedures, and staff to support startup and acceptance testing. Design-build project delivery is available through our in-house construction management staff, procurement capabilities, and field calibration systems.

Flat Panel Manufacturing

Flat panel manufacturing facilities are among the largest buildings in the world and demand new levels of technological excellence and innovation. Success in the marketplace relies on the ability to transition new product technologies to low-cost, high-volume manufacturing.

CH2M HILL is the industry's top performer in fast-track delivery, helping flat panel clients stay competitive by meeting crucial "time to market" windows. We have experience with all aspects of microelectronics facilities including: manufacturing optimization, site planning, tool selection, layout and installation, AMHS design, capital and operating cost reduction, and facility operation services. Clients value our commitment to achieving facilities that meet today's production requirements, with flexibility for tomorrow's growth.

Lab Planning & Design

CH2M HILL designs research facilities for private, public, and university clients world wide. We have special expertise and experience delivering clean, ultraclean, and biocontainment (BSL-1 through BSL-4) environments with the highest level of staff and facility protection, strong emphasis on operational safety, blast hardening, and CBR protection.

Our lab facilities are designed to support R&D equipment technologies ranging from standard X-rays to Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), SEMs, TEMs, and STEMs. Design criteria for this equipment include vibration and electromagnetic field sensitivities, and special utility requirements. Our equipment planning process ensures the flexibility needed to accommodate future changes in equipment technology and next-generation scientific discovery. These facilities support the most advanced research taking place in the world today, and are designed to attract and retain the most important scientists in their fields.

Manufacturing Integration

We have decades of experience helping leading technology companies, including semiconductor, solar, flat panel display, and consumer products, to achieve manufacturing superiority. Whether a project is greenfield or retrofit, the CH2M HILL MI solution team has the know-how and experience to deliver what every manufacturer wants: manufacturing operations as a market advantage, improved business competitiveness, and profitability.

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Nanotechnology

We provide leading edge capability in the design and construction of nanotechnology facilities for both university and commercial clients. Our experience includes facilities involved in some of the world's most advanced research in technologies such as nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), microelectro-mechanical systems (MEMS), nanoelectronics, nanosystems, and nanophotonics.

We've helped nanolithography researchers design new facilities, upgrade and expand existing research spaces, refine processes to further miniaturize integrated circuit features, and perform cost estimates for new nanotechnology facilities. We are skilled in the application of the specialized design considerations required for these facilities, including rigorous vibration and cleanliness criteria.

Multidisciplinary Research Facilities

Innovative research into microscale and nanoscale materials and devices is increasingly interdisciplinary, requiring crossover between research disciplines and departments not closely linked in the past. This integration is leading to more complex laboratory facilities in order to satisfy the needs of multiple users.

The overall key criteria for successfully designed R&D facilities include: technical requirements of instruments and their unique environments, which often are primary drivers for the functional design direction; ideological context of the university and the needs of researchers for spatial arrangements that support scientific creativity and collaboration; physical building context and its link to the existing campus planning; and building management systems including safety, security, efficiency, flexibility, and sustainability.

CH2M HILL understands the full cycle of delivering complex science and technology facilities. As a global leader in planning, design, and construction, we can provide the systems and facilities that are integral to emerging technologies research.

High-Density Data Centers

CH2M HILL designed the world's highest density data center at 500 Watts/SF, providing availability, redundancy, and flexibility for future growth. We've managed the design and construction of high-density data centers and the core information technology servers, networks, and telecommunications infrastructure in advanced technology industries for 20 years.

We've delivered more than three million square feet of mission critical space (data center, computer rooms, and telecom facilities) throughout the world. Our core capabilities include: full spectrum project planning and design; fast-track delivery; broad experience with large industrial air, chilled water, and power systems; specialized air flow systems engineering; security/hardening experience; and data center standardization and consolidation.