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Execs from U.S., Brazil say levies are holding back business
20 July, 2010 – CH2M HILL CEO Lee McIntire helps bring U.S./Brazil CEO Forum to Denver to discuss free trade and other business opportunities.
By: Drew Fitzgerald · Posted: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:20:20 GMT
Source: Denver Post
Despite uncertain times, CH2M Hill continues training, hiring
16 July, 2010 – Things in Alaska's oil patch are uncertain these days, but one of the industry's key contractors, CH2M Hill, is still tending the garden, bringing new Alaska talent into its workforce.
By: Tim Bradner · Posted: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:16:16 GMT
Source: Alaska Journal of Commerce
NASA Awards Engineering and Health Services Contract
3 June, 2010—NASA has awarded CH2M Hill, Inc., of Montgomery, Ala., a contract to provide services for environmental engineering and occupational health at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
By: NASA · Posted: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:03:03 GMT
Source: NASA
Margaret McLean, CH2M HILL’s Chief Legal Officer, discusses the firm’s commitment to ethics and “doing business the right way.” CH2M HILL was among five engineering and construction firms named among the world’s most ethical companies in 2010.
By: Laurie Shuster · Posted: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 01:01:01 GMT
Source: Civil Engineer
Jacque Rast: Project delivery dynamo
6 May, 2010—From civil engineering graduate to entrepreneur to one of the world’s top programme managers, CH2M Hill major programs president Jacque Rast knows more than a thing or two about efficient infrastructure delivery. She shared her philosophy with Mark Hansford.
By: Mark Hansford · Posted: Thu, 06 May 2010 06:06:06 GMT
Source: New Civil Engineer
Sea-to-Sky Highway - An Olympic Thrill Ride on Asphalt
Highway 99, the sole direct road between the Olympic host communities, is a route of many names. On its signs, it is the Sea-to-Sky Highway. In the past, many British Columbians called it the death highway. And its propensity to be blocked by massive rockslides leads some to call it the Sea-to-Slide
By: Ian Austen · Posted: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:01:01 GMT
Source: New York Times
CH2M Hill executive touts benefits of ESOPs
Turning the company over to employees in the form of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan isn’t for every business. But those that have ESOPs say they give employees a bigger stake in the company’s viability, a senior CH2M Hill executive told about 60 business owners Feb. 23.
By: Cathy Proctor · Posted: Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:26:26 GMT
Source: Denver Business Journal
Purdue University Names CH2M HILL SVP Joan Miller 2010 Distinguished Engineering Alumni
CH2M HILL senior vice president Joan Miller, P.E., received the 2010 Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from Purdue University in recognition of her accomplishments in environmental preservation and sustainability, and her leadership in promoting inclusivity for women in engineering. Read mor
By: Purdue University · Posted: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 05:17:17 GMT
Source: Purdue University
Cadiz Study Shows Enough Water in Desert for 400,000
8 February, 2010 – Cadiz Inc., the owner of thousands of acres of California desert, said a study shows there’s more water under its land than the company previously estimated, giving it enough to supply 400,000 people.
By: Daniel Taub · Posted: Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:08:08 GMT
Source: Bloomberg
Green Transportation: Ports Go Green
6 February, 2010 – Robert Massarelli, senior technologist for master planning at CH2M HILL discusses the challenges of balancing the long- and short-term considerations of climate change at a recent engineering summit presented by the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA).
By: Dan McCue · Posted: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:06:06 GMT
Source: World Trade Magazine
Care for the environment was part of a Marquette education for Tom Searle, Eng ’77 and Grad ’78. Marquette encourages every graduate to make a difference in the world. Searle is doing just that — on a measurable, global scale. As president of the international arm of CH2M Hill, a Fortune 500 engine
By: Jay Sanders · Posted: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 01:27:27 GMT
Source: Marquette Alumni Magazine
CH2M HILL enters Saudi through Olayan venture
Engineering giant CH2M Hill has teamed up with Saudi Olayan Group to bid for a growing number of building projects in the country, whose government is spending $400 billion in five years to meet the needs of its rising population.
By: Reuters · Posted: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:25:25 GMT
Source: Trade Arabia
Good corporate ethics essential to good business
1 December 2009 — Respect, tolerance and inclusion; a belief in corporate citizen responsibility; employee ownership are values that earned CH2M HILL a spot on the 2009 World's Most Ethical Companies list. The list was created by Ethisphere Institute, a business ethics, corporate social responsibili
By: Chelsey Levingston · Posted: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:01:01 GMT
Source: Dayton B2B
13 November, 2009 — From a no-frills office in Deerfield Beach, engineer Avinash Patwardhan is helping develop the world's first carbon-neutral city in the United Arab Emirates. Planner Laura Holthus is working on the massive airport expansion in Mumbai, India. And project manager Russell Tripp is p
By: Doreen Hemlock · Posted: Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:13:13 GMT
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
As the call for green technology swells, tech firms devote time & talent to sustainability
CH2M HILL’s Andrea Ramage discusses her “green” career and CH2M HILL’s commitment to sustainability.
By: Laurel A. McKee Ranger · Posted: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:21:21 GMT
Source: Diversity Careers
The World is Running Out of Water
10 October, 2009 — Global companies worried about climate change and energy consumption need to consider a third challenge in their sustainability plans, the leader of a Colorado-based engineering firm said Oct. 29 at Thunderbird.
By: Moneycontrol.com · Posted: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:12:12 GMT
Source: Forbes India
CH2M HILL CEO Lee McIntire on Reducing the Global Carbon Footprint
24 September, 2009 — Clean Skies News talks with Lee McIntire, the Chief Executive Officer of CH2M Hill, at the 2009 Council on Competitiveness. McIntire explains how his business has changed from just advising clients from carbon footprint to business model analysis. He talks further on how uncerta
By: Clean Skies News · Posted: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:24:24 GMT
Source: Clean Skies News
Two years after CH2M Hill took over, Bellingham engineering office sees steady growth
6 September, 2009 — Ownership change can be a big deal, and for the nearly 300 employees at the Bellingham office of CH2M Hill, it's meant more opportunities to see the world.
By: Dave Gallagher · Posted: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:08:08 GMT
Source: The Bellingham Herald
CH2M Hill's Lee McIntire: Digger, plumber and CEO
30 August, 2009 — Lee McIntire's first construction job was digging ditches on his father's Nebraska farm. The 60-year-old CH2M Hill chief executive says he's "been digging ever since."
By: Mark Jaffe · Posted: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:30:30 GMT
Source: The Denver Post
Overseas angle: CH2M Hill buoys its business by going global
30 August, 2009 — Starting in the fall of 2006, Douglas County-based engineering firm CH2M Hill won a string of international contracts, from the London Olympics to the Panama Canal, worth an estimated $53 billion. The high-profile projects were part of a push by the company to go global.
By: Mark Jaffe · Posted: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:30:30 GMT
Source: The Denver Post
For Panama Canal, a new era of trade is coming
6 August, 2009 — Under leaden skies, mammoth yellow vehicles prowl an enormous gash in the earth. Excavators, bulldozers and loaders relentlessly carve the rippled black and brown ground, reshaping nature's handiwork. There's no sense of drama or romance or history. Nothing to suggest this sprawling
By: David J. Lynch · Posted: Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:06:06 GMT
Source: USA Today
Contract awarded to clean up former Castle and Norton Air Force bases
31 July, 2009 — Air Force officials have awarded a multi-year performance-based contract to CH2M HILL, Inc. to perform environmental activities at the former Castle Air Force Base near Atwater, Calif., and the former Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, Calif. This $8.18 million contract runs th
By: U.S. Air Force · Posted: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:31:31 GMT
Source: U.S. Air Force
Singapore sewerage: No space to waste
18 June, 2009 — The treatment of wastewater in Singapore steps into the future next week with the opening of phase one of a deep tunnel sewerage system and the Changi water reclamation plant.
By: Jessica Rowson · Posted: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:18:18 GMT
Source: New Civil Engineer
Chairman of CH2M Hill to receive OSU award
12 June, 2009—Ralph R. Peterson, chairman of CH2M HILL Companies Ltd. will receive the Oregon State University Distinguished Service Award at the university’s 140th commencement ceremony on Saturday. Under the leadership of Peterson, an OSU alum, the company has completed projects for the 2012 Londo
By: DJC Staff · Posted: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:12:12 GMT
Source: Daily Journal of Commerce
A Big New World to Engineer: A FORTUNE 500 series profile on CH2M HILL
Recession aside, a growing population will trigger lots more construction. How a big-dreaming firm from Colorado is winning a major piece of the action.
By: Marc Gunther · Posted: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:08:08 GMT
Source: FORTUNE
Pathways opening to women in engineering
Army Engineer magazine profiles four distinctively different women, advancing upward in a once totally male-dominated profession.
By: Mike Morgan · Posted: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:02:02 GMT
Source: Army Engineer
20 May, 2009—When U.S. engineer John Frank Stevens arrived in Panama in July 1905 to take over the American effort to construct the Panama Canal, he was appalled. The endeavor to build the transoceanic waterway already was a year old and had consumed more than $128 million. “I found no organization…
By: C.J. Schexnayder · Posted: Wed, 20 May 2009 08:20:20 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
Big Singapore deep-tunnel reuse project honored
28 April, 2009—A project built to meet Singapore’s water-reuse needs for the next century received the “Water Project of the Year” award April 27 at the annual Global Water Awards held in Zurich.
By: Water Technology Online · Posted: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:29:29 GMT
Source: Water Technology Online
CH2M HILL, Partners to Oversee $22B 'Crossrail' Project in London
1 April, 2009 — CH2M HILL Cos. Ltd. will help oversee construction of a $22 billion "Crossrail" project to expand London's rail lines -- said to be Europe's largest construction project and one that includes a new train tunnel boring under the central part of the city.
By: Cathy Proctor · Posted: Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:02:02 GMT
Source: Denver Business Journal
Delivering desalinated water to the UAE
Global engineering firm CH2M HILL examines its work for the Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority: two seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants. A third desalination plant is under construction.
By: Felix Wang · Posted: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:18:18 GMT
Source: Power Engineering International
Cancer society honors CH2M HILL
10 March, 2009—The American Cancer Society recently announced that CH2M HILL Lockwood Greene professionals has received the Team of Excellence award for helping to raise more than $90,000 for the American Cancer Society Relay For Life in Spartanburg. CH2M HILL has been ranked as one of the top fundr
By: Go Upstate · Posted: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:11:11 GMT
Source: Go Upstate
First ladies of sustainability
2 March, 2009—As a leading sustainability expert at CH2M HILL, a global engineering and construction firm, Andrea Ramage is used to seeking answers to some very big questions. The 26,000-employee firm works on projects around globe, including Masdar City in Abu Dhabi, which is currently under constr
By: Sara Stroud · Posted: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:02:02 GMT
Source: Sustainable Industries Journal
27 February, 2009—Jill Sideman has been with CH2M Hill, the East Bay’s largest engineering firm, for more than 20 years. Previously she was founder and president of Shapiro and Associates in Seattle and San Francisco. She also founded and was president of San Francisco-based TRS Consultants. Sideman
By: Thomas Pisarek · Posted: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:27:27 GMT
Source: San Francisco Business Times
CH2M HILL, Arcadis named to Black Collegian’s top-employers list
16 February 2009 — Two Colorado-based engineering firms — CH2M Hill and Arcadis — are included on the latest “top 100 employers” list from Black Collegian magazine of companies planning to hire 2009 college graduates. Douglas County-based CH2M Hill is No. 40 on the list. Arcadis, whose U.S. divis
By: Denver Business Journal · Posted: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:17:17 GMT
Source: Denver Business Journal
10 February 2009 — After 29 years with CH2M Hill —including two decades as head of the architecture group for the global engineering and design firm — Tom Genne retired in 2005. But he didn’t stay idle long. By the following spring, his former employer was asking him to take on a special assignment
By: Bennett Hall · Posted: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:10:10 GMT
Source: Corvallis Gazette-Times
Guest Commentary: Taking environmental engineering beyond technology — and beyond borders
7 February 2009 — Environmental engineering is defined as the application of science and engineering principles to improve the environment by providing healthy water, air and land for use by humans and other organisms. This dry, clinical definition, however, fails to convey the impact of environment
By: Avinash Shekhar · Posted: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 07:07:07 GMT
Source: Naples News
28 January 2009 — A national environmental publication has named the new Clovis sewage system and treatment plant under construction as award-winning.
By: Marc Benjamin · Posted: Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:05:05 GMT
Source: Fresno Bee
Government, Inc. - Cities Go Private
29 January 2009 — With the economy wreaking havoc on local tax bases, some communities are looking to cut costs by privatizing services.
By: Jonathan Serrie · Posted: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:29:29 GMT
Source: Fox News Channel
Aurora Water Stresses Safety First in Project to Boost the Colorado City's Water Supply
26 January 2009 - The Prairie Waters Project is a huge undertaking that will boost the water supply of Aurora, CO, by 20 percent when it's completed in late 2010, but safety doesn't take a back seat to anything — not the aggressive schedule, not the complicated logistics — as the project team builds
By: Carol Carder · Posted: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:28:28 GMT
Source: Rocky Mountain Construction
Masdar seeks hi-tech solutions for sustainability
19 January 2009 —Masdar City, the world’s first carbon-neutral development, is still looking to acquire many of the technologies that will help it deliver on its ambitious sustainability pledge. Advanced desalination technologies, water recycling and waste-to-energy solutions were some of the are
By: Vesela Todorova · Posted: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:19:19 GMT
Source: The National
8 January 2009 — When he was in college, Rick Robertson got the travel bug. “I wanted to see what else is out there,” said Robertson, a native Oregonian.
By: Sam Bennett · Posted: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:08:08 GMT
Source: Daily Journal of Commerce
Power-Gen: Energy Diversity Is Key to Success
9 December 2008 — Stephen Lacey of Renewable Energy World interviews Alan Champagne, vice president of business development at the engineering and construction firm CH2M HILL, about the company’s diverse business during the Power-Gen International conference.
By: Stephen Lacey · Posted: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:09:09 GMT
Source: RenewableEnergyWorld.com
"Boomerang Kid" Tells His Story: Why Employees Who Left CH2M HILL Are Flocking Back
22 October 2008 — Tony Petrucci had only been with CH2M HILL Canada Ltd. for about three years when he was offered a position at another firm. He accepted it.
By: Alexandra Lopez-Pacheco · Posted: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:22:22 GMT
Source: Financial Post
The Cream of Canada's Employers: The Financial Post's Ten Best Companies to Work For
22 October 2008 — The 2009 Financial Post's Ten Best Companies to Work For competition resulted in some of Canada's best-known companies making the list, as well as some that are only well-known within their industry sector.
By: Philip Quinn · Posted: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:22:22 GMT
Source: Financial Post
CH2M HILL: Pine Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant
15 October 2008 — In recent years, significant growth in the outlying communities near the city of Calgary has placed a strain on wastewater infrastructure, and therefore generated an increase in wastewater flows and loads.
By: Brooke Knudson · Posted: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:15:15 GMT
Source: Construction Today
Firm Awarded Contract to Steer Nuke Programme
14 October 2008 — Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has appointed CH2M HILL, a global full-service programme management, engineering, construction and operations firm, as the Managing Agent for the potential United Arab Emirates Civil Nuclear Power Programme currently under evaluation.
By: Staff · Posted: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:14:14 GMT
Source: Gulf News
Software Shines Light on Solar's Value at Home
14 October 2008 — Home and business owners in 25 cities, including Denver, soon will be able to punch up the solar-energy potential of their own rooftops on a free website, under a mapping program rolling out with backing from the Department of Energy.
By: Steve Gelsi · Posted: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:14:14 GMT
Source: The Denver Post
2008 World Water Monitoring Day Observed in 50 Nations
14 October 2008 — More than 50,000 people of all ages are getting their feet wet to check the water quality of rivers, lakes and streams around the world during World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD).
By: Nancy L. Pontius · Posted: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:14:14 GMT
Source: America.gov
6 October 2008 — Billed as the largest water infrastructure project in the northern hemisphere, the London Tideway Tunnels aim to massively reduce sewage discharge into the rivers Thames and Lee.
By: John McKenna · Posted: Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:06:06 GMT
Source: New Civil Engineer
CH2M HILL Canada Limited Named to Canada's Top 100 Employers List
TORONTO, 3 October 2008 — Since 1919, CH2M HILL Canada Limited has been attracting the best talent in consulting engineering. The company has always known that people make the most profound difference and now the editors of the annual list of Canada's Top 100 Employers have confirmed this focus.
By: Pauline Graf · Posted: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:03:03 GMT
Source: Canada NewsWire
Lack of High-Tech Workers Could Cost US Competitive Edge in Global Marketplace
18 September 2008 — A new education survey reveals that chief executives at America's largest corporations fear the U.S. could lose its competitive edge in science and technology because of a shortage of trained workers.
By: Rosanne Skirble · Posted: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:19:19 GMT
Source: VOA News
Gas-Fired Top Plants: Frank A. Tracy Combined Cycle Plant, Reno, Nevada
15 September 2008 — At 564 MW, Sierra Pacific Resources’ Frank A. Tracy Combined Cycle Plant is the largest power project constructed in northern Nevada in 24 years and will reduce the state’s dependence on expensive power purchases from out-of-state suppliers.
By: Dr. Robert Peltier, PE · Posted: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:15:15 GMT
Source: Power Magazine
Gas-Fired Top Plants: High Bridge Combined Cycle Project, St. Paul, Minnesota
15 September 2008 — With greenhouse gas caps on the horizon, more U.S. utilities now have another reason—besides tightening air pollution limits—to considering replacing some of their old coal-fired plants with less-carbon-intensive gas-fired capacity.
By: Dr. Robert Peltier, PE · Posted: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:15:15 GMT
Source: Power Magazine
11 September 2008 — Bonita Springs Utilities' East Water Reclamation Facility was named as 2008's Florida Project of the Year by The American Society of Civil Engineers.
By: Mark S. Krzos · Posted: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:11:11 GMT
Source: The News-Press, Fort Myers, Fla.
Markets Shift but Still Reach Far: ENR Top 200 Environmental Firms Market Analysis
25 June 2008 — Now that shortages and high prices are making headlines, it finally has sunk in that the basics of human survival on earth—clean water, clean air, sufficient energy and usable land—are finite commodities.
By: Debra K. Rubin, Pam Hunter, Bruce Buckley, and Tony Illia · Posted: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:25:25 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
CH2M HILL Wins $4.5B Hanford Cleanup Contract
20 June 2008 — The Department of Energy awarded a contract worth $4.5 billion Thursday to CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Co. for cleaning up central Hanford.
By: Annette Cary · Posted: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:20:20 GMT
Source: Tri-City Herald
CH2M Beats EnergySolutions On Big Nuke Waste Bid
19 June 2008 — The U.S. Dept. of Energy selected Denver-based CH2M HILL Cos., bidding alone as prime contractor against rival EnergySolutions, for the U.S. Energy Dept's Plateau Remediation Contract (PRC) at the huge Hanford nuclear waste site in Washington State.
By: Debra K. Rubin · Posted: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:19:19 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
Johns Creek Finds Success in Infrastructure Management Through Public-Private Partnership
16 June 2008 — Last year, the City of Johns Creek, Georgia, filled 625 potholes, replaced 6,100 square feet of concrete sidewalk, marked 14 miles of pavement, and mowed 600 miles of right-of-way.
By: Rick Hirsekorn · Posted: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 04:16:16 GMT
Source: The Georgia Engineer
Shared Commitment to the Mission: An Interview with Robert H. Griffin
13 June 2008 — Robert H. Griffin is a Senior VP for CONUS Operations, Government Facilities and Infrastructure, CH2M HILL and most recently served as the Project Director for the $500M Temporary Housing contract supporting FEMA during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita recovery operations.
By: Tessa Anderson · Posted: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:13:13 GMT
Source: Army Engineer Magazine, May-June 2008
Incorporating Climate Change in Water Planning
13 June 2008 — Population increases and municipal and recreational uses, as well as growing uncertainties about the effects of global climate change, call for a new approach to water use and water resource management.
By: Kathy Freas, Bob Bailey, Armin Munévar, and Susan Butler · Posted: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:13:13 GMT
Source: American Water Works Association
Everett I-5 Widening Complete, Drive Already Smoother
After enduring more than two years of rough roads, lane closures and detours Everett commuters can breathe a collective sigh of relief. A carpool-only onramp and offramp from I-5 to Broadway opened Thursday, marking the final piece of a massive widening project on I-5.
By: David Chircop · Posted: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 06:06:06 GMT
Source: Everett Herald
CH2M HILL's "Virtual Teams" a Sure Strategy for Global Projects
09 May 2008 — The Colorado-based firm with a Dayton office uses international assignments to foster employees' personal development and growth.
By: Vince McKelvey · Posted: Fri, 09 May 2008 09:09:09 GMT
Source: Dayton B2B
A Clean Vision: CH2M HILL Works Toward Zero-Waste Abu Dhabi City
06 May 2008 — Over the next seven years, the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste city will rise from the Abu Dhabi desert. The $22 billion project, managed by Denver-based engineering and construction firm CH2M HILL, encompasses about 2 square miles and will house 50,000 people.
By: Margaret Jackson · Posted: Tue, 06 May 2008 06:06:06 GMT
Source: The Denver Post
Abu Dhabi Aims to Build First Carbon-Neutral City
06 May 2008 — In Abu Dhabi, there's an area of nothing but wind-swept desert. But 10 years from now, if all goes according to plan, a city of 6 square kilometers housing 50,000 people will rise in the United Arab Emirates—and it will be carbon neutral.
By: Joe Palca · Posted: Tue, 06 May 2008 06:06:06 GMT
Source: National Public Radio
CH2M HILL Buys into Profitable Business in the Far North
06 April 2008 — CH2M HILL's buyout of Veco Corp. went off without a hitch, and the Denver-based company is discovering new a world of opportunity in Alaska.
By: Tim Bradner · Posted: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:06:06 GMT
Source: Alaska Journal of Commerce
Corvallis Company Hired to Expand Panama Canal
05 April 2008 — Every time Garry Higdem takes a night flight to Panama on business, he gets a graphic reminder of what he's there to do.
By: Bennett Hall · Posted: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:05:05 GMT
Source: Corvallis Gazette-Times
Living by the Little Yellow Book
05 April 2008 — Founder's collection of management tips keeps CH2M HILL in touch with its roots.
By: Bennett Hall · Posted: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:05:05 GMT
Source: Corvallis Gazette-Times
25 March 2008 — Tommy Higgs' first day on the job running the city of Central's operations, and Central's first day providing its own services, went remarkably well. Every department was reasonably busy, so the new workers got their feet wet, but nobody was overrun.
By: David Jacobs · Posted: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:25:25 GMT
Source: Baton Rouge Business Report
07 March 2008 — Halfway around the world, a zero-carbon, zero-waste, automobile-free city known as Masdar is rising from a 2.3-square mile plot of desert in Abu Dhabi.
By: Marc Gunther · Posted: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:07:07 GMT
Source: Fortune Magazine
Sustainable Cities: Projects Move From Virtual Toward Reality
New cities in Abu Dhabi and China are to be more than template for green development.
By: Peter Reina · Posted: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 06:18:18 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
Engineers Make Basic Needs Attainable for the World's Poorest
15 February 2008 — Rather than vacationing at cushy poolside resorts rimmed with lush golf greens, some well-intentioned engineers volunteer to visit developing countries to help design and create access to safe drinking water and sanitation.
By: Laurie DiBattista · Posted: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:15:15 GMT
Source: Denver Business Journal
Engineers' Week Initiative: Mapping the Engineer Gender Gap
Even after decades of efforts to increase female representation at engineering firms, advocates still struggle to make progress. As engineering firms nationwide race to find talented candidates to fill surging staff demands, few are encountering women interested in entering the field.
By: Bruce Buckley · Posted: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:30:30 GMT
Source: Midwest Construction
17 January 2008 — Firm to design, operate power plants, pipelines as part of big revamp.
By: Roger Fillion · Posted: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:17:17 GMT
Source: Rocky Mountain News
Company Expands Services with World's First Large-Diameter Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant
By: John R. Hughes · Posted: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:15:15 GMT
Source: AWWA Opflow
CH2M HILL Founder Burke Hayes Dies at 95
21 December 2007 — Burke Hayes, one of the four founders of the engineering company that became the international construction giant CH2M Hill died of natural causes last week at his home in Corvallis, Ore. He was 95.
By: C. J. Schexnayder · Posted: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:21:21 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
CH2M Cofounder Burke Hayes Dies
18 December 2007 — Burke Hayes, who cofounded a Corvallis engineering firm that grew into an international powerhouse, died Friday of natural causes at his Lake Oswego home. He was 95.
By: Bennett Hall · Posted: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:18:18 GMT
Source: Corvallis Gazette-Times
Sustainability and New Challenges Were Major Focus at WEFTEC.07
24 October 2007 — Growing concern over climate change and the still-unknown health effects of minute levels of prescription drugs and personal care products potentially present in the water supply will pose major challenges to engineers, builders and utilities in the coming years.
By: Pam Hunter · Posted: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 01:25:25 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
Southeast Drought Sparks Brawls But Reuse Meets One Utility's Needs
24 October 2007 — After a drought of nearly two years, metropolitan Atlanta is facing possible water rationing, and some forecasters say that the supply in its principal reservoir will last only about 90 days more.
By: Thomas F. Armistead · Posted: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:24:24 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
CH2M HILL—Cosmix Project: Keeping Up With Growth
24 October 2007 — When Colorado Spring's Interstate-25 first opened in 1960, it handled 8,500 vehicles a day. Today, more than 100,000 cars travel it daily, which is why the Colorado Springs Metro Interstate Expansion (Cosmix) project was launched.
By: Hanna Aronovich · Posted: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 01:24:24 GMT
Source: Construction Today
19 October 2007 — In 1975, Garry Higdem was a newly minted civil engineer on his first job. He helped build the $47 million Aliceville Lock and Dam in Alabama, part of what's now the massive 234-mile, $1.9 billion shipping channel called the Tenn-Tom Waterway.
By: Cathy Proctor · Posted: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:19:19 GMT
Source: The Denver Business Journal
America's Safest Companies: Passionate about Safety
15 October 2007 — Occupational Hazards, the magazine of safety, health and loss prevention, is proud to announce that 10 companies have been named to the 2007 list of America's Safest Companies.
By: Sandy Smith · Posted: Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:15:15 GMT
Source: Occupational Hazards
CH2M HILL Voted 2007 Best Place to Work in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles Business Journal recently named CH2M HILL the Best Place to Work in Los Angeles for 2007 in the medium-size company category. Companies competing for this honor are judged by workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems and demographics.
By: Aly Adair · Posted: Mon, 01 Oct 2007 01:01:01 GMT
Source: Associated Content
Boston College "In Good Company": CH2M HILL
23 August 2007 — CH2M HILL, a global engineering, construction and operations company, has partnered with Engineers Without Borders-USA (EWB-USA) since 2003.
By: Seema Bharwani · Posted: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:23:23 GMT
Source: Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship
Georgia Cities Take Privatizing to the Max
19 August 2007 — At last, Eva Galambos is thrilled with her hometown of Sandy Springs: It has almost three times as many police officers now than two years ago, she says, and the streets are cleaner, and the strip clubs will—hopefully—be gone soon.
By: Jenny Jarvie · Posted: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:19:19 GMT
Source: Los Angeles Times
Firms Think Outside the Donation Box
07 August 2007 — From bake sales to in–house dunking booths to personal volunteer expeditions, the employees of top engineering and consulting firms are donating more than just money to Water for People.
By: Annie Ko · Posted: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:07:07 GMT
Source: ENR Next
At Pipelines, Civil Engineer Wilson Had Few Peers
26 July 2007 — Howard Wilson has been an engineer almost all his life. And now he has a lifetime achievement award from his peers.
By: Gary Massaro · Posted: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 01:26:26 GMT
Source: Rocky Mountain News
Hydrology Engineer Takes Over CH2M HILL's Gainesville Office
16 July 2007 — Bill McElroy's interest in water engineering began at age 9 or 10 when he was playing Army in his mother's backyard in Lakeland and water would seep into holes he dug in the ground.
By: Anthony Clark · Posted: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 05:17:17 GMT
Source: The Gainsville Sun
16 July 2007 — Colorado is home to three of the largest employee-owned companies in the nation, according to a new report.
By: Tom McGhee · Posted: Sun, 15 Jul 2007 03:15:15 GMT
Source: The Denver Post
Local Firm Builds Success at CH2M HILL
21 June 2007 — It's been said that the only way to spot an engineer in public is to identify the person riding backward on a roller coaster, trying to discern how all the special effects work. This isn't the case, however, for engineers at the design firm CH2M HILL Lockwood Greene of Spartanburg.
By: Trevor Anderson · Posted: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:21:21 GMT
Source: Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Origin Energy Opts for Coal Seam Gas
SYDNEY, 13 June 2007 — ORIGIN ENERGY, Australia's second-biggest energy retailer, will build a 630-megawatt power plant in Queensland, to be fuelled by coal seam gas.
By: Angela Macdonald-Smith · Posted: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:12:12 GMT
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
31 May 2007 — Piles for the four riverbed piers for the Golden Ears Bridge are completed, and the bridge piers are now under construction, a project spokesperson says. The project is on time, and "out of the water," says Patti Schom-Moffatt, of Golden Crossing Group.
By: Al Irwin · Posted: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:01:01 GMT
Source: Mission City Record
Sri Lanka's Tsunami Affected Areas Get Schools from United States
23 May 2007 — The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has contracted a $50 million tsunami reconstruction program to CH2M HILL, a US firm which subcontracted $5.4 million of work to Access Engineering of Sri Lanka.
By: John Corsi · Posted: Wed, 23 May 2007 01:23:23 GMT
Source: Lanka Business Online
Lockwood Greene Logs 400,000 Accident-Free Hours at Bush Brothers
20 May 2007 — Bush Brothers employees participated in a celebration of safety presented by contractor Lockwood Greene, which has been overseeing the construction of the new facilities at Chestnut Hill.
By: David Popiel · Posted: Mon, 21 May 2007 09:21:21 GMT
Source: Cocke County Online
CH2M HILL Expanding Here, There and Everywhere
13 May 2007 — Like other engineering and construction firms, the Spartanburg-based unit of CH2M HILL is bursting at the seams.
By: News Editor · Posted: Mon, 14 May 2007 02:14:14 GMT
Source: Greenville Online
Industrial Icon Gets an Ecofriendly Makeover
St. Paul's new $428-million, 580-MW High Bridge powerplant will more than double the output of the city's aging facility.
By: Tony Illia · Posted: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:25:25 GMT
Source: AGC of America
Investing Wisely in the Green Rush
05 April 2007 — Venture capitalists are flocking to clean energy startups. Here's a look at the promise and perils.... CH2M HILL is breaking new ground when it comes to striking a balance between environmental stewardship and economic progress through new construction.
By: Paul R. Holland · Posted: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:05:05 GMT
Source: BusinessWeek - USA
Nevada Power Weaning Itself from Natural Gas
12 March 2007 — A plan to augment Nevada Power Co.'s Clark Station Generating Plant in Henderson may be among the company's last natural-gas fired projects, as Nevada Power moves to become less vulnerable to the fuel's volatile cost, a company official said.
By: Ben Stephens · Posted: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 12:12:12 GMT
Source: Business Press
Developing and Implementing a TWM Strategy—Approaches and Examples
13 February 2007 — Managing water resources has become increasingly complex, requiring water managers to balance the needs of people, industries, and ecosystems while ensuring the sustainability of finite supplies.
By: Avinash S. Patwardhan, Douglas Baughman, Aditya Tyagi, and Jared Thorpe · Posted: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:13:13 GMT
Source: e-Journal AWWA
13 February 2007 — More north state women are making names for themselves in male-dominated engineering field.
By: Marc Beauchamp · Posted: Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:13:13 GMT
Source: Redding.com
Facilities Management: Waste Not Want Not?
01 February 2007 — From his office at Bioteq Environmental Technologies Inc.'s headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia, Brad Marchant, the company's president and CEO, sees a niche water market that's not likely to dry up anytime soon. Focused on the mining industry, his $5 million, 6-year-old c
By: John S. McClenahen · Posted: Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:01:01 GMT
Source: Industry Week
FICE Honors Engineering Excellence
31 January 2007 — The Florida Institute for Consulting Engineering (FICE) recently announced the winning projects in the 2007 Engineering Excellence Award Competition. Judges included representatives from government, education, transportation, media, FDOT, and the American Institute of Architects.
By: David Fierro · Posted: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 01:31:31 GMT
Source: Florida Transportation Monthly
Project Management Institute Recognizes Rocky Flats as Top Project 2006
26 January 2007 — The Rocky Flats Closure project was recognized as the top project for 2006 by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
By: Kelley Hunsberger · Posted: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:26:26 GMT
Source: PMI Network Magazine
CH2M HILL Recognized for MNSTAR Achievement January 30
25 January 2007 — Workplace safety and health representatives from the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) will recognize LG Constructors, a subsidiary of CH2M HILL, for its achievement as the first MNSTAR (Minnesota Star) recipient for new construction at a power generating plant.
By: James Honerman · Posted: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:25:25 GMT
Source: Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry
Colorado's 25 Most Powerful Businesses and Organizations
25 January 2007 — Two years ago, ColoradoBiz ranked the 25 Most Powerful organizations, businesses and other institutions in the state, naming Colorado voters as the most powerful group with influence on state affairs.
By: Robert Schwab · Posted: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:25:25 GMT
Source: ColoradoBiz Today
Denver Dave Finds He Fits Right In
19 January 2007 — "Don't live in Workington, Dave. It's a rough little town." It was well intended advice from a real estate agent back home, but American Dave Chojnacki (pronounced Chee-nacki) is sure as hell glad that he ignored it.
By: Tessa Anderson · Posted: Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:19:19 GMT
Source: Times and Star
The Automotive Industry: Economic Impact and Location Issues
10 January 2007 — The automotive industry is a major industrial and economic force worldwide. It makes 60 million cars and trucks a year, and they are responsible for almost half the world's consumption of oil. The industry employs 4 million people directly, and many more indirectly.
By: Yorgos Papatheodorou and Michelle Harris · Posted: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:10:10 GMT
Source: Industry Week
Technology Growing on the Vine
18 December 2006 — Engineering and construction juggernaut CH2M HILL is wading into the art of winemaking. The Douglas County company isn't exactly known for fine wine. Rather, it's grabbed headlines for cleaning up the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons site and providing emergency housing after Katrina.
By: Roger Fillion · Posted: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:18:18 GMT
Source: Rocky Mountain News
Introducing GeoSite from CH2M HILL
15 December 2006 — Google Earth and Google Maps have revolutionized geography for many people inside and outside the geospatial market. The most profound uses for these tools are coming from developers and geospatial consultants such as CH2M HILL who can utilize Google Earth and Maps to bring geospa
By: Susan Smith · Posted: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:15:15 GMT
Source: GIS Cafe
14 December 2006 — Portland architect Nathan Corser flew to Vietnam two years ago, expecting to meet fellow designers and plan an eco-friendly Nike shoe factory. Instead Corser found a cramped Ho Chi Minh City office occupied by eight engineers, none of whom spoke English.
By: Richard Read · Posted: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:14:14 GMT
Source: The Oregonian
Shoebox Greetings Shipping to Soldiers
08 December 2006 — Willie Willis' idea to show support for U.S. troops overseas started out small two years ago. His architectural team of 12 at the Spartanburg office of CH2M HILL Lockwood Greene was going to send a dozen shoeboxes full of goodies to Iraq for the Christmas season.
By: Sean P. Flynn · Posted: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 08:08:08 GMT
Source: Spartanburg Herald-Journal
CH2M HILL Takes Over Tower Pinkster's K'zoo Building
07 December 2006 — Even without a sign announcing its presence, CH2M HILL, an international engineering and construction management company that followed pharmaceutical business into Kalamazoo two years ago, has grown from one person to 55.
By: B. Candace Beeke · Posted: Thu, 07 Dec 2006 07:07:07 GMT
Source: Business Review Western Michigan
01 November, 2006 — Recently, a colleague of mine and I accepted an invitation to go to China for the purpose of facilitating Lean Manufacturing workshops for a client near Hong Kong, and at a Lean Manufacturing symposium in Shanghai.
By: Dennis J. Stamm · Posted: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:01:01 GMT
Source: Industry Week
CEOs Enjoy Strong Markets But Are Wary of the Future
30 October, 2006 — With engineering and construction firms seemingly in the pink these days, some CEOs are making plans to give something back in the form of "social responsibility" initiatives—from buying carbon credits to offset energy use to more pro bono consulting work.
By: Debra K. Rubin · Posted: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:30:30 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
Efficiencies in Treatment and Reuse Define Clean Water
23 October, 2006 — Early risk analysis refines Orange County's costs and schedule.
By: John J. Kosowatz · Posted: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:25:25 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
Contractor at Bush Brothers Pushes 1 Million Safe Work Hours Since 2001
25 October, 2006 — The $45 million expansion, as part of phase two at the Chestnut Hill Bush Brothers food plant, is on track for early 2007 completion and accompanied by a perfect safety record.
By: David Popiel · Posted: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 01:25:25 GMT
Source: Cocke County Online
Drop by Drop, Pupils Check Water Supply
19 October, 2006 — Budding scientists checked up on the health of local lakes and a once-notorious creek Wednesday, putting water samples through a battery of tests. The occasion was the third annual World Water Monitoring Day.
By: Bob Fowler · Posted: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:19:19 GMT
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel
Where's the Killer App in Satellite Imagery?
17 October, 2006 — In our recent column in the Summer issue of Imaging Notes, we discussed the impact of new media on next-generation mapping, forthcoming changes in business models, and the generation of new applications.
By: Natasha Léger · Posted: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:17:17 GMT
Source: Imaging Notes
October 2006 — The biggest name you've never heard of? Possibly. But with CH2M HILL raising the profile of its formidable geospatial offering, we decided it was time to find out more.
By: Peter Fitzgibbon · Posted: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:02:02 GMT
Source: Geo:Connexion International Magazine
CH2M HILL Lands Air Force Contract
21 September, 2006 — Engineering giant CH2M HILL Cos. Ltd. said Thursday it has landed a five-year, $21 million contract for environmental remediation and construction at the Beale Air Force Base in California.
By: Cathy Proctor · Posted: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:21:21 GMT
Source: Denver Business Journal
Company Dives In to Handle Ga. City's Troubles
14 September, 2006 — Mike Vaughn sees improvement as he walks his dogs on a residential street in the newly minted town of Sandy Springs. Before the Atlanta suburb incorporated and hired a Colorado-based engineering firm to manage it, mud used to run down the street where crews are razing old homes.
By: Oren Dorell · Posted: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:14:14 GMT
Source: USA Today
CH2M HILL Running the Show in Georgia Cities
11 September, 2006 — CH2M HILL has been picked to get another two new Georgia cities up and running. CH2M HILL, an employee-owned engineering, construction and operations company in Englewood, said Monday it will provide city services for Milton and Johns Creek.
By: Neil Westergaard · Posted: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 11:11:11 GMT
Source: The Denver Business Journal
01 September, 2006 — From Rocky Flats cleanup to bridge-building in Iraq, no job is too big for Englewood-based CH2M HILL — although some are too small.
By: Chryss Cada · Posted: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:01:01 GMT
Source: Colorado Biz Today
CH2M HILL and Google, Geospatial Partners
01 September, 2006 — An old player in the geospatial field and a new one began an interesting cooperation about a year ago: CH2M HILL has been integrating Google's Google Earth as a visualization tool for several location-based corporate information systems.
By: Matteo Luccio · Posted: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:01:01 GMT
Source: GIS Monitor
Milton Chooses Sandy Springs Way
31 August, 2006 — The Milton Governor's Commission wasted no time taking some bold steps to get Milton ready to assume government Dec. 1 when it chose a public enterprise to provide the people to man the desks, computer terminals, and fill the potholes.
By: Hatcher Hurd · Posted: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:31:31 GMT
Source: Appen Newspapers, Inc.
16 August, 2006 — Company's work after Katrina, Rita praised by agency.
By: Jeff Smith · Posted: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:16:16 GMT
Source: Rocky Mountain News
Louisiana Tries Mining Mud to Rebuild Coast
08 August, 2006 — Louisiana is mining a new type of black gold: Mississippi River mud. A pilot project at the river mouth shows how the hurricane-ravaged state may be able to rebuild its vanishing coast with fertile river bottom soil now dumped by dredges into the ocean.
By: Peter Henderson · Posted: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:08:08 GMT
Source: MSNBC
ENR: People & Awards — James Ferris to Retire
04 August, 2006 — James Ferris, industrial client group chief executive for CH2M HILL Cos., a global engineering and construction firm based in Denver, has announced plans to retire, effective 01 September.
By: Gary J. Tulacz · Posted: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 04:04:04 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
ENR: Finance & Labor — Workplace: Remote Sites Inspire Contractors to Keep Workers Happy
04 August, 2006 — Worker shortages are everywhere in construction, and nowhere is this more acute than at remote project locations. To cope, employers are upping jobsite accoutrements these days to keep employees happy and in place, but not all site participants are treated equal.
By: Gary J. Tulacz · Posted: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 04:04:04 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
Innovative Approach: Design-Build Allows WSDOT to Benefit the Environment and Stay on Schedule
02 August, 2006 — The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is in the process of completing its first major design-build (D-B) project. The $220 million Everett high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) project will widen approximately 6 miles of I-5 through Everett, Wash.
By: Reid Adams · Posted: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 02:02:02 GMT
Source: eStormwater.com
Monitoring Crop Yields with Spatial Tools; First Place in 2006 Applications Contest
01 August, 2006 — Nestled in the rolling hills of Northern California along the banks of Clear Lake, you'll find the Ceago Vine-garden, a 220-acre family-run agro-eco-tourism business owned and operated by Jim Fetzer.
By: Amy Stankiewicz · Posted: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:01:01 GMT
Source: Geospatial Solutions Online
Pipe Plan Quicker for Wetlands, Engineer Says; Proposals Examined for Rebuilding Marsh
27 July, 2006 — Using pipelines to pump sediment mined from the Mississippi River and offshore can rebuild wetlands in the Barataria and Terrebonne basins more quickly than building a proposed new channel to deliver freshwater and sediment from the river at Donaldsonville to the coast.
By: Mark Schleifstein · Posted: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:27:27 GMT
Source: The Times-Picayune
ENR: The Top 200 Environmental Firms: Bright Green Is Today's Hot Color
05 July, 2006 — The year 2006 marks the first year of the second decade of ENR's annual Top 200 Environmental Firms list, and its results make clear that rumors of the environmental sector's collapse are about as true as the celebrity gossip in tabloid columns.
By: Debra K. Rubin, E. Michael Powers, Tony Illia, Mary B. Powers and Bruce Buckley · Posted: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 05:05:05 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
GIS in Biodynamic Viticulture: Happy Vines Make Happy Wines
19 June, 2006 — Geospatial information and technology has been used for several years in precision farming applications. Jim Fetzer, a member of the Fetzer family whose name emblazons the popular wines, wanted to apply the technology.
By: Joe Francica · Posted: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:19:19 GMT
Source: Directions Magazine
'Dream Team' Coming to Test Site
19 June 2006 — The Nevada Test Site had seemingly lost its purpose as nuclear weaponry was wound back after the Cold War, but the War on Terror may be giving it a new lease on life.
By: Ian Mylchreest · Posted: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:19:19 GMT
Source: Las Vegas Business Press
Tommy Koh Receives CH2M HILL's "Building A Better World" Award
SHANGHAI, 16 June, 2006 — Professor Tommy Koh, Singapore's Ambassador-At-Large, has received an award for his contributions to society.
By: Pearl Forss · Posted: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 04:16:16 GMT
Source: Channel NewsAsia
CH2M HILL Picks Singapore as Springboard for Asian Expansion
SINGAPORE, 16 June, 2006 — US multi-national CH2M HILL has picked Singapore as a springboard for an ambitious expansion programme in Asia.
By: Wong Choon Mei · Posted: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 04:16:16 GMT
Source: Channel NewsAsia
ENR: Top 100 CM-for-Fee Firms—Markets Are Growing for Agency CM
12 June, 2006 — Work is plentiful, but so are the owners' expectations.
By: Gary J. Tulacz · Posted: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:12:12 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
12 June, 2006 — For people involved in the construction business, this is a strange time.
By: Gary J. Tulacz · Posted: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:12:12 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
Ahearn Honored with the SAME Mentoring Award
08 June, 2006 — Air Force Maj. Gen. Joseph A. "Bud" Ahearn, P.E., F.SAME, (Ret.), was presented with the Mentoring Award by the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) for his "outstanding efforts to mentor future engineers."
By: Eileen Erickson · Posted: Thu, 08 Jun 2006 08:08:08 GMT
Source: The Society of American Military Engineers Online
Retired Teacher Gets FEMA Trailer After Living by Candlelight in Gutted Home for Months
29 May, 2006 — The Lower Ninth Ward was the last part of the Crescent City to get drinking water after Hurricane Katrina, and it was many residents' first chance to move back to the neighborhood.
By: Bill Capo · Posted: Mon, 29 May 2006 01:29:29 GMT
Source: WWL TV, Louisiana
State Picks Global Firm to Plan Port
29 May, 2006 — The N.C. State Ports Authority is going global in planning for the proposed N.C. International Port. CH2M HILL, an international port design and planning firm, was selected Tuesday as the management firm that will bring to life plans for the $1 billion project.
By: Angela Mack · Posted: Mon, 29 May 2006 01:29:29 GMT
Source: Star News Online
CH2M HILL Looks to Gain Upper Hand as the Dominant Geospatial Systems Integrator
25 May, 2006 — CH2M HILL is drawing a "line in the sand" for systems integration dominance. The company sees opportunity to capitalize on the need for geospatial expertise in the market.
By: Joe Francica · Posted: Thu, 25 May 2006 01:25:25 GMT
Source: Directions Magazine
Cross-Atlantic Teams Seek London Program Management Job
08 May, 2006 — American firms are well represented on teams that are vying to manage the huge construction program for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. At least five U.S.-U.K. joint ventures indicated an intention last month to pursue the program management contract for event facilities.
By: Peter Reina, Debra K. Rubin · Posted: Mon, 08 May 2006 08:08:08 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
Looking for Networking in Charity Picks; Many Firms Consider What's in it for Them When Donating
06 May, 2006 — CH2M HILL receives more than 600 pitches per year from nonprofits nationwide asking for money. The global engineering firm, based in Douglas County, writes checks to about 35 of those.
By: Will Shanley · Posted: Sat, 06 May 2006 06:06:06 GMT
Source: The Denver Post
CH2M HILL CEO Pay Below That of Peers; 'More Responsible' Package Seen as Boost to Teamwork
06 May, 2006 — Don't bet on Ralph Peterson becoming a poster child for exorbitant executive pay. The CEO of CH2M HILL in Douglas County earns a compensation package that experts describe as "conservative" and "more responsible"—not to mention below that of his peers.
By: Roger Fillion · Posted: Sat, 06 May 2006 06:06:06 GMT
Source: Rocky Mountain News
Going for the Gold: CH2M HILL Bidding on Lucrative Contract for 2012 Olympics
04 May, 2006 — CH2M HILL is known for cleaning up deadly nuclear waste sites, providing emergency housing for Hurricane Katrina victims, and performing hydroelectric dam repairs in war-stricken Iraq.
By: Roger Fillion · Posted: Thu, 04 May 2006 04:04:04 GMT
Source: Rocky Mountain News
02 May, 2006 — As of one of the largest engineering and construction firms in the country, CH2M HILL, Englewood, Colo., prides itself on process efficiency. Consistent and effective methods are stressed across all phases of its business.
By: Peggy Smedley · Posted: Tue, 02 May 2006 02:02:02 GMT
Source: Constructech Magazine
02 May 2006 — The explosions 20 years ago at Chernobyl were so powerful they blew the nuclear reactor's 1,000-ton concrete lid (the upper biological shield) out of place and spread radiation over 40 percent of Europe.
By: Penelope Purdy · Posted: Tue, 02 May 2006 02:02:02 GMT
Source: The Denver Post
Packaging Design Innovations and Challenges
01 May, 2006 — "Innovation" is a term not normally applied to pharmaceutical packaging. There are many reasons for this, mostly due to the requirements to comply with product safety, efficacy, and quality.
By: Nancy St. Laurent · Posted: Mon, 01 May 2006 01:01:01 GMT
Source: Pharmaceutical Processing
CH2M HILL CEO To Be Honored at Boise State University Commencement
01 May, 2006 — Ralph R. Peterson will be honored with an honorary doctorate by Boise State University at its spring 2006 Commencement ceremony.
By: Staff Writer · Posted: Mon, 01 May 2006 01:01:01 GMT
Source: Idaho Statesman
ENR: The 2006 Top 500 Design Firms; Designers Ponder the Perils of Prosperity
24 April, 2006 — The U.S. economy is strong and so is the construction market. No one knows this more than designers who are at the leading edge of the boom. But just as the recent recession brought new issues and concerns to the design profession, so has prosperity.
By: Gary J. Tulacz · Posted: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:24:24 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
CH2M HILL Emerges as a Leading Geospatial Integrator
24 April, 2006 — CH2M HILL has been deploying geospatial technology for 30 years. They built much of their expertise through contracts with the Department of Defense, and chiefly with the U.S. Air Force's GeoBase program.
By: Matt Ball · Posted: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:24:24 GMT
Source: GeoWorld
Xcel's High Bridge Smokestack Will Be Snuffed Out
21 April, 2006 — Construction on a natural-gas fired energy plant in St. Paul has environmentalists, Xcel officials, and politicians seeing a greener future. Carbon dioxide emissions will be reduced by about two-thirds.
By: Jackie Crosby · Posted: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:21:21 GMT
Source: Star Tribune
CH2M HILL Wins Right to Bid on Global Air Force Project
21 April, 2006 — Douglas County-based engineering firm CH2M HILL said Wednesday it was among 20 companies awarded the right to bid on pieces of a five-year, $15 billion Air Force contract.
By: Tom McGhee · Posted: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:21:21 GMT
Source: The Denver Post
Eastman Chemical Co. Building First-of-a-Kind Facility in South Carolina
31 March, 2006 — An example of the Southeast's resurgent industrial construction market can be found in Columbia, S.C., where Eastman Chemical Co.'s Voridian division is working with CH2M HILL Lockwood Greene to build a first-of-a-kind manufacturing facility.
By: Scott Judy · Posted: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 01:31:31 GMT
Source: Southeast Construction
Remediation Guide: Insured, Fast-Track Environmental Remediation
30 March, 2006 — The goal: Cleanup of contaminated sites, transfer of property, and continued operations and maintenance for a 20-year contract period.
By: Roy Bigham · Posted: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 01:30:30 GMT
Source: Pollution Engineering
Beans Building Business: Bush Brothers Shells Out $70 M for Plant Expansion
28 March, 2006 — Less than two years after opening its modern, $100 million plant in Jefferson County's Chestnut Hill community, Bush Brothers & Co. is working on Phase II of its Tennessee bean foods operation.
By: Rebecca Ferrar · Posted: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 01:28:28 GMT
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel
23 March, 2006 — Engineering giant CH2M Hill earned millions cleaning up the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant, including a hefty bonus for finishing ahead of schedule. On Wednesday, the Douglas County-based firm put a little of that money back into the community.
By: Tom McGhee · Posted: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 01:23:23 GMT
Source: The Denver Post
45nm Processes Pose Challenges for Conventional Contamination Control
15 March, 2006 — For semiconductor processing, being small is big—especially if you're the first to reach a process node.
By: Hank Hogan · Posted: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:15:15 GMT
Source: PennWell CleanRooms
15 March, 2006 — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been holding out on the nutraceutical industry for years, but that's all about to change.
By: Sarah Fister Gale · Posted: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 03:15:15 GMT
Source: PennWell CleanRooms
11 March, 2006 — The devastation from Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi was worse than most could imagine, but government agencies and private entities are putting the pieces back together with only three months until the new hurricane season begins.
By: Pat Gillespie · Posted: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:11:11 GMT
Source: Ledger-Enquirer
Firm Chosen for Clovis' Wastewater, Sewer Plant; City Plans 2009 Opening
10 March, 2006 — A new, state-of-the-art sewage treatment/water reuse plant for Clovis passed another milestone March 6 as the City Council voted unanimously to negotiate for its construction.
By: Graham Moes · Posted: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:10:10 GMT
Source: Clovis Independent
China OKs More CH2M HILL Services
02 March, 2006 — Douglas County-based engineering giant CH2M HILL has received a license from the Chinese government that will increase the range of services it can provide in the country.
By: Tom McGhee · Posted: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 02:02:02 GMT
Source: The Denver Post
01 March, 2006 — New approaches to lab HVAC schemes are showing that energy efficiency and proper ventilation are not mutually exclusive.
By: Geoff Weisenberger · Posted: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 01:01:01 GMT
Source: Consulting-Specifying Engineer
Corporate Survey Series, Ranked #1: Highway Accessibility
28 February, 2006 — Highway accessibility was ranked as the #1 factor by the respondents to Area Development's Annual Corporate Survey for a myriad of reasons. Getting from here to there has never been easier.
By: Robert L. Price · Posted: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:28:28 GMT
Source: Area Development Online
CH2M HILL Snags Veteran Exec to Captain its Construction Push
23 February, 2006 — The luring of Lee McIntire from massive rival Bechtel shows the company is serious about winning giant construction contracts.
By: Tom McGhee · Posted: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:23:23 GMT
Source: The Denver Post
Positive Energy: Engineering, Construction Firm CH2M HILL Finds Room to Grow in ET Area
20 February, 2006 — CH2M HILL, a local engineering and construction firm, hopes to answer President Bush's call to develop more ethanol plants. The firm plans to design and manage the construction of three such plants to burn solid waste in three East Tennessee counties.
By: Rebecca Ferrar · Posted: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:20:20 GMT
Source: Knoxville News Sentinel
Energy Deregulation: As Independent Merchants Reorganize, Power Market Sees Sparks Fly
30 January, 2006 — Calpine Corp. bankruptcy filing last month heralds change, but construction won't stop.
By: Mary B. Powers, with Debra K. Rubin and William J. Angelo · Posted: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 01:30:30 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
CH2M HILL Finds Opportunity in Disasters, War
29 January, 2006 — War, natural disaster, toxic cleanup, and rapidly developing international economies. For the right kind of company, they're good for business. And Douglas County-based CH2M HILL is the right kind of company.
By: Tom McGhee · Posted: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 01:29:29 GMT
Source: The Denver Post
Creative Isolation: Ensuring the Success of Containment Project
27 January, 2006 — Working with the right people and paying strict attention to the process at hand are critical, say two experts from CH2M HILL Lockwood Greene's Puerto Rico office.
By: Paul Thomas · Posted: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 01:27:27 GMT
Source: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
AMEC Alliance Eyes Up £56bn Nuclear Clean-Up Contracts
17 January, 2006 — The UK Atomic Energy Authority is to team up with the engineering group AMEC and a US partner to bid for £56bn worth of clean-up work at Britain's civil nuclear sites.
By: Michael Harrison · Posted: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 05:17:17 GMT
Source: The Independent
Scramble for £56bn Nuclear Clean-up Contract
17 January, 2006 — The scramble for nuclear clean-up contracts worth £56 billion has begun as the UK Atomic Energy Authority has formed an alliance with British and American companies to bid for the lucrative work.
By: Angela Jameson · Posted: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 05:17:17 GMT
Source: The Times
05 January, 2006 — CH2M HILL's Nancy Tuor has been named by ENR magazine as one of the top 25 newsmakers of 2005.
By: Engineering News-Record · Posted: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 05:05:05 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
Peterson's Passion: CH2M HILL Makes Billion-Dollar Strides Under Eye of a Modest Leader
10 December, 2005 — Ralph Peterson, CEO of industrial construction and design company CH2M HILL, is the Rocky Mountain News' pick for 2005 Businessperson of the Year.
By: Roger Fillion · Posted: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 10:10:10 GMT
Source: Rocky Mountain News
Ground Broken for Treatment Plant
05 December, 2005 — A groundbreaking ceremony was held yesterday for a $158.2 million water-treatment plant that will someday provide 100 million gallons of water a day to county residents.
By: John Berhman · Posted: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 05:05:05 GMT
Source: The San Diego Union-Tribune
First DOE Weapon Site Meets Cleanup Target
24 October, 2005 — CH2M HILL unit completes $7-billion, 10-year remediation of the once notorious Rocky Flats. The Rocky Flats site outside Denver is finally ending its reign as one of the U.S. Dept of Energy's nastiest Cold War legacies.
By: Mary Buckner Powers · Posted: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 01:24:24 GMT
Source: Engineering News-Record
Rocky Flats Job Isn't Over for CEO Who Oversaw It
21 October, 2005 — Nancy Tuor doesn't have an engineering degree. But her management skills, political savvy, and business acumen landed her the CEO position for Kaiser-Hill Co., the contractor in charge of the highly technical $7 billion cleanup of Rocky Flats.
By: Cathy Proctor · Posted: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:21:21 GMT
Source: Denver Business Journal
Engineer Turns Tide on Disaster
17 September, 2005 — When the major breaches in New Orleans' levees were plugged earlier this month, the solution didn't come from an Army Corps of Engineers contingency plan or a Federal Emergency Management Agency guide.
By: Gregg Jones · Posted: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 05:17:17 GMT
Source: The Dallas Morning News
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