Custom Data System Captures Compliance Jeff Yoders July 26, 2017 No Comments A $429-million highway job in Ohio to bypass the southern city of Portsmouth and speed driving time between Cincinnati and Columbus by late 2018 is the state’s largest road project and its first as a public-private partnership.Read More
Finance How Costly Projects Are Forcing CH2M to Weigh a Buyout Much damage was done by a couple of fixed-price contracts Richard Korman Debra K. Rubin July 26, 2017 No Comments The firm is reported to be in advanced talks with Jacobs for $1.5B takeoverRead More
Finance Is Jacobs Close to a Deal to Buy CH2M? Analysts size up potential for huge construction and engineering acquisition ENR Editors July 20, 2017 No Comments The U.S. giants did not comment on acquisition talks in reports by the Times of London and Bloomberg.Read More
Drinking Water How to Build a Versatile Water Treatment Plant Three water sources, three treatments challenge construction team at Florida plant Thomas F. Armistead June 14, 2017 No Comments A water treatment plant being built near Fort Myers, Fla., will purify water from three different aquifers with three different treatment systems.Read More
One of Superfund's Largest Cap-in-Place Cleanups Starts June 7, 2017 No Comments Honeywell International Inc. picked CH2M as remedial construction manager for the estimated $78-million N.J. waste project across from Manhattan.Read More
CH2M Chosen As Construction Manager For MBTA Green Line Extension Project $57-million contract is the largest contract awarded since the project was stopped in 2015 Justin Rice May 18, 2017 CH2M Hill Inc. was awarded a program and construction management contract for the MBTA's Green Line Extension. Read More
Nuclear Safety Tunnel Collapse at Hanford Nuclear Waste Site Prompts Emergency Declaration No evidence exists that radiation was released Tim Newcomb May 9, 2017 One Comment Incident at the 1960s-era former plutonium production site caused no radiation emission, officials said.Read More
Construction Industry Ethics How a Conflict Issue Forced CH2M to Cede Big Rail Job to Bechtel The episode has prompted a UK rail agency to change its vetting system Peter Reina May 5, 2017 No Comments The program management contract for $32-billion project goes to runner-up.Read More
Front-Runner CH2M Exits UK High Speed Rail Bid Legal challenges loomed, according to a report Peter Reina April 5, 2017 No Comments Firm cites "speculation" over possible conflict in former exec named as owner CEO and delays to project.Read More
Construction and engineering mergers CH2M and Atkins Are Mum on Merger Speculation U.S. and U.K. consultants won't comment on Jan. 30 British media reports of link discussions. Debra K. Rubin January 30, 2017 No Comments U.S. and U.K. consultants won't comment on Jan. 30 British media reports of link discussions.Read More