CH2M Hill Set to Buy U.K. Designer Halcrow in $356-Million Deal

By Debra K. Rubin

"Halcrow will add strong global expertise across a range of transportation, infrastructure and environmental projects," says Steven Gido, partner in Boston-based Rusk O'Brien Gido &Partners, a Boston-based industry management consultant. "Despite the global slowdown, particularly in Europe, CH2M Hill is making a bet on long-term demand for transportation there and globally. It has a good track record of selectively bringing in firms into its organization."

As ENR Editor-at-Large for Energy, Business and Workforce, Debra K. Rubin has a broad vantage for news, issues and trends in global engineering and construction related to key areas of global energy development and transition, corporate business and management, regulation and risk and next-generation workforce development.

Debra also launched and manages ENR's Top 200 Environmental Firms annual ranking, which defines key players in the dynamic global market for environmental services; and is editor of ENR WorkforceToday e-newsletter on industry talent management news and trends. Click here to receive this free monthly newsletter.

She also is a key organizer of ENR's annual Groundbreaking Women in Construction conference, a major AEC industry forum for talent management and women's career advancement. Click here for more detail on plans in formation for the next live event.

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