Engineering Inc. - January/February 2009 - (Page 35) MeMbers in the news Mergers & Acquisitions H DR, Inc., has acquired E. T. Archer Corporation, known as Archer Engineers, an engi- neering/project management firm headquartered in Lee’s Summit, Mo. Going forward, Archer Engineers will conduct business as HDR|Archer. “We are very pleased to have them on board and look forward to the additional expertise they will bring to the HDR family, particularly in the water/wastewater engineering arenas,” said HDR Engineering, Inc., President George Little. Under the new corporate structure, Archer Engineers President and CEO Stan Christopher will be a senior vice president and will direct HDR’s water business practice in Kansas and Missouri. Michael Kalis will be a vice president and water section manager for these areas. U RS Corporation has acquired most assets of Tryck Nyman Hayes, Inc. (TNH), an engi- TNH’s experience in the design of highways, bridges, ports and rail systems is now combined with URS’s Alaska capabilities in environmental planning and design. The new group intends to pursue larger and more complex infrastructure programs, as well as MILCON and BRAC contracts for the Department of Defense and Alaska pipeline projects. neering firm in Anchorage, Alaska. Awards G reenhorne & O’Mara (G&O) announced its acquisition of Orlando, Fla.-area firm EMS Scientists, Engineers, Planners (EMS). The move continues the expan- T Terry Neimeyer he Gazette of Politics and Business, a Maryland-based publication, recently ranked KCI Technologies, Inc., seventh among the top 53 businesses in Maryland and placed Terry Neimeyer, the firm’s CEO and ACEC Treasurer, on the publication’s annual list of the “25 CEOs You Need to Know.” Companies were ranked by revenue growth, employee satisfaction, community service and innovation in their field of expertise. sion of G&O’s Water & Environment (W&E) division. Vince DiCamillo, regional vice president and market leader for G&O’s W&E division, said: “This will enable us to expand our professional services with new practices such as air and noise assessments and modeling, and build upon our existing competencies and client base.” Find ENGINEER yOuR NExT on ACEC’s Job Board . . . where today’s engineering job seekers go to find their next jobs. Since the ACEC Job Board’s inception in August of 2005, over 1,000 member firms have posted job openings and more than 7,000 job seekers have posted resumes. Find your next new hire at: www.acec.org/jobbank/index.cfm January / February 2009 enGineerinG inC. 35 http://www.acec.org/jobbank/index.cfm
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