Additionally, CH2M HILL was ranked in the top five in severalsubcategories, including water supply/treatment, wastewater treatment,consulting/studies, nuclear waste cleanup, engineering/design,environmental science, and construction/remediation.

"CH2M HILL got its start more than 60 years ago as a small environmentalengineering firm in Oregon, and this recognition is a testament toCH2M HILL's continued commitment to deliver integrated solutions that arein the best interest of our clients and our environment," says LeeMcIntire, CH2M HILL's president and chief operating officer.

Recent environmental highlights for the firm include:

--  Program manager for Masdar City, the world's first zero-carbon, zero-    waste city. Located in the heart of Abu Dhabi, the six square kilometer    alternative energy city will establish a world-class standard for    implementing integrated sustainable technologies by accelerating the    development and adoption of technologies in renewable energy, energy    efficiency, carbon management, waste management and water usage.--  Program manager for the historic 32-kilometer Thames Tideway Tunnel    Program to capture sewer discharges in London's deepest ever tunnel and    transfer it for treatment.--  Managing the Navy's largest ongoing munitions cleanup on Vieques,    CH2M HILL is overseeing the removal and disposal of locating, safely    detonating and disposing of unexploded ordnances in environmentally-    responsible ways to clean up this former Navy Atlantic training site.--  Designing the Round Butte Dam Selective Water Withdrawal tower, one of    the largest, most complex and innovative surface collectors in the world,    the 270-foot water withdrawal tower will be placed underwater to provide    temperature control and attraction flow for fish passage.--  Providing North Hudson Sewerage Authority in Hoboken, New Jersey    design, bid and procurement services for Adams Street Wastewater Treatment    Plant, including installing a solar system that produces approximately    186,000 KWh of electric energy per year to power the plant.--  Program manager for the $2.9 billion, 7-year environmental cleanup of    the Idaho National Laboratory. The project involves the decommissioning and    demolition of more than 200 structures, including 10 high-risk facilities    containing highly radioactive hot cells and three test reactors, spent    nuclear fuel storage ponds and radioactive-materials labs.--  Nuclear operations management at the high-level radioactive waste tank    farms at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington. The tank farms are    the U.S. government's largest and most complex nuclear liability    representing more than 60 percent of all high-level radioactive waste in    the United States by curie content stored in 177 underground tanks.    

The firm was also recently ranked the number one program management firmand received a top five ranking in the list of top design firms by ENR, anindustry publication of the McGraw-Hill Companies.

Headquartered in Denver, Colo., employee-owned CH2M HILL is a global leaderin engineering, procurement, construction, management and operations forgovernment, civil, industrial and energy clients. With more than $5 billionin revenue and 24,000 employees, CH2M HILL is an industry-leading programmanagement, construction management and design firm, as ranked byEngineering News-Record (2008). The firm's work is concentrated in theareas of energy, water, transportation, environmental, nuclear andindustrial facilities. The firm has long been recognized as a most-admiredcompany and leading employer, including being named by FORTUNE as one ofthe 100 Best Companies to Work For and one of America's Most AdmiredCompanies (2008). Visit www.ch2mhill.com.

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