Colorado-based engineering firm becomes new VECO owner.(ACQUISITIONS )(CH2M Hill Companies Ltd. acquired VECO Corp.)(Brief artic

CH2M HILL,--a global full-service engineering, construction and operations firm--announced in September that it acquired VECO. The former Anchorage-based VECO organization includes businesses specializing in program management, construction, engineering, procurement, operations and maintenance that have been serving oil and gas, mining and power clients since 1968. With more than 4,000 employees, the organization has major operations in Alaska, western Canada, the Lower 48, Russia and the Middle East. The former VECO businesses will generally operate under the CH2M HILL name.

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Headquartered in Denver, Colo., employee-owned CHM2 HILL, is a worldwide leader in engineering, construction and operations for public and private clients. With more than $5 billion in revenue, and more than 23,000 workers in regional offices around the world, it is an industry-leading program management, construction management and design firm, as ranked by Engineering News Record in 2007. The firm's work is concentrated in the areas of transportation, water, energy, environment and industrial facilities.

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