MWH Global

MWH Global, Inc.
Employee-Owned Corporation
Industry Consulting, Engineering, construction, operations and finance
Founded Heywood, Lancashire, United Kingdom (1820)
(as Ames Crosta Babcock)
Headquarters Broomfield, Colorado United States
Key people
 Alan Krause, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Revenue Increase$1.3 Billion [1] USD (2013)
Number of employees
 7,000 (2015)[2]
Website www.mwhglobal.com

MWH Global is a global water and natural resources firm, providing technical engineering, construction services and consulting services. The firm has provided planning, design and construction management services for a wide range of water and natural resources projects around the world.[3] The firm is headquartered in Broomfield, a suburb of the Denver metropolitan area in the State of Colorado of the United States with operations in 35 countries. As of May 2015, MWH Global had a global staff of approximately 7,000 employees,[2] including builders, engineers, architects, geologists, operators, project managers, business consultants, scientists, technologists, and regulatory experts. MWH is listed as the 15th-largest employee-owned company in America.[4]

History

MWH Global is the unification of three major engineering firms: James M. Montgomery Consulting Engineers (JMM), Watson Hawksley, Ltd., and Harza Engineering Company.[5] JMM was founded in Pasadena in 1945 by James M. Montgomery[6] following his work on the design (1936) and commencement (1941) of the 100-million gallon per day F. E. Weymouth Memorial Water Softening and Filtration Plant at La Verne, California for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California while with the firm Hoover and Montgomery.[7] JMM merged with Watson Hawksley, Ltd., of High Wycombe, United Kingdom, in 1990, combining JMM's specialization in water and wastewater engineering with Watson Hawksley's international operation, to become the global firm of Montgomery Watson.[8] In 2001, Montgomery Watson merged with Harza Engineering Company, of Chicago, Illinois, best known for its work in the energy and environmental sectors and hydroelectric power development[9] including the El Cajón Dam in Honduras (officially known as Central Hidroeléctrica Francisco Morazán), and operated under the new name of Montgomery Watson Harza. In 2003, the firm name was shortened to MWH.[8]In 2010, MWH acquired Biwater Services Ltd., a water construction and engineering firm. With the acquisition, the firm’s history can now be traced to 1820, when Ames Crosta Babcock (an acquisition of Biwater Services) was created.[10]

Services

MWH performs work in all aspects of water and natural resources, including water and wastewater networks, hydropower and renewable energy, ports and waterways, environmental services and industrial sustainability.

Water and Wastewater

ENR has recognized MWH Global as one of the leading firms in water resource management.[11] MWH provides planning, design and construction management services for water resources projects around the world. MWH works with municipalities, utilities, governments, and industries to conserve, store and distribute water in the face of challenges from droughts and floods. Recent work included the planning, engineering and management resources for Dubai’s Jebel Ali Sewage Treatment Plant, the Southern Delivery System Water Project in Colorado Springs, Colo.[12] and the Combined Sewer Overflow Program in Indianapolis, Ind.

Hydropower and Renewable Energy

MWH has been involved in planning and constructing large dams, pumped-storage schemes and power transmission systems.[13] MWH also designs and develops other renewable energy infrastructure including biomass, solar energy, and wind energy facilities.

MWH led a joint-venture with Energoprojekt Co. Ltd. to complete the $350 million Tekeze Dam Hydropower Project in northern Ethiopia.[14] The government-funded project – and tallest dam in Africa at 188 meters-high – is expected to provide a renewable source of power for the country that has imposed regular blackouts for its 80 million residents due to energy shortages.[15]

In Venezuela, MWH has provided engineering, design and construction management support for the Guri Dam hydroelectric development project for 50 years. Located on the Caroni River in Venezuela, the project has been developed in stages to match electrical demand growth. The dam was raised in the early 1980s, and has a combined capacity of 20 units that exceeds 10,000 MW. MWH designed the original project and has been providing engineering services since the 1950s.

In California, MWH conducted feasibility studies and provided permitting, design and construction management services for a one-megawatt solar photovoltaic array at the Robert A. Skinner Water Treatment plant near Los Angeles.[16]

The AMP hydropower projects involve four existing dams on the Ohio River that are being converted into hydropower projects. These projects use reservoirs formed by the existing locks and dams, minimizing environmental impacts and ultimately generating power for 200,000 homes in the Ohio River Valley.[17]

Ports & Waterways

MWH designs, manages, builds, rehabilitates and expands marine projects around the world, including ports, locks, canals, channels, sea outfalls, coastal facilities and shoreline protection. MWH also designs transportation-related infrastructure projects such as highways, bridges, mass transit and airports.

MWH is the lead designer of the CICP joint venture for the Third Set of Locks Project as part of the expansion of the Panama Canal. The project, which began in 2009, is designed to accommodate Post-Panamax vessels through the canal.[18]

Environment

MWH offers a range of environmental services, including environmental management systems, water quality improvement, environmental restoration, productive reuse, strategic environmental resource planning and solid/hazardous waste management. In the mining and landfill industries, MWH works in areas such as water supply, characterization studies, surface water and pit lakes.

In the United Kingdom, MWH was called upon to deliver an assessment of utilities and infrastructure (including water, wastewater, electricity, gas and digital) needed to meet the rapid growth of the Manchester Corridor.[19] The project has used a range of services, including renewable energy and local generation, to meet future growth needs and reduce the area's carbon footprint.

Transportation

MWH provides services such as road maintenance, engineering and transportation infrastructure construction. Projects include subways, railways, motorways, rural roads canals, and public transportation facilities.

In the Fitzroy region of Queensland, Australia, MWH provided services program management, project and construction management and design services for the reconstruction of more than 1,000 kilometers of the state’s road network after significant flooding that affected the region in the summers of 2010-2013. The project reconnected many of the main areas in Queensland, allowing tourism and other economic activity to restart following the disasters.[20]

Subsidiary Companies

Innovyze

Innovyze is a provider of water infrastructure business analytics software. Its main clients include government agencies, engineering organizations, water and wastewater utilities, universities and other large organizations.[21]

Hawksley Consulting

Hawksley Consulting is a management consultant firm that specializes in strategy, finance, risk management, organizational development, IT and environmental and social sustainability. The firm operates in eight countries.[22]

Projects

Panama Canal Expansion Project

The Third Set of Locks project, part of the Panama Canal Expansion Project expansion project, is intended to double the capacity of the Panama Canal by 2016 by creating a new lane of traffic and allowing more and larger ships to transit.[23]

Work done by MWH on the project included the creation and design of Water-Saving Basins, seismic design and new lock gate technology.

MWH Global is the lead designer of the Consultores Internacionales (CICP) joint venture and was involved in multiple aspects of the project, including design and construction.[24] Grupo Unidos Por El Canal (GUPC) was the contractor responsible for the construction of the Third Set of Locks Project.[25]

AMP Hydropower projects

American Municipal Power, Inc (AMP) is developing four hydroelectric projects on the Ohio River. Together, these projects will provide more than 300 megawatts of new electricity generation to homes in the region. MWH Global is serving as the owner’s engineer for the design and construction management of the projects.[26]

In addition to the design and construction management, MWH provides engineering services including geotechnical, hydraulic, civil and structural and electro-mechanical engineering for the projects.

United Kingdom Water Projects

MWH Global is providing service to numerous U.K. utilities as part of the AMP cycles. In addition to design-build partner roles, MWH provides consulting and programme management for many U.K. water and wastewater utility projects, currently contracted through 2020.[27]

References

  1. ↑ http://content.yudu.com/Library/A17k4d/USBEITmagazine2009De/resources/50.htm
  2. 1 2 http://www.mwhglobal.com/about-us/company-overview/
  3. ↑ http://mountainstates.construction.com/mountainstates_construction_firms/2013/0624-mwh-global-named-enr-mountain-states-design-firm-of-the-year.asp
  4. ↑ https://www.nceo.org/articles/employee-ownership-100
  5. ↑ http://www.privco.com/private-company/mwh-global-inc
  6. ↑ http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?7099921
  7. ↑ http://www.hoovers.com/company/MWH_Global_Inc/ckjtki-1.html
  8. 1 2 http://www.mwhglobal.com/MWH/aboutmwh/History.html
  9. ↑ http://www.library.dal.ca/archives/MS4/MS-4-253.htm
  10. ↑ http://www.mwhglobal.com/about-us/company-overview/history/
  11. ↑ http://enr.construction.com/toplists/InternationalDesignFirms/001-100.asp
  12. ↑ http://mountainstates.construction.com/mountainstates_construction_projects/2012/0423-water-supply-boostfor-southern-colorado.asp
  13. ↑ http://www.hydropower.org/companies/mwh-global
  14. ↑ http://en.ethiopianreporter.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2353&Itemid=1
  15. ↑ http://abbaymedia.com/News/?p=2678
  16. ↑ https://www.acec-ca.org/doc.asp?id=1633
  17. ↑ http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2007/06/mwh-awarded-three-ohio-hydroelectric-projects-48802.html
  18. ↑ http://www.pancanal.com/eng/pr/press-releases/2009/07/15/pr343.html
  19. ↑ http://www.corridormanchester.com/
  20. ↑ http://www.mwhglobal.com/news-room/featured-stories/awards-and-recognition/mwh-recognized-great-work-australia/
  21. ↑ http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=22030552
  22. ↑ http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/blog/earth_to_power/2015/02/mwh-global-s-consulting-business-spins-off-as.html
  23. ↑ http://micanaldepanama.com/expansion/
  24. ↑ https://www.cobizmag.com/articles/panama-canal-2.0
  25. ↑ http://www.gupc.com.pa/en
  26. ↑ http://www.amppartners.org/generation/hydro
  27. ↑ http://www.thameswater.co.uk/about-us/17410.htm

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