1. London - A place of opportunity
Colin Bailey, CH2M HILL

2. About CH2M HILL
Global provider : Programme Management, Construction
Management, Engineering, Procurement, and Operations.
U.S Company: Headquartered in Denver, Colorado USA
International: Operations in 140 countries
In Europe: European headquarters in London with offices in Dublin, Moscow, Milan,
Madrid
Global staff: 25,000 staff and revenues of $6.4bn ( 2009)
Six sector focus: Energy, Environmental, Facilities, Resources, Transportation, Water
Award Winning: No.1 globally (ENR) in Programme Management,
Construction Management, Environment and Waste Water
Top 100 “Best Companies to Work For”: by FORTUNE magazine
ENR Ranks
Employee Owned: 100% by our global workforce CH2M HILL #1
in Programme
Management
FORTUNE 6 consecutive years
100 Best Companies
to Work For
2003, 2006, 2008,
2009
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3. Why London?
One of the world’s great cities
 Gateway to Europe
 Global finance and investment hub
 Ease of doing business – language, legislation, tax
 Everyone is here – large concentration of multinational companies
 Open trading culture and transparency
 Availability of top talent
 A world stage for progressive Companies
 Infrastructure being transformed
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4. What do we bring to London?
Global track record in creating and operating
Infrastructure
Proven delivery approach on Major
Programmes
Utilities –
water, waste
water, power,
renewables
Past
experience
of Olympic
Games
Transportation Site clean-up
expertise experience
Facilities experience – design, construction, operation.
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5. What do we bring to London?
A differentiated, collaborative approach, focused
on creating sustainable & resilient assets
SOCIAL ECONOMIC
DELIVERY RISK AND TENACITY: ENVIRONMENTAL OPTIMISATION: OPTIMISATION:
OPTIMISATION: OPPORTUNITY can-do attitude OPTIMISATION: health & welfare, value adding,
budget and schedule OPTIMISATION for the long term community engagement, optimised ROI that
jobs &skills development enhances resilience
A commitment to partnering with clients and local companies for shared success.
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6. What have we gained in London?
Enhanced capability and reputation
A strengthened brand and operational platform
 Top talent
 Global profile on world stage
 Strategic relations reaching other international markets
 New programmes & opportunities, in the UK and worldwide
 Significant lessons learned
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7. Lessons Learned
(1) The need to understand and respect different cultures
even English-speaking countries are challenged in the UK
“America and Britain: two countries divided by a common language”
Sir Winston Churchill
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8. Lessons Learned
(2) Take time choosing the right partners:
shared culture, values and vision for the program
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9. Lessons Learned
(3) Be collaborative
with clients, partners and the community - for shared success
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10. Lessons Learned
(4) Be different
bring new ideas and approaches for shared success
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11. Lessons Learned
(5) Be determined
adopt a can-do attitude
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12. Lessons Learned
(6) Build London networks
to help you in the UK and overseas
CH2M HILL
Clients &
Institutions & Local Local Finance &
Government Multinationals Partners Potential
Associations Communities Councils Commercial
Clients
Department of
London First Schools Greenwich Oil and Gas CLM UK Banks
Transport
Department of
International
Culture, Media MPA Colleges Newham Transcend
Manufacturing Banks
and Sport
Department of Community Energy & Development
ACE Hackney
Environment Groups Nuclear Banks
Energy
Investment
DECC ICE Etc. Tower Hamlets Water
Houses
Water
Etc. Etc. Etc. Etc. Developers
Sport
Insurers
Etc.
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13. Lessons Learned
(7) Help keep London competitive
add your voice and experience for continuous
(7) Help keep London competitive
improvement and experience for continuous improvement
add your voice
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14. Lessons Learned
(8) Be sustainable and build sustainably
(8) Be sustainable and build sustainably
build with with future generations
build future generations in mindin mind
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15. Building on London 2012
MASDAR Nuclear New Build
Panama Canal Thames Tideway Crossrail
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16. And the future
Major UK Major Global
programmes programmes
Increased talent pool,
operations scale
and sustainable
UK business model
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17. Thank You
Questions