THIS IS HNTB - American Water Resources Association

The firm of Harrington, Howard
& Ash — later to become HNTB
— opens its doors in Kansas City,
Mo. After years of practice under
Waddell, Ernest Emmanuel Howard,
the “H” in HNTB, establishes the
Kansas City-based partnership
Harrington, Howard & Ash.
Known for his meticulous
technical standards,
Henry C. Tammen,
the “T” in HNTB,
becomes a partner.
HNTB secures an assignment that
launches a large expansion of
the firm’s practice: designing the
Maine Turnpike. It was the first
modern turnpike financed entirely
with private funds and became a
model for other toll highways both
in its design and financing.
HNTB International Corporation
is formed, allowing the firm to
develop opportunities abroad.
The eight-mile Rio-Niteroi
Bridge in Brazil garners the
Grand Conceptor Award from
the American Council of
Engineering Companies in 1975.
The structure includes a world
record steel box girder span of
984 feet. The 8.4-mile Penang
Bridge in Malaysia was the
longest span in Asia at the
time of its 1985 completion.
With the acquisition of Kivett
& Myers, a prestigious Kansas
City architectural firm, HNTB
launches one of the most
successful national engineering
and architecture practices in
the country. The twin-stadium
concept of the Harry S. Truman
Sports Complex helped
establish Kivett & Myers’
reputation in sports facility
design in the 1960s.
HNTB acquires the successful
Lexington, Mass., rail firm of
Thomas K. Dyer, Inc., adding track
signal service communications
and traction power systems design
services to its portfolio, positioning
the firm to serve the rail industry
during a period of global expansion.
HNTB is awarded contracts
to design a new stadium
for the Denver Broncos
and the I-95/Route 1
Interchange in Virginia.
The firm establishes the
HNTB Ownership Plan,
making ownership of HNTB
available to all employees.
HNTB’s commitment to
providing total public
infrastructure services
for both clients and
communities leads to
the acquisition of LDR
International, an awardwinning
urban design
and planning firm.
In the months after Hurricanes
Katrina, Rita and Wilma strike the
Gulf Coast, HNTB professionals work
to rebuild impacted areas in Louisiana,
Mississippi and Florida. HNTB’s
efforts include bridge repairs and
reconstruction, airport assessments,
on-site support to FEMA, strategic
consulting and personal donations.
HNTB, as part of Milwaukee
Transportation Partners joint
venture, completes design and
construction of the Marquette
Interchange in Milwaukee,
a vital connector that links
one-third of the state’s freeway
traffic to the rest of the country.
New Mexico’s Rail Runner Express
Phase 2 public transit extension
opens in just 14 months, with HNTB
serving as lead designer for the
award-winning design-build project.
The firm’s first project, the
Willamette River Bridge in
Portland, Ore., also known as the
Steel Bridge, is still in use today.
Four years before the first
scheduled flight from the
airport, HNTB is involved in
airfield improvements and
a new terminal at Miami
International Airport.
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State Route 91 in Southern
California employs the most
advanced electronic toll and traffic
management system technology
and is one of the nation’s first new
toll roads to be designed and built
by a private company.
HNTB establishes new
subsidiaries, HNTB
Architecture Inc. and
HNTB Federal Services
Corporation, to focus on
the specific needs of clients
in both the buildings and
federal markets.
HNTB develops BASE4D, an
innovative geospatial scheduling,
operational modeling and
decision-support software that
enables military leaders to
efficiently accomplish current
missions, visualize future demands
and plan for transformation
to meet new requirements.
HNTB achieves $1 billion in sales
The Wisconsin Department of
Transportation awards HNTB
the first high-speed rail final
design contract in the United
States for service from Madison
to Watertown, Wis.
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HNTB can trace its
roots as far back as
1887 when world
renowned Dr. John
Alexander Low Waddell,
the father of 20th
century American
bridge design, opened
a consulting practice
in Kansas City, Mo.
New York
office opens
Enoch Needles, later to become
the “N” in HNTB, opens the firm’s
New York office. Establishing a
permanent base of operations
in the heart of New York City’s
financial district proved to be
critical to the firm’s survival
during the Great Depression.
The firm roars through the 1920s
and survives the Great Depression
with federally funded infrastructure
projects including the Harlem
River Bridge and the South Omaha
Bridge, managed by the firm’s new
chief designer, Ruben Bergendoff,
the “B” in HNTB.
Indianapolis
office opens
1940
Portland, Maine,
office opens
1944
The firm changes its
name to Howard, Needles,
Tammen & Bergendoff.
With the needs imposed
by World War II, HNTB
broadens its scope to
include highway design
and aviation, with runway
and taxiway systems and
pavement rehabilitation,
making it a leader in the
transportation industry.
Charleston, W.Va.,
office opens
1951
Boston,
Cleveland
and
Miami
offices open
HNTB secures the 118-mile New
Jersey Turnpike project. “Never
before had the problem been
presented of carrying a 118-
mile expressway with a 60-mile
speed limit directly into the
central portion of the greatest
metropolitan area in the world,”
remarked Enoch Needles. The
New Jersey Turnpike was the
first project for which HNTB
assumed a management role
over other consulting firms.
It was from this arrangement
that the concept of a general
consultant evolved. By the time
the turnpike era reached its peak
in the 1950s, HNTB had managed
turnpike projects in 15 states.
Orlando, Fla.,
office opens
1955
Dallas
and
Milwaukee
offices open
Fairfield, N.J.,
office opens
Seattle
office opens
1960
Overland Park, Kan.,
office opens
1962
Alexandria, Va.,
and
Baton Rouge, La.,
offices open
1963
President Eisenhower signs
a Federal Aid Highway
Act, effectively creating
the interstate highway
system. This legislation,
allocating $30 billion for the
construction of more than
40,000 miles of highway,
catalyzes highway engineering
and construction activity for
decades. The passage of this
legislation was a key driver for
HNTB’s further diversification
in transportation services.
Minneapolis
office opens
1965
Chicago
office opens
1967
Atlanta
office opens
1968
Columbia, Md.,
office opens
Tampa, Fla.,
office opens
1973
Denver
office opens
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HNTB is part of a unique
effort to replace 10,000
feet of runway and parallel
taxiway at Hartsfield Atlanta
International Airport in only
40 working days — ordinarily
a 10-month job. Working
around the clock with 500
workers and $9 million worth
of equipment, HNTB and
the contractor remove and
replace the deteriorating
12-inch runway on time
and under budget. One of
the busiest transportation
hubs in the world, Hartsfield
Atlanta has been served by
HNTB since 1968.
Los Angeles
office opens
1977
Houston
office opens
HNTB is awarded design
and construction services
contracts for a transit
replacement project
in Boston’s Southwest
Corridor — the largest
single construction
project in the city’s
history. The South
Station Rehabilitation
project required public
involvement meetings
due to the extensive
nature of the project
and its impact on the
surrounding communities.
Lexington, Mass.,
office opens
Raleigh, N.C., Austin, Texas,
office opens Philadelphia,
1984
San Antonio
Hartford, Conn., and
office opens San Bernardino, Calif.,
offices open
1986
Louisville, Ky., 1994
office opens
1988
Detroit and
Orange County, Calif.,
offices open
1990
Lansing, Mich.,
and
Salt Lake City
offices open
1992
Previously operating as
a partnership, Howard,
Needles, Tammen &
Bergendoff reorganizes
under a corporate structure
and changes its name to
HNTB Corporation.
Madison, Wis.,
office opens
The design-build Naval
Air Systems Command
Headquarters opens after
a 24-month design and
construction period.
Elkins, W.Va.,
San Francisco,
San Jose, Calif.,
and
St. Louis
offices open
Columbus, Ohio,
Dallas (Downtown),
and
Oakland, Calif.,
offices open
HNTB is managing more than
2,100 projects worldwide and
employs more than 2,500
people. Sales have increased
71 percent since 1996.
Boston Architecture,
Jacksonville, Fla.,
and
Washington, D.C.,
offices open
Charlotte, N.C.,
office opens
2001
Ft. Myers, Fla.,
office opens
2002
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The HNTB-designed
Leonard P. Zakim Bunker
Hill Bridge in Boston is
completed. The $100 million
cable-stayed bridge is
recognized as a monumental
achievement in American
bridge engineering and
construction and is the
focal point of Boston’s
$14.65 billion Central
Artery/Tunnel project.
New Orleans
office opens
HNTB adopts new
visual identity
HNTB immediately
steps in to help
hurricane-ravaged
areas begin the long
road to recovery.
Employees bring
their professional
experience on site, and
HNTB plays a pivotal
role in reopening one
of the Interstate 10
twin bridges over
Lake Pontchartrain in
New Orleans – 16 days
earlier than scheduled.
San Diego
office opens
Las Vegas,
Omaha,
Phoenix and
Sacramento
offices open
Backlog of work
exceeds $1 billion
HNTB employs
wide-scaled
use of Building
Information
Modeling (BIM)
to provide added
value to the cost
and delivery
of projects for
buildings clients.
HNTB
celebrates
one year
voluntary
S-OX 404
compliance
HNTB History:
NEARING 100 Years
OF Integrity,
QUALITY OF WORK
and Innovation
“Some people have accused us of aspiring
too high … but we believe that ideals are
like stars; you may not succeed in touching
them with your hands, but like navigators
at sea, you may be guided by them.”
— Ernest E. Howard
HNTB founder
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