HDR
began as a small office in the Midwest providing civil engineering services
to the surrounding areas. Ninety years later, this engineering and architecture
firm has more than 150 offices with over 6,500 employees throughout the
United States.
A key factor in this spectacular growth has been the ability to provide
staff with exciting opportunities for professional development, flexible
benefits and, most importantly, ways that they can achieve a successful
balance between work and home issues. “The result is a tremendously
dedicated group of employees who are committed to providing practical
solutions and innovative ideas for their clients and their communities,”
describes Michaella Wittmann, Senior Vice President and Director of HDR’s
Sustainable Solutions Group. “This is achieved by always creating
integrated solutions for clients that deliver the best possible economic,
social and environmental value.”
“Additionally, HDR credits much of its success to the rewarding
relationships our employees have formed with the communities in which
they work,” she adds. “Our objective is to continually strive
to always be a valued and valuable corporate citizen.” HDR employees
are active leaders and participants in a diverse range of community organizations
and activities including The United Way, CANstruction, American Red Cross,
Habitat for Humanity and many others.
For more than a decade, HDR has advocated for increased environmental
responsibility. A tangible symbol of HDR’s own corporate commitment
to sustainability was the recent relocation of one of its Texas offices
to the award-winning McKinney Green Building, which was designed by HDR’s
architecture group. The McKinney Green Building is one of only a handful
of buildings in the country to have earned a LEED® Platinum rating
by the U.S. Green Building Council. HDR is one of the top A/E/C firms
in the country designing “green” projects, with 15 full-time
dedicated sustainable design consultants. Also, with 191 LEED Accredited
Professionals, HDR was recently ranked seventh in terms of the number
of LEED APs in architectural/engineering firms in the United States, according
to Building Design & Construction magazine.
Currently, over 8.6 million square feet of LEED-certified and -registered
buildings have been designed by HDR, which makes the firm one of the top
design firms providing LEED services to clients. These projects are diversified
into various market sectors, including general architecture, healthcare,
labs, transportation, universities, federal, and airports.
HDR’s commitment to environmental responsibility is grounded in
the vast array of services it offers in building design, mobility, water
resources, energy management, waste management, community planning, and
economic and environmental modeling. HDR is the proud recipient of a 2007
Champions for Change award from Hospitals for a Health Environment (H2E)
in recognition of improvements in its own environmental performance and
for leadership in environmentally responsible healthcare. HDR is also
involved in discussions at the national and international levels regarding
Climate Change.
“The bottom line,” Wittmann notes, “is that HDR is committed
to making the communities in which we live, work and play both successful
and sustainable. We wouldn’t have it any other way.”
For more information on career opportunities at HDR, visit www.work4hdr.com/green. |
