Clough Harbour

CHA Consulting, Inc. (previously known as Clough, Harbour & Associates LLP) is an international engineering consulting firm headquartered in Albany, New York.[1] The firm was founded in 1952 by John Clarkeson, P.E., in Boston, Massachusetts and focused on civil design work. The firm was subsequently purchased by Ronald Clough and renamed Clough & Associates. Ronald Clough then partnered with Bill Harbour and the firm was renamed Clough, Harbour & Associates, LLP.

CHA Consulting, Inc.
FormerlyClough, Harbour and Associates, LLP
TypeLimited liability partnership (Private)
Founded1952
Headquarters575 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207
Number of locations
43 (Includes Subsidiaries as of 2022)
Key people
Jim Stephenson, CEO
ServicesConsulting Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management
Revenue$320 Million (2021)
Number of employees
1300 (Includes Subsidiaries as of 2021)
SubsidiariesAmerican Fire Protection Inc. (Affiliate)
Websitehttp://www.chacompanies.com

Some of the firm’s first notable projects were its work on Boston’s “Inner Belt” highway and the Interstate Highways throughout the Northeast.[2]

CHA has grown substantially since then and now has a large presence in several different engineering fields, including power supply and distribution, communications infrastructure, structural, electrical, mechanical, environmental, geotechnical, civil, aviation, rail, and traffic/transportation engineering, as well as landscape architecture, land use planning, surveying, sports and recreation, wetland delineation, construction engineering and technology services.[3]

According to a recent listing by Engineering News-Record (ENR), a publication which ranks design firms based on information about their revenue, CHA is the 53rd largest engineering design firm in the United States.[4]

CHA Consulting and its subsidiary companies were recently sold to First Reserve, a private equity firm that focuses on the acquisition of internationally-based energy companies.[5]

Notable projects

In the Albany, NY area, CHA has engineered some large scale projects, including the Times Union Center, the Joseph L. Bruno Stadium, the Albany Pedestrian Walkway, the expansive Colonie Town Park, and the Albany Capital Center.[6]

Albany Capital Center

In 2017, CHA completed work on the Albany Capital Center, an 82,000 square foot conference center in downtown Albany which received both the award for APWA Capital Branch Project of the Year - Structures More Than $75 M and 2018 ACEC New York Engineering Excellence Gold Award: Structural Systems.

The Times Union Center

The Times Union Center is an indoor performance arena located in Albany, NY for which CHA Consulting was engaged to provide engineering and design services. It seats approximately 16,000 people and is frequently used to host concerts, speakers, and sporting events.

Rensselear Station and Albany Track Enhancements

CHA Consulting designed the $50 million project including renovations and improvements to Albany's Rensselear Station, which included the addition of a fourth track.[7] Furthermore, improvements to the train tracks between Albany, NY and Schenectady, NY are currently ongoing, a project which received the 2018 ACEC Gold Award for Excellence in Engineering.

Subsidiaries

American Fire Protection, Inc.

American Fire Protection specializes in the design, installation, and maintenance of complex fire protections projects large and small. The firm is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, and consults on projects pertaining to sprinklers, special hazards, inspections, and fire suppression.

References
  1. "CHA - About". Chacompanies.com. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  2. "CHA - NYS Route 7 over I-87 Interchange Reconstruction". Chacompanies.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  3. "CHA - Markets". Chacompanies.com. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  4. "ENR 2020 Top 500 Design Firms". Enr.com. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  5. "Cha Consulting in Albany sold to private equity". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  6. "Businesses look to Albany for meetings, trade shows as convention center opens". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  7. "CHA: Rensselear Station". Chacompanies.com.
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