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News from Golder ACCOLADES Our Technically Speaking newsletter was recently awarded 1st place in the External Newsletter Category of the ZweigWhite 2009 A/E Marketing Excellence Awards. Winners of these annual awards were announced at the A/E Marketing Now Summit in San Francisco, USA on May 21, 2009.
Two of Golder’s most distinguished geotechnical engineers, Bill Brumund (Jacksonville, USA) and Tom Krzewinski (Anchorage, USA), have been recognized by the Academy of Geo-Professionals (AGP) Board of Trustees as having met the requirements for the Diplomate, Geotechnical Engineering (D.GE) credential. The Diplomate, Geotechnical Engineering credential exemplifies the commitment Bill and Tom have made to continued education and professional development, both in their own careers and in influencing the careers of their colleagues.
The Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland (ACEI) presented Golder’s Dr. John Boyd with its “Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland President’s Award 2009” at a ceremony held in Dublin, Ireland. Dr. Boyd, who is currently finishing his term as President of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (www.fidic.org), received the award for his outstanding contribution and dedication to the promotion of project sustainability management within the global practice and the honor it has brought to the engineering profession.
Our Ghana operation was recently awarded the Ghana Africa Business Award (Bronze) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration at the 4th Ghana-Africa Business Awards for our commendable contribution to development in the African mining sector. To learn more, please contact Erika du Plessis at eduplessis@golder.com.
WWW.GOLDER.COM Check out www.golder.com, our new, informative web site featuring project profiles from around the globe, the latest news, sections highlighting our client sectors and services and regional pages to serve our clients better.
COMMUNITY Over 1,200 Golder employees around the world recently participated in a global African quilt fundraiser, raising over $10,000 USD for the Golder Trust for Orphans. Golder Associates Corporation matched the employee donations for a total of $20,000 USD raised.
After moving to a new location, Golder’s Gainesville, Florida, USA office held a silent auction and garage sale to sell surplus furniture left over from the move, with all proceeds benefi ting the Golder Trust for Orphans (GTO). Employees were able to bid on furniture via silent auction and unsold furniture, as well as employee donations from home, went to a garage sale. At the end of the day, proceeds from both the silent auction and garage sale totaled $800 USD, all of which was donated to the GTO.
Golder’s Redmond and Seattle, USA offices participated in an Earth Day tree planting event sponsored by the City of Redmond and EarthCorps. Staff planted over 250 trees and shrubs.
TEAMING RELATIONSHIPS
LEADERSHIP CHANGES Brian Conlin named President of Golder Associates Corporation
Conlin, a 28-year Golder veteran, started his career in our Mississauga, Canada office in 1977 as a geological engineer. Spending the majority of his career on Canada’s west coast, Conlin built his experience locally and internationally on mining, oil and gas, land development and infrastructure projects. Prior to being named president of Golder, Conlin led the Canadian operating company for nearly a decade, contributed to global development, and supported clients across Canada, the United States, South America and the frontiers of the North. Now as the global president, Conlin will spearhead the firm’s sustainability and diversification strategies with support from the Global Management Team and Board of Directors. “I am honoured to accept this position and welcome the opportunity to face new challenges with a world class team,” says Conlin. “By building on Golder Associates’ reputation for quality, technical excellence and integrity, we can position our firm to better serve our clients for continued success as we enter our 50th year of business.”
EVENTS Golder’s Jacksonville, Florida, USA office held an annual client appreciation golf tournament on April 10, 2009 at the World Golf Village. It was a remarkable event with more than 60 clients in attendance. In addition to the great day of golf, Golder was able to donate $1,620 USD to the worthy charity “Dreams Come True,” a non-profit organization with the simple goal of making the dreams of children with life threatening illnesses become reality.
GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSIONS
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Golder’s UK operation
was recently listed (64th)
on The Sunday Times 100
Best Companies to Work
For 2009, in recognition of
our great work practices
and excellent people care. Nearly 1,000 organisations
took part in the survey for a place on one of
the 3 lists (Top 20 Big Companies, Top 100
Companies and Top 100 Small Companies).
Our Australian operation recently won two
significant accolades in this year’s Beaton
Consulting/Business Review Weekly (BRW) Client
Choice Awards. For the fourth consecutive year,
Golder won Best Consulting Engineering firm in
our revenue category. Golder also won Best West
Australian firm. Overall, Golder has now won 10
Beaton Consulting/BRW Awards since 2006 and
is the first company to reach this milestone. Three
hundred firms were eligible for the awards in
2009. For more information about the awards,
please contact Ian Smith at 
Recent donations made by the Golder Trust for
Orphans to the Thembisa Embo Community Project
and Hope Farm have helped make the farm run
more effi ciently and provided safer and cleaner
facilities for the orphans who are being cared
for there. For more information visit
Golder acquired the assets of Engineering and
Hydrosystems, Inc. (E&H), a Denver-based consultancy
specializing in hydrology and hydraulics,
sediment, river engineering and design, and reservoir
and water supply management. The new team
of six engineers and scientists augments Golder’s
core technical capabilities in water infrastructure
design, safety assurance, management and maintenance.
For more information contact Dr. George
Annandale at 
Brian Conlin, previously
the President of our Canadian
operating company,
has been appointed by
the Board of Directors as
President and Chief Executive
Officer of Golder Associates
Corporation, our
global operating company.
He succeeds Rick Firlotte who held this role for
nearly ten years.
Mark Brightman was
recently chosen to lead
Golder’s Canadian operations,
Golder Associates Ltd.
Mark is a hydrogeologist
with a Bachelor’s Degree
from the University of
Nottingham, UK, and has
worked on nuclear waste
disposal, oil sands development and contaminated
sites projects. Mark joined Golder in 1990
and has worked for Golder in the UK, USA and
Canada. Mark succeeds Brian Conlin who was
recently appointed to president of Golder’s global
operating company.
We recently opened an office in St. Petersburg,
Russia to serve the Russian market. The new
office expands Golder’s traditional ground
engineering and environmental services to
international clients operating in Russia as well
as to major Russian corporations operating in
Russia and abroad. The main focus of the new
office will be on mining, manufacturing and oil
and gas clients. The office is lead by Alex Gordine,
a water resources engineer with 17 years of
experience. Please contact Alex Gordine at
