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CHA Consulting, Inc.
FormerlyClough, Harbour and Associates, LLP
Type Limited 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)
Subsidiaries American Fire Protection Inc. (Affiliate)

CHA Consulting, Inc. (previously known as Clough, Harbour & Associates LLP) is an international engineering consulting and construction management 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.

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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 61st largest engineering design firm in the United States. [4]

CHA Consulting and its subsidiary companies were sold in 2018 to First Reserve, a private equity firm that focuses on the acquisition of internationally-based energy companies. [5]

Recent Acquisitions

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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.

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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.