Hazardous, Toxic & Radioactive Waste (HTRW)
Environmental Compliance/RCRA
Pollution Prevention
Environmental Management Systems
Property Redevelopment
Environmental Sciences
Air Quality
Biological Services
Environmental Compliance/NEPA
Environmental Restoration
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Noise & Acoustics
Public Involvement
Facilities
Management Consulting
Planning
Power & Energy
Alternative Generation
Asset Consulting
Facility Engineering
Facility Environmental
Industrial & Institutional Energy Systems
Owner’s Engineer
Strategic Management & Planning
Transmission & Distribution/Power Delivery
Solid Waste
Water Resources & Fisheries
Interior Design
Interior designers are an integral part of the design team at HDR. These talented professionals work directly with the client and the design team to determine image and to coordinate interior material selection, interior architectural detailing and lighting.
Interior designers help the client to determine standards for furniture selection, review and specify products with end-users, and aid the client in the selection of signage, artwork and accessories. They review new products, participate in national symposiums on interior design and are active members of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).
Other tasks performed by interior designers at HDR:
Interior architectural detailing coordination
Interior lighting design
Interior materials selection and specification
Interior furniture selection and specification
Signage and graphics selection and specification
Interior furniture contract administration
Room finish, color scheduling and specification
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Landscape Architecture
Landscape architects enhance the overall quality of architectural, engineering and consulting services provided to our clients. They work directly with other design professionals solving site problems and creating appropriate and exciting site design solutions. Landscape architects have specialized training and abilities in analyzing the context of our projects, and they are able to visualize a variety of outdoor spaces three-dimensionally.
Other tasks performed by landscape architects at HDR:
Site selection
Site analysis
Master planning
Site planning
Site circulation design
Parking analysis and design
Grading design
Hardscape design
Softscape design
Helipad design
Fountain design
Outdoor plaza/streetscape design
Interior planting selection and design
Irrigation system design
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Marketing
Everyone at HDR plays an important role in the marketing process. Whether meeting regularly with a client, understanding the nuances of a project, helping an owner realize a program vision, striving for innovations in the industry, analyzing ways to improve our client service or communicating the strengths of our firm, professionals in a wide variety of roles contribute to the success of marketing HDR.
We carefully integrate our marketing efforts with the daily operations of the business, creating a cohesive blend of technical knowledge and client communication. Our marketing and consulting professionals work together to share HDR’s expertise through client proposals and presentations, advertising, articles in trade publications, participation in industry conferences, and project websites. In addition, our team contributes research, analysis and planning to our marketing strategy. Through a variety of media, our marketing professionals communicate HDR’s mission: to be a superior professional firm known for vision, value, and service to our clients, our communities and our employees.
Other tasks performed by marketers at HDR:
Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineers encompass perhaps the broadest of all the engineering disciplines in their range of activities and functions. They are licensed professionals concerned with the design, manufacture and operation of a wide range of components, devices or systems.
HDR mechanical engineers work with our clients and other members of the design team to solve the complex problems presented by changing exterior and interior climates, site orientation, building material selections, glazing solutions, code restrictions, and the desire to create "green buildings." They bring creative and exciting solutions to our clients with a level of engineering expertise that integrates known rules with the unexpected.
Other tasks performed by mechanical engineers at HDR:
Mechanical documents review
Mechanical specification writing and editing
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) design
Plumbing design
Steam piping design
Compressed air piping design
Machine design
Transfer station facility design
Construction cost estimation
Hydraulic systems design
Combustion turbine power plant design
Preparation of governmental permit applications
Landfill permitting and planning
Waste-to-energy facility design and testing
Equipment selection and specification
Power and industrial plant inspection
Ash-handling system design
Controls and instrumentation design and specification
Gas piping design
Material handling design
Material recovery facility (MRF) design
Waste incineration facility design
Fire protection systems design
Acceptance testing
Solid waste planning and permitting
Solid waste flow modeling and analysis
Methane gas production and utilization
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Planning
HDR planners provide design and consulting services to meet clients' needs for creating or redeveloping communities and enhancing and broadening mobility, while preserving and protecting the environment. The HDR planner serves the client from the inception of an idea in roles as advisor, strategist, concept designer, master planner, catalyst and expediter.
HDR's planning mission is a holistic approach that promotes making better places and is founded on the belief that the built and natural environments are interrelated. This is an integrated strategy for creating new communities, revitalizing our cities, expanding modal choices and protecting the environment.
Types of planning services performed by HDR professionals:
Community
Community planning
Community design
Community development
Mobility
Modal choices
Mobility systems
Implementation solutions
Environmental
Environmental sciences
Environmental impacts
Environmental management
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Sciences
HDR has many exciting opportunities for scientists, including chemists, ecologists, economists, geologist and biologists. Our science professionals enhance the overall quality of the service provided to our clients by providing extensive expertise in air, land, water and socioeconomic information. Our scientists and engineers are teamed together to provide the right blend of technologies to creatively, effectively and efficiently meet the challenges of sustaining economic growth and environmental quality.
HDR scientists provide expert assistance in the following areas:
Other science opportunities available at HDR:
Archaeology
Anthropology
Chemistry
Biology
Ecology
Economics
Geology
Meteorology
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Structural Engineering
Structural engineers are specialized civil engineers who are responsible for the design, inspection, analysis and evaluation of supporting and reinforcing structures. They are registered professionals responsible for designing and coordinating the work necessary to produce a safe and code-compliant structure. Structural engineers are an integral part of the design process, and in many cases produce their work ahead of the other disciplines to facilitate accelerated construction techniques.
Structural engineers work on complex project involving:
Structural building design
Structural engineering consulting
Bridge design
Bridge inspection, analysis, rating and strengthening
Bridge and structure construction observation
Dam and levee design
Steel and reinforced concrete structure design
Concrete retaining wall, tunnel, equipment foundation and tank design
Masonry, spread footing and pile foundation design
Construction engineering
Other tasks performed by structural engineers at HDR:
Steel-framed structure design
Concrete-framed structure design
Timber-framed structure design
Retaining wall and foundation design
Tower and platform design
Tunnel design
Technical/CADD
Technicians in all disciplines are responsible for creating the documents used for review, bidding and construction of all HDR projects. Technical professionals, along with other team members, perform the complex assignments necessary to create the documents used by members of the construction team to build the end-products for our clients.
Technicians perform their work using state-of-the-art hardware and software, following established standards and electronic drafting techniques. They are responsible for documenting, editing, presenting, and in some cases completing designs produced by architects and engineers.
Technicians have a thorough knowledge of the following areas:
Production of schematic, design development and construction documents
Engineering planning
Drafting
Detailing
CADD and associated software operations
Corporate drafting standards
Other tasks performed by technicians at HDR:
Architectural planning design and layout
Concept visual generation
Interior design and layout
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) design
Plumbing design
Steam piping design
Steam, compressed air and gas piping design site layout
Industrial facility design and layout
Transfer station facility design and layout
Process and instrumentation diagrams
Aerial photographs and drawings
Topographic drawings
Wastewater treatment plant design and layout
Structural design
Mechanical design
Civil design
Electrical system design and layout
Material recovery facility (MRF) design and layout
Waste incineration facility design and layout