[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 65 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E776]
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                          TRIBUTE TO CH2M HILL

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                            HON. JOHN LINDER

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 10, 1996

  Mr. LINDER. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to recognize a company 
employing many of my constituents--the employee-owned, international 
project delivery and consulting engineering firm of CH2M HILL--for 
their current role as the environmental adviser to the 1996 Olympic 
games in Atlanta. Much of the Olympic work is being performed from CH2M 
HILL's long-established Atlanta office, one of the firm's 122 locations 
worldwide. CH2M HILL will supply on-call environmental counsel before, 
during, and after the games to the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic 
games [ACOG] as they complete the environmental framework for staging 
the largest peacetime event in history.
  Thus far, the firm's activities have included: documenting innovative 
environmental approaches and achievements during venue planning and 
construction; assessing the impact of the games on environmental 
media--air, water, solid waste; linking sponsors to environmental 
management planning and addressing any sponsor-related circumstances, 
for example, heat, air quality, and supplying support in the areas of 
solid waste management, indoor air quality at the Olympic Village, and 
transportation operations. CH2M HILL will also develop an official 
environmental summary document for the 1996 games that will provide 
benchmark environmental data for future Olympic and other large 
sporting events.
  To put CH2M HILL's involvement in context, when the International 
Olympic Committee [IOC] awarded the Olympic Games to Atlanta in 1990, 
environmental management was not a component of the Olympic bid 
process. One year later in 1991, the IOC in partnership with the United 
Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) formally highlighted the 
importance of environmentalism as a new Olympic ideal. Atlanta is only 
the second host city to voluntarily address Olympic environmentalism in 
any pragmatic or operational manner. The 1996 Olympic games are being 
held in the United States, a nation with some of the highest 
environmental standards in the world. When you add Atlanta's 
contribution of sound environmental management in a sport setting to 
the above, there is little doubt that the environmental measure for 
future Olympic games has been significantly raised.
  CH2M HILL is an innovator in environmental technology and integrated 
project delivery. The firm serves a diverse portfolio of public- and 
private-sector clients throughout the world in the fields of water, 
environment, transportation, industrial facilities, infrastructure, and 
facility operations. The year 1996 marks the employee-owned firm's 50th 
year in business.
  I congratulate CH2M HILL for their involvement as the environmental 
adviser to the largest peacetime event in history and recognize the 
important role our Nation plays in championing environmental 
stewardship and helping to preserve the planet for future generations.

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