corporation industry consulting engineering construction operations and finance founded heywood lancashire united kingdom 1820 as ames crosta babcock headquarters broomfield colorado united states key people alan krause chairman and chief executive officer revenue 1.3 billion 1 usd 2013 owner stantec inc. number of employees 7 000 2015 2 website www.mwhglobal.com mwh global inc. is a global water and natural resources firm providing technical engineering construction services and consulting services . the firm has provided planning design and construction management services for a wide range of water and natural resources projects around the world . 3 the firm is headquartered in broomfield a suburb of the denver metropolitan area in the state of colorado of the united states with operations in 35 countries . as of may 2015 mwh global had a global staff of approximately 7 000 employees 2 including builders engineers architects geologists operators project managers business consultants scientists technologists and regulatory experts . mwh is listed as the 15th largest employee owned company in america . 4 history edit mwh global is the unification of three major engineering firms james m. montgomery consulting engineers jmm watson hawksley ltd. and harza engineering company . 5 jmm was founded in pasadena in 1945 by james m. montgomery 6 following his work on the design 1936 and commencement 1941 of the 100 million gallon per day f. e. weymouth memorial water softening and filtration plant at la verne california for the metropolitan water district of southern california while with the firm hoover and montgomery . 7 jmm merged with watson hawksley ltd. of high wycombe united kingdom in 1990 combining jmm s specialization in water and wastewater engineering with watson hawksley s international operation to become the global firm of montgomery watson . 8 in 2001 montgomery watson merged with harza engineering company of chicago illinois best known for its work in the energy and environmental sectors and hydroelectric power development 9 including the el caj n dam in honduras officially known as central hidroel ctrica francisco moraz n and operated under the new name of montgomery watson harza . in 2003 the firm name was shortened to mwh . 8 in 2010 mwh acquired biwater services ltd. a water construction and engineering firm . with the acquisition the firm s history can now be traced to 1820 when ames crosta babcock an acquisition of biwater services was created . 10 references edit usbe & it magazine 2009 deans issue . content.yudu.com . retrieved 2016 05 19 . a b company overview . mwh global . retrieved 2016 05 19 . mwh global named enr mountain states design firm of the year 2013 06 19 enr . mountainstates.construction.com . 2013 06 19 . retrieved 2016 05 19 . the employee ownership 100 america s largest majority employee owned companies . nceo.org . 2014 11 17 . retrieved 2016 05 19 . mwh global inc. financial report annual revenue stock . privco.com . retrieved 2016 05 19 . civil engineering database . civil engineering database . retrieved 2016 05 19 . mwh global inc. company profile from hoover s . hoovers.com . archived from the original on 2010 06 20 . retrieved 2016 05 19 . a b mwh the global leader in wet infrastructure . wayback.archive.org . retrieved 2016 05 19 . the archives of harza engineering company a guide collection number ms 4 253 . wayback.archive.org . retrieved 2016 05 19 . company history . mwh global . retrieved 2016 05 19 . external links edit mwh website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mwh global & oldid 739034786 categories companies based in broomfield colorado navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 12 10 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view