CDM Smith

Camp Dresser & McKee (CDM) was founded in 1947 by Thomas Ringgold Camp with partners Herman Dresser and Jack McKee.{{sfn|CDM Smith}} Due to Camp’s background in sanitary engineering, the company initially focused on drinking water infrastructure programs in New England. In the 1960s when the firm started accepting contracts internationally in Colombia and Bangladesh,{{Cite journal |title=Master Wastewater Collection and Treatment Plan for Bogotá, Colombia |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25036077 |journal=Journal (Water Pollution Control Federation) |publisher=Wiley|jstor=25036077 |last1=Horsefield |first1=David R. |year=1968 |volume=40 |issue=8 |pages=1443–1458 }} the firm grew to become a global engineering and construction firm. Through numerous acquisitions in the 1970s, as well as partnering with the U.S. EPA in 1973 and other federal agencies in 1985, CDM Smith expanded to offer services in clean water, hazardous waste and the environment, transportation, energy, and facilities sectors on a national and international scale. Today, the company has nearly 5,000 employees in 131 offices, with 85 offices being in the United States. {{Cite web |title=CDM Smith – Delivering Solutions |url=https://tunnelingonline.com/cdm-smith-delivering-solutions/ |access-date=2022-08-09 |language=en-US}} 

In 2011, CDM acquired Wilbur Smith, a 1,000-employee transportation engineering firm, to form CDM Smith.{{sfn|Toll Road News}} CDM Smith later acquired the Ohio-based Louis Perry Group in late 2014 as an independent subsidiary to expand its industrial expertise in the rubber and plastic industry.{{sfn|Medina Gazette}} In 2015, CDM Smith moved its headquarters from a 180,000 square foot space at 50 Hampshire St, Cambridge, Massachusetts to a 120,000 sq ft office space at 75 State Street in Boston.{{sfn|Boston Business Journal}} In 2021, CDM Smith acquired Milestone Solutions, a North-America based firm specializing in road usage charging and pricing.{{Cite web|title=Weekly Merger and Acquisition Update; June 11 2021|date=11 June 2021 |url=https://www.csemag.com/articles/weekly-merger-and-acquisition-update-june-11-2021/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716151803/https://www.csemag.com/articles/weekly-merger-and-acquisition-update-june-11-2021/ |archive-date=2021-07-16 }}

In January 2022, CDM Smith formed a new subsidiary, Trinnex, to offer digital services and software to U.S. municipal clients.{{Cite web |title=Small Business - Kenbridge Victoria Dispatch |url=https://smb.kenbridgevictoriadispatch.com/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=Small Business - Kenbridge Victoria Dispatch}} Trinnex offers software as service products, including pipeCAST, leadCAST, epiCAST and precipiCAST for water, lead pipes, epidemics and weather tracking and insights. Their digital services include risk, performance, and capital planning; digital strategy and transformation; decision analytics and optimization; and digital twin design and development.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-23 |title=Consulting - Specifying Engineer {{!}} Pardon the disruption |url=https://www.csemag.com/articles/pardon-the-disruption/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=Consulting - Specifying Engineer |language=en-US}} Trinnex is headquartered in Manchester, New Hampshire, with nearly 50 employees distributed across the Unit

On June 21, 2017, the US Justice Department declined to prosecute CDM Smith for corruption, despite finding that the company had paid $1.18 million to officials in India.{{cite news |last=Rubenfeld |first=Samuel |date=June 30, 2017 |title=U.S. Declines to Prosecute Engineering Company for Bribery|url= https://blogs.wsj.com/riskandcompliance/2017/06/30/u-s-declines-to-prosecute-engineering-company-for-bribery/ | work=The Wall Street Journal |location= United States |access-date=July 1, 2017}} In July 2017, CDM Smith agreed to pay around $4 million to the US Treasury, after which investigations by the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice into bribery were closed. CDM Smith has been sanctioned by the World Bank for “failing to disclose a subcontract on a project in Vietnam, and was conditionally non-de-barred for one and half years.{{cite news |date=July 11, 2017 |title=US Firm Accused Of Paying $1.18 Million To Indian Officials For Highway Contracts |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/us-firm-paid-1-18-million-bribe-to-nhai-officials-to-get-contracts-alleges-justice-department-1723268 | work=NDTV |access-date=July 30, 2017}} On July 15, 2017, it was announced that the Goa government had asked state chief secretary Dharmendra Sharma to investigate bribes from CDM Smith in India.{{cite news |date=July 15, 2017 |title= Goa chief secretary to conduct inquiry in CDM Smith bribery case|url= http://indianexpress.com/article/india/goa-chief-secretary-to-conduct-inquiry-in-cdm-smith-bribery-case-4752262/ | work=The Indian Express |access-date=July 30, 2017}}

Based on Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Central Vigilance Commission (India's anti-corruption watchdog),[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/et-investigation-how-us-company-bribed-indian-officials-to-win-contracts/articleshow/62701302.cms][https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/et-investigation-part-ii-how-us-contractor-cdm-smith-used-service-tax-reimbursements-to-pay-bribes/articleshow/62715084.cms][https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/et-effect-cbi-registers-fir-against-nhai-officials-american-firm-in-1-18-million-graft-case/articleshow/62860413.cms][https://www.debevoise.com/~/media/files/insights/publications/2018/02/fcpa_update_february_2018.pdf][https://thewire.in/political-economy/illegal-tax-refunds-nhai-bribery-concerns] India's Central Bureau of Investigation (parallel to USA's FBI) filed first FIR in this case on February 2, 2018.[http://cbi.gov.in/firs/2018/2018_pdf/2018_ac2_firs/RC2172018A0001.pdf]

CDM Smith's principal subsidiaries are:{{sfn|Gale}}

• CDM Constructors Inc.
• CDM Federal Programs Corporation
• CDM International Inc.
• CDM Smith Consult GmbH (Germany)
• CDM Smith Danismanlik ve Mühendislik Ltd. (Turkey)
• CDM Smith Sp.z.o.o. (Poland)
• The Louis Perry Group
• Trinnex{{Cite web |date=2022-01-12 |title=CDM Smith announces launch of subsidiary Trinnex |url=https://waterfm.com/cdm-smith-announces-launch-of-subsidiary-trinnex/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Water Finance & Management |language=en-US}}

• Houston Northeast Water Purification Plant expansion; a $1.8B progressive design-build project considered the largest of its kind {{Cite web |url=https://www.waterworld.com/drinking-water/article/14072207/a-model-of-waterworks-engineering |title=A Model of Waterworks Engineering |last=Godwin |first=Angela |publisher=WaterWorld |date=November 18, 2019 |website=waterworld.com |access-date=September 21, 2022}}
• Newark Lead Service Line Replacement Program; considered the "national model" for lead pipe replacement in the U.S.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/15/newark-new-jersey-replace-lead-water-lines-pipes |title=The US city that proves replacing lead water lines needn't be a pipe dream |last=Peeples |first=Lynne |date=July 15, 2021 |website=The Guardian |access-date=September 21, 2022}}
• Wadi Al Arab System II Water Conveyance Project; a $129.5M project to provide drinking water to the Kingdom of Jordan{{cite web |url=https://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/wadi-al-arab-system-ii-water-conveyance-project-begins-operation |title=Wadi Al Arab System II water conveyance project begins operation|publisher=The Jordan Times |date=November 12, 2020 |website=jordantimes.com |access-date=September 21, 2022}}
• COVID-19 Alternate Care Facility in Kalispell, MT; an emergency design & construction project to provide hospital capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic{{cite web |url=https://flatheadbeacon.com/2020/05/22/construction-wrapping-kalispell-facility-case-covid-19-spike/ |title=Construction Wrapping Up at Facility to be Used in Case of COVID-19 Spike |last=Reece |first=Myers |publisher=Flathead Beacon |date=May 22, 2020 |website=flatheadbeacon.com |access-date=September 21, 2022}}
• MassDOT All-Electronic Tolling System; replacing all toll booths on the Massachusetts Turnpike with transponders{{cite web |url=https://boston.citybizlist.com/article/483433/acecma-announces-cdm-smith-as-a-2018-winner-of-gold-engineering-excellence-award |title=ACEC/MA Announces CDM Smith as a 2018 winner of Gold Engineering Excellence Award |last=Warfield |first=Edwin |publisher=citybizlist |date=May 31, 2018 |website=boston.citybizlist.com |access-date=September 21, 2022}}
• Brunswick County Northwest WTP Expansion: removing PFAS to undetectable levels with reverse osmosis for a North Carolina community {{Cite web |url=https://www.brunswickcountync.gov/nwtp/ |title=Northwest Water Treatment Plant Expansion & Reverse Osmosis Treatment Upgrades |publisher=Brunswick County |website=brunswickcountync.gov |access-date=November 29, 2023}} {{Cite web |url=https://www.waterworld.com/home/article/14297327/removing-pfas-from-drinking-water |title=Removing PFAS From Drinking Water |last=LeBlanc |first=Alan |publisher=WaterWorld |date=August 4, 2023 |website=waterworld.com |access-date=November 29, 2023}}
• Water Purification Technology Program and R&D Testing Project in Jacksonville, FL; exploring an alternative water supply for the eighth-largest community-owned utility in the U.S.{{cite web |url=https://www.wwdmag.com/top-projects/article/10939345/jea-water-purification-rd-project |title=JEA Water Purification R&D Project |publisher=Water & Wastes Digest |date=January 11, 2021 |website=wwdmag.com |access-date=September 21, 2022}}
• TxDOT US 67 Corridor Master Plan; with outreach that included bilingual communications, mixed reality activities, online maps and tools, and extensive public meetings{{cite web |url=https://elpasoheraldpost.com/txdots-us-67-corridor-master-plan-honored-with-transportation-achievement-award/ |title=TxDoT's US 67 Corridor Master Plan honored with Transportation Achievement Award|publisher=El Paso Herald Post |date=October 1, 2020 |website=elpasoheraldpost.com |access-date=September 21, 2022}}
• Metolong Dam and Water Supply Program in Lesotho; providing potable water for more than 500,000 people in the region{{cite web |url=https://www.waterworld.com/drinking-water/potable-water-quality/article/16202592/landmark-lesotho-dam-and-water-supply-program-honored-with-cmaa-awards |title=Landmark Lesotho Dam and Water Supply Program honored with CMAA awards|publisher=Waterworld |date=October 20, 2015 |website=waterworld.com |access-date=September 21, 2022}}
• All-Electric Bus Rapid Transit System, Indianapolis; considered the "next evolution" of bus rapid transit systems{{cite web |url=https://www.masstransitmag.com/bus/article/12270117/is-autonomous-bus-rapid-transit-the-next-evolution-of-brt |title=Is Autonomous Bus Rapid Transit the Next Evolution of BRT?|last=Sorenson |first=Tim |publisher=Mass Transit |date=December 12, 2016 |website=masstransitmag.com |access-date=September 21, 2022}}
• DC Water Waste-to-Energy Project; a $470M project producing a net 10MW of electricity from the wastewater treatment process{{cite web |url=https://www.waterworld.com/wastewater/article/16199828/dc-water-unveils-470m-wastetoenergy-project-using-firstofitskind-technology |title=DC Water unveils $470M waste-to-energy project using first-of-its-kind technology |publisher=WaterWorld |date=October 8, 2015 |website=waterworld.com |access-date=September 21, 2022}}

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