Conestoga-Rovers & Associates

Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (CRA)

Company type	Private
Industry	Environmental Engineering Construction
Founded	1976
Founder	Frank A. Rovers & Associates and Conestoga Engineering
Headquarters	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Niagara Falls, New York, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Ed Roberts (President)
Revenue	USD ~650 million (1976-2009)
Number of employees	3,000 (2009)
Website	CRAworld.com

Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (CRA) is a group of companies that provides engineering, environmental consulting, construction, and information technology (IT) services. On July 2, 2014, CRA became a division of the GHD Group.^[1] Its current overall headquarters is located in Waterloo, Ontario, however the firm has locations in multiple countries^[2] with a separate headquarters in each. Their U.S. headquarters resides in Niagara Falls, New York where the company's seminal project, the Love Canal, took place.

History

Love Canal

The Love Canal Landfill, one of the pinnacle environmental projects in US history, was an open trench that was filled with hazardous chlorinated organic wastes from a chemical plant in Niagara Falls, NY, during the 1940s and 1950s. A residential area and elementary school were constructed immediately adjacent to the former three-block landfill in the 1960s, resulting in an environmental disaster that eventually prompted the initiation of the Superfund Legislation in the United States.

CRA's involvement at Love Canal began in 1977, shortly after the chemical wastes were discovered in the backyards of homes along the canal. CRA was retained to investigate the chemical presence and develop a plan to address the issues. CRA developed an understanding of the hydrogeology and chemical presence, designed a remedial plan, and provided construction oversight for its implementation. CRA continues to be involved in the operation, maintenance, and monitoring for this project to this day.^[3] ^[4]

The company merged with GHD Group in 2014.^[5]

Units

Conestoga-Rovers & Associates
CRA Contractors Limited
CRA Developments Limited
CRA Engineering Group Inc.
Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (Europe) Ltd.
CRA Infrastructure & Engineering
eSolutionsGroup
HSA Engineers & Scientists
Inspec-Sol
SECRA Inc.

References

^ Johnson, Nathan. "GHD in massive merger with Conestoga-Rovers & Associates and takes on North American market". Architecture & Design. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
^ Corporate Website: "CRA World - Home". Archived from the original on 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2010-03-12.
^ Leckie, John (December 1, 2006). "Growing and Cleaning Up". Canadian Consulting Engineer. Retrieved March 12, 2010.
^ "Love Canal - Public Health Time Bomb".
^ "About Us". Conestoga-Rovers & Associates. Archived from the original on July 21, 2014. Retrieved July 19, 2019.