Milestones

Milestones
2011
  • Mendoza office opens in Argentina
  • Ghana practice established in Accra
2010
  • DRC practice established in Lubumbashi
  • Ulaanbaatar office opens in Mongolia
  • Kazakhstan practice established in Almaty
  • Mexico practice established in Zacatecas
  • Staff complement reaches 1000
2009
  • Jakarta, Indonesia; and Skellefteå, Sweden practices established
  • Nanchang office opens in China
  • Merger with VS Consultores, Buenos Aires, to form SRK Argentina
  • Staff complement reaches 900
2008
  • Anchorage office opens in Alaska
  • Staff complement reaches 800

2007

  • Melbourne office opened in Australia
  • Kimberley and George offices opened in South Africa
  • Staff complement reaches the 700 mark

2006

  • New practices established in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; Kolkata, India; and Moscow, Russia
  • Offices opened in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

2005

  • Brazilian practice formed in Belo Horizonte
  • China practice opened in Beijing
  • Maitland office opened in Australia
  • Turkish practice formed in Ankara from branch office
  • RDC and South African practices merge

2003

  • SRK Exploration Services Ltd. formed in UK
  • Rustenburg office opened in South Africa

2001

  • Ankara office opened in Turkey
  • East London office opened in South Africa

2000

  • International holding company changes name to SRK Global Limited
  • Toronto office reopened in Ontario, Canada
  • Merger with Kairezi Resource Consultants, Zimbabwe

1999

  • Merger with Geoval in Australia, broadening geostatistics services
  • Yellowknife office opened in NWT, Canada
  • Pretoria office opened in South Africa

1998

  • Formalized “SRK Consulting” as brand name for Group
  • Sydney office opened in Australia
  • Merger with WESTEC in North America – adding offices in Elko, Fort Collins and Tucson
  • Staff complement reaches the 500 mark

1997

  • Merger with Etheridge Henley Williams, Australian-based geoscience consultancy – adding an office in Brisbane
  • Exploration and petroleum services introduced
  • Gemcom Services Inc. renamed Gemcom Software International and lists as public company

1995

  • Resource Development Consultants, a joint venture company with Carl Bro and the Danish IFU, formed in South Africa, focusing on social and economic services
  • Staff complement reaches the 400 mark

1994

  • Chilean and Australian practices established in Santiago and Perth respectively
  • International holding company, SRK Consulting Limited (SRK CL), formed in UK

1993

  • Port Elizabeth and Pietermaritzburg offices established in South Africa

1991

  • Consult 4 Partnership in South Africa formed with Ninham Shand Inc., Van Niekerk Kleyn & Edwards and Keeve Steyn Inc.

1988

  • SRK South Africa merges with Binnie & Partners (SA), extending the firm's skills in water and effluent technology, structural engineering, and hydraulics
  • UK practice established in Cardiff
  • Robinson Dames and Moore purchased and renamed SRK-Robinson Inc., Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
  • GIS/DIP services introduced


1987

  • Reno office established in North America
  • Hydrocarbon remediation services introduced
  • Staff complement reaches the 300 mark


1985

  • Water quality services introduced
  • Gemcom Services Inc. formed in Vancouver

1983

  • Staff complement reaches the 200 mark

1981

  • Establishment of Zimbabwe practice in Harare
  • GEMCOM South Africa formed

1980

  • Denver office established in North America

1979

  • Services in hydrology and hydraulics offered for the first time
  • Staff complement reaches the 100 mark

1978

  • Cape Town and Durban offices open in South Africa
  • Vancouver office is the first North American practice
  • Groundwater services introduced

1977

  • SRK introduces services in mine planning
  • Services extended into environmental engineering arena

1974

  • Oskar Steffen, Andy Robertson and Hendrik Kirsten establish SRK in Johannesburg, South Africa, offering services in soil and rock mechanics and tailings disposal