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With 70 years of engineering and construction experience, we know a thing or two about integrating thought leadership with boundary-pushing technology to improve our environment and infrastructure.

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listen. think. deliver. means truly understanding what our client wants so our team can deliver a beneficial, high-quality product.

Gerry is helping bring complexity under control.

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Gerry is helping bring complexity under control.

Program Management

We can be your EPC partner.

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Once achieving excellence becomes a habit, one is fully motivated to excel.

See how we made DC Water's dream a reality.

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Once achieving excellence becomes a habit, one is fully motivated to excel.

See how we made DC Water's dream a reality.

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Zubair uses extremely fast computational resources to separate us from the competition.

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Our experts make a lasting difference.

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Zubair uses extremely fast computational resources to separate us from the competition.

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Our experts make a lasting difference.

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Regine helped to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa upright.

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Regine helped to keep the Leaning Tower of Pisa upright.

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Jane is one of our many experts guiding the future of water.

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I believe that strong teams are at the heart of technical excellence, quality and innovation.

Jane is one of our many experts guiding the future of water.

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I believe that strong teams are at the heart of technical excellence, quality and innovation.

Our employees proudly give back around the world.

CDM Smith Cares

Trust is the foundation of the relationships that make projects succeed.

Our employees proudly give back around the world.

CDM Smith Cares

Trust is the foundation of the relationships that make projects succeed.

We are teaming experts and cultures to move Qatar forward.

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We are teaming experts and cultures to move Qatar forward.

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Featured Projects

Houston Embarks on DB Project to Support Growth & Resources

CDM Smith's partnership with the city of Houston—on the largest progressive design-build project—is helping expand its water treatment plant to 400 mgd and protect groundwater resources.

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Meeting Zero Liquid Discharge Goals at Simplot Potato Plant

Cutting-edge water treatment innovations, designed and built by CDM Smith, are enabling the company to reuse process water safely in food production.

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Qatar Lusail World-Class Expressway

Amidst Qatar’s swaying palm trees and impressive skyline is the developing Lusail Expressway, a best-in-class transportation corridor that will transform the way in which people and goods travel across the country.

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Water

Hartford's Clean Water Project

A wide-ranging wet weather infrastructure program—the Clean Water Project—protects local waterways, especially the Connecticut River.

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Energy and Facilities

Mission Ready at Training Center Cape May

The advanced $11.4 million station at Training Center Cape May better serves the Coast Guard’s operational needs in the Delaware Bay and mid-Atlantic region.

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Environment

Remediating Agent Orange in Vietnam

CDM Smith is providing environmental assessments, design and construction management of dioxin remediation at two airbases in Vietnam.

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Environment

Renewable WTE Facility Fuels Florida County

The Palm Beach County waste-to-energy facility is a model of sustainability and significantly improves the environment, annually processing 1 million tons of municipal solid waste and reducing landfill waste by 90 percent.

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Water

Cleaning the Mighty Bogota River

Improvements at the Bogota wastewater treatment plant will improve public health, protect local resources and transform the capital into a cosmopolitan city.

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Transportation

Converting the Mass Pike to All-Electronic Tolling

As lead infrastructure engineer, CDM Smith helped deliver America’s largest, most complex all-electronic tolling system design-build project.

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Water

Driving Net-Zero at DC Water

DC Water's MPT project incorporates Cambi’s thermal hydrolysis process: the first facility in the US to use this technology, and the largest in the world.

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Our Most Recent Insights

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Cultivating Innovation During Times of Rapid Change

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Advancing Biofiltration Through Research and Development

Alternative Delivery

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AD101 Best Alternative Delivery Method for Projects

CDM Smith's Biosolids Management Program for DC Water was recognized with a Grand Award by the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) for its innovative approach to biosolids.

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CDM Smith's National Interstate Tolling Analysis Tool was named by the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association as its Private Sector Innovation award winner in 2016.

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