About Us

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CHA’s health and safety program instills a culture of safety that reduces accidents for employees. This culture of health and safety permeates through the entire organization, from entry-level professionals to our top executives. We also offer health, safety and industrial hygiene programs to assist clients in alleviating and controlling workplace and environmental hazards. 

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As we enter a new decade, I am honored to lead CHA, a great company with a rich history and exceptional staff. Over recent years, CHA has celebrated the many great successes our clients and employees have made possible and we look forward to a bright future. We continue to challenge ourselves as an organization in our commitment to be the most client-focused and responsive engineering firm in the industry.

With several hundred new hires and four successful acquisitions in the past year, CHA is poised for another year of unprecedented achievement and growth. We’ve expanded our project management and cost estimating capabilities and positioned CHA as a full-service transportation leader able to serve the critical infrastructure needs of our clients. Our teams are excited and energized about the opportunities these enhanced service offerings bring to the already robust suite of engineering services CHA offers to our clients.

Our footprint is expanding in the Southeast, New England, and New York City, bringing exciting opportunities to grow our business and serve clients in those regions. At our core, CHA’s commitment to sustainability comes through in the work we do, in the communities we build, and as we work to create a better, more sustainable work place.

Each day, as a company and as individuals, we pursue our aspiration to:

Please explore our services and accomplishments, and contact me or anyone on our team to learn how CHA can bring our innovative solutions to your challenging projects.

Jim Stephenson
CEO, CHA Holdings, Inc., and President, CHA Consulting, Inc.
jstephenson@chacompanies.com

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CHA CompaniesBack to Top

CHA and its affiliate and subsidiary companies deliver additional value to their clients by providing specialized expertise, cutting-edge technology and complementary services. The CHA Companies together can offer complete solutions to complex challenges.

CHA Tech Services LLC provides professional construction management services with a commitment to owner satisfaction. CHA Tech Services frequently partners with CHA’s engineers to produce results that exceed our clients’ expectations by focusing talent and expertise into solutions for engineering, program and construction management, and acting as the owner’s representative.

CHA Canada, Inc., formerly Gryphon International Engineering Services, Inc., a subsidiary of CHA Consulting, Inc., is a multi-discipline consulting engineering design firm dedicated to the thermal, power and energy industry based in St. Catharines, Ontario. Their services include power generation, cogeneration and combined-cycle, renewable and sustainable energy, boilers and steam plants, chilled-water and hot-water production, and utility distribution systems.

Novara GeoSolutions, a CHA Company, is a frontrunner in supplying the energy industry with software solutions and consulting services to manage the full data lifecycle of pipeline assets. Our geospatial technology can be applied to pipeline workflows such as DOT compliance, engineering design, asset management, right-of-way management, and mobile workforce computing.

American Fire, a CHA Company, is a highly specialized provider of fire protection engineering services throughout the world. American Fire manages complex industrial, commercial and design build fire protection projects, including sprinkler systems, fire pumps, ground storage tanks, underground piping, and special hazards. American Fire’s engineering team is NICET certified and a member of the National Fire Protection Association.

CHA Architecture specializes in the design of sustainable, high performance buildings in the education, health care, multi-family housing, office/corporate, state/municipal and historic preservation sectors. Founded in Portland, Maine in 1977 as Portland Design Team and later known as PDT Architects, CHA Architecture has built its core practice around the idea of creative discovery and continuous learning blended with the science and technology of the built environment.

CME Associates, a CHA Company, is a multi-service design firm specializing in accelerated bridge construction (ABC), engineering, planning and environmental sciences. With offices in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island, CME’s staff works collaboratively with clients to envision, design and construct innovative solutions for complex highway and bridge projects.