Annual Review - This is Hatch 2006 [pdf, 1.88 MB]

Chairman’s Message
Chairman’s message
The past decade for Hatch has been one of rapid, yet deliberate, expansion that has sent us
permanently into new services, new technologies, new geographies, and new market sectors.
All of which have enriched our ability to serve our long-standing clients on every continent.
The metals sector continues to see strong demand for most commodities, which has kept
pressure on materials and labour costs just as our clients are preparing to expand and
upgrade their facilities. We have assured our clients that we will endeavour to provide
our experience, skills and innovation on their projects to help reduce the risks they face in
today’s overheated marketplace.
In 2004 we added Hatch Acres to our service capabilities in hydro, thermal, nuclear, wind
power, and water management, and this year we added Hatch Optima for their extensive
experience in oil and gas in Western Canada.
We will work closely with our Hatch Optima colleagues and focus on the further development
of Hatch’s oil & gas services and oil-sands technologies based in Canada. It is clear
that our natural resources, modern technologies, stable society, and attractiveness to engineering
professionals allows Hatch to develop of a high level of expertise for the oil & gas
sector for deployment around the world.
Our infrastructure activities through Connell Hatch in Australia and Hatch Mott
MacDonald in North America included such exciting projects as the Dalrymple Bay and
Hay Point coal terminals in Australia, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
expansions in California, and the Sea-to-Sky highway upgrade in British Columbia, which
will be finished in time for the Winter Olympics being hosted by British Columbia in 2010.
The year 2005 was our 50th Anniversary, and we celebrated it by asking our clients and colleagues
to join us for special events in Africa, Asia, Australia, North and South America
and Europe. We also produced a 10-minute video and a 160-page, hard-cover history of
Hatch, which we distributed to each of our employees and their families.
We look forward with confidence to 2006—the first year of our next 50 years.
Ron Nolan
Chairman