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STRONG FOUNDATIONS Canadian Prairies Named Charles Ripley The story of Klohn Crippen Berger began in 1950, when a company called Pitt Polder Ltd. was founded by Dutch immigrant Jan Blom at Pitt Lake, a few kilometres east of Vancouver in British Columbia. The busy dyking and food-control operation became Canadian-British Associates Ltd. in 1956, and shortly after was renamed C.B.A. Engineering Ltd. Klohn Leonof Consultants Ltd. began life as Ripley and Associates in 1951 in Vancouver, founded by a young man from the STRONG FOUNDATIONS STRONG Canadian prairies named Charles Ripley. On the other side of the continent, Dr. THE KLOHN CRIPPEN BERGER STORY CRIPPEN BERGER THE KLOHN Katherine Palmer Gordon Louis Berger created consulting frm is the author of seven bestselling Louis Berger Inc. in Pennsylvania in Canadian non-fction books, several of 1953. Back in Vancouver, Iowan engineer them award-winning, and has contributed This book is about a fascinating human enterprise. Set against the development that Glenn Crippen founded Crippen Wright to numerous anthologies. She has also followed World War Two, it provides an insight into many interesting places across the Engineering Ltd. with Henry Wright, worked as a journalist for many years, world. But it is not just about glamorous projects and travel to exotic places. The book a British engineer, in 1954. Crippen writing for publications including brings out the human side of our business and is full of stories of challenges overcome: STRONG FOUNDATIONS eventually took over C.B.A. Engineering, Canadian Geographic, the Globe and Mail challenges triggered by worldwide events, challenges that rocked the best-laid plans, and later merged with Klohn Leonof to newspaper, BC Business magazine and challenges of ownership through the good and bad times. This is a story about people. THE KLOHN CRIPPEN BERGER STORY become Klohn Crippen Consultants Ltd. Focus magazine, among many others. in 1993. Klohn Crippen then merged with LEN MURRAY, PRESIDENT AND CEO, KLOHN CRIPPEN BERGER The daughter of a globe-trotting civil Katherine Palmer Gordon the Berger Group in 1999 to become the engineer, she has always been fascinated company known worldwide in 2020 as by the work of engineers and scientists in Klohn Crippen Berger, or KCB. the world at large, and their contributions Over the seventy years of its existence to society. A former lawyer and a treaty to 2020, KCB has experienced many negotiator, she brings the skills learned challenges but also many successes; in those disciplines to her writing. achieved a global reputation for technical Ultimately, she simply enjoys telling a excellence; and built a roll call of good story. This is one of them. engineers and scientists that includes www.writersunion.ca/member/katherine-gordon Gordon K Palmer some of the world’s pre-eminent professionals in their felds. The modern company is the result of the vision, commitment, talent and sheer hard work of not only the four original founders, but also the hundreds of individuals who helped create its legacy over the years. Here is their story. The story of Klohn Crippen Berger began in 1950, when a company called Pitt Polder Ltd. was founded by Dutch immigrant Jan Blom at Pitt Lake, a few kilometres east of Vancouver in British Columbia. The busy dyking and food-control operation became Canadian-British Associates Ltd. in 1956, and shortly after was renamed C.B.A. Engineering Ltd. Klohn Leonof Consultants Ltd. began life as Ripley and Associates in 1951 in Vancouver, founded by a young man from the STRONG FOUNDATIONS STRONG Canadian prairies named Charles Ripley. On the other side of the continent, Dr. THE KLOHN CRIPPEN BERGER STORY CRIPPEN BERGER THE KLOHN Katherine Palmer Gordon Louis Berger created consulting frm is the author of seven bestselling Louis Berger Inc. in Pennsylvania in Canadian non-fction books, several of 1953. Back in Vancouver, Iowan engineer them award-winning, and has contributed This book is about a fascinating human enterprise. Set against the development that Glenn Crippen founded Crippen Wright to numerous anthologies. She has also followed World War Two, it provides an insight into many interesting places across the Engineering Ltd. with Henry Wright, worked as a journalist for many years, world. But it is not just about glamorous projects and travel to exotic places. The book a British engineer, in 1954. Crippen writing for publications including brings out the human side of our business and is full of stories of challenges overcome: STRONG FOUNDATIONS eventually took over C.B.A. Engineering, Canadian Geographic, the Globe and Mail challenges triggered by worldwide events, challenges that rocked the best-laid plans, and later merged with Klohn Leonof to newspaper, BC Business magazine and challenges of ownership through the good and bad times. This is a story about people. THE KLOHN CRIPPEN BERGER STORY become Klohn Crippen Consultants Ltd. Focus magazine, among many others. in 1993. Klohn Crippen then merged with LEN MURRAY, PRESIDENT AND CEO, KLOHN CRIPPEN BERGER The daughter of a globe-trotting civil Katherine Palmer Gordon the Berger Group in 1999 to become the engineer, she has always been fascinated company known worldwide in 2020 as by the work of engineers and scientists in Klohn Crippen Berger, or KCB. the world at large, and their contributions Over the seventy years of its existence to society. A former lawyer and a treaty to 2020, KCB has experienced many negotiator, she brings the skills learned challenges but also many successes; in those disciplines to her writing. achieved a global reputation for technical Ultimately, she simply enjoys telling a excellence; and built a roll call of good story. This is one of them. engineers and scientists that includes www.writersunion.ca/member/katherine-gordon Gordon K Palmer some of the world’s pre-eminent professionals in their felds. The modern company is the result of the vision, commitment, talent and sheer hard work of not only the four original founders, but also the hundreds of individuals who helped create its legacy over the years. Here is their story. STRONG FOUNDATIONS THE KLOHN CRIPPEN BERGER STORY i | STRONG FOUNDATIONS: The Klohn Crippen Berger Story | ii STRONG FOUNDATIONS THE KLOHN CRIPPEN BERGER STORY Katherine Palmer Gordon iii | STRONG FOUNDATIONS: The Klohn Crippen Berger Story © Klohn Crippen Berger Ltd. 2020 Strong Foundations: The Klohn Crippen Berger Story, 1950-2020 ISBN 978-1-9991684-0-7 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written consent of Klohn Crippen Berger. Edited by Audrey McClellan Printed and bound in Canada by Friesens Printing C016245 | iv CONTENTS Foreword ......................................................................................................1 Introduction ................................................................................................5 1 Foundations of a Company .................................................................... 11 2 In at the Deep End .................................................................................23 3 Growing Pains .........................................................................................37 4 Getting onto Solid Ground ................................................................... 47 5 Metamorphoses ..................................................................................... 59 6 Unusual Characters ................................................................................73 7 Coming of Age ........................................................................................85 8 Venturing Abroad .................................................................................. 95 9 Changing Times ....................................................................................105 10 In the Thick of Things ........................................................................ 119 11 One Chapter Closes .............................................................................139 12 Trials and Transformations ................................................................. 155 13 Projects and Progress ..........................................................................167 14 A Good Investment ............................................................................ 181 15 A New Millennium .............................................................................193 16 No Looking Back .................................................................................207 17 Expanding Horizons ...........................................................................225 18 A Wild Ride ..........................................................................................241 19 A Remarkable Achievement ..............................................................259 Doing What We Love ..............................................................................281 Epilogue ...................................................................................................287 Timeline .................................................................................................. 290 Acknowledgements ................................................................................292 Image Credits ...........................................................................................293 Index .........................................................................................................295
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