Milestones

2016

• SRK India and SRK Russia celebrate their 10th year anniversaries
• Merger with Mine Ventilation Services (MVS), Clovis, California, USA
• SVS Ingenieros renamed to SRK Consulting (Peru) S.A.
• Salta office opens in Argentina
• Staff complement now 1400

2015

• SVS Ingenieros celebrates its 30th year anniversary
• SRK Brazil, SRK China and SRK Turkey celebrate their 10th year anniversaries

2014

• SRK Australia and SRK Chile celebrate their 20th year anniversaries
• Finland practice established in Rovaniemi
• SRK Group celebrates its 40th anniversary and publishes a book in 2015 titled Forty Years in the Deep End

2013

• SRK NA celebrates its 35th year anniversary
• SRK UK celebrates its 25th year anniversary
• SRK ES celebrates its 10th year anniversary
• Project office opened in Cameroon
• Hong Kong practice established

2012

• SRK ES opens office in Copenhagen, Denmark (closed 2015)
• St. Petersburg office opens in Russia (closed 2014)
• Queretaro office opens in Mexico (closed 2015)
• Staff complement reaches 1600

2011

• Merged SVS Ingenieros, Peru, into the SRK Group
• Mendoza office opens in Argentina
• Ghana practice established in Accra
• Staff complement reaches 1400

2010

• DRC practice established in Lubumbashi
• Ulaanbaatar office opens in Mongolia
• Kazakhstan practice established in Almaty
• Mexico practice established in Zacatecas (closed 2014)
• Staff complement reaches 1000

2009

• Jakarta, Indonesia (closed 2016); 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 opens in Australia
• Kimberley office opens in South Africa
• Staff complement reaches 700

2006

• Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania (closed 2011); Kolkata, India; and Moscow, Russia practices established
• Saskatoon and Sudbury offices open in Canada
• Staff complement reaches 600

2005

• Brazilian practice established in Belo Horizonte
• Chinese practice established in Beijing
• Newcastle office opens in Australia
• Turkish practice established in Ankara from branch office
• RDC and South African practices merge

2003

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

2001

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

2000

• International holding company changes name to SRK Consulting (Global) Limited
• Toronto office opens in Canada
• Merger with Kairezi Resource Consultants, Zimbabwe

1999

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

1998

• Formalised "SRK Consulting" as brand name for Group
• Sydney office opens in Australia
• Merger with WESTEC in North America – adding offices in Elko, Fort Collins and Tucson
• Staff complement reaches 500

1997

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

1995

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

1994

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

1993

• Port Elizabeth and Pietermaritzburg offices open 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, BC, Canada
• GIS/DIP services introduced

1987

• Reno office opens in North America
• Hydrocarbon remediation services introduced
• Staff complement reaches 300

1985

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

1983

• Staff complement reaches 200

1981

• Zimbabwe practice established in Harare (closed 2016)
• GEMCOM South Africa formed

1980

• Denver office opens in North America

1979

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

1978

• Cape Town and Durban offices open in South Africa
• North American practice established in Vancouver
• 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