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Milestones

SRK Milestones
2009
  • New practices opened in Jakarta, Indonesia and Skellftea, Sweden
  • Office opened in Nanchang, China
  • Merger with VS Consultores, Buenos Aires, to form SRK Argentina
2008
  • Anchorage office opened in Alaska
  • Staff complement reaches the 800 mark
2007
  • Melbourne office opened in Australia
  • Kimberley and George offices opened in South Africa
  • Staff complement reaches the 700 mark
2006
  • New practices established in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania; Kolkata, India; and Moscow, Russia
  • Offices opened in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; and Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
2005
  • Brazilian practice formed in Belo Horizonte
  • China practice opened in Beijing
  • Newcastle (Maitland) office opened in Australia
  • Turkish practice formed in Ankara from branch office
  • RDC and South African practices merge
2003
  • SRK Exploration Services Ltd. formed in UK
  • Rustenburg office opened in South Africa
2001
  • Ankara office opened in Turkey
  • East London office opened in South Africa
2000
  • International holding company changes name to SRK Global Limited
  • Toronto office reopened in Ontario, Canada
  • Merger with Kairezi Resource Consultants, Zimbabwe
1999
  • Merger with Geoval in Australia, broadening geostatistics services
  • Yellowknife office opened in NWT, Canada
  • Pretoria office opened in South Africa
1998
  • Formalized "SRK Consulting" as brand name for Group
  • Sydney office opened in Australia
  • Merger with WESTEC in North America – adding offices in Elko, Fort Collins and Tucson
  • Staff complement reaches the 500 mark
1997
  • Merger with Etheridge Henley Williams, Australian-based geoscience consultancy – adding an office in Brisbane
  • Exploration and petroleum services introduced
  • Gemcom Services Inc. renamed Gemcom Software International and lists as public company
1995
  • Resource Development Consultants, a joint venture company with Carl Bro and the Danish IFU, formed in South Africa, focusing on social and economic services
  • Staff complement reaches the 400 mark
1994
  • Chilean and Australian practices established in Santiago and Perth respectively
  • International holding company, SRK Consulting Limited (SRK CL), formed in UK
1993
  • Port Elizabeth and Pietermaritzburg offices established 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, British Columbia, Canada
  • GIS/DIP services introduced
1987
  • Reno office established in North America
  • Hydrocarbon remediation services introduced
  • Staff complement reaches the 300 mark
1985
  • Water quality services introduced
  • Gemcom Services Inc. formed in Vancouver
1983
  • Staff complement reaches the 200 mark
1981
  • Establishment of Zimbabwe practice in Harare
  • GEMCOM South Africa formed
1980
  • Denver office established in North America
1979
  • Services in hydrology and hydraulics offered for the first time
  • Staff complement reaches the 100 mark
1978
  • Cape Town and Durban offices open in South Africa
  • Vancouver office is the first North American practice
  • 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