Arctic Research Support and Logistics Contract Awarded
National Science Foundation
CH2M HILL Polar Services
For further information about CPS, please go to:
http://www.polar.ch2m.com/.
For more information about the NSF arctic research program, please go
to: http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=ARC.
For questions, please contact:
Mike McKibben, CPS Program Manager
Phone: 303-885-4644
Email: mike.mckibben [at] ch2m.com
On 28 September 2011, the National Science Foundation awarded CH2M HILL
Constructors the Arctic Research Support and Logistics Contract to
provide research support and logistics services for NSF-sponsored
research in the Arctic. Since 1999, CH2M HILL has teamed with
subcontractors Polar Field Services and SRI International to form CH2M
HILL Polar Services (CPS). A new partner, UMIAQ, will join the CPS team
for the contract period beginning in October 2011.
CPS will deliver pre-proposal field work estimates, risk assessments,
logistics and operational plans, transportation, communications, safety
training, telemedicine, engineering, design and construction,
maintenance, field camp operations, and personnel to groups working in
the Arctic.
UMIAQ is a subsidiary of the Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation (UIC), the
Barrow village corporation established under the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act (ANCSA) of 1971. UMIAQ will provide local support to
researchers working in Barrow, Alaska and surrounding communities,
including operation of UIC-owned facilities and the Barrow Environmental
Observatory. UMIAQ understands the politics, culture, land use,
regulations, and engineering and design conditions in arctic and
subarctic Alaska and provides reliable local knowledge and expertise.
For further information about CPS, please go to:
http://www.polar.ch2m.com/.
For more information about the NSF arctic research program, please go
to: http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=ARC.
For questions, please contact:
Mike McKibben, CPS Program Manager
Phone: 303-885-4644
Email: mike.mckibben [at] ch2m.com