Milestones

SRK Milestones
2011
  • Mendoza office opens in Argentina
  • Ghana practice established in Accra
2010
  • DRC practice established in Lubumbashi
  • Ulaanbaatar office opens in Mongolia
  • Kazakhstan practice established in Almaty
  • Mexico practice established in Zacatecas
  • Staff complement reaches 1000
2009
  • Jakarta, Indonesia; 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; 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
  • China 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 Global Limited
  • Toronto office reopened in Canada
  • Merger with Kairezi Resource Consultants, Zimbabwe
1999
  • Merger with Geoval in Australia, broadening geostatistics services
  • Yellowknife office opens in NWT, 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 formed 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
  • 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