By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Dec. 18--Prospective clients and employees alike will get a "green" answer when they ask HDR Inc. what the engineering-architectural firm is doing to protect the environment.

By Jane Palmer, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Sep. 25--Willard A. Richardson began his career in the 1930s as an electrical engineer working to bring power to rural Iowans. By the time he retired in 1977, he was involved with nuclear power plants. Richardson, the R in HDR Inc., died Saturday at age 95.

Mutual of Omaha has announced the prospective 10-member Board of Directors that will oversee the operations of Mutual of Omaha Bank.

By Steve Jordon, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Feb. 11--It took HDR Inc. nearly 80 years to reach $150 million in revenue. In the last decade that number has more than quadrupled. The Omaha engineering and architecture firm had 1,569 employees in 1996, when it became employee-owned.

By Nancy Gaarder, Omaha World-Herald, Neb. Dec. 6--People opposed to damming the Big Papio valley in northern Douglas County and Washington County questioned the accuracy and independence of a cost analysis released Tuesday.