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CH2M Hill Companies Ltd – ‘10-K’ for 12/25/15 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 2/22/16, at 5:18pm ET   ·   For:  12/25/15   ·   Accession #:  1558370-16-3349   ·   File #:  0-27261

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/22/16  CH2M Hill Companies Ltd           10-K       12/25/15  102:17M                                    Toppan Merrill Bridge/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.63M 
 2: EX-10.10    Material Contract                                   HTML    116K 
 3: EX-10.9     Material Contract                                   HTML    111K 
 4: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     31K 
 5: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     29K 
 6: EX-24.1     Power of Attorney                                   HTML     39K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     31K 
10: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
17: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     55K 
18: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    130K 
19: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     47K 
20: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     84K 
21: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     59K 
                (Loss)                                                           
22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders Equity      HTML     93K 
23: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    140K 
24: R8          Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     88K 
                Policies                                                         
25: R9          Changes in Project-Related Estimates                HTML     39K 
26: R10         Preferred Stock Issuance                            HTML     46K 
27: R11         Variable Interest Entities and Equity Method        HTML    135K 
                Investments                                                      
28: R12         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     58K 
29: R13         Receivables                                         HTML     49K 
30: R14         Acquisitions                                        HTML     36K 
31: R15         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML    242K 
32: R16         Fair Value of Financial Instruments                 HTML     53K 
33: R17         Revolving Credit Facility and Long-Term Debt        HTML     74K 
34: R18         Operating Lease Obligations                         HTML     45K 
35: R19         Income Taxes                                        HTML    201K 
36: R20         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     86K 
37: R21         Restructuring and Related Charges                   HTML     70K 
38: R22         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    137K 
39: R23         Employee Retirement Plans                           HTML    669K 
40: R24         Segment Information                                 HTML    162K 
41: R25         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     83K 
42: R26         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML    110K 
43: R27         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML    148K 
                Policies (Policies)                                              
44: R28         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     43K 
                Policies (Tables)                                                
45: R29         Variable Interest Entities and Equity Method        HTML    130K 
                Investments (Tables)                                             
46: R30         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML     55K 
47: R31         Receivables (Tables)                                HTML     45K 
48: R32         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML    233K 
49: R33         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML     47K 
50: R34         Revolving Credit Facility and Long-Term Debt        HTML     69K 
                (Tables)                                                         
51: R35         Operating Lease Obligations (Tables)                HTML     41K 
52: R36         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    203K 
53: R37         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     81K 
54: R38         Restructuring and Related Charges (Tables)          HTML     67K 
55: R39         Employee Benefit Plans (Tables)                     HTML    124K 
56: R40         Employee Retirement Plans (Tables)                  HTML    669K 
57: R41         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    158K 
58: R42         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     63K 
59: R43         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML    108K 
                (Tables)                                                         
60: R44         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     59K 
                Policies (Details)                                               
61: R45         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     41K 
                Policies (Aoci) (Details)                                        
62: R46         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     38K 
                Policies (AOCI Reclassification) (Details)                       
63: R47         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     33K 
                Policies (Acctg Policies) (Details)                              
64: R48         Changes in Project-Related Estimates (Details)      HTML     50K 
65: R49         Preferred Stock Issuance (Details)                  HTML     91K 
66: R50         Variable Interest Entities and Equity Method        HTML     53K 
                Investments (Details)                                            
67: R51         Variable Interest Entities and Equity Method        HTML     89K 
                Investments Summarized Financials (Details)                      
68: R52         Variable Interest Entities and Equity Method        HTML     85K 
                Investments Percent Ownership (Details)                          
69: R53         Property, Plant and Equipment (Details)             HTML     63K 
70: R54         Receivables (Details)                               HTML     34K 
71: R55         Receivables Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts    HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R56         Acquisitions (Details)                              HTML     38K 
73: R57         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Narrative)          HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R58         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Goodwill Segment)   HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R59         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Intangible          HTML     60K 
                Segment) (Details)                                               
76: R60         Goodwill and Intangible Assets Amortization         HTML     71K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R61         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details)       HTML     38K 
78: R62         Fair Value of Financial Instruments Foreign         HTML     39K 
                Exchange Contracts (Details)                                     
79: R63         Revolving Credit Facility and Long Term Debt        HTML     88K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R64         Revolving Credit Facility and Long-Term Debt        HTML     47K 
                Future Payments (Details)                                        
81: R65         Operating Lease Obligations (Details)               HTML     51K 
82: R66         Income Taxes Summary (Details)                      HTML    201K 
83: R67         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     74K 
84: R68         Earnings Per Share (Antidilutive) (Details)         HTML     35K 
85: R69         Restructuring and Related Charges (Details)         HTML     57K 
86: R70         Employee Benefit Plans Deferred Compensation Plans  HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
87: R71         Employee Benefit Plans Stock Options (Details)      HTML    227K 
88: R72         Employee Retirement Plans (Details)                 HTML     38K 
89: R73         Employee Retirement Plans Periodic Pension          HTML     83K 
                (Details)                                                        
90: R74         Employee Retirement Plans (Change in Plan Assets)   HTML    170K 
                (Details)                                                        
91: R75         Employee Retirement Plans Total Investments Fair    HTML     71K 
                Value (Details)                                                  
92: R76         Employee Retirement Plans Funded Status (Details)   HTML     87K 
93: R77         Employee Retirement Plans Multiemployer Plans       HTML     30K 
                (Details)                                                        
94: R78         Segment Information (Details)                       HTML     70K 
95: R79         Segment Information Percent of Revenues (Details)   HTML     38K 
96: R80         Segment Information U.S. and International Revenue  HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
97: R81         Commitments and Contingencies Commercial            HTML     46K 
                Commitments (Details)                                            
98: R82         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     78K 
99: R83         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
101: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    181K  
100: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    129K  
11: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- chm-20151225                        XML   5.22M 
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- chm-20151225_cal                XML    281K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- chm-20151225_def                 XML   1.02M 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- chm-20151225_lab                      XML   2.28M 
16: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- chm-20151225_pre               XML   1.52M 
12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- chm-20151225                          XSD    238K 
102: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001558370-16-003349-xbrl      Zip    314K

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