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LONGMONT -- From working on a tunnel project in Mexico City to designing cabin restorations in the Rocky Mountains, a Longmont consulting firm has grown steadily over the last 25 years to become one of the fastest-growing companies in Northern Colorado.
Rocky Mountain Consultants, a civil engineering and environmental-planning firm, started out focusing on water resources and now provides consulting services to private industry and governmental agencies.
Last year, the privately held company did about $10 million in revenues, up 7 percent from the previous year. In recent years, the company has grown steadily at about 5 percent annually, said Don Deere, chairman of the board.
"We're sort of like the tortoise and the hare. We're the tortoise," Deere said. While some engineering consulting firms have...