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May 8, 2019 Fact Book 2018

Corporate Environmental Advisors

Corporate Environmental Advisors: Establishing a National Footprint

Corporate Environmental Advisors (CEA) has earned a reputation for providing top-notch environmental consulting services to a growing number of clients. In recent months the firm has moved ahead with a planned major expansion. As the company continues acquiring other firms, Principal Hydrogeologist and President Joseph S. Campisi anticipates tripling the size of the company within the next two to three years.

 

On which practice areas are you currently focused?

Since 2017, CEA has embarked on a strategy that emphasizes three different practice areas. Our primary focus is environmental risk management, which includes a full spectrum of services, from environmental due diligence and engineering; site assessment and remediation; hazardous building material assessments; and developing integrated site closure solutions for our clients. 

However, some of our recent acquisitions will enable us to expand our portfolio. In addition to providing environmental risk management services, we now have the capability of addressing issues involving natural resource protection and more extensive environmental health and safety matters. 

Since CEA acquired Boyle Associates in 2017, your company has purchased two additional companies. Can you offer details about these business transactions and what they mean for CEA?

When CEA acquired Boyle Associates of Maine we added environmental permitting, wetlands delineation and natural resource assessment for renewable energy projects including wind and solar, as well as traditional environmental permitting projects for transmission lines, substations and pipelines, to our portfolio. 

This past June, CEA acquired StoneHill Environmental in Portsmouth, NH. Tim Stone founded this company 27 years ago and built a reputation as a credible, boutique style firm. StoneHill is a strong environmental risk management company with many years of experience in investigating and evaluating complex properties and coming up with viable solutions. We have brought StoneHill’s eight employees into our company and now have an expanded footprint that reaches from eastern Massachusetts into New Hampshire and Maine. 

More recently, CEA broadened its geographic reach to the West Coast.  In October, we acquired BenTyler Enterprises’ EHS Consulting Practice. In addition to environmental health and safety consulting, BenTyler helps high-tech, biotech R&D and manufacturing companies comply with local, state and federal OSHA regulations. 

Chemical engineer and 40+-year veteran in the industry Dan Elliot, PE, founded BenTyler in 1993. The company became known for high-end, high-quality EHS consulting. BenTyler established a niche in permitting and compliance with the intricate regulatory programs that govern the use of hazardous chemicals in the work place. Specifically, BenTyler has become particularly adept at helping firms with “Green” engineering of their R&D and manufacturing processes to protect worker health & safety and create more sustainable facilities.

In addition to those two acquisitions, CEA is opening a new office in Chicago, which will focus on EHS and environmental remediation management. We have also intentionally established a network of 35 to 40 EHS professionals across the U.S.  The intent is for CEA to be equipped to help companies anywhere in the country with consultants who have the skill sets that will match clients’ needs. 

 

What projects has CEA been working on recently? 

CEA has been involved in a number of projects, but I’d like to highlight three. Last year we completed a significant natural resources survey associated with a $1 billion transmission line project that will direct renewable energy from Canada and Northern Maine to a major substation in Maine, which will
benefit Massachusetts. Our role in this project was to conduct a natural resource survey. CEA sent three crews into the field for several months to assess wetlands and vernal pools along a 190-mile transmission corridor. These crews created GIS maps that presented the data and helped understand how to place transmission structures without disturbing natural habitats.

CEA also helped an Acton, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company meet its water supply needs.  The firm was ahead of schedule in expanding its production and needed additional water supply in service by mid-2019.  We assessed the hydrogeologic conditions at the site and determined that the bedrock aquifer could provide the needed water and could ultimately provide a sink for reinjecting blowdown from the cooling tower associated with the plant HVAC system.  This was a robust project with a lot of moving pieces, and CEA’s innovative approach enabled the client to meet water supply needs and significantly reduce long-term O&M expenses.

The third example is with Sunoco, our biggest client who we have worked for over the past decade. We have been involved in over 200 sites in New England and manage their portfolio of environmental liabilities across this geography. We are in the process of investigating, and developing and implementing remediation/site closure strategies for past petroleum releases at 40 gas stations.  CEA has a group of five Licensed Site Professionals and Professional Engineers that we can bring to bear to help with site closure.

 

What do you foresee for the future at CEA?

We intend to continue growing and become known as a premier environmental consulting firm, able to deliver consulting services across the U.S. and provide top senior talent to clients where needed. I believe CEA will flourish because we are growth oriented, believe strongly in creating a great work environment, and ultimately have a deep bench that enjoys working with our clients to solve their technical challenges. 

Corporate Environmental Advisors

Head of Company: Joseph S. Campisi, Principal Hydrogeologist and President

Locations:
West Boylston, MA
Westbrook, ME
Concord, NH
Portsmouth, NH
Santa Clara, CA
Chicago, IL

Company Description: Environmental Consulting Firm

Year Founded: 1985