Volume XXXI Number 9/10 Consulting & Engineering and IT in 2018 Environmental Business International Inc.

U.S. Environmental Consulting & Engineering Industry by Media ENVIRONMENTAL 40,000 Multi-Media FIRMS CHASE 35,000 Renew able Energy Natural Resources GROWTH, EMBRACE IT Air Quality 30,000 haracterizing the environmental Energy Mgmt/Efficiency 3,010 Water consulting & engineering industry 2,710 C 25,000 Wastew ater 2,610 in 2017 and 2018 has to start with the Solid Waste 2,180 2,440 Trump Administration and the unpredict- Remediation 2,010 6,550 20,000 1,830 Hazardous Waste able president Donald Trump. Admittedly 1,590 4,530 5,230 this has been a principal topic of two pre- 1,160 15,000 980 1,230 3,560 vious editions of Environmental Business 1,250 6,770 2,630 4,900 5,560 Journal in 2018, so not much more space 1,750 3,890 will be devoted here to the double-edged 10,000 1,980 2,500 sword syndrome of ‘good for business but 3,730 4,710 5,200 5,590 bad for the environment’ that results in 5,000 4,020 5,040 a relatively neutral effect on the environ- 4,220 3,730 3,670 3,560 3,270 3,460 mental industry, nor to the ‘Trump Effect’ - and its impact on specific industry seg- 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 ments or client sectors that was detailed in Source: Environmental Business International Inc., San Diego, Calif. EBJ’s annual model of the environmental EBJ’s mid-2018 survey of the same name. consulting & engineering industry based primarily on revenue analysis, surveys and interviews of C&E firms, analysts and experts. Units in $mil. of revenues generated The results of the 2018 midterm elec- tions and the change of control of the House of Representatives to the Demo- Inside EBJ cratic Party should have more impact on politics then it does on short term envi- TheU.S. environmental consulting & engineering industry has shaken off ronmental industry forecasts. Most ana- environmental policy and political setbacks and worked to benefit client initiatives, lysts agree with EBJ that economic factors investments and risk profiles in the increasingly deregulatory environment. 2018 like interest rates, tariffs and tax policy will growth at 4-4.5% will likely be a peak as more concerns cloud the horizon than the have a more direct impact on the business promise of new market drivers...... 1-10 the next two years. Technology Plays in Environmental Consulting & Engineering...... 11-29 More outside of political control, but NV5 stays on leading edge in acquiring drone firm and building optimizer...... 11 equally influential to environmental in- dustry growth, are the pace of develop- KCI commits to innovation strategy: acquires laser scanning firm LandAir...... 14 ment and infrastructure investment, and GHD launches advisory and digital units to add ‘edge’ to existing services...... 17 the movement of property values, stock Tetra Tech invests in aviation technology and digital tools...... 20 market indices and oil prices. These factors also collectively impact the gross domes- GZA’s Superfund sites are moving along towards remediation...... 22 tic product (GDP), consumer confidence SNC-Lavalin continuously seeks the best digital alliances to provide value-added and other economic indicators that most propositions to their clients...... 24 environmental companies agree are more influential to their business prospects than ERM strives to be the leading digital EHS service provider with the strongest digital the specific regulatory programs or fund- ecosystem of partners...... 27 ing mechanisms for which they used to EFCG reflects on technology trends and forecast scenarios for 2019...... 30 advocate more strenuously. J. Doehring says watch out for wildcards on the economic horizon...... 35 These factors are summarized on the 7 Mile Advisors predicts a moderate to strong outlook for 2019...... 37 tables on page 3. The tables update recent history and roll out updated short- and Small companies remain optimistic knowing some uncertainties are ahead...... 39 long-term f