Cornerstone Earth Group Ranks #6 for Environmental Firms in the 2012 San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal.

1. The List
14 THE BUSINESS JOURNAL sanjose.bizjournals.com JULY 20, 2012
ACLOSER LOOK Environmental Firms
Ranked by number of professionals in the Silicon Valley*
San Jose metro among solar leaders Number of
San Jose isthe No. 3-ranked city in California with the most professionals in
Silicon Valley/ Percent of work
solar capacity by megawatt. The "Capital of Silicon Valley" total number of done in
has 31 megawatts of solar generation, whileSan Diego has 37 employees in government/
Rank Company Silicon Valley/ private sector/ Top local executive/
MW and Los Angeles has 36 MW. 2011 Address total employees contractor or Email, if available/
rank Phone, website companywide Sample of specialities consultant Year founded locally
San Diego 37MW 1 EORMinc. 50 Safety, industrial hygiene, corporate 10% Glenn Fishier, president and CEO
2 4 N. Second St., Suite 1270, San Jose 95113 60 sustainability, environmental compli- 90% fishlerg@eorm.com
Los Angeles 36MW 408-790-9200, www.eorm.com 125 ance and site assessments ergonomics Consultant 1990
San Jose 31 MW 2 CH2M HILL Inc. 45 Site assessment, soil/water/air quality 35% Viiay Kumar, Bay Area manager
1737 N. First St., Suite 300, San Jose 95112 185 assessment, environmental planning 65% viiay.kumar@ch2m.com
Fresno 22MW 408-436-4936, www.ch2m.com 30,000 and remediation design Consultant 1985
San Francisco 17MW 3 locus Technologies 41 Cloud-based environmental information 10% Neno Duplan, president and CEO
3 299 Fairchild Drive, Mountain View 94043 55 management software, resource and 90% neno@locustec.com
Bakersfield 16 MW 650-960-1640, www.locustec.com 70 energy management software Consultant 1997
Sacramento 16MW 4 Arcadis 36 Soil, soil-vapor, and groundwater 1% Charles Pardini, vice president
4 6872 Santa Teresa Blvd., San Jose 95119 38 investigations, soil and groundwater 99% t
Santa Rosa 14MW 408-365-5703, www.arcadis-us.com 5,315 remediation (in-situ and ex-situ) Consultant 2006
Oakland 10MW 5 Goldet Associates 25 Contaminated site characterization/ 15% Jennifer Panders, office manager
5 · 425 lakeside Drive, Sunnyvale 94085
408-220-9223, www.golder.com
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1,423
remediation, solid waste engineering
landfill gas services and air quality
85% jpanders@golder.com
Chico 9MW Consultant 2004
Clovis BMW 8 Cornerstone Earth Group 23 Phase I site assessment, Phase II 20% Ron Helm, president
10 1259 Oakmead Parkway, Sunnyvale 94085 33 investigations- soil/groundwater sam- 80% rhelm@cornerstoneearth.com 1
408-245-4600, www.cornerstoneearth.com 38 piing, risk assessments Consultant 2007
Roseville 3MW
SOURCE: NEXT 10 CAliFORNIA GREEN INNOVATION INOEXIENVIRONMENT 7 David J. Powers &Associates Inc. 20 Environmental impact analysis 50% Judy Shanley, president
1871 The Alameda, Suite 200, San Jose 95126 20 The National Environmental Policy Act/ 50% jshanley@davidjpowers.com
CAliFORNIA. CAliFORNIA'S SOLAR CITJES 2012 408-248-3500, www.davidjpowers.com 20 California Environmental Quality Act Consultant 1972
a ICF Jones &Stokes Associates Inc.
75 E. Santa Clara St., Suite 300, San Jose 95113
19 CEGA, NEPA and regulatory compli-
ance, floodplain and water supply stud-
75% Brian Ramos, vice president
bramos@icfi.com
7 21 25%
408-216-2800, www.icfi.com 4,500 ies, transportation studies Consultant 1999
Most VC dollars invested in
9 AnteaGroup 18 Benchmarking, contaminant fate and 5%(USI Andrew lojo, senior consultant
Silicon Valley 12 312 Piercy Road, San Jose 95138
800-477-7411, www.us.anteagroup.com
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9,369
transport modeling, decommissioning,
environmental liability transfers
95%(US) andy.Jojo@anteagroup.com
Both 2002
Silicon Valley has the most venture capital investment
in clean technology compared with the rest of the San 9 Clark, Richardson &Biskup Consulting Engineers Inc. 18 Environmental engineering, site selec' 5% Doug Conrath, senior associate
75 E. Santa Clara St., Suite 350, San Jose 95113 18 tioo/due diligence, permitting/compli- 95% doug.conrath@crbusa.com
Francisco Bay Area. Here is a look at the numbers for the 6 408-367-2000, www.crbusa.com 500 ance, auditing Consultant 2004
two regions from 2006-2011.
11 Stantec Consulting Corp. 15 Phase 1/11 site assessments, soil/ 20% Jack Hardin, managing principal
12 15575 Los Gatos Blvd., Building C. Los Gatos 95032 16 groundwater sampling, environmental 80% Jack.Hardin@stantec.com
Silicon Valley 408-356-6124, www.stantec.com 12,140 compliance audits, asbestos Consultant 1989
12 URS Corp. 13 Environm.ental investigation/remedia- 70% Michael Cooper, vi ce president
2011 14 100W. San Fernando St., Suite 200, San Jose 95113 73 tion, environmental evaluation/CEGA, 30% mike_cooper@urscorp.com 2
408-297-9585, www.urscorp.com 56,000 Environmental Health & Safety Consultant 1960
· - - - - - · $1.5B
2010 13 Du-AII Safety LLC 12 Environmental assessments (gap 70% Terry Mccarthy, general manager
45950 Hotchkiss St., Fremont 94539 17 analysis), hazardous material business 30% terrym@du-all.com
· - - -$827.2M 11
510-651-8289, www.du-all.com 20 plans, storm water pollution preven- Consultant 1989
2009 tion plans
· - - - · $998.8M 14 Stericycle 10 Waste transportation and disposal, Fred Murabito, general manager
2008 15 21 Great Oaks Blvd., San Jose 95119 30 chemical lab packing, facility decon- t
408-363-1660, www.stericycle.com 9,000 tamination/decommissioning 1989
2007
· - - - - - -$1.6B 14 AST (Advance Soil Technology) Inc. 10 Phase I site assessment, Phase II & 20% Alex Kassai, principal and CEO
· - - ·$764.6M 15 343 S. Baywood Ave., San Jose 95128 10 Ill soil and groundwater investigation, 80% alexkassai@advancesoil.coin
408·261-1155, www.advancesoil.com 10 remediation, risk management Consultant 1987
2006
. . . .$601.5M .14 WSP Environment and Energy 10 On-site remediation construction/ 0% Rick Freudenberger, senior VP
2025 Gateway Place, Suite 435, San Jose 95110 11 implementation including excavation, 100% rick.freudenberger@wspgroup.com
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408-453-6100, www.wspenvironmental.com/usa 3,000 groundwater and soil treatment Both3 1987
$500M $1B $1.5B $2B
17 Weiss Associates 6 Site assessment, remediation, engi- 66.6% Alok Kolekar,
453 Ravendale Orive, Suite C, Mountain View 94043 9 nearing, regulatory compliance/plan- 33.3% senior project engineer
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San Francisco Bay Area 650-968-7000, www.weiss.com 55 ning, clean water ser vices Consultant adk@weiss.com
2003
18 ECS Refining LLC 5 End-of-life electronics recycling (com- 10% James Taggart, president and CEO
705 Reed St., Santa Clara 95050 53 modity recovery). IT asset manage- 90% iim@ecsrefining.com
408-200-7000, www.ecsrefining.com 135 ment/remarketing Contractor 1980
18 Enviro Safetech Inc. 5 Hazardous waste operations, emer- 5% Jay Jamali, director
2160-B Oakland Road, San Jose 95131 7 gency response standard, training, 95% jayjam@envirosafetech.com
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408-943-9090, www.envirosafetech.com 7 safety staffing air monitoring Consultant 1990
18 Green Environment inc. 5 Environmental compliance and permit· 5% Mark Green, president
PO Box 7138, San Carlos 94070 t ting, site assessments, Phase I and II 95% info@greenenvironment.com
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650-508-8018, www.greenenvironment.com ~ safety regulatory compliance Consultant 1992
18 Sterling &Associates Inc. 5 Industrial hygiene, indoor air quality 40% Jeremy Mott, general manager
168 S. Hillview Drive, Milpitas 95035 6 evaluations, fungi investigation, Envi- 60%
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408·262-1656, www.rsterling.com 45 ronmental Health and Safety consulting Consultant *
1989
18 Treadwell & Rollo I A Langan Company 5 Remediation of soil, soil vapor, and 10% Philip Tringale, director4
4030 Moorpark Ave., Suite 210, San Jose 95117 5 groundwater contamination, ground- 90% ptringale@langan.com
26 Consultant 2007
$2B 408-551-6700, www.treadwellrollo.com 570 water flow and transport modeling
23 AEI Consultants 4 Phase I site assessments, soil & 5% Mark Nobler, vice president
SOURCE CLEANTECH GROUP llC 3880 S. Bascom Ave., Suite 112, San Jose 95124 6 groundwater investigations, property 95% mnobler@aeiconsultants.com
NR condition assessments Both 2004
408-559-7600, www.aeiconsultants.com 150
24 GeoRestoration Inc. Environmental work plans and reports, 20% Roger Dockter, president
.._FYI 23 15940 Concord Circle, Morgan Hill 95037
408-779-5533, www.georestoration.com
soil, soil gas, indoor air, and groundwa-
ter sampling
80%
Consultant
main@georestoration.com
2002
25 Catalyst Environmental Inc. 2 Environmental remediation 0% Kurt Soto-Gambini, CEO
A+ Environmental Solutions LLC, which ranked No. 19 on last 100%
year's list with 8professionals in Silicon Valley, declined to NR 7351ndustrial Road, Suite 201, San Carlos 94070
650-642-6583, www.catenv.com
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C. Barry Butler, vice president bbutler@comerstoneearth.com Research by Lemery Reyes
Business Journal lists, omissions sometimes occur. 2
Office manager, too. list published July 20, 2012
Benchmark Environmental, which ranked No. 22 on last 3 Remediation contractor and consultant
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