Environmental Management.

• Position: Environmental Management Inc. - Company Profile

Specialists who can do just about anything -- that's a rare combination. But for Environmental Management, Inc., those are two of the main elements in a successful business formula that has made this company a leader in the environmental engineering field.

Working in Alaska, where remote sites and complicated logistics can often make some projects seem all but impossible, Environmental Management has a distinct advantage over other companies that provide only limited services to their customers. Owned and operated by lifetime Alaskan John Simpson, Environmental Management is an Alaskan company that has built its reputation on delivering a wide range of professional engineering and environmental services to its customers.

In business since 1989, this highly skilled company has carved out its niche, offering everything from consulting services to hazardous site assessments and education and training. "You could call us a 'garden variety' engineering firm," Simpson says. "At Environmental Management, we have the knowhow and practical experience it takes to go into a project and complete it start to finish.

"One of our specialties is turn-key operations," he continues. "In that kind of project, we're responsible for everything from the initial designs to doing the construction and as-builts on the finished project. Because we offer that kind of service, our clients have only one company to deal with. That can make a project come together a lot smoother."

Diversification has worked well for his company, Simpson says. That's just one of the reasons Environmental Management is so successful at meeting the challenges of doing business in the Bush. "You have to know how to survive up here. You have to be flexible. We've got that ability. When you're out on the job site and something comes up, you have to have the capability to handle it there. You don't have the luxury of pulling in another expert to finish the job."

Recent turn-key projects completed in Alaska include solid waste facility closures at Prudhoe Bay, and an environmental remediation project to evaluate and remove unknown waste at a remote site near Bethel. In their first three years of operation, Environmental Management also has handled...