Marco Island, Florida
July 21 - 24, 2020
July 21 - 24, 2020
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2020 Sponsors
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GUNSTER Environmental, Land Use & Property Rights practice guides clients through Florida’s complex environmental permitting and regulatory landscape and defends owner’s rights as necessary. Our attorneys represent public and private entities, both national and international, who own, lease, develop, finance and manage properties throughout Florida and the United States, including agricultural, commercial, energy, industrial, residential, retail, and mixed-use properties. Gunster’s environmental practice brings together real estate, land use, environmental and property litigation attorneys, staff and in-house planners. Our lawyers include Florida Bar certified attorneys who provide counsel and representation before state and federal environmental agencies on all aspects of water resource permitting, water use and water supply, air quality and emissions, water quality permitting including NPDES, Everglades restoration matters, listed species permitting, and issues related to state and federal administrative law. Gunster attorneys are regularly featured authors and speakers at seminars and conferences throughout Florida. Additionally, they are involved with related organizations including the American Water Resources Association, the American Water Works Association, Florida Bar Environmental and Land Use Law Sections, the Florida Bar Property Rights Committee, the Florida Green Building Coalition and U.S. Green Building Council, the American Planning Association, ULI, NAIOP, and ICSC. For more information, visit gunster.com.
HOLLAND & KNIGHT is a global law firm with more than 1,000 lawyers and professionals located in 21 U.S. offices, including Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach, as well as Bogotá and Mexico City. The firm has experience in a wide range of practice areas, including environmental permitting, land use and entitlements, real estate, base closure, federal grants, tax increment financing, and budget and appropriations. Holland & Knight’s Environmental Team has in-depth, hands-on knowledge of land use and environmental law. Our team provides highly experienced counsel on a broad range of land use and environmental issues, including permit approvals, comprehensive plan amendments, brownfields redevelopment, climate change, “green building” issues, environmental insurance, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and state equivalent reviews, as well as wetlands and natural resources. Our Washington, D.C., office also features an endangered species practice. With a solid track record, industry connections and leadership, Holland & Knight is frequently recognized by leading industry groups and publications. The U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” 2015 guide selected the Land Use and Zoning Law and Real Estate Law practice groups for national first-tier rankings and honored the firm as the “2014 Law Firm of the Year” in Land Use and Zoning (November 2013).
HOPPING GREEN & SAMS, P.A. is a Tallahassee, Florida based firm representing clients statewide primarily in the area of governmental law. Its attorneys have assisted clients at federal, state, regional, and local levels in all areas of environmental and land use regulation and litigation including: solid and hazardous waste, comprehensive planning, DRIs, property rights litigation, toxic substances, wetland, water use, sovereign submerged lands, air emissions, underground injection control, oil and gas exploration, endangered species, industrial wastewater, domestic wastewater, stormwater and potable water. Hopping Green & Sams also represents clients in matters relating to state and local tax, business and insurance regulation, and community development districts. Hopping Green & Sams maintains an active lobbying practice representing clients before the Florida Legislature, state agencies, the governor and Cabinet. www.hgslaw.com.
MANSON BOLVES DONALDSON VARN, PA is a Florida based law firm with public and private clients ranging from large, multi-billion dollar interests to start ups. The firm focuses on water, environmental, administrative and governmental law as well as business, contracting and construction. Manson Bolves offers a full range of services, from siting and permitting through mediation or litigation. In addition, our legislative practice represents clients with local, regional and state bodies. We assist our clients by negotiating with state and local agencies, and navigating issues through the complex, and sometimes conflicting, governmental process. Manson Bolves also provides representation for clients on transactions between governments and private interests, including the negotiation and drafting of interlocal agreements. Our understanding of government provides a unique perspective for our private sector clients. The processes, the personalities and the policies that move or stall good projects can sometimes be a mystery to our private sector clients. We can untangle the mysteries of those processes and help ensure fair and equitable treatment under the laws, rules and regulations. Likewise, the commercial and construction litigation team at Manson Bolves ensures that clients are properly represented in contractual and related business disputes. While government is complex, a seemingly endless array of mishaps, misunderstandings and mistakes plague the industry. We represent our clients’ interests. From contracting through court we have been called upon to ensure our clients get what they need, what they deserve, what they are entitled to. For additional information, please visit www.mansonbolves.com.
STEARNS WEAVER MILLER is a full service law firm with offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Tallahassee and Coral Gables. Our Land Development, Zoning and Environmental Department is a statewide practice group focused primarily on the Florida marketplace. This focus enables us to understand Florida’s political, business and development trends at the state, regional and local government levels, and effectively represent and serve our clients throughout all regions of Florida. Our team provides our clients an array of legal and planning services related to transactions, land use entitlements, land development, and environmental matters, as well as governmental affairs representation and litigation related to those practice areas. We represent clients at federal, state, regional, and local levels on a broad range of environmental and land use issues involving wetlands, coastal development, greenfields, comprehensive plan amendments, protected species and habitat, property rights, water quality, brownfields, rezoning, contaminated sites, sovereign submerged lands, marinas/docking facilities, due diligence reviews, water use, developments of regional impact, toxic torts, utilities, stormwater management, beach nourishment, variances, platting, transfer of development rights, and climate change/coastal resilience. Our Department brings together land use, environmental, property rights, and litigation attorneys, in-house planners, and GIS mapping staff. We have strategically built our practice group to include attorneys and planners from many different professional disciplines, each providing unique assets for our clients. Our team includes attorneys previously serving as in-house counsel for corporations and industry groups, as well as attorneys and planners who formerly held high-level positions with major local governments and regional and state agencies – this diversity brings multiple perspectives to the table which enables creative problem solving, and results in practical advice to our clients. For additional information, please visit www.stearnsweaver.com.
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AKERMAN LLP is a leading transactions and trial law firm known for its core strengths in middle market M&A, within the financial services and real estate industries, and for a diverse Latin America practice. With more than 600 lawyers and government affairs professionals and a network of 20 offices, Akerman is ranked among the top 100 law firms in the United States by The American Lawyer (2015). Akerman also is ranked among the top 50 law firms for diversity in The American Lawyer’s Diversity Scorecard (2015).
CARLTON FIELDS has more than 300 attorneys and government and financial services consultants serving clients from offices in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, D.C. The firm serves a mix of international, national, and local businesses, state and local public entities and individuals. Members of the firm’s Government Law and Consulting practice have extensive experience in all areas of environmental, land use, regulated industries such as utilities and medical marijuana, and administrative law and governmental consulting at the local, state, and federal levels. The practice includes not only transactional work but also significant litigation. The group employs AICP planners to assist its clients in environmental permitting land use matters including siting due diligence, permitting, zoning, code review, site plans, sector plans, DRIs and then rescission, comprehensive plan amendments, condominiums and community associations and state and local advocacy. For more information, please visit http://www.carltonfields.com.
CSA OCEAN SCIENCES INC. (CSA), founded in 1970, is a marine environmental consulting firm that specializes in multidisciplinary projects concerning potential environmental impacts of activities in coastal and marine ecosystems and offers a wide variety of desktop and field survey services to support our clients worldwide. CSA’s programmatic approach provides our clients with objective data collected in the field and through desktop-based scientific research while maintaining an appreciation for the environmental, legal, and political sensitivities frequently associated with controversial marine and coastal projects. Our 50-year corporate track record has resulted in a reputation of reliable technical performance, unbiased analyses, and scientific integrity. Utilizing the extensive knowledge of our personnel, in our 10 offices worldwide, in addition to the techniques, facilities, equipment, and business considerations of applied sciences and technologies, CSA is staffed and equipped to offer a complete range of services for projects in offshore, nearshore, estuarine, wetland, and freshwater environments.www.csaocean.com.
DEWBERRY is a multi-disciplined firm with a proven history of providing architecture, consulting, engineering, and management services to a wide variety of public- and private-sector clients. Recognized for combining unsurpassed commitment to client service with deep subject matter expertise, Dewberry is dedicated to solving clients’ most complex challenges and transforming their communities. Established in 1956, Dewberry is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, with more than 50 locations, including 15 offices in Florida, and over 2,000 professionals nationwide. We remain a client-focused, family-owned business supporting our clients’ operations and enhancing community initiatives.
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING & TECHNOLOGY, INC. (ECT), is an employee-owned firm specializing in the resolution of complex environmental issues through cost-effective project planning and design, management, applied engineering, and scientific expertise. ECT’s professional scientists, engineers, planners, landscape architects, and management consultants listen to our clients’ specific needs, and develop sound solutions that accomplish project goals on time and on budget. With leading professionals across 22 offices throughout the United States, ECT provides expertise in the areas of natural resources, air quality, water resources, compliance, and site remediation. ECT has been ranked as one of Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) Top 200 Environmental Firms for 2019 and has been ranked as a top environmental firm by ENR for 23 consecutive years. www.ectinc.com
ESA is an environmental consulting and planning firm committed to the principles of sustainability. We specialize in environmental planning, scientific technical studies and investigations, environmental assessments, cultural resource services, ecosystem restoration and mitigation design, climate change solutions, and regulatory permitting and compliance. With diverse practice groups and multiple offices nationwide, ESA’s nimble, multidisciplinary teams provide world class expertise to deliver innovative and cost-effective solutions to our clients. To learn more about ESA, visit our website at www.esassoc.com.
With approximately 900 attorneys in 20 offices, FOLEY & LARDNER LLP provides award-winning business and legal insight to clients across the country and around the world. Our team-based approach, innovative technology, and focus on value and client service are continually recognized by our clients and the legal industry. For 13 consecutive years, Foley has been recognized on the BTI Client Service A-Team, a client service survey of Fortune 1000 corporate counsel (2016 BTI Client Service A-Team survey, The BTI Consulting Group, Wellesley, MA). In addition, Foley received 27 national Tier 1 rankings in the 2017 edition of U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” and was named to the InformationWeek 500 list for seven of the past eight years for technological innovation that enhances business value. Learn more at Foley.com.
GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS is a consulting and engineering firm that works with private and public sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure. Our engineers, geologists, environmental scientists, and other technical and project staff specialize in the areas of environmental studies and cleanup; infrastructure assessment, engineering, and design; environmental, health, and safety management; natural resources assessment and restoration; and structural extreme load analyses, fluid dynamics, and risk mitigation services. Our firm’s practitioners deliver advanced solutions throughout the United States and at select locations in Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Geosyntec was founded in Florida, where the firm maintains nine offices, including its corporate operations team. Most of Geosyntec’s Florida practitioners have spent the majority of their career in the state. They have provided strategic counsel to officials with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP); Region IV of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA); the Florida water management districts; and the Jacksonville District of the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE), among many others. www.geosyntec.com
GHD is one of the world’s leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Privately owned by our people, GHD provides engineering, environmental and construction services to private and public sector clients across five continents and the Pacific region. GHD has earned a reputation for excellence in site assessment and remediation, compliance, environmental impact assessment, permitting, waste management, emergency response, stakeholder engagement, water resources, and natural resource management. Committed to sustainable development, GHD improves the physical, natural and social environments of the many communities in which we operate. www.ghd.com
GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP Greenberg Traurig’s environmental and land development practices comprise an integrated network of professionals in over 35 offices in the United States, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, including seven offices in Florida. Our team is nationally recognized for experience in a number of areas, including permitting, auditing and compliance, brownfield development and risk transfer, natural resources, Native American law, and a broad range of environmental, toxic tort, and government enforcement litigation (administrative, civil, and criminal). GT regularly assists clients with a broad variety of land development issues, including navigating the complexities of Florida’s growth management laws and policies. The firm’s environmental professionals work closely with the firm’s land development, real estate, corporate, energy, and other transactional lawyers and have significant experience in key industry sectors, including: mining, oil and gas, transportation, waste management, electricity generation, clean technology, pulp and paper, steel and other metals, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and real estate. GT’s results-oriented and practical approach to problem solving has led major national companies and other organizations to entrust the firm with their most challenging environmental and land development matters. For additional information, please visit www.gtlaw.com.
KLEINFELDER is an environmental and engineering consulting firm providing solutions to meet our world’s complex infrastructure and natural resource challenges. With over 50 locations throughout the U.S., Canada and Australia, Kleinfelder employs over forty people in three Florida office locations: Mt. Dora, Jacksonville, and Tampa. Our offerings include a diverse set environmental engineering, planning, and permitting services that are key to mining, industrial, transportation, and commercial projects in Florida and the southeast. We have highly experienced professionals in wetland and wildlife regulation and conservation, all stages of project due diligence and environmental permitting, civil engineering design and permitting, hydrogeology and water resources, geotechnical investigations, air permitting and testing, industrial hygiene and safety, and construction materials testing. Working as a team, our bright people will deliver the right solutions for clients. www.kleinfelder.com
LEWIS, LONGMAN & WALKER, P.A. For more than 25 years, the attorneys at LLW have helped the individuals, businesses and governments that have shaped Florida’s future. We offer solutions to issues associated with complex local, state, and federal laws and regulations. We focus on the specific, technical and seemingly ever-changing areas of Environmental, Land Use and Governmental Law. LLW is comprised of well-known and respected attorneys with the experience and skill to quickly resolve difficult legal challenges. We believe in building long-term attorney-client relationships based upon collaboration and solid performance. We are committed to responding to clients’ needs promptly and economically. Our offices are in Jacksonville, Tallahassee, Tampa, St. Petersburg and West Palm Beach. Wherever you are, we’re nearby.www.llw-law.com
MITIGATION MARKETING Founded in 1998, Mitigation Marketing was the first company of its kind in Florida, and today the company remains the largest firm specializing in marketing support for mitigation banks. Known throughout the nation as a leader in the mitigation banking industry, Mitigation Marketing has developed a systematic approach to the marketing and sales of mitigation credits and focuses on service at every level. Using this approach, Mitigation Marketing has created the largest inventory of mitigation credits in the state of Florida.
NORTHSTAR CONTRACTING GROUP, INC (NorthStar) is a licensed State of Florida Professional Engineering and Construction firm headquartered in Tampa, Florida with service centers in Tallahassee, Orlando and West Palm Beach. We are an established and respected provider of professional civil and environmental engineering, construction and emergency response services focused on serving State and local municipal governments. For over 30 years, NorthStar has provided expertise and solutions to challenging regulatory, environmental and water resource issues that affect our clients. Our areas of specialization include: all phases of environmental site assessments; petroleum contamination assessments and remediation; storage tank assessments; construction management services; hazardous materials management, response and cleanup; brownfields coordination, funding management and implementation; contaminated site management and safety evaluations; land acquisition and natural resource management; environmental permitting; regulatory compliance; computer and GIS modeling; civil and water resource engineering; and, mold/lead and asbestos testing and abatement. Since 1997, we have provided these services for State of Florida municipalities, County agencies and State agencies including the Florida DEP, Florida DOT, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and all five of the State of Florida Water Management Districts. www.northstar.com.
SCS ENGINEERS works to prevent, mitigate, and remediate environmental challenges for our clients. We help businesses achieve their goals efficiently and quickly using our deep bench of local, state, and federal regulatory experts, proven technology, and 50 years of experience. Our core capabilities are in solid and hazardous waste management, renewable energy and climate change business adaptation, site remediation, permitting and compliance. SCS serves public and private clients nationwide with comprehensive services available from our eight offices in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. Continuous improvement, our in-the-field experience, deep involvement in the industries we serve enables us to deliver sustainable environmental solutions that reduce risk, get facilities and programs operational faster, and are 100% compliant at all levels. Engineering News-Record consistently ranks SCS as a top-tier consulting firm in design, environmental engineering, solid waste, wastewater, hazardous waste, site assessment and compliance for over a decade. www.scsengineers.com
STANTEC Communities are fundamental. Whether around the corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, a sense of place and of belonging. That’s why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind. We care about the communities we serve—because they’re our communities too. This allows us to assess what’s needed and connect our expertise, to appreciate nuances and envision what’s never been considered, to bring together diverse perspectives so we can collaborate toward a shared success. We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe. Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the symbol STN. Visit us at stantec.com or find us on social media. Visit us at stantec.com or find us on social media.
TERRACON is a 100 percent employee-owned consulting engineering firm providing quality services to clients. Since 1965, Terracon has evolved into a successful multi-discipline firm specializing in environmental, facilities, geotechnical and materials. Over its history, Terracon has achieved significant expansion through both internal growth and acquisitions. Terracon currently has more than 4,500 employees in more than 150 offices and 50 states nationwide. Additionally, we partner with our U.S. clients to serve their international needs. The firm’s success is further evidenced by a current ranking of 24 in Engineering News-Record’s 2018 listing of the Top 500 Design Firms, as compared to a ranking of 41 a decade ago. Terracon’s growth is due to dedicated employees who are responsive to clients, provide quality services, and take advantage of opportunities in the marketplace. Our environmental services include: site assessments and investigations; remedial design and implementation; Brownfields/site redevelopment; natural resources/wetlands delineation/mitigation; industrial hygiene/health and safety; asbestos/lead/mold/indoor air quality; regulatory compliance; environmental management systems; and solid waste planning and design.
THE WETLANDSBANK COMPANY (TWC) is one of the nation’s most respected and successful mitigation bankers. TWC developed its wetland bank in Pembroke Pines, FL; the first credit transfers ever authorized by the Army Corps of Engineers. TWC has completed the transfer of the 2,778-acre Panther Island Mitigation Bank in Naples, FL to the Audubon of Florida’s Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, as the long term managers and is currently restoring an additional 1,841 acres that has been added to the existing bank project. Panther Island’s commitment to the environment has earned national and international recognition. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary, including the Panther Island Mitigation Bank, was named a Ramsar Wetland of International Significance, one of only 26 in the United States. It was the first time ever that a mitigation bank has received this honor. During 2015 TWC added Corkscrew Regional Mitigation Bank to its portfolio thus furthering its commitment to the Southwest Florida market. TWC has completed the first phase of construction on Blackwater Creek Mitigation Bank north of Orlando in the Wekiva Basin. TWC has expanded into Georgia with the Legacy Farms Stream Bank south of Atlanta. TWC has expanded into Mississippi by partnering with founders of Delta Mitigation Bank. TWC seeks partnerships with public or private entities to design, permit, develop, market, and operate mitigation banks, and also sells mitigation credits on behalf of entities, such as Broxton Rocks Mitigation Bank a stream and wetland bank also in Georgia and Panther Passage Conservation Bank, a Panther Habitat bank in Hendry County, Florida. Contact: Robert B. Miller, Chief Executive Officer & President, 10097 Cleary Blvd. Suite #303 Plantation, FL 33324 (954) 642-2463; rmiller@wetlandsbank.com; www.wetlandsbank.com
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A-C-T ENVIRONMENTAL & INFRASTRUCTURE Established in 1987, A·C·T is a multi-disciplined professional environmental, engineering and field services firm with expertise in a range of areas, including environmental sciences, engineering, industrial hygiene, industrial services, infrastructure, waste management and emergency response. A·C·T employs nearly 100 full-time, part-time and contract professionals from its offices in Bartow, Gainesville, Orlando, Naples, Sarasota, Tampa and Ft. Lauderdale. The firm is recognized as the Best Mid-Sized Environmental Firm to Work For – nationwide (by CE News) and is among Florida Trend’s 100 Best Companies to Work For (2010/11/12/13/15/16). For more information, visit www.A-C-T.com or like us on Facebook.
AECOM is built to deliver a better world. We design, build, finance and operate critical infrastructure assets for governments, businesses and organizations. As a fully integrated firm, we connect knowledge and experience across our global network of experts to help clients solve their most complex challenges. From high-performance buildings and infrastructure, to resilient communities and environments, to stable and secure nations, our work is transformative, differentiated and vital. A Fortune 500 firm, AECOM had revenue of approximately $20.2 billion during fiscal year 2018. See how we deliver what others can only imagine at aecom.com and @AECOM.
APEX COMPANIES, LLC is excited to return as a sponsor and presenter. Apex, is an award-winning water resources, environmental, health and safety services firm dedicated to providing private and public sector clients with full-service, single-source solutions. Ranked #12 as an All-Environmental Firm by ENR magazine, Apex is known for its technical expertise, quick response time, unparalleled performance, and cost efficiency. We employ over 1,000 professionals including geologists, hydrogeologist, engineers, air quality experts, environmental scientists, information management experts, industrial hygienists, and safety specialist across more than 50 offices throughout the US. Join us in booth #411.
ATKINS, a member of the SNC-Lavalin Group, is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies. Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is a global, fully integrated professional services and project management company, and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure. From offices around the world, SNC-Lavalin’s employees are proud to build what matters. Atkins, part of SNC-Lavalin’s Engineering, Design and Project Management business, is the largest sector within the company. We assist public and private clients with infrastructure, transportation and energy needs. Our approximately 50,000 employees speak 70 languages, represent some 130 nationalities and work from offices in over 50 countries. We are one of very few firms of our size with world-class expertise in financing and asset management, engineering, procurement, construction, training, and operations and maintenance. This is a key differentiator in our industry, and a powerful vehicle for delivering outstanding value to our stakeholders. atkinsglobal.com
BILZIN SUMBERG is a commercial law firm based in Florida dedicated to delivering the highest quality legal counsel to a wide range of distinguished clients whose business, legal opportunities, and challenges pan the United States crossing borders with Europe, Latin America, Canada, the Middle East, and Asia. The firm’s growth has paralleled that of its Miami home base, a region known for its rich cultural, social, and professional diversity. Bilzin Sumberg lawyers concentrate on services at the heart of both regional and international commerce, including real estate, land development and government relations, environmental, corporate law, joint ventures, domestic and international tax and estate planning, business litigation, finance and public-private partnerships. Our environmental attorneys provide innovative solutions to a wide range of environmental issues faced by Florida’s development and redevelopment community. As part of the firm’s Government Relations & Land Development practice group, the environmental team works closely with the Firm’s Corporate, Real Estate and Litigation practices to support all aspects of regulation, permitting and enforcement actions related to federal and state wetland regulations, brownfields redevelopment, stormwater management and permitting, marina permitting and operation, landfills, regulatory permitting, hazardous waste and land development. For more information, please visit www.bilzin.com.
BIO-TECH CONSULTING, INC. is a full-service environmental consulting firm headquartered in Orlando, Fla. with offices across the state and clients throughout Florida and the Southeast. Our team of scientists, planners and project managers works to guide all of our clients through successful permitting and compliance processes on local, state and federal levels. Services include permitting, environmental assessments, wetlands mitigation, monitoring, wildlife sciences, erosion and sediment control, pond management, lake management, and landscaping services. Projects range from single-family residences to master-planned communities to government facilities. With the expertise, equipment, knowledge and commitment, Bio-Tech Consulting guides its clients through the increasingly complex and rapidly changing permitting and compliance processes. Our mission is to help our clients maximize development opportunities, minimize timeframes and achieve ecologically sustainable solutions. To learn more, please visit www.bio-techconsulting.com.
BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC brings true partnership to our clients. We understand the service and partnership attributes our clients most value and have formalized a model for consistently achieving them. The firm has nearly 480 attorneys and government relations professionals practicing throughout the United States, with offices in 17 cities in California, Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Buchanan provides the full array of legal services to our business clients, and our environmental and land use attorneys provide representation to both public and private clients before state, federal, local and regional governmental entities. Areas of practice include wetlands, consumptive use and coastal construction permitting, comprehensive plan, zoning and DRI and sector plan approvals, community development districts, underground storage tanks, indoor air quality and solid and hazardous waste, involving all state and federal environmental regulatory agencies and the Florida Legislature. www.bipc.com
DE LA PARTE & GILBERT, PA is based in downtown Tampa. Our law firm was founded in 1975 and has been involved in shaping much of the law that affects Florida’s environmental, health, social services and governmental policies. Our firm serves a diverse portfolio of state, national and international clients. While our lawyers practice in over 20 areas of law, we focus primarily on Business Transactions, Environmental and Land Use Law, Government, Health Law, and Civil Litigation. We recruit and retain highly skilled, sophisticated lawyers who are rated among the best in the profession. de la Parte & Gilbert as a firm is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell and several of our attorneys are Florida Bar board certified. For more information, please contact us at (813) 229-2775 or visit our website at www.dgfirm.com.
DRMP, Inc. is a privately-held, multi-disciplined civil engineering and surveying firm that develops innovative design solutions for infrastructure development in the public, private and industrial sectors. With 17 offices throughout the southeastern United States and more than 500 employees strong, DRMP specializes in civil engineering, surveying, planning, environmental sciences and construction inspection services. DRMP’s ecological experts work as a liaison between our clients and government regulatory agencies to formulate acceptable alternatives that effectively minimize impacts to natural resources. By collaborating early in the project’s process, our staff gains an understanding of our clients’ objectives to implement a customized project approach. Today, DRMP is ranked among Engineering News-Record’s “Top 500 Design Firms” in the United States. For more information, please visit www.drmp.com.
ECOBOT builds revolutionary software that improves how we interact with the environment. Ecobot is the future of environmental monitoring, reporting and data forecasting, providing efficiency across all sectors of the environmental services industry. Our suite of digital tools and industry expertise transforms the pen and paper driven environmental services industry into a smartphone and cloud driven model of efficiency — reducing time-on-task of data management and reporting by 40%. Created from inside the environmental consulting industry, Ecobot is tailored specifically to scientists conducting regulatory assessments in respect to every part of the application and workflow. The first version of Ecobot provides a swifter way to input wetland field data, provides contextual vegetation and soil data lookups, and automatically generates USACE wetland delineation reports. Expanding beyond the conversion of field data to PDF, Ecobot has teamed with Esri, Trimble, and EOS to introduce advanced mapping and modeling capabilities into a single app. ecobotapp.com
ECOCREDIT MARKETING is a trusted mitigation partner focusing on high-quality compensatory mitigation for wetland, stream and species habitat impacts. We effectively provide economic environmental solutions to projects throughout Florida and the United States. Our 11 years of experience and strong industry relationships allow our clients to streamline the mitigation and conservation banking process. Additionally, our unique strategies and deep industry insights assist capital groups in accurately identifying the best investment options. Whether it is our efficient and effective bank credit sales, in-depth market analysis or custom marketing plans, we strive to create a timely and seamless mitigation solution for project owners and mitigation bank sponsors.
ECOSYSTEM INVESTMENT PARTNERS (EIP) delivers high-quality, large-scale mitigation solutions in Florida and nationwide. EIP acquires, restores, and permanently protects priority conservation properties. Through our restoration, we provide mitigation and other environmental offset solutions to public and private developers and government agencies. EIP restored 45,000 acres through 62 projects in eleven states, including 5 in Florida, and our national footprint continues to expand. We are a team of 13 professionals with deep experience in real estate, ecological restoration, permitting, and mitigation sales. We partner with regional ecologists on every project. Our approach – convening an expert, project-specific team – delivers our clients a winning mitigation outcome, pairing our national experience and firm strength with specialized ecological expertise. www.ecosystempartners.com
ERIN L. DEADY, P.A., is a Florida based firm representing clients statewide from the panhandle to the Florida Keys primarily in the area of environmental and governmental law. Its attorneys have assisted clients at federal, state, regional, and local levels in the private and public sector in all areas of environmental and land use law. Our attorneys work on projects and matters such as Gulf Restoration, sustainability, climate change preparedness and resiliency, energy, public finance, special districts, legislative matters, NEPA, water use and regulation, litigation matters, comprehensive planning, land use and zoning and land development regulations. The firm maintains an active practice in seeking, managing and securing governmental grants and unique special assessments. www.erindeadylaw.com.
E SCIENCES, INCORPORATED, excels at providing engineering, environmental and ecological consulting services to clients in both the public and private sectors. From our offices in Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Miami and DeLand, our staff has successfully executed projects throughout Florida and the Southeastern United States. Our services include stormwater engineering, environmental permitting, wetland assessment, threatened and endangered species assessments, arborist consulting services, land management and restoration, mitigation, environmental assessments, contamination and remediation, water resource services, NPDES consulting, TMDL consulting, and Brownfield and urban revitalization planning. www.esciencesinc.com
FLATWOODS CONSULTING GROUP INC (Flatwoods) is a Florida-based Small Business Enterprise (SBE) specializing in assisting our clients with the complex regulations associated with natural resources. Our goal is to provide the highest quality consultation to our clients in a cost-effective manner. We accomplish this through honest and consistent personal contact and by putting the long-term needs of our clients and staff members before short-term corporate gain. We strive to attract and retain both clients and staff for the duration of their careers, not just for the duration of a project. Our team of highly qualified scientists and professionals has advanced degrees, professional certifications, and project experience related to many aspects of upland, wetland, and benthic ecology, wildlife surveys, and various types of ecological monitoring, permitting, and mitigation. Flatwoods’ staff members have served clients in the southeastern United States for over fifteen years. Our comprehensive technical approach, in-depth understanding of ecology, and regulatory experience result in invaluable project solutions for our clients. Flatwoods has experience in successfully addressing the complex environmental and regulatory challenges associated with transportation and utilities, mining, agriculture, and municipal projects as well as industrial, commercial, residential, and multi-use developments. www.flatwoodsconsulting.com.
FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF MITIGATION BANKERS: A Private Solution to a Public Problem – The Florida Association of Mitigation Bankers (FAMB) was established in 2008 for the purpose of promoting and advancing an efficient and successful marketplace solution that supports economic development and ecological function by providing meaningful restoration to wetlands and species’ habitats throughout the state of Florida. FAMB consists of mitigation and conservation professionals dedicated to providing an industry voice in Tallahassee to advocate and support appropriate legislative and regulatory policies and practices to ensure the mitigation banking industry’s sustainability and expansion. With 100+ permitted banks, protection of over 190,000 acres and successfully providing mitigation to offset over 4,000 development permits, mitigation banking continues to demonstrate that private investment in restoration is an ideal way to help Florida achieve the delicate balance of encouraging economic growth while preserving and restoring our state’s valuable natural resources. For more information, please review the FAMB website at https://floridamitigationbanking.org/ or contact Kae Hovater at kae@ecocreditmarketing.com or Desmond Duke at dduke@ecoresolve.com.
FLORIDA LIMEROCK AND AGGREGATE INSTITUTE is dedicated to ensuring a healthy business climate for its member companies, which are essential to Florida’s economic future. Our experienced employees are proud to deliver value to customers and members every day. Together, we’re helping to build Florida’s future. At the Florida Limerock and Aggregate Institute, we’re literally building the future. Our member companies are industry leaders, responsibly harvesting Florida’s natural sand and stone to make products that can be found in countless roads, schools, churches, homes, and hospitals. Many of our members support the industry through related products and services. Our job is to ensure a healthy business climate for the industry and to expand the market share for its valuable product. FLAI represents the interests of the aggregates industry proactively before the Florida Legislature, the Governor, and Florida’s departments and agencies. It is the only association that fully represents the aggregates industry from extraction to sales.
FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY – EVERGLADES MITIGATION BANK (EMB) is a wetland restoration project which services Miami-Dade, Broward and the southern portion of Palm Beach County. The 13,249-acre project is located in southern Miami-Dade County and is home to several unique ecosystems supporting 46 protected species of plant and animal life. With its large size and unique location, Everglades Mitigation Bank is a major contributor to a seamless corridor between Biscayne National Park and Everglades National Park. The EMB is owned and operated by Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) the largest energy company in the United States as measured by retail electricity produced and sold, serving more than five million customer accounts or an estimated 10 million+ people across the state of Florida. FPL and its highly fuel-efficient power plant fleet is one of the cleanest among all electric companies nationwide. FPL is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Florida-based NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), a clean energy company widely recognized for its efforts in sustainability, ethics and diversity, and has been ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry in Fortune’s 2019 list of “World’s Most Admired Companies.” NextEra Energy is also the parent company of Gulf Power Company, which serves more than 460,000 customers in eight counties throughout Northwest Florida, and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. For more information, visit https://www.fpl.com/environment/wildlife/mitigation-bank.html.
GOLDER is a premier global consulting firm specializing in ground engineering and environmental sciences. Golder professionals take the time to build an understanding of client needs and the specific environments in which they operate. Our staff of skilled engineers, geologists, scientists and project managers work collaboratively between offices to provide multi-disciplinary services in the manufacturing, power, oil and gas, urban development and infrastructure, mining and waste management industries. Golder’s Florida Operations consists of four locations in Jacksonville, Gainesville, Tampa, and Palm Beach, offering diverse consulting services including: facility siting and permitting; environmental resource evaluation and permitting; remediation services; geotechnical engineering; solid waste permitting and design; air and water permitting; EH&S and industrial hygiene regulatory compliance; and construction management services. Visit www.golder.com for more information on our services and other office locations.
HRP ASSOCIATES, INC. was founded in 1982 to serve the environmental needs of the regulated community subject to the newly-enacted Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA). Today, HRP is a multidisciplinary environmental and engineering consulting firm, with nine offices throughout the U.S. We have completed projects in nearly every state. Not only do we provide critical services to clients throughout the U.S., we have also extended our Global Consulting Services to over twenty countries throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. We provide a full range of environmental and civil engineering consulting services to private and public sector clients. HRP’s consulting engineers are highly qualified to help you assess, manage and reduce EH&S risks, to operate more efficiently and profitably, and to improve the design and function of your current and future facilities.
HSW ENGINEERING, INC. is an integrated earth science and engineering firm providing proactive, innovative, and cost-effective solutions for Environmental, Water Resources and Civil/Land Development projects. HSW provides a unique blend of expertise in engineering design, construction management, environmental compliance, permit acquisition and knowledge of state and federal regulations. HSW has acquired a national reputation for using innovative and streamlined approaches to assess and resolve a broad range of complex engineering and environmental concerns. To learn more about HSW, please visit www.hsweng.com.
HULL’S ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC. is a woman-owned small business operating from locations in Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas. Throughout the southeast and mid-central United States, Hull’s performs a variety of environmental services including emergency spill response for oil, fuel and hazardous materials, contaminated site remediation, hazardous & non-hazardous waste transportation & disposal, oil-field services, industrial cleaning & maintenance, vacuum truck services, tank cleaning and a wide variety of other related services for both the public and private sector. Hull’s is also a United States Coast Guard certified oil spill removal organization (OSRO) for all or portions of COTP Zones five, seven, eight, nine, eleven and thirteen as well as a Florida Department of Environmental Protection contract holder for emergency response cleanup services.
Founded in 1995, INWOOD CONSULTING ENGINEERS, Inc. has provided engineering consulting services throughout Florida for 25 years. The firm has extensive experience in PD&E studies, ETDM processes, public involvement, transportation planning, complex highway design, drainage design, stormwater management, structural design, permitting, GIS, air and noise studies, water and wastewater pipeline design, pump stations, construction services, wildlife studies, gopher tortoise relocation, and project management. Inwood is committed to achieving a high standard of client service by developing innovative design solutions that meet our clients’ project needs in a timely and cost-effective manner. We attribute Inwood’s success to our integrity, ethical business practices, and a belief in our core values. Our goal is to be our clients’ preferred consulting firm for all the services we offer. We strive to accomplish that goal by offering personal service, being trustworthy, and working diligently for the success of our clients. https://www.inwoodinc.com/
KYRA SOLUTIONS We specialize in the art and science of digital transformation in government, with a focus on regulatory programs. As a trusted partner with decades of award-winning service and delivery, we offer simple, innovative solutions to better connect government with its citizens and community partners. We understand the ever-increasing challenges facing environmental agencies and leverage our natural resources expertise to create targeted cloud, mobile, and enterprise business process solutions which reduce risk, increase ROI, and improve the quality of citizen engagement. Together, let’s build an even better community. www.kyrasolutions.com.
MECHANIK NUCCIO HEARNE & WESTER provides a full range of legal services related to real estate and business with special emphasis on transactions and governmental relations. The firm provides services to clients involved in complex real estate transactions and the development of real property, including Development of Regional Impact review, plan amendments, rezoning, permitting, historic preservation, wetlands, transportation and threatened and endangered species. The firm’s environmental practice includes site assessments and compliance audits, brownfields, enforcement defense, wetlands and protected species, Superfund and RCRA, storage tank and dry cleaner site regulation, remediation and reimbursement, solid and hazardous waste, and air and water emissions. www.floridalandlaw.com.
MILLER LEGG is a 54-year-old award-winning consulting firm that specializes in environmental wetlands, protected species assessments, wildlife surveys and habitat management plans, and bring together the elements of not only environmental wetlands consulting, but also engineering, planning, landscape architecture and urban design, surveying and geographic information systems services. The firm works successfully to improve communities and create environments for a variety of clients. Client sectors include transportation, municipal and county government, healthcare, education, federal and international. This offers our clients a firm of seasoned professionals who are leaders in the Florida consulting industry. Miller Legg prides itself on its team approach to the interdisciplinary needs unique to the project and client. We provide responsive, personalized, quality service to value-conscious private clients and select government agencies, who desire the very best in planning and design. The firm has locations in Fort Lauderdale, Miami and Port St. Lucie. www.millerlegg.com
NASON YEAGER GERSON HARRIS & FUMERO, P.A. was founded in 1960, and is one of the oldest Florida-based law firms in the State. Founded in 1960, and Martindale-Hubbell AV rated, the firm provides strategic legal counsel to a wide array of public and private sector clients throughout the State of Florida. Our attorneys are highly experienced in a variety of disciplines encompassing all aspects of environmental, land-use, administrative, governmental, and real estate law, as well as governmental affairs representation and litigation related to those practice areas. We have a proven track record of results-driven work involving federal and state environmental and water permitting, agency enforcement, project development, water management, land use entitlements, public/private partnerships, land development, due diligence, agency rulemaking, environmental remediation, brownfields redevelopment, and hazardous waste. Integral to the team, we work closely with engineers, geologists, planners, and other consultants. Our representation covers a full range of projects including residential, commercial, mining, industrial, transportation, and marina projects throughout the State. The firm provides complex civil and appellate litigation services in all administrative, state and federal courts. Throughout its 60-year history, Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero has served a diverse client base, with a Florida focus, utilizing innovative strategies to achieve efficient and effective solutions. Offices in Boca Raton and Palm Beach Gardens. Visit www.nasonyeager.com.
OERTEL, FERNANDEZ, BRYANT & ATKINSON, P.A. The law firm of Oertel, Fernandez, Bryant, & Atkinson, PA, has been providing high-quality legal services in the areas of Environmental, Land Use, Regulatory, Governmental, and Licensing Law to clients throughout Florida for more than 30 years. The firm represents clients in the private and public sectors in state and federal courts, and before federal, state, and local agencies. The firm’s regulatory practice includes water resources, water and air permitting, wetland permitting, mining, submerged lands, growth management, zoning, utilities and energy law, health care law, labor law, and professional licensing matters. The firm routinely assists clients with issues involving competitive bidding, bid protests, eminent domain, corporate law, construction law, lien law, employment disputes, and non-competition agreements. The firm also lobbies on behalf clients before the executive and legislative branches of the State of Florida. In order to attain our client’s goals, we have developed and fostered good working relationships built on trust with many regulatory agencies, including the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Army Corps of Engineers, Florida’s five Water Management Districts, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, the Agency for Health Care Administration, the Florida Department of Health, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Florida Department of Community Affairs, the Florida Department of Financial Services, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Florida Public Service Commission, and the Florida Department of Transportation. The firm is “AV” rated by the national Martindale-Hubbell Legal Directory. The “AV” rating is the highest designation attainable and is based on a firm’s professional qualifications, reputation, and ethics. www.ohfc.com. The firm has also been recognized by Chambers Best for Business as one of the top law firms in Florida for environmental matters. Individual members of the firm have been recognized by the Florida Trend Magazine as “Legal Elite” (Segundo J. Fernandez, Timothy P. Atkinson, and Sidney C. Bigham III), by Chambers Best for Business (Kenneth Oertel and Segundo J. Fernandez), and by Super Lawyers (Kenneth Oertel, Segundo J. Fernandez, and Timothy Perry). www.ohfc.com.
PASSARELLA & ASSOCIATES, INC. is a full-service ecological and environmental consulting firm that has built its reputation on the skillful application of science and sound ecological principles. For over 20 years, our dedicated team of ecologists, biologists, environmental consultants, GIS analysts and support staff members have developed a thorough understanding of permitting, agency requirements and regulations, as well as an appreciation of the intricacies and nuances of our environment. Passarella & Associates expertly creates the perfect balance of progress and nature. With offices in Florida and South Carolina, we provide environmental and GIS consulting services throughout the southeast, specializing in wetland delineations and permitting, wetland mitigation design and monitoring, and protected species services including assessments, permitting, relocation, and habitat management. Our GIS division offers custom mapping, GIS data collection and production, database services, geospatial analysis, and GIS web applications. To learn more about Passarella & Associates, please visit our website at www.passarella.net.
PURE POLYMER SOLUTIONS (PPS) is a water treatment company that strives to return water to the environment safe, clean, and fits your budget. Our team of experts and full line of state of the art dewatering equipment that is fully integrated with telemetry ensures your SWIPP and NPDES effluent limitation guidelines are covered. In today’s world sustainability is no longer an option, it’s a requirement. PPS uses chemistries that are sustainable, carbon neutral, and always renewable, because they are made from plant-based materials. Additionally, we offer the full line of commodity chemistries that are vetted to ensure responsible and safe practices are guaranteed. For more information, please visit our website at www.purepolymersolutions.com.
SHUTTS & BOWEN LLP is a full-service law firm with offices in all of the major Florida markets and a deep connection to the state’s history. Established in 1910, the firm employs more than 290 attorneys who focus on more than 30 practice areas, including environmental law, land use and zoning issues, and real estate matters. Our environmental team helps clients manage the risks and liabilities involved in compliance, permitting, litigation and enforcement. Likewise, our land use and zoning attorneys help companies navigate through the regulatory labyrinth, regularly appearing before local, state, and federal agencies. For those involved in the development of commercial, office, hotel, residential or industrial projects, our real estate attorneys can assist in everything from getting a project planned, financed, and completed quickly while working with oversight agencies to get development approval. For more information, visit www.shutts.com.
SMOLKER BARTLETT SCHLOSSER LOEB & HINDS, P.A. The attorneys at Smolker Bartlett Loeb Hinds & Thompson, P.A. focus their practice on land use, environmental and property rights, including zoning, comprehensive planning, land use and environmental permitting, development exactions, natural resources law, submerged land rights, access rights, water use, eminent domain, inverse condemnation, regulatory takings and general complex commercial litigation at the administrative, civil trial and appellate litigation levels before local and state agencies, and in state and federal courts. Our passion is to efficiently and effectively solve our clients’ legal problems while adding value to their enterprises. Contact us for a preliminary consultation as (813) 223-3888 or visit us online at www.smolkerbartlett.com.
SOUTHERN WASTE INFORMATION EXCHANGE (SWIX) operates as a cooperative effort between the Department of Environmental Protection, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and Florida State University. SWIX serves as a non-profit clearinghouse and repository for business concerning information on solid and hazardous waste management alternatives; pollution prevention approaches; market development for recyclable materials in Florida; recycled projects which are available to Florida markets; the availability of and demand for waste materials; waste management services and products; and regulatory information related to solid and hazardous waste management. www.swixusa.org.
TETRA TECH, INC., established in 1966, is a full service engineering consulting firm. We offer proven experience and demonstrated expertise in Civil Engineering, Hydrogeology, Water and Wastewater Treatment, Stormwater Management, Survey, Mapping, GIS, Aviation, Transportation, Permitting and Construction Services. Tetra Tech has designed, permitted and constructed several large well fields and brackish groundwater reverse osmosis water treatment plants in Florida. Our award winning team has been recognized for innovation and dedication over the years, and we bring that perspective to each new project. Engineering News Record (ENR) has ranked Tetra Tech No. 1 in Water Treatment and Desalination, and No. 8 for Engineering Design Services. For more information, please visit our website at www.tetratech.com
TITAN ENVIRONMENTAL & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. (Titan ECC) is an environmental and construction services company headquartered in Lakeland, Florida with a management staff with over 100 years of industry experience. Titan can offer a broad range of services from project inception to project completion. Titan was formed to offer “turnkey” solutions for our clients. Our company’s foundation is built on our values which drives our actions. We conduct our business in an environmentally friendly and ethical manner while protecting the environment and benefiting the communities where we work. Our company and staff hold numerous professional licenses consisting of a Certified Professional Geologist holding licenses in both Florida and Alabama, a State of Florida Professional Engineering license, and a General Contractors license in the State of Florida. Titan is committed to providing sustainable solutions that meet specific client needs along with the long-term interests of the environment. For more information, please visits us at www.titanecc.com where our focus is on changing the environment one advancement at a time.
TRINITY CONSULTANTS For over 45 years, Trinity Consultants has assisted organizations with environmental permitting and compliance challenges, specializing in air quality issues (experts in air permitting and the go-to firm for dispersion modeling). Trinity places a great emphasis on hiring and developing the most talented environmental professionals to deliver accurate, thorough, and consistent compliance assistance. Our network of environmental experts spans North America and includes teams in China, Australia, and the United Kingdom. With such a broad footprint, Trinity is able to serve a variety of clients with robust solutions based on the international forefront of environmental permitting and compliance strategy. By maintaining local offices in Florida with staff intimately engaged with DEP in Tallahassee, each district, and all local agencies, Trinity can combine national experience with local insight and relationships. Trinity provides innovative, cost effective solutions in the areas of air permitting and regulatory compliance, sustainability and environmental management, greenhouse gas reporting and strategy, air dispersion modeling, noise and ambient odor monitoring, EH&S auditing, toxicology & industrial hygiene, and EH&S information management. Trinity also provides extensive professional training on environmental topics, environmental modeling software, and environmental staffing services. www.TrinityConsultants.com
UNIVERSAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES, INC. Fifty-two years ago, Seymour “Sy” Israel embarked on a one-man venture to start an engineering business that would eventually become Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc. (Universal). Today, Universal has grown into a 600+ person, 18 branch, $60 million a year operation. Although our operations are primarily in the Southeast, Universal has been named a National Top 500 Design Firm by Engineering News-Record every year since 1985. We are proud to have the distinction of being the largest family-owned firm of our kind in the United States. Universal has become a reliable, cost-effective resource for clients nationwide looking to enhance the consistency of the plans review, inspection and code compliance responsibilities. Our staff provides geotechnical engineering, environmental sciences, construction materials testing, and threshold inspection solutions for both county and municipal governments, builder groups and developers. We take a proactive approach with solutions developed for each client, which allows for the most accommodating and responsive service package available in our industry. Universal provides sound, client-focused solutions for real estate related environmental liabilities and regulatory compliance issues. We offer comprehensive integrated services, extensive technical expertise, and a long-standing reputation for excellence and integrity. As a well established and growing firm, Universal has the experience necessary to perform consistent, high-quality work. We offer a diverse range of environmental services to help our clients maintain compliance and achieve their goals. Universal’s environmental services staff includes professional geologists, environmental engineers, environmental scientists and biologists with the focus of being a solution provider that can assist you in managing your environmental liabilities and risks. Many of our technical consultants are cross trained in the services that Universal provides, which allows us to develop innovative and economical solutions for regulatory compliance in any industry. As a recognized regional leader in environmental consulting services, Universal has the technical team to protect your assets and promote the sustainability of your business. To learn more about Universal, visit our website at www.universalengineering.com.
VHB has served Florida for over 40 years providing comprehensive and integrated services to public and private clients. From planning and design for new communities to water quality monitoring to designing and handling complex environmental permitting, VHB helps clients find the best planning, design and engineering solutions which benefit communities, respect our fragile ecosystems, and contribute positively to economic development. VHB is a Charter Member of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI), the developer of the Envision Rating System, a tool that measures and facilitates the achievement of social, economic, and environmental sustainability goals through capital improvement projects. VHB staff serve on ISI’s key committees and over 100 VHB staff have earned the Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV-SP) credential. VHB has 1,600 staff in 30 locations, with Florida offices in Orlando, Tampa, and Sarasota. www.vhb.com
WESTERVELT ECOLOGICAL SERVICES (WES) creates mitigation banks and provides environmental mitigation and habitat planning services to landowners, businesses, government agencies, and land trusts. A division of The Westervelt Company, a private land resource organization founded in 1884 and headquartered in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, WES excels in the field of wetland and endangered species mitigation services, and to-date has established 26 approved mitigation and conservation banks, located in six states. WES owns and operates the St. Marks Mitigation Bank and the Pensacola Bay Mitigation Bank, both located in the Panhandle of Florida. Celebrating its 10th business anniversary in 2016, WES expanded into the Rocky Mountain region, adding a third regional office. Other WES regional offices are located in Sacramento, California, and Auburn, Alabama. WES also has a an office in Tallahassee, Florida. For additional information please visit www.wesmitigation.com
WOOD ENVIRONMENT & INFRASTRUCTURE Wood is a global leader in the delivery of project, engineering and technical services to energy and industrial markets. We operate in more than 60 countries, employing around 55,000 people, with revenues of around $10 billion. We provide performance-driven solutions throughout the asset life-cycle, from concept to decommissioning across a broad range of industrial markets including the upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas, chemicals, environment and infrastructure, power & process, clean energy, mining and general industrial sectors. We strive to be the best technical services company to work with, work for and invest in. www.woodplc.com
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BAKER DONELSON is the 55th largest law firm in the U.S., with a team of more than 750 attorneys and public policy advisors representing more than 30 practice areas, located in 22 offices in 10 states and the District of Columbia, including offices in Tallahassee, Orlando, and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Baker Donelson team members are prepared to serve virtually any legal and policy need, including real estate, environmental, land use, and administrative law. We provide our clients a global network of local counsel and other professionals, and have helped our clients take advantage of opportunities in more than 90 countries spanning six continents. Visit our web site at www.bakerdonelson.com. Ralph A. DeMeo is a Shareholder in the Tallahassee office of Baker Donelson. Ralph has been practicing environmental and land use law for over 33 years in the State of Florida and the U.S., and represents corporate, individual, and local government clients in federal and state courts and before federal, state, and local agencies. Contact Ralph at rdemeo@bakerdonelson.com.
BREEDLOVE, DENNIS & ASSOCIATES, INC. (BDA) is a professional environmental and natural resources consulting firm founded in 1976. Since its inception, BDA has established a reputation for solving the most difficult environmental problems through the application of scientific principles, knowledge of the regulations, and the ability to effectively communicate with regulators and clients. For over 40 years, BDA has applied its expertise in natural systems ecology to environmental consulting in: wetland delineation; wetland assessment and mitigation planning; environmental permitting; wildlife and plant surveys; Threatened and/or Endangered species surveys and regulatory agency coordination; habitat restoration; land management planning; water quality; aquatic ecology; litigation support and expert witness services.
CAMERON-COLE LLC is a sustainability and environmental services firm established in 2001. With offices nationwide including two locations in Florida, Cameron-Cole provides environmental services to a diverse array of governmental and private-sector clients that include petrochemical, oil and gas, manufacturing, waste management, property development, railroad, and construction industry leaders. Our team is focused on solving the dynamic array of investigative, compliance, and remedial challenges facing industry today, and into the future. Cameron-Cole’s Sustainability Services practice is a recognized leader in the field offering insights into reliable sustainable performance improvements derived from our years of experience successfully addressing the most complex environmental challenges faced by our clients.
CDM SMITH is a consulting, engineering, construction, and operations firm delivering exceptional service to public and private clients worldwide. An employee-owned corporation with a multidisciplinary staff of nearly 4,800 employees in more than 130 offices around the world, we offer a full range of services in water, environment, transportation, energy, and facilities and maintains the size, stability, and resources required to successfully undertake a diverse range of projects. We have been successfully assisting clients nationally for 71 years, and locally in Florida for more than 44, and we are among the country’s premier consulting engineering firms. Of all the environmental firms in the country, CDM Smith was ranked 7th in the top 20 in water, 6th in sewer & waste, 23rd in the top 500 design firms, 7th in Top 20 wastewater treatment, and 10th in Top 20 water treatment/supply by Engineering News-Record in 2018.
COASTAL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, INC., is a multi-disciplinary environmental consulting and engineering firm that has been delivering creative solutions for coastal, marine, and waterfront projects to public and private clients for over 20 years. Coastal Systems successfully implements complex projects throughout Florida and the Caribbean from offices in Coral Gables and West Palm Beach, Florida. Coastal Systems is known for taking a strategic, comprehensive approach toward project solutions with a focus on innovation, quality, and value. Coastal Systems provides a full suite of services including project management; due diligence; regulatory compliance, strategy, and permitting; coastal, civil, and marine structural engineering; coastal resilience design;
DEAN MEAD is a business law firm with 57 attorneys and three government relations professionals. The firm has five offices across Florida, including Orlando, Tallahassee, Fort Pierce, Viera and Stuart. Dean Mead serves clients by providing strategic solutions at the federal, state and local levels, and through extensive experience in numerous practice areas including: tax, estate and succession planning, business law, general commercial litigation, labor & employment, real estate, land use, zoning and permitting, agribusiness, government relations and lobbying, regulatory compliance, employee benefits, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, immigration, and eminent domain. Additionally, Dean Mead’s Water Law Practice includes a seasoned team of attorneys with decades of experience in water resource management, protection, procurement, and planning. The team includes water resource and environmental litigators, counsel with decades of experience in rule development and rule challenges, administrative lawyers in several offices – including Tallahassee – and hands-on familiarity and experience with each of Florida’s five water management districts. The firm’s current clients own well over 1,000,000 acres throughout the state of Florida, and their combined agribusiness and water resource protection experience is unique among Florida’s law firms. For more information, please call (877) 363-8992 or visit www.deanmead.com.
DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns a diverse generation mix of natural gas, coal and renewables, providing about 10,200 megawatts of owned electric capacity to approximately 1.8 million customers in a 13,000-square-mile service area. Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of the largest energy holding companies in the U.S. It employs 30,000 people and has an electric generating capacity of 51,000 megawatts through its regulated utilities, and 3,000 megawatts through its nonregulated Duke Energy Renewables unit. Duke Energy is transforming its customers’ experience, modernizing the energy grid, generating cleaner energy and expanding natural gas infrastructure to create a smarter energy future for the people and communities it serves. The Electric Utilities and Infrastructure unit’s regulated utilities serve approximately 7.7 million retail electric customers in six states – North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. The Gas Utilities and Infrastructure unit distributes natural gas to more than 1.6 million customers in five states – North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The Duke Energy Renewables unit operates wind and solar generation facilities across the U.S., as well as energy storage and microgrid projects. Duke Energy was named to Fortune’s 2020 “World’s Most Admired Companies” list, and Forbes’ 2019 “America’s Best Employers” list. More information about the company is available at duke-energy.com. The Duke Energy News Center contains news releases, fact sheets, photos, videos and other materials. Duke Energy’s illumination features stories about people, innovations, community topics and environmental issues. Follow Duke Energy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
EDGEWATER RESOURCES, with locations in Florida and Michigan, is a leader in sustainable marina and waterfront design and development. Utilizing a unique collaborative approach, Edgewater Resources creates mixed-use developments that are beautiful, functional, and financially feasible by bringing together a team of professionals in architecture, civil and marina engineering, landscape architecture, environmental science, survey, real estate development and finance. As a design and development firm, our team members collaborate on every aspect of projects going beyond imagining what a project could be and developing plans that can actually be financed and built. Whether working around Florida, the Great Lakes, or around the World, the innovative team at Edgewater Resources recognizes that waterfronts work best when they’re fully integrated into the communities they serve. Our triple bottom line approach to sustainability ensures that projects are environmentally sound, aspirational in vision, and financially sustainable in execution. As Director of Environmental Sciences at Edgewater’s Florida office, Ms. Penny Cutt applies her substantial experience in the fields of environmental monitoring, assessment, planning, and regulatory permitting to support the firms’ commitment to sustainability on all Edgewater projects. She utilizes her project management experience to ensure timeliness and accuracy of deliverables for projects being handled in our Florida office. Prior to joining the private sector in 2007, Ms. Cutt worked as a regulator for County, State, and Federal government agencies including, US Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District; South Florida Water Management District; and Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resources Management. Ms. Cutt’s additional responsibilities as a Senior Associate include staffing projects and assuring that the clients’ goals and needs are met. She works closely with principals Ronald Schults, P.E. and Greg Weykamp, ASLA, LEED AP, BD+C to develop business and marketing strategies throughout the Southeast USA and Caribbean Markets. www.edgewaterresources.com
THE GOLDSTEIN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FIRM, P.A., is a boutique, environmental-only practice focusing on Brownfields reuse, economic incentives, legal liability management, and contaminated site investigation and cleanup. The Firm also provides environmental support to law firms, engineers, geologists, and consultants throughout Florida in connection with due diligence investigations, negotiation of regulatory agreements, and support of real estate transactions and corporate mergers and acquisitions. Areas of special emphasis include redevelopment of former gas stations, landfills, golf courses, nurseries, automotive dealerships, and agricultural sites and representation of big box retailers, affordable and workforce housing developers, lending institutions, and local governments. www.goldsteinenvlaw.com.
At HDR we believe that the way we work can add meaning and value to the world. That ideas inspire positive change. That coloring outside the lines can illuminate fresh perspectives. And that small details yield important realizations. Above all, we believe that collaboration is the best way forward. We specialize in engineering, architecture, environmental, and construction services. While we are most well-known for adding beauty and structure to communities through high-performance buildings and smart infrastructure, we provide much more than that. We create an unshakable foundation for progress because our multidisciplinary teams also include scientists, economists, builders, analysts, and artists. Our employees, working in more than 200 locations around the world, push open the doors to what’s possible each and every day. Environmental Sciences and Planning – It takes the right experts, tools, and integrated approach to drive sustainable growth. With more than 1,000 environmental professionals, we deliver high-performance built environments that value the natural, economic, and human considerations. Our No. 2 environmental sciences ranking (Engineering News-Record) stems from providing clients with credible and defensible solutions for their facility and infrastructure projects. www.hdrinc.com
For more than a century, HNTB has helped create infrastructure that best meets the unique demands of our environment. With client relationships spanning decades, we understand infrastructure life cycles and have the perspective to solve technical challenges with clarity and imagination. We see and help address far-reaching issues of financing, legislation, design, construction, community outreach and ongoing operations. As employee owners committed to the highest levels of performance, we enable clients to achieve their visions and goals. HNTB is a privately held, employee-owned firm, with nearly 4,000 employees in 70 locations nationwide. www.hntb.com
JACOBS leads the global professional services sector delivering solutions for a more connected, sustainable world. With $14 billion in revenue when combined and a talent force more than 50,000 strong, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of services including scientific, technical, professional and construction- and program-management for business, industrial, commercial, government and infrastructure sectors. The use of natural treatment systems for sustainable improvement of water quality is a company core technology. For more information, visit www.jacobs.com, and connect with Jacobs on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
JOHNSON, MIRMIRAN & THOMPSON Founded in 1971, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson (JMT) is a 100% employee-owned firm that provides a full range of multidisciplined engineering, environmental, architectural, and related services to public agencies and private clients throughout the United States. Our staff of more than 1,600 professionals — engineers, architects, environmental scientists, landscape architects, planners, surveyors, construction and program managers, inspectors, designers, CADD technicians, and GIS and Information Technology specialists — is dedicated to the highest-quality project performance. Engineering News-Record (ENR) recently ranked JMT among the Top 500 Design Firms (#54). JMT maintains several offices throughout Florida, with primary locations in Tampa, Lake Mary/Orlando, and Fort Lauderdale. Our Natural & Cultural Resources division — consisting of water resource and coastal engineers, environmental scientists, NEPA specialists, archaeologists, architectural historians, GIS professionals, and compliance specialists — provides guidance to clients for a wide variety of environmental, ecological, biological, and historical contexts. For more information, please contact Derek Doughty, PE, CFM, D.WRE, at 813-314-0314, by email at ddoughty@jmt.com, or visit our website, www.jmt.com.
M.J. NICHOLS & ASSOCIATES, LLC is an environmental and natural resource consulting services firm celebrating 20 years of experience providing quality solutions to the most challenging environmental issues facing land development projects. Our consulting firm has helped develop many hundreds of acres of residential, commercial, industrial and institutional projects throughout South Florida. We are environmental problem solvers with the expertise and experience to custom fit the solution to the job. Through innovative approaches to regulatory obstacles combined with an in-depth knowledge of the regulatory framework and South Florida geography, we consistently provide efficient outcomes that effectively reduce our clients’ exposure, both in terms of time and money. Talk to us about your development project and see what we can do for you – visit http://www.mjnicholsLLC.com
MOFFATT & NICHOL is a leading global infrastructure advisor specializing in the planning, design and environmental permitting of facilities that shape our rivers, harbors and coastlines, and an innovator in transportation solutions associated with the movement of freight. With 34 office locations throughout North America, Latin America, Europe and the Pacific Rim, including 7 offices in Florida, Moffatt & Nichol provides clients worldwide customized service and a level of excellence in several primary practice areas – marine terminals; coasts, water, and the environment; waterfronts and marinas; transportation; inspection and rehabilitation; and energy. These areas of expertise are complemented by an in-house commercial consulting group with maritime and logistics analysts specializing in the acquisition and merger of marine infrastructure assets and intermodal transportation systems. Our engineers, environmental consultants, and other technical staff work hand-in-hand with each other and our public and private clients to implement projects with a wide range in size and complexity. For more information about the firm, please visit www.moffattnichol.com. To discuss your Florida planning, design and/or permitting needs, contact Christy Brush at cbrush@moffattnichol.com.
SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP is a premier global law firm with practices highly attuned to the ever-changing international landscape. The firm has built a reputation for being an adviser for multinational businesses, with more than 2,000 lawyers in 20 offices worldwide. We understand that increasingly complex legal needs require a deeply integrated and collaborative approach. We maintain a commitment to providing quality legal services and to offering advice in litigation, transactional and regulatory matters spanning virtually every area of law. Sidley’s Environmental practice consists of more than 30 lawyers who are recognized for their success in handling the most complicated matters in environmental and natural resources laws. Our lawyers have handled virtually every kind of environmental challenge, from complex air, water, waste and climate change-related litigation and compliance matters to the environmental aspects of multijurisdictional business transactions. We work with clients to develop systems to identify and manage environmental, product supply chain and natural resource issues before liabilities develop. The firm’s lawyers have wide-reaching legal backgrounds and are dedicated to teamwork, collaboration and superior client service. Clients seek outside counsel who can provide the highest quality and greatest value in legal services. Sidley has consistently been recognized by numerous publications due to our presence in the marketplace. Our firm received 48 first-tier national rankings, the most of any U.S. law firm, in the 2018 U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” survey. We have received the most first-tier national rankings for seven of the past eight years.
THE SOUTHERN GROUP is a full-service lobbying firm that was established in Tallahassee over 20 years ago. With offices throughout Florida in Tallahassee, Jacksonville, Orlando, Tampa Bay, Miami, and the Florida Keys, the firm is the largest in the state and has been referred to as “the most powerful lobbying firm in Florida” by political reporters in the Sunshine State. The Southern Group is the only firm in Florida with 24 lobbyists who have held the highest staff positions in state and local government. We understand how and why decisions are made at every level of Florida government and use that knowledge to the benefit of our clients. With our long history of service to some of the most recognizable businesses in the nation, The Southern Group has the experience and expertise to assist clients in navigating the complexities of securing specific budget priorities, crafting strategies to achieve success in the passage or defeat of legislation, and engaging with the executive and regulatory agencies that are vital in the implementation of our clients’ goals. Additionally, the diversity of our team allows for subject matter expertise in areas such as economic development, environment, transportation, healthcare, insurance, local government, public safety and education. Whatever the issue or objective, our lobbying team can pool from our network for best practices and information. https://thesoutherngroup.com/
WASTE MANAGEMENT, based in Houston, Texas, is the leading provider of comprehensive waste management services in North America. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides collection, transfer, recycling and resource recovery, and disposal services. It is also a leading developer, operator and owner of landfill gas-to-energy facilities in the United States. The company’s customers include residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers throughout North America. To learn more information about Waste Management visit www.wm.com or www.thinkgreen.com.
WIREGRASS ECOLOGICAL ASSOCIATES (WEA) is a natural resources consulting firm committed to providing integrated solutions to complex environmental and ecological issues for our clients and customers. We specialize in project management of environmental evaluations, planning, permitting, management, and monitoring services for a variety of industries and market sector clients. WEA’s technical service offerings reflect our multidisciplinary expertise and experience in biodiversity and conservation, threatened and endangered species, wildlife and fisheries, habitat enhancement and restoration, regulatory permitting and compliance, and geospatial technologies (including unmanned aerial systems [UAS]). We work closely with our clients to offer cost-effective and innovative solutions based on the objectives and constraints unique to each project. Our commitment to client and customer service exceeds industry standards and is exhibited through the expertise, experience, and responsiveness of our staff. www.wiregrassecological.com