Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd. (CBBEL) is a full service regional consulting engineering and surveying firm specializing in civil, municipal, traffic, construction, water resources, environmental, structural and mechanical engineering with offices in Rosemont, St. Charles, New Lenox and Peoria, Illinois and Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and Crown Point, Indiana. Started in 1986, the firm has grown to approximately 190 employees by providing consistently high quality services to both public and private sector clients throughout the Midwest.

As the company has grown, so has the complexity of our projects. These include major transportation projects, flood control reservoirs, pump stations, embankments, water mains, sewers and large open channels. In addition to design services, CBBEL provides planning, preliminary engineering, permitting and construction observation. CBBEL serves as Municipal Engineer for 16 communities and provides review services for municipalities, counties and state agencies. These permit and administrative reviews include drainage, roadway, subdivision, sanitary sewer, and mechanical engineering submittals prepared by other consultants for both public and private sector clients. Our staff consists of experienced and responsive professionals who strive to provide engineering, surveying and environmental services on a personal level. On the web: http://www.cbbel.com


V3 Consultants Inc. is a consulting engineering, environmental science and surveying firm. Throughout its history, V3 has built and advanced its reputation by providing professional services to private sector clients such as residential and commercial developers, and public sector clients such as local, state and federal agencies.

Water resource engineering capabilities include: watershed planning and management; stream and shoreline restoration; stormwater management; flood plain and floodway studies; hydrology and hydraulics steady state and dynamic modeling; best management practices; design and implementation; and permitting.

Environmental services include: regulatory closure; risk based assessment; hydrogeologic investigation; water quality assessment; soil and groundwater investigation; groundwater and surface water modeling; UST/LUST closure; remediation and demolition; ASTM due diligence; litigation support; and permitting.

Ecological services include: ecological restoration and management plans for wetlands, prairies, savannas and woodlands; native plant and seed installations in wetland and upland sites; chemical and mechanical vegetation management; prescribed burn management; inventories and quality assessments of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems; threatened and endangered species surveys; soil surveys and mapping; archaeological investigations; wetland delineations; wetland mitigation planning and design; and wetland permitting.

V3 is experienced in providing quality professional resource management services in the restoration, redevelopment and development of land. V3 is a leader in providing complementary services with a high degree of integration and coordination between specialties within the environmental arena, land development, infrastructure, real estate and construction services. V3 is truly an inter-disciplinary team that provides value-added services to clients. On the web: http://www.sdiconsultants.com/


Marlin Environmental began in 1997 servicing the Greater Chicagoland area as an environmental consulting firm specializing in complete assessments and cleanup of environmentally impacted properties. In the past seven years, we have continually expanded to service clientele in the pnvate and public sectors throughout Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Wisconsin in the areas of UST consulting, geologic and hydrogeologic investigations, soil and groundwater remediation, and Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments. Additional services indude compliance audits, wetland delineations, brownfield evaluations and stormwater management. We continue to expand our areas of expertise within the environmental field with each passing year. Marlin Environmental is a well established company providing personalized service with two offices in Northern Illinois located in St. Charles and in Clare.

Marlin Environmental has the expertise to help and guide our clients through their environmental needs, such as, Leaking Underground Storage Tank consulting, expert witness services, contaminated property transactions, third party reviews, brownfields, site remediation program (SRP) assistance, fuel managament, and tank upgrade services, and aboveground storage tanks. Our experienced staff assists our clients in complying with environmental regulations in accordance with local, state and federal guidelines and reducing their liability. Marlin Environmental, also, has an excellent track record of preparing, submitting and receiving eligible reimbursable expenses for its clients from the Illinois LUST program.

Marlin Environmental employees collectively form a highly qualified and professional staff. Each individual employee brings to Marlin Environmental a diverse environmental background and a wide range of experience. Our success with assisting clients to navigate through the LUST program can be accredited to the immense detail and the quality we put into our work. One important attribute of Marlin Environmental, we strive to keep clients informed of all phases towards achieving their goal. A good client base is imperative to any business, so our customer service is unsurpassed in professionalism, punctuality, reliability, and expertise. On the web: http://www.marlinenv.com/

Atwell-Hicks, Inc. (AHI) was organized in 1905 and provides civil engineering, surveying, planning, and environmental consulting services to private sector clients. AHI’s 220 employees are located in offices in Naperville, Illinois; and Ann Arbor, Brighton, and Washington Township, Michigan. AHI is an ENR top 500 Design Firm and has been chosen by CE News as one of the top 50 Civil Engineering Firms to work for nationwide.

In the Environmental Services area the firm specializes in Phase I and II Environmental Assessments; remedial investigations/feasibility studies; underground storage tank investigations, assessments, and closures; regulatory compliance audits; and remediation engineering design and project management. AHI provides these services for private clients such as lenders and attorneys and provides turn-key services to residential and commercial developers along with our surveying, land planning and civil engineering service lines. AHI is also intimately involved in numerous projects involving the Illinois Drycleaner Environmental Response Trust Fund. AHI’s Environmental Services Group staff includes environmental specialists, geologists, hydrogeologists, environmental engineers, regulatory specialists, professional engineers, land surveyors, and landscape architects. On the web: http://www.atwell-hicks.com/







Great Lakes Analytical is a fully accredited environmental testing laboratory located 15 miles northwest of Chicago. Established in 1990, Great Lakes Analytical operates a 14,000 square foot state of the art custom designed laboratory. With a staff of over 40 scientists and support staff, Great Lakes Analytical is large enough to handle complex remediation projects, but small enough to continue to provide the personalized service our clients have come to expect.

In the past 8 years Great Lakes Analytical has expanded to service other local area markets. GLA Laboratories was opened just outside of Philadelphia, PA in 1984 and has grown into a full service lab for our clients with projects on the East Coast. Our facility in Oak Creek, Wisconsin is dedicated to providing services to consulting engineers, manufacturers and municipalities in Wisconsin and other northern states.

Success in the environmental market place depends on two factors: data quality and customer service. At Great Lakes Analytical data quality always comes first. This commitment to quality can be seen in each environmental measurement we make. The importance of customer service cannot be overstated. Whether it is as simple as having your calls returned promptly or as complex as delivering large data deliverable packages on time, we strive to meet or exceed your expectations. On the web: http://www.glalabs.com/







In the 15 years since our founding, JFNew has grown to become a premier ecological consulting and environmental engineering firm in the Midwest. In addition to our corporate office and 70-acre native plant nursery in Northwest Indiana, we have established regional offices in Illinois, Central Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin. The 100(+) member JFNew team includes experienced Wetland / Wildlife Biologists, Environmental Scientists, Environmental Engineers, Landscape Architects, Hydrologists, Ecologists, Native Plant Specialists and Business Professionals dedicated to client service and environmental stewardship.

Our Strengths:

• Ecological Consulting:
  JFNew’s natural resource and ecological consulting division is the core of our business and the foundation from which we provide many of our services. JFNew provides wetland investigations, ecological assessments, endangered species investigations, biological inventories, and habitat evaluations.
• Environmental Engineering:
  Our unique blend of biology and engineering has made JFNew a nationally recognized leader in the natural treatment of stormwater and wastewater, utilizing natural treatment systems and their inherent biological processes. We also provide engineering services specifically related to wetlands, lakes, and streams.
• Restoration Management:
  Implementing planting plans, managing natural resources and restored areas, and restoring disturbed habitat are some of the strengths of our Restoration Management division. We have extensive expertise and appropriate certification with exotic species control and prescribed burning.
• Native Plant Nursery:
  Our 70-acre nursery facility in Northern Indiana is devoted to the propagation and production of over 300 species of native wetland prairie and woodland plants and seed. All of our native plant seed is independently tested for purity and germination (PLS tested).
• Regional Experience:
  JFNew has completed scores of successful projects in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.