EBJ Business Achiever of the Week: Chambers Group

   This week we salute Chambers Group (Santa Ana, CA), winner of a gold medal in the mid-size firm category (annual revenue from $20 million to $100 million) for rebounding from the recession and growing revenue from $8 million in 2009 to $17 million in 2010 and more than $30 million in 2011. Chambers Group is an environmental consulting firm with strengths in environmental documentation, biology, and cultural resources. Over the previous three years, profitability for the company increased by 550% and staff from less than 50 employees to more than 220 employees. Prior to 2009, much of Chambers’ revenue came from the real estate development market and school expansions. The company says that it basically “turned on a dime” and repackaged its core services to concentrate on offering them to the energy (traditional and renewable), mining, and transportation sectors, which were growing. The firm made a conscientious decision to strategically hire specialists to service these market sectors and to concentrate on building depth of offering. Chambers has been successful in its make-over, demonstrated by its client list, which now includes over 50 mining companies, every major utility in California, and many renewable energy developers. All offices have expanded, and the company opened a new office in El Centro, California. to better serve the renewable market sector.      For a full list of EBJ’s 2011 Business Achievement Award winners, please visit www.ebiresearch.com/2011_EBI_Business_Achievement_Awards. EBJ will begin accepting nominations for 2012 Business Achievement Awards in October.