EBI News for June 24, 2026 – Carollo selected for water treatment plant expansion in California

DJ&A and Robinson Engineering announce strategic merger

DJ&A LLC (Missoula, Mon.) and Robinson Engineering Ltd. (Frankfort, Ill.) announced a strategic merger to create a nationwide engineering platform. Founded in 1973, DJ&A is a multidisciplinary professional services firm providing engineering, surveying, environmental, planning, and related services nationwide. Since 1937, Robinson Engineering has provided public infrastructure services to over 100 municipalities and water agencies in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. With the backing of Keystone Capital, the merger marks the beginning of a long-term strategy to build an engineering platform that also integrates the water resources engineering firm WEST Consultants and Creative Engineering Group, a construction engineering and inspection firm. The combined platform already has a national footprint of 25 offices in 13 states and almost 500 employees.

Verdantas expands Northeast capabilities with Yu & Associates

Verdantas (Tampa, Fla.), a consultancy serving the environment, water, and energy transition markets, announced the acquisition of Yu & Associates (Elmwood Park, N.J.), a geotechnical, environmental, and civil engineering firm. According to Verdantas, the addition significantly strengthens its presence in the Northeast and enhances its capabilities in geotechnical engineering and environmental remediation—two critical growth areas for Verdantas. Founded in 1992, Yu & Associates brings decades of experience supporting transportation, aviation, public buildings, and resiliency projects throughout New York and New Jersey, with most of its work coming from long-standing, repeat relationships. Yu & Associates also provides proximity to New York City and its surrounding infrastructure markets. 

Roux expands Midwest operations by acquiring KPRG

Roux (Islandia, N.Y.) announced the acquisition of KPRG and Associates Inc. (Westmont, Ill.) to support the long-term sustainability and growth of Roux’s Midwest operations. KPRG is a12-person environmental consulting and remediation firm with offices in Illinois and Wisconsin. Incorporated in 1993, the company has been doing business as KPRG since 2004, serving energy, industrial, real estate, and municipal clients. Since being founded over 40 years ago, Roux has grown from a single-office groundwater contamination investigation practice into a 450-person environmental consulting firm with 15 offices nationwide. Roux has had a presence in Illinois since 1999 and a headcount of around 30 since opening its Chicago satellite office in 2021.

Arcadis and Jupiter Intelligence offer framework for resilience spending

Arcadis (Amsterdam, Netherlands) and climate risk analytics firm Jupiter Intelligence (San Mateo, Calif.) have launched the PRICE Adaptation Framework to help organizations compare climate adaptation options, quantify return on investment and prioritize resilience spending. The framework combines climate hazard modelling with engineering insight and economic analysis to help evaluate which adaptation investments deliver the greatest long-term value. Roni Deitz, global director of climate adaptation at Arcadis, noted: “Resilience is increasingly competing for capital alongside expansion and modernization. Organizations need a practical way to compare options, prioritize investments and identify where resilience creates long-term value. They need a clear view of not just climate risk but return on resilience…”

Carollo selected for water treatment plant expansion in California

Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) has selected Carollo Engineers (Walnut Creek, Calif.) to provide construction management and SCADA programming services for the new Ophir Water Treatment Plant (WTP), a major infrastructure investment designed to meet growing regional demand. The PCWA is the largest water service provider in Placer County, serving approximately 192,000 people and supplying wholesale water to neighboring agencies. As the first phase of a multi-stage program, the Ophir WTP will initially add 10 million gallons per day (MGD) of treated water capacity. However, the Ophir site is master planned to support up to 30?MGD of treatment capacity. Total estimated construction costs of Ophir WTP Phase 1 are approximately $210 million.

Sevenson completes remediation of Superfund-listed ballpark

Sevenson Environmental Services Inc. (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) announced it has completed the five-year remediation of the Raymark Superfund Site Operable Unit (OU) 4 Phase in Stratford, Conn.—formerly the Raybestos Memorial Ballfield, home to the world-champion Brakettes softball team. The ballfield was unknowingly built atop decades of toxic waste from the former Raymark Industries plant and is one of nine OUs comprising the Raymark Superfund Site. The cleanup is part of a decades-long effort to remediate Stratford’s Raymark-impacted sites. With the old ballfield finally cleaned up, Sevenson is working on other Phases of the site. EPA expects full remediation to be completed by the early 2030s.

Jacobs appointed to Yorkshire Water’s AI services framework

Jacobs (Dallas) has been appointed to Yorkshire Water’s artificial intelligence (AI) services framework, supporting the utility’s use of data and AI to improve operational performance, customer outcomes and long-term resilience across its water and wastewater services. Yorkshire Water estimates the overall framework has a total value of up to approximately $45 million over five years. The appointment comes as the U.K. water sector prepares for Asset Management Period 8 (AMP8). Jacobs Executive Vice President Amer Battikhi said: “Utilities are increasingly focused on moving artificial intelligence from testing environments into day-to-day operations.” The appointment builds on Jacobs’ ongoing work with Yorkshire Water. Jacobs employs more than 6,000 people across the U.K. operating from 15 core offices and 35 additional sites.

Burns & McDonnell provides program management for WaterLink

The DuPage Water Commission (Elmhurst, Ill.) and communities associated with the WaterLink project marked the groundbreaking of an approximately 30-mile transmission main extension that will deliver Lake Michigan water to Montgomery, Oswego and Yorkville. It is one of the largest municipal water infrastructure projects to be executed in Illinois in the last 30 years. Burns & McDonnell is providing program management and construction observation to support 12 contract packages across several counties and jurisdictions. With project estimates nearing $400 million, the WaterLink project will move all three communities off the Ironton-Galesville deep sandstone aquifer, a regional source the Illinois State Water Survey says is being withdrawn twice as fast as it is naturally replenished.

ICF launches accelerator enabled by Salesforce and Docusign

ICF (Reston, Va.) announced a new accelerator that enables more efficient licensing, permitting and inspections processes. The accelerator is built on the commercial platforms Salesforce and Docusign and leverages agentic AI and the expertise of ICF’s industry experts. It is one of several accelerators under ICF Fathom, the company’s suite of AI services to drive clients’ digital transformation. “The public sector faces the constant challenge of balancing citizen expectations for fast, seamless service against the reality of regulatory complexity and legacy systems,” said Paul Tatum, EVP of global public sector solutions at Salesforce. “The new accelerator from ICF builds on our shared expertise to address this challenge head-on.”

Parsons accelerates outcomes and growth with advanced AI

Parsons Corporation (Chantilly, Va.) announced that its expanding suite of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities is accelerating mission outcomes and driving growth across the firm’s Federal Solutions and Critical Infrastructure segments. “AI is a critical enabler of how we deliver mission outcomes. Eight of our last ten $100M+ wins included a critical AI differentiator,” said Carey Smith, chair, president, and chief executive officer of Parsons. “From autonomous cyber and counter?UAS detection to predictive modeling for transportation networks and major infrastructure programs, we’re integrating AI directly into mission?critical operations, accelerating customer outcomes, strengthening our competitive position, and expanding our addressable market.”

FLUIX AI announces results from autonomous AI cooling deployment

FLUIX (San Francisco, Calif.) announced that deployment of its AIMI platform at TenHats data center in Knoxville, Tenn. showed significant power savings when the platform was allowed to take direct control of the center’s cooling system. Over a four-month run, AIMI resulted in no service level agreement (SLA) excursions while cutting cooling waste—described by FLUIX as “the equivalent of finding a small power plant hiding inside an existing building.” According to FLUIX, AIMI learned the site’s thermal behavior in under two weeks then began predicting cooling needs and cutting the lag between IT load changes and cooling response from roughly 15 minutes to five. Preliminary analysis showed 0.4 MWh/day of modeled HVAC savings, 6.6% improvement in power usage effectiveness, and a projected path to approximately 130 kW of potential power headroom at full-site scale. “The industry is spending billions to build new power and chase exotic sites; our result suggests a faster path may be the capacity already stranded inside the facilities we have,” said Abhishek Sastri, co-founder and CEO of FLUIX AI. 

Hazen launches DataTech for water utilities

Hazen (Raleigh, N.C.) announced the launch of DataTech, an expansion of the firm’s digital services that applies 75 years of water and wastewater engineering expertise to help utilities navigate data decisions and develop solutions. Services under the new DataTech umbrella include?DataTech Strategies to help utilities evaluate technologies to leverage enterprise data;?DataTech Solutions to develop data-based tools that improve internal and client-focused processes; and?Operational DataTech to improve SCADA and operational technologies.

Langan acquires Kirkman Engineering in Texas

Langan Engineering & Environmental Services (Parsippany, N.J.) announced the acquisition of Kirkman Engineering (Dallas-Fort Worth), marking its fourth acquisition in Texas and expanding Langan’s statewide workforce to 225 employees and seven offices. Founded in 2014, Kirkman specializes in land development in the commercial, warehouse, and residential real estate sectors. “We are thrilled to join the Langan team and bring our local knowledge and client relationships in the area to one of the most highly ranked consulting firms in the nation…  we look forward to collaborating on some of the largest, most complex projects in the DFW Metroplex,” said Shea Kirkman, co-founder of Kirkman Engineering. Founded in 1970, Langan employs 2,300 professionals and has 58 offices throughout the United States.   

ESP Associates broadens capabilities in water/wastewater and aviation

ESP Associates Inc. (Fort Mill, S.C.) announced it has added McClelland Consulting Engineers LLC (Little Rock, Ark.) and Roadway Asset Services LLC to its team. McClelland is one of the largest full-service civil engineering firms in Arkansas, with five offices providing services for water and wastewater, water resources and stormwater management, aviation, roads and bridges, and surveying, among others. The addition expands ESP’s client offerings to include water/wastewater and airport engineering services. Roadway Asset Services brings expertise in pavement and asset management across the contiguous United States. The additions grow ESP to more than 900 team members and over 30 locations.

Ardurra continues Northeast expansion with acquisition of Kelly Engineers

Ardurra Group Inc. (Miami, Fla.) announced the acquisition of Kelly Engineers (Glen Mills, Pa.), a municipal engineering and surveying firm serving Greater Philadelphia. The acquisition builds on Ardurra’s recent expansion into the Northeast with the addition of Remington & Vernick Engineers, further strengthening the company’s presence and capabilities across the region. Kelly Engineers provides engineering and surveying services focused primarily on municipal clients. Ardurra has more than 2,600 employees across more than 120 offices nationwide.

New study offers clue to degrading PFAS pollution 

Researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark have discovered that hydrogen radicals generated by intense UV light can break down stubborn PFAS without added chemicals, according to a study published in Environmental Science & Technology and summarized by Science Daily. The breakthrough reveals a key mechanism that could lead to greener, more effective technologies for permanently destroying PFAS. Hydrogen radicals are highly reactive and capable of attacking PFAS molecules. During the degradation process they gradually removed fluorine atoms, breaking the compounds into smaller substances that are less persistent in the environment. Researchers found that the reaction worked best under high-energy UV light, especially at wavelengths below 300 nanometers. The finding challenges earlier ideas about how PFAS degradation occurs.