What GLE Associates does

GLE Associates, Inc. is a privately held environmental, industrial hygiene, facilities, and construction consulting firm founded in 1989 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida, with offices throughout Florida and the Southeastern United States. The firm provides professional consulting services spanning indoor and outdoor environmental assessments, industrial hygiene (asbestos, lead-based paint, indoor air quality), building forensics, property condition assessments, construction consulting, MEP and civil engineering, architecture, and catastrophe/insurance response. Field work is supported by conventional assessment instrumentation including FAA-licensed drone operations with infrared photography, moisture meters, and ground penetrating radar. Specialty niches include sinkhole evaluation under Florida statutory standards and Endangered Species Act coral survey and relocation for federal beach nourishment projects.

The company generates revenue almost exclusively through professional services fees billed under project-based engagements, task orders, and term contracts (e.g., five-year Master Service Agreements). Its go-to-market is sales-led, relying on direct relationships with federal agencies (FDOT, USACE, National Guard, U.S. federal courthouses, MacDill AFB), Florida state and county governments, public housing authorities, and private sector clients in industrial/manufacturing, telecommunications, healthcare, education, and religious/nonprofit segments. Marketing is modest, anchored on a content blog and LinkedIn presence, with business development driven primarily by past performance, reputation, and direct referral. Customer concentration is meaningfully weighted toward government, with marquee engagements including 1,000+ projects for FDOT districts, 76 multi-state National Guard locations, 3,500+ public housing units assessed, and recurring county-level term contracts.

Governance remains founder-led, with Robert B. Greene (PE, PG, CIH, LEED AP) serving as President alongside a credentialed director-level bench. The firm has not raised external funding and shows no M&A activity, restructuring, or public positioning shifts in available data. Its operating model is best characterized as a stable, multi-disciplinary regional consultancy built on long-tenured client relationships, regulatory expertise, and credentialed technical staff rather than proprietary technology or scale-driven cost advantages.

Name

GLE Associates

Legal name

GLE Associates, Inc.

Website

https://gleassociates.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

GLE Associates is a Tampa-based environmental, industrial hygiene, facilities, and construction consulting firm founded in 1989, serving federal, state, and local government agencies, public housing authorities, and commercial/industrial clients across Florida and the Southeastern United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Management Consulting Services (54161), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG), ESG, Sustainability & Impact Research (BPAHALAL)

Keywords

• Environmental consulting services
• Industrial hygiene assessments
• Construction consulting services
• Property condition assessment
• Building forensics services

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: GLE generates revenue through professional consulting fees for environmental assessment, remediation design, and compliance services. Revenue is project-based, varying by scope, complexity, and contract type (term contracts, task orders, or individual project engagements).
2. Industrial Hygiene Services: Revenue from industrial hygiene assessments, air quality monitoring, asbestos surveys, lead-based paint evaluations, and workplace safety consultations. Billed per project or on-call retainer basis.
3. Construction and Building Consulting: Fees for construction consulting, MEP engineering, architecture, property condition assessments, building forensics, and design services. Typically project-based with scope defined per engagement.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

GLE Associates is a professional consulting firm that provides environmental, industrial hygiene, facilities, and construction consulting services to government, commercial, industrial, healthcare, education, and institutional clients. The firm's offerings span indoor and outdoor environmental assessments, industrial hygiene monitoring, building forensics investigations, property condition assessments, catastrophe and insurance response, construction consulting, architecture, MEP engineering, and civil engineering design, delivered through project-based engagements, term contracts, and task orders.

Product overview

GLE Associates is an environmental, industrial hygiene, facilities and construction consulting firm offering a comprehensive suite of professional services. The company provides Indoor Environmental and Outdoor Environmental consulting, Industrial Hygiene assessments, Building Forensics investigations, Construction Consulting, Property Condition Assessments, and Catastrophe & Insurance Services. Additionally, the firm offers Architecture, MEP Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing), and Civil Engineering design services. These services are delivered as individual consulting offerings rather than a unified software platform, addressing needs across environmental compliance, building assessment, construction oversight, and engineering design for commercial, government, and institutional clients.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Indoor Environmental Consulting Assessment and consulting services for indoor air quality, mold, and environmental conditions within buildings, for commercial, government, and institutional clients.
• Outdoor Environmental Consulting Environmental consulting services for exterior environments, including site assessments, outdoor contamination evaluation, and sinkhole evaluation using ground penetrating radar per Florida state standards.
• Industrial Hygiene Workplace health and safety assessments including noise monitoring, air quality evaluation, exposure limit compliance, asbestos surveys, and lead-based paint evaluations for private and public sector clients.
• Building Forensics Investigation and analysis of building defects, water intrusion, structural issues, and construction-related problems affecting occupant health and comfort.
• Construction Consulting Professional consulting for construction projects including design review, cost estimation, construction administration, construction loan monitoring for lenders, and quality/oversight services.
• Property Condition Assessment Comprehensive evaluation of commercial property condition for due diligence, lending, asset management, and HUD physical needs assessment purposes.
• Catastrophe & Insurance Services Post-disaster assessment and consulting services for hurricane, flood, and other catastrophe damage evaluation using drone-based inspections and infrared imaging.
• Architecture Architectural design services for renovation and new construction projects across commercial, institutional, religious, and government clients.
• MEP Engineering Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing engineering design services for renovation and new construction projects.
• Civil Engineering Civil engineering services including site planning, stormwater management, and infrastructure design for public and private clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• GLE has completed over 1,000 individual projects for FDOT districts alone
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a global leader in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure consulting, directly overlapping GLE's environmental site assessment, remediation, and federal/state government work. It is a broad incumbent that competes with GLE on larger federal IDIQs and state-level environmental contracts.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting firm with major environmental, engineering, and construction management practices. It competes with GLE for large federal and transportation environmental work and dwarfs GLE in scale and geographic reach.
• WSP USA (Environmental Practice): WSP's environmental practice (incorporating the former Golder Associates) provides site assessment, remediation, and ESG advisory globally. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same federal/state environmental and climate-resilience mandates as GLE.

Direct peers

• Terracon Consultants: Terracon is a national employee-owned environmental, geotechnical, and facilities consulting firm offering environmental site assessments, IH, and construction materials engineering — closely mirroring GLE's service mix and serving similar government and commercial clients.
• Haley & Aldrich: Haley & Aldrich is an environmental and geotechnical engineering consultancy focused on site assessment, remediation, and building/facility services. It is a direct peer competing for similar environmental and built-environment consulting mandates.
• Apex Companies: Apex Companies is a national environmental, health, and safety consulting firm providing site assessment, IH, compliance, and water services. It competes directly with GLE for industrial hygiene, environmental due diligence, and industrial/commercial compliance work.
• Roux Associates: Roux Associates is an environmental consulting and management firm focused on site investigation, remediation, and regulatory compliance for industrial and government clients — directly comparable to GLE's environmental consulting practice.
• GEI Consultants: GEI Consultants is a national environmental, water, and ecological engineering firm offering site assessment, permitting, and remediation services. It is closely comparable in service mix and federal/state agency client base.

Emerging players

• Montrose Environmental Group: Montrose is a fast-growing environmental services company offering environmental testing, advisory, and remediation services. It is comparable to GLE in service mix but operates at greater scale with a PE-backed roll-up strategy.

Regional players

• EE&G Environmental Services: EE&G is a Florida-based environmental consulting and engineering firm offering asbestos, lead, mold, IH, and indoor air quality services. It is a regional player directly competing with GLE for Florida public housing, government, and commercial environmental engagements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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