What FEI does

Foothills Environmental, Inc. (FEI) is a privately held industrial hygiene and environmental services firm founded in 1998 and headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado. The company provides oversight services, air monitoring, technical sampling, staff augmentation, management support, and development of specialized health and safety programs — including a Chronic Beryllium Disease Prevention Program executed at the DOE Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS). Its service portfolio spans project management, environmental monitoring, industrial hygiene, asbestos program management, lead-based paint consulting, training (HAZWOPER, OSHA Outreach, respiratory protection), industrial safety management, and regulatory compliance consulting, including litigation support and OSHA citation representation.

FEI's underlying technical capability is built on a certified-analyst labor model rather than a software platform. Field and laboratory work is performed using portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for non-destructive lead paint inspection, NIOSH Method 7400 phase contrast microscopy for asbestos fiber counting, and atomic absorption (AAS) and inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectroscopy for confirmatory lead analysis in paint, soil, water, and air. The firm holds AIHA PAT program participation and EPA, ABIH, ACGIH, AIHA, and ASSE-affiliated certifications that qualify it to bid on federal environmental procurements.

FEI generates revenue almost entirely through professional services billed under multi-year (1- and 5-year) contracts won via competitive procurement with federal, state, and local agencies — primarily the Department of Energy (Los Alamos, Rocky Flats, Lawrence Livermore, Sandia, Savannah River, Hanford) and the Department of Defense (Davis-Monthan, Nellis), supplemented by Colorado state and municipal work (CDOT, City & County of Denver, Jefferson County School District, WAPA) and select private-sector accounts (Lockheed Martin, Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, AT&T, Coors Brewing, Union Pacific). Pricing is not publicly disclosed; contract values and scope (e.g., 395,000 cu ft of beryllium decontamination, 46-school and 36-building inspection programs) imply a project-driven, multi-million-dollar revenue base executed by an 11-50 person staff.

Name

FEI

Legal name

Foothills Environmental, Inc.

Website

https://foothillsusa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Foothills Environmental is a Lakewood, Colorado-based industrial hygiene and environmental services firm founded in 1998, serving primarily federal, state, and local government agencies with asbestos, lead, beryllium, and hazardous materials inspection, abatement, and compliance work.

Ownership category

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Product category

Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Radiological & Hazardous Materials Monitoring (Radiation, Asbestos, Lead) (EUAHACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Asbestos, Lead & Hazardous Building Materials Inspection/Abatement Oversight (EDAEAKAD)

Keywords

• Industrial hygiene services
• Environmental monitoring services
• Asbestos abatement consulting
• Lead paint inspection services
• Beryllium abatement services

Headquarters

HQ city

Lakewood

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Contract Services: FEI generates revenue through multi-year government contracts with agencies including DOE, DOD, Department of Energy sites, and local government entities. Services include industrial hygiene inspections, environmental monitoring, and safety management on a contract basis.
2. Private Sector Environmental Services: Direct services to private companies including commercial nuclear facilities, manufacturing, construction, and industrial clients for environmental safety, asbestos inspections, lead testing, and regulatory compliance.
3. Specialized Abatement Projects: Project-based revenue from specialized hazardous materials abatement including beryllium decontamination, asbestos removal oversight, and mold remediation services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Foothills Environmental, Inc. (FEI) provides industrial hygiene, environmental health, and safety services to government agencies (primarily DOE and DOD) and private sector clients. Core offerings include asbestos program management, lead-based paint consulting, environmental monitoring, beryllium abatement, industrial safety management, training, and regulatory compliance consulting, with particular expertise in hazardous and nuclear facility decommissioning and dismantlement.

Product overview

Foothills Environmental, Inc. (FEI) offers a portfolio of integrated environmental consulting services centered around industrial hygiene, environmental health, and safety. The core service suite includes Project Management, Environmental Monitoring, Industrial Hygiene, Asbestos Program Management, Lead-Based Paint Consulting Services, Training Services, Industrial Safety Management, and Regulatory Compliance. Specific service offerings such as Asbestos Inspections/Oversight/Air Monitoring, Mold Removal & Clean-up, and Beryllium Abatement Services represent specialized project-based offerings. The company serves government agencies (Department of Energy, Department of Defense) and private sector clients across commercial nuclear, construction, and industrial sectors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Project Management Comprehensive project management and project control services ensuring delivery on schedule and budget, including baseline development, estimating, scheduling, and budgeting for environmental and industrial hygiene projects.
• Environmental Monitoring Environmental monitoring services including sample collection, laboratory analysis, data management, SPCC plans, Phase I and II investigations, RCRA/CERCLA waste storage, and hazardous waste management.
• Industrial Hygiene Industrial hygiene services including air monitoring, indoor air quality evaluations, radon testing, radiological assessments, mold investigation, fit testing, and beryllium program management.
• Asbestos Program Management EPA-certified asbestos management including project designers, management planners, building inspectors, supervisors, air monitoring specialists, and on-site phase contrast microscopy analysis using NIOSH Method 7400. FEI participates in the AIHA PAT program.
• Lead-Based Paint Consulting Services Comprehensive lead-based paint consulting including portable XRF inspections, risk assessments, in-place management, remediation design and monitoring, clearance sampling, and waste disposal consultation, supported by X-ray fluorescence, atomic absorption spectroscopy, and ICP spectroscopy.
• Training Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Decontaminated 395,000 cubic feet of beryllium contaminated workspace at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to allow industrial space reuse
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• EnviroconcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoothills Environmental and Envirocon formed a strategic partnership to provide Beryllium Abatement Services for Commercial and Government Customers. The venture combines FEI's industrial hygiene capabilities with Envirocon's project delivery and operations strengths. Together they performed successful beryllium abatement services at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, decontaminating 395,000 cubic feet of contaminated workspace. The partnership addresses the unique toxicological properties of beryllium through comprehensive project management, hazard analysis, program administration, facility decontamination, occupational monitoring, and waste management services.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Environmental Resources Management (ERM): ERM is a global environmental, health, safety, and sustainability consultancy serving industrial, energy, and government clients with EHS, compliance, and site assessment services. It overlaps with FEI on EHS/industrial hygiene work for industrial and nuclear clients, but at enterprise scale.
• AECOM: AECOM provides full-spectrum environmental, industrial-hygiene, and decommissioning services to DOE and DOD on multi-billion-dollar contract vehicles. It overlaps with FEI on hazardous facility D&D, beryllium/asbestos/lead management, and Phase I/II ESA work, but at vastly greater scale.
• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a large environmental consulting and engineering firm with deep federal (DOE, DOD, EPA) exposure and broad industrial-hygiene and remediation service lines. FEI operates as a much smaller, more specialized version of the same federal environmental-services model that Tetra Tech dominates.
• Arcadis: Arcadis is a global design, engineering, and environmental consulting firm with significant US federal and industrial environmental-services practice. It competes for the same DOE, DOD, and industrial EHS dollars that FEI targets, though with broader geographic and service reach.
• Jacobs Solutions: Jacobs operates a major Environmental and Critical Mission Solutions practice serving DOE nuclear sites (Hanford, Savannah River, etc.) and DOD installations with industrial-hygiene, environmental monitoring, and D&D services. Jacobs competes with FEI for the same federal tasks, but typically as a prime rather than specialty sub.

Direct peers

• Roux Associates: Roux Associates is an environmental consulting and management firm specializing in site assessment, remediation, and industrial-hygiene services to industrial and government clients. It mirrors FEI's blend of government contracting, environmental site work, and hazardous-materials consulting.
• Haley & Aldrich: Haley & Aldrich is an environmental and geotechnical consulting firm with established DOE/DOD and industrial accounts, providing industrial hygiene, asbestos/lead consulting, and remediation services. It competes directly with FEI in the federal environmental-services niche.
• TRC Companies: TRC is a US-focused environmental, engineering, and consulting firm offering industrial hygiene, asbestos/lead/mold management, environmental site assessments, and regulatory compliance to federal, state, and private clients — a near-direct comparable to FEI's service portfolio and federal/industrial mix.
• Envirocon: Envirocon is FEI's named strategic partner for beryllium abatement services and is itself an environmental remediation, demolition, and abatement contractor serving commercial and government customers. The two firms co-delivered beryllium decontamination at LLNL, making Envirocon a tightly coupled operating peer.

Emerging players

• Bureau Veritas North America: Bureau Veritas offers industrial hygiene, asbestos/lead/mold consulting, environmental compliance, and building sciences services to US commercial, institutional, and government clients, overlapping with FEI's Phase I/II, IH, and training portfolios, particularly via its baby-lab/asset-management acquisitions in building compliance.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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