Strategic Environmental Management

What Strategic Environmental Management does

Strategic Environmental Management is a privately held environmental consulting firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The company provides a comprehensive suite of environmental consulting services to real estate, industrial, oil & gas, and mining clients, with primary capabilities in Brownfields redevelopment and voluntary corrective actions, Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, asbestos/lead paint/mold testing, underground storage tank removal, hazardous waste characterization, vapor intrusion and indoor air quality assessment, regulatory agency negotiations, and risk management strategy development. The firm has completed projects across at least 17 states, including notable Brownfields engagements in Oklahoma, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Colorado such as the National Zink Site in Bartlesville, the Cannelton Industries former tannery site, and the Cyprus Foote Mineral CERCLA Superfund site.

The company operates as a single-principal, owner-operated professional services firm with 1-10 employees, led by Patrick E. Lee, a registered professional engineer with over 20 years of environmental and technical management experience at Cyprus Amax Minerals, Home Petroleum, and Exxon. The go-to-market is relationship-based direct consulting, with revenue generated through project-based engagements rather than subscription or product sales. The firm has been associated with Brownfields Capital since 2000, providing financing and environmental services using Brownfields Capital's patented financing technique to assist business enterprises and municipalities in environmental risk assessment and management. There is no indication of institutional investment, subsidiary structure, or a parent company.

The firm has demonstrated outcome-based differentiation in specific projects, including negotiating a reduction of a $20 million EPA remedy to $5 million at the Cannelton Industries site, selling a CERCLA Superfund site to remove an estimated $17 million liability from a client's balance sheet, and redeveloping contaminated sites into community assets. Client concentration spans enterprise names (Cyprus Amax Minerals, Phelps Dodge, BP Amoco, CB Richard Ellis, Colliers Bennett & Kahnweiler) alongside municipal governments (City of Bartlesville, City of Blackwell, City of Westminster) and smaller commercial and institutional clients. The firm website carries a 2008 copyright and no recent product launches, funding rounds, or geographic expansion are documented in the source data.

Name

Strategic Environmental Management

Legal name

Strategic Environmental Management, LLC

Website

https://strategicenviro.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Strategic Environmental Management is a Colorado-based environmental consulting firm founded in 1999 that provides Phase I/II site assessments, Brownfields remediation, and regulatory negotiation services to real estate, industrial, oil & gas, and mining clients across 17 states.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Engineering Services (541330)

SIC

Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Oil & Gas Facilities Asset Management (Refining/Terminals/LNG) (EUAEAMAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Circularity Consulting & Program Management (EPR, Design-for-Circularity, LCA) (EUAIANAH), Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

Keywords

• Environmental consulting
• Site remediation
• Brownfields redevelopment
• Phase I assessments
• Regulatory compliance

Headquarters

HQ city

Greenwood Village

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional consulting fees for environmental assessment, remediation design, project management, and regulatory compliance services. Revenue is generated through project-based engagements for real estate, industrial, oil & gas, and mining clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Strategic Environmental Management provides environmental consulting services to real estate, industrial, oil & gas, and mining clients. Its core offerings include Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, Brownfields and voluntary corrective action projects, asbestos/lead paint/mold testing, underground storage tank removal, hazardous waste characterization, vapor intrusion assessment, environmental due diligence, and regulatory agency negotiation. The firm supports projects from concept through completion, including remedial design, construction management, and redevelopment coordination.

Product overview

Strategic Environmental Management is an environmental consulting company that provides a comprehensive suite of consulting services rather than a software product. The company offers integrated environmental assessment and remediation services including Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments, Brownfields & Voluntary Cleanup Plans, Asbestos/Lead Paint/Mold Testing, Compliance Monitoring, Risk Management Strategies, Underground Storage Tank Removal, Hazard Waste Characterization, Vapor Intrusion Assessment, Environmental Due Diligence, Baseline Environmental Assessments, Brownfield Redevelopment, and Regulatory Agency Negotiations. These services are tailored for real estate, industrial, oil & gas, and mining clients, with key capabilities in cost-effective remediation system implementation and regulatory negotiation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brownfields & Voluntary Cleanup Plans
• Phase I Environmental Site Assessments
• Phase II Investigations
• Asbestos, Lead Paint & Mold Testing
• Compliance Monitoring & Laboratory Analysis
• Underground Storage Tank Removal
• Hazard Waste Characterization & Management
• Vapor Intrusion & Indoor Air Quality
• Environmental Due Diligence
• Brownfield Redevelopment
• Regulatory Agency Negotiations

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduced environmental remedy from $20 million to $5 million at Cannelton Industries site through bioaccumulation studies and biological monitoring negotiations with USEPA and Michigan DEQ
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Brownfields CapitalcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2000Mr. Patrick Lee has been associated with Brownfields Capital since 2000 providing financing and a broad range of environmental services. The partnership specializes in assisting business enterprises and municipalities in the assessment and management of environmental risk through the use of Brownfields Capital's patented financing technique.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Terracon Consultants: U.S. environmental, geotechnical, and facilities engineering consultancy providing Phase I/II ESA, Brownfields, vapor intrusion, and UST services nationwide. Closely comparable to SEM in service lines and client mix, at meaningfully larger scale.
• Haley & Aldrich: Environmental and geotechnical engineering consultancy focused on site assessment, Brownfields redevelopment, and contaminated-site remediation for real estate and industrial clients. Closely matches SEM's service mix and customer segments at a slightly larger scale.
• Apex Companies: Mid-sized environmental, compliance, and remediation consultancy serving industrial, oil & gas, and real estate clients with Phase I/II, Brownfields, and regulatory services. Directly comparable mid-market peer to SEM.
• SLR Consulting: Environmental and engineering consultancy providing Phase I/II ESA, remediation design, Brownfields, and environmental due diligence to industrial, mining, oil & gas, and real estate sectors globally. Directly overlaps with SEM's offering and client base.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Global pure-play environmental, health, safety, and sustainability consultancy. Directly comparable to SEM in offering site assessment, Brownfields, remediation, and regulatory negotiation services to industrial, mining, oil & gas, and real estate clients.

Broad incumbents

• Ramboll: International engineering, environmental, and sustainability consultancy with a strong U.S. environmental and Brownfields practice. Comparable to SEM in environmental site assessment and contaminated-land remediation for industrial and real estate clients.
• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with a large environment practice covering site assessment, remediation, and Brownfields. Overlaps with SEM in services and clients but operates at enterprise scale with much broader portfolio.
• Tetra Tech: Large publicly traded environmental and engineering consulting firm offering Phase I/II ESA, remediation, and water/environmental services across the U.S. Comparable because it serves the same real estate, industrial, oil & gas, and mining client base with overlapping service lines, but at vastly greater scale.
• Arcadis: Global design, engineering, and environmental consulting firm with significant remediation and Brownfields practice. Comparable in service lines (Phase I/II, remediation, environmental due diligence) but competes from a much larger resource base.
• WSP (formerly Golder Associates): Global engineering consultancy with deep contaminated-site, mining, and oil & gas environmental practices following its acquisition of Golder. Comparable to SEM in remediation and site assessment for mining and energy clients, but at multi-thousand-employee scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses2 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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