Pacific Earthscape

What Pacific Earthscape does

Pacific Earthscape is a privately held general engineering contractor headquartered in McKinleyville, California, specializing in environmental restoration and heavy civil construction across Northwestern California. Founded in 1995 and operating under Ford-family ownership (Brandie Ford, President; Derek Ford, Vice President; Heath Ford, CFO; Jeanette Ford, Accounts Payable), the firm has approximately seven employees and delivers services including stream restoration, road decommissioning, bridge construction, fish passage improvement, logging operations, culvert installation, tidegate installation, levee reconstruction, runway construction, and underground utilities installation. Its core capability centers on large-scale earthmoving (e.g., 300,000 cubic yards moved at Redwood National Park; 9.5-mile road construction for Green Diamond Resource Co) combined with specialized environmental restoration expertise, including the Cal-Trout Woodman Creek project that reconnected 14 miles of salmon and steelhead habitat.

The company's revenue model is contract-based, generated primarily through competitive bidding for government infrastructure and environmental restoration projects, supplemented by negotiated long-term agreements with private resource companies. Major government clients include CalTrans (contract values ranging from approximately $413K to $8.4M), Redwood National Park, California Dept. of Parks & Recreation, Humboldt County, the City of Eureka, the City of Arcata, the Humboldt County Regional Airport, and Reclamation District 768. Private sector work includes continuous prime contractor relationships with Green Diamond Resource Co (since 1998) and Sierra Pacific Industries (since 2015) covering logging, road maintenance, road building, road decommissioning, stream restoration, and culvert installation throughout the region.

Distribution is direct-to-client with no resellers or marketplace channels; the firm acts as prime contractor on most government work and as a subcontractor on larger general-contractor-led projects. Marketing is relationship-driven rather than campaign-based, relying on past performance, bonding capacity, and demonstrated environmental compliance credentials to win competitive public works bids. Geographic reach is concentrated in Humboldt, Del Norte, Mendocino, and Plumas counties, with a single recent (2019-2020) extension into Plumas County via a CalTrans fish passage contract suggesting cautious geographic broadening rather than aggressive expansion.

Name

Pacific Earthscape

Legal name

Pacific Earthscape

Website

https://pacificearthscape.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pacific Earthscape is a family-owned general engineering contractor in McKinleyville, California, specializing in stream restoration, road decommissioning, bridge construction, and environmental earthwork for government agencies and private timber companies across Northwestern California.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

McKinleyville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Construction Contracts: The company generates revenue primarily through prime and subcontracts with government agencies including CalTrans, California Dept. of Parks & Recreation, Redwood National Park, Humboldt County, and municipal governments. Projects range from emergency repairs ($524K-$8.4M contract amounts) to multi-year infrastructure and environmental restoration contracts.
2. Private Sector Resource Management: Revenue from ongoing logging, road maintenance, and stream restoration work for private resource companies including Green Diamond Resource Co and Sierra Pacific Industries. These contracts span multiple years and encompass cable logging, tractor logging, road construction, and environmental compliance work.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Pacific Earthscape is a general engineering contractor specializing in stream restoration, road decommissioning, and environmental construction services. The company delivers bridge construction, fish passage restoration, logging operations, culvert installation, highway maintenance and repair, earthwork and grading, levee reconstruction, tidegate installation, runway construction, and underground utilities installation. Contracts are performed primarily as prime contractor for government agencies and as long-term service provider for private timber and resource companies in Northwestern California.

Product overview

Pacific Earthscape operates as a general engineering contractor offering a unified suite of environmental restoration and civil construction services. The core offerings include stream restoration and road decommissioning, supplemented by specialized services such as bridge construction, fish passage restoration, logging operations, culvert installation, highway maintenance, earthwork, levee reconstruction, tidegate installation, runway construction, and underground utilities installation. These services are delivered primarily to government agencies and private landowners throughout Northwestern California.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Stream Restoration Environmental restoration focused on restoring natural stream flow, fish passage, and watershed health for tributaries and waterways for government agencies and private resource owners.
• Road Decommissioning Removal of existing roads and restoration of land to its original natural appearance, including excavation and relocation of materials, for federal, state, and private timberland clients.
• Bridge Construction Construction of precast bridges including demolition of existing structures, rock weir installation, cast-in-place abutments, and stream restoration for state and county clients in Humboldt and Mendocino counties.
• Fish Passage Restoration Retrofitting culverts and removing barriers to restore fish migration routes in streams and waterways, addressing regulatory aquatic habitat protection requirements.
• Logging Services Timber harvesting using cable logging systems and tractor logging methods, including road construction and maintenance for private timberland owners in Northwestern California.
• Highway Maintenance and Repair Emergency slip-out repair, storm damage repair, tidegate installation, and general highway maintenance including paving and earthwork for CalTrans and municipal agencies.
• Earthwork and Grading Site preparation including clearing, grubbing, grading, and excavation for construction projects, supporting public infrastructure, private development, and environmental restoration work.
• Levee Reconstruction Rebuilding and repair of levees including debris removal, compacted dirt, fabric installation, and riprap placement for flood management and reclamation districts.

Quantifiable outcome

• 14 miles of salmon and steelhead spawning habitat reconnected
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 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.

• Cal-TroutcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Pacific Earthscape was a project partner with California Trout on the Woodman Creek restoration project to restore fish passage to a major tributary of the Eel River. The project successfully reconnected 14 miles of prime spawning and rearing habitat for salmon and steelhead. This partnership demonstrates the company's environmental restoration credentials and commitment to aquatic habitat preservation.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Teichert Construction: Sacramento-based heavy civil contractor with significant Northern California presence in grading, paving, underground utilities, and site preparation. Comparable service mix (earthwork, utilities, paving) but serves a broader geography and larger project scale.
• Quanta Services: Largest pure-play infrastructure services provider in North America, active in electric, oil & gas, and renewable energy construction. Overlaps with Pacific Earthscape on civil/utility construction and environmental compliance work but operates at vastly greater scale and capital intensity.
• Sterling Infrastructure: Diversified infrastructure services company with transportation, water, and specialty services segments. Comparable in heavy civil and water-related infrastructure construction, though operating at much larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Construction Partners: Public infrastructure contractor operating across the southern U.S. with services including highway grading, site preparation, and drainage. Comparable in core civil construction capabilities though geographically focused on different regional markets.
• Tetra Tech: Global consulting and engineering firm with significant water, environment, and infrastructure construction practices. Comparable on the environmental restoration and fish passage side of Pacific Earthscape's business, though primarily an engineering/consulting firm rather than a contractor.
• Sterling Construction Company: U.S. heavy civil infrastructure contractor focused on highways, bridges, water systems, and specialty services. Operates at much larger scale but offers directly overlapping capabilities in highway repair, drainage, and earthwork that compete for the same CalTrans-style public works bids.
• MasTec: Major U.S. infrastructure construction company with capabilities spanning heavy civil, utilities, and environmental projects. Comparable on heavy civil and environmental restoration work but with national reach and significantly larger contract sizes.
• Granite Construction: One of the largest U.S. heavy civil contractors with deep California operations across highways, water resources, and environmental remediation. Comparable in core heavy construction scope but operates at far greater scale and geographic breadth than Pacific Earthscape.

Emerging players

• Resource Environmental Solutions (RES): National leader in ecological restoration, including stream and wetland restoration projects similar to Pacific Earthscape's Cal-Trout and Redwood National Park work. Directly comparable on the environmental restoration niche but operates at much larger scale and across more states.

Direct peers

• Kernen Construction: Northern California general engineering contractor with overlapping heavy civil, earthwork, and infrastructure capabilities. Pacific Earthscape has worked as subcontractor to Kernen (e.g., North Coast Railroad Authority levee project), confirming directly comparable project types and regional footprint.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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