Water, Civil, and Environmental

What Water, Civil, and Environmental does

Water, Civil, and Environmental Inc. (DBA WCE Inc.) is a privately held environmental consulting firm founded in 2013 and headquartered at 3813 West State Street in Boise, Idaho. The company provides a unified portfolio of professional services centered on environmental regulatory compliance, structured around five integrated modules: Environmental Regulatory Compliance Studies (wildlife biology, wetlands delineation, cultural resources, water quality, hazardous waste), Environmental Analysis Services (Categorical Exclusion, Environmental Assessment/FONSI, compliance and due diligence audits), Civil Engineering Services (permitting, site planning and design, construction management and inspection), Biological Studies Services (NEPA-compliant wildlife, vegetation, and fishery resource studies), and Public Involvement Services (public meetings, hearings, newsletters, website creation, and community mediation). Its primary customers are federal government agencies, served through GSA Contract #GS-00F-386GA under Environmental Services SIN 899, and state agencies across Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and New York.

WCE Inc. holds an SBA 8(a) certification (entered October 2017), Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB) and Economically Disadvantaged Woman Owned Small Business (EDWOSB) certifications, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) certifications in six states, and Woman Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) certifications in New York State and New York City. These certifications collectively grant access to federal and state set-aside contracting programs. The firm's go-to-market operates exclusively through enterprise field sales into government procurement — GSA Schedule, direct state contracting, and relationship-based business development — with no commercial or SMB channel. Pricing is contract-driven and not publicly disclosed.

The company employs 11–50 people, with a named leadership team of seven including President Leslie A. Eldridge, Senior Project Manager Ryan Eldridge, Senior Environmental Scientists J. David Wildharber and Rob Roberts, Environmental Scientist Tyler Brookshire, Associate Environmental Engineer Clay Thomas (P.E.), and Engineer-in-Training Blake Urie (EIT). The firm is founder/owner-operated with no disclosed institutional investors, subsidiaries, or M&A activity, and is currently hiring a Senior Environmental Engineer to expand capacity. There is no public revenue disclosure, no funding history, no disclosed partnerships or alliances, and no AI/ML technology footprint in source materials.

Name

Water, Civil, and Environmental

Legal name

Water, Civil, and Environmental Inc.

Website

https://wce-inc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Water, Civil, and Environmental Inc. is an SBA 8(a)-certified, woman-owned environmental consulting firm in Boise, Idaho, providing regulatory compliance, NEPA analysis, biological studies, civil engineering, and public involvement services to federal and state government agencies across the U.S.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (541620), Environmental Consulting Services (54162), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Compliance & Permitting (BPAHAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water Resources, WASH & Integrated Water Management (BPADALAH), State/Provincial Environmental Protection & Natural Resources Administration (BPAIABAL)

Keywords

• Environmental consulting services
• Civil engineering consulting
• NEPA compliance studies
• Wetlands delineation services
• Regulatory compliance consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Boise

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, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Environmental Consulting Services: Professional consulting services provided to government agencies and clients throughout the U.S., including environmental assessments, regulatory compliance studies, biological studies, and civil engineering services.
2. GSA Contract Services: Services provided under GSA Contract #GS-00F-386GA (Environmental Services SIN 899) to federal government clients.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Water, Civil, and Environmental Inc. (WCE Inc.) is an environmental consulting firm providing environmental regulatory compliance studies, environmental analysis services, civil engineering services, biological studies, and public involvement services to federal and state government agencies throughout the U.S. The firm delivers NEPA compliance analysis, wetlands delineation, wildlife biology studies, permitting, site planning and design, construction management, and public/agency involvement processes under GSA Contract and direct procurement.

Product overview

Water, Civil, and Environmental Inc. (WCE Inc.) is an environmental consulting firm offering a unified portfolio of professional services rather than a software platform. The core offering is Environmental Regulatory Compliance Studies, supported by four integrated service modules: Environmental Analysis Services (Categorical Exclusion, Environmental Assessment, Environmental Compliance, Due Diligence Audits), Civil Engineering Services (permitting, design, construction management), Biological Studies Services (wildlife, vegetation, fishery studies under NEPA), and Public Involvement Services (public meetings, hearings, communications). These services are designed to work together to enhance clients' businesses and enable sustainable growth.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environmental Regulatory Compliance Studies

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Anchor QEA: Anchor QEA provides environmental and water resources engineering, permitting, and NEPA services to federal and state agencies — a direct functional and customer overlap with WCE's portfolio.
• SWCA Environmental Consultants: SWCA is a mid-sized U.S. environmental consulting firm specializing in NEPA compliance, biological surveys, cultural resources, and permitting — directly overlapping WCE's core service lines and federal/state agency customer base.
• Brown and Caldwell: Brown and Caldwell is an environmental engineering and consulting firm focused on water and wastewater infrastructure for municipalities and federal clients, with significant civil engineering and permitting overlap with WCE.
• Geosyntec Consultants: Geosyntec is a specialized environmental and water resources engineering consultancy serving federal agencies, municipalities, and private clients with NEPA-adjacent and civil engineering services, comparable in service mix to WCE.
• Cardno (now Stantec): Cardno was a mid-sized environmental and infrastructure consultancy with strong NEPA, biological, and water resources offerings to U.S. federal agencies, structurally comparable to WCE and acquired by Stantec in 2022.

Broad incumbents

• Tetra Tech: Tetra Tech is a global leader in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure consulting, with deep federal agency relationships and a service portfolio that directly subsumes WCE's niche.
• Stantec: Stantec is a major international engineering and environmental consulting firm with substantial U.S. federal, state, and municipal work in NEPA, permitting, and civil engineering — directly comparable to WCE at much greater scale.
• TRC Companies: TRC is a public environmental and engineering consultancy providing NEPA, permitting, biological, and civil engineering services to U.S. federal and state agencies — overlapping with WCE's offerings at a much larger scale.
• AECOM: AECOM is a global infrastructure and environmental services firm with a large federal practice delivering NEPA, biological, and civil engineering services — the dominant prime contractor on large federal environmental programs.
• ICF International: ICF International is a large publicly traded consulting firm with a substantial federal environmental, NEPA, and regulatory compliance practice, competing for the same agency task orders as WCE.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/water-civil-and-environmental-inc-

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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