Multi-disciplinary civil and environmental consulting across infrastructure and industrial sectors
CEC is a 1,001–5,000-person consulting firm built around 11 specialized practices (air quality, water resources, geotechnical engineering, waste management, surveying, and others) serving manufacturing, mining, oil & gas, power, and public-sector clients. The tech stack is dominated by domain-specific modeling and design tools—HydroCAD, HEC-RAS, WaterCAD, AERMOD, MODFLOW—paired with Autodesk's Civil 3D and GIS platforms, indicating a firm optimizing for engineering precision and regulatory compliance rather than software innovation. The hiring velocity is decelerating while maintaining a 252-engineer core, with acute pain around regulatory complexity and practice expansion.
Notable leadership hires: Survey Crew Chief
Civil & Environmental Consultants (CEC) provides consulting services across civil engineering, environmental engineering, water resources, waste management, surveying, air quality, cultural resources, and planning. The company operates as a multi-disciplinary consulting firm structured around Industry Consulting Groups (ICGs) that specialize in manufacturing, mining, oil & gas, power, public sector, real estate, and solid waste markets. CEC is an employee-owned company founded in 1989 and headquartered in Moon Township, PA, with operations spanning the United States. The firm engages in project work ranging from environmental site assessments and stormwater design to landfill gas collection systems and topographic surveys, supported by an engineering-heavy workforce and a deep bench of senior and principal-level technical talent.
CEC's primary design stack includes Autodesk Civil 3D, HydroCAD, WaterCAD, HEC-RAS, AERMOD for air modeling, MODFLOW for groundwater, ArcGIS for mapping, Revit, MicroStation, and Trimble surveying tools.
Current project focus includes stormwater management design, Phase I/II environmental assessments, landfill construction and gas collection systems, topographic and boundary surveys, land development planning, environmental permitting, and business development across new markets.
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