James Claffey, PhD, PE (Jim) is a proven sales and technical leader with over 30 years of experience working in the environmental consulting and engineering industry. Before transitioning to sales, he provided project management, technical support investigations and system implementation.
GES is excited to welcome Danielle Delgado and Tim Ward to our growing team in the Sunbelt region. Danielle joined us mid-July, as a P4 Project Environmental Scientist reporting to John Daniels. Based in Texas and Louisiana, she will spend much of her time in the field supporting project managers with O&M tasks, remedial pilot testing, drilling, UST removals, and other site activities.
The proposed FAA Part 108 rule aims to create a standardized regulatory framework for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations, which are currently restricted and require a lengthy waiver process. By establishing clear guidelines, Part 108 will enable a wide range of commercial applications, such as large-scale package delivery, long-range infrastructure inspections (e.g., pipelines and power lines), and agricultural surveying of vast fields. It will also streamline the approval process, allowing for faster and more scalable operations.
Soft skills are important skills that improve our ability to work with others. Soft skills are important skills that improve our ability to work with others, and good soft skills help us build and maintain relationships at work and in our personal lives.
GES is pleased to announce the CSR Program scholarship recipients for the 2025-26 academic year. The CSR program was created to reward academic excellence and social responsibility within the GES community. Once again we received applications from many talented individuals. Three recipients will each be awarded a $2,000 scholarship to support their ongoing academic studies. This year’s winners are:
Join us at the National Brownfields Conference August 5-8, 2025. Stop by our booth #606!
Please join us at the Florida Association for Water Quality Control. Stop by booth #26!
Over the past 2.5 years, GES' own Rich Evans, PE has had the pleasure of working on the Sustainable Remediation Forum (SuRF) Environmental Justice initiative steering committee with a diverse group of environmental professionals. The steering committee is led by Melvin Stroble (EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc.). Melvin has been a motivational leader for the committee. Aside from his welcoming personality and consummate professionalism, one of Melvin’s hallmarks is that he always wears a bow tie. His bow tie inspired us to apply a bow tie analysis to Quality.
San Diego, Calif. (February 2025) —Environmental Business Journal®* (EBJ), an independent business research publication that has provided strategic market intelligence to the environmental industry* since 1988, has honored Groundwater and Environmental Services, Inc. (GES) with a Project Merit Business Achievement Award.