Brightfields owner and President Marian Young was awarded the 2015 Jerry Allen Courage in Leadership Award by Mark Zweig, founder and CEO of Zweig Group This award is given each year to someone working in a firm who has demonstrated in a unique way, personal courage in their actions that have impacted their firm. The company, based in Wilmington, employs 45.
Young says, “I know the caliber of each person on the BrightFields Team, and the intelligence, passion and dedication that they bring to work every day. Each person contributes their time, talent, hard work and individual creative personality to our collective knowledge, growth and success. I am very proud to work alongside every single one of our employees. We teach and inspire each other as we work on environmental cleanup efforts that are our responsibility and legacy to future generations. Together, we serve our clients and communities, we improve our environment and create success for our company.”
At the same event, BrightFields was recognized by the Zweig Group, a company offering business performance solutions for architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firms, as number 72 of the fastest growing firms listed as 2015 Hot Firms, and as number 3 on the 2015 Best Firms to Work For, in the environmental category. This is the fifth time BrightFields has been named to the Zweig fastest-growing list.
The Hot Firm List, based on a survey of industry firms conducted by the Zweig Group, recognizes the 100 fastest-growing architecture, engineering, planning and environmental consulting firms in the U.S. and Canada. The list ranks U.S.-based, privately held, for profit, and independent companies according to highest percentage revenue growth and dollar revenue growth over a three-year period.
“Consistent with BrightFields’ major focus, our biggest area of growth continues in environmental remediation with 3-fold revenue growth in the past three years. Tank removal activity doubled and building services grew by almost 60%. A significant factor in this growth has been expansion of the client base and service area from a concentration on redevelopment projects in Delaware to federal government subcontracts, and longer distance projects in all the Mid-Atlantic states,” said Mark Lannan, a Principal in the firm. “We are fortunate to be involved in interesting projects that allow our team to use creativity to solve environmental challenges. Our culture of teamwork and continual emphasis on learning provides a solid foundation for our team to serve our clients with the highest level of quality.”
