News & Events Archive

2024

April

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Announces Launch of Project Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tool (PGT)

January

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Wins Prestigious Global Sustainability Award in Q3-2023

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Joins the New Jersey Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Celebrates 25 Years of Excellence in Environmental Consulting and Remediation

2023

November

• Sovereign Welcomes Two New Additions and Announces the Official Launch of its Water and Wastewater Construction Group

August

• Sovereign Ranked in 2023 ENR Top 200 Environmental Firm’s List

July

• Sovereign “In the Field” Photo Contest Winners

March

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Enters SBA Mentor-Protégé with Lucianos Excavation, Inc.

February

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Welcomes Bob DeFiglio

2022

November

• Ravi Gupta, CEO Featured in the NJBIZ Book of List Leaders - A Closer Look

September

• In the Field: Interview with Michael Hanlon, Business Development Manager on Rutgers University’s AIC Living Shoreline Project, Cape May, NJ

August

• Sovereign Ranked in 2022 ENR Top 200 Environmental Firm’s List

April

• Mary Jo (MJ) Kennelly Joins Sovereign as Corporate Health and Safety Manager

2021

November

• Bay West-Sovereign Joint Venture Selected For US Army Corps of Engineers, Kansas City District, Small Business Remedial Action Contract

July

• Sovereign Ranked in 2021 ENR Top 200 Environmental Firm’s List

June

• NJDEP Regulatory Changes: NJDEP Adopts Revisions to Soil Leachate and Indoor Air Remediation Standards

April

• Sovereign Celebrates Earth Day 2021 with Planting 80 Trees in New Jersey

February

• Sovereign Personnel Receive Shell Safety Champion Award

• Sovereign Celebrates International Day of Woman and Girls in Science: Interview with Ellyn Brixius, Senior Scientist

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Receives 2020 EBJ Business Achievement Award

2020

October

• Renova - Sovereign JV and ECC Awarded Soil Recycling Facility at Aberdeen Proving Grounds

September

• John Blaisdell Awarded SAME Boston Post’s - S. Peter Volpe Award

• Sovereign’s Living Shoreline Project Recognized as Top Three Best Restored Shores in the US

August

• Sovereign Ranked #125 on NJBIZ 2020 Top 250 Privately-Held Companies

• Sovereign Partners with NREF of New Jersey, Awarded DEP Grant for living shoreline project on Barnegat Bay, NJ

• Sovereign Awarded 2019 Governor’s Occupational Safety Award

July

• Sovereign Ranked in ENR Top 200 Environmental Firm’s List

• Sovereign Launches New Digital Platform eSolve to Integrate Environmental Project Data

• July 4th Weekend: Health and Safety Reminders

June

• Sovereign Awarded A/E Mining Remediation Contract with US Forest Service

March

• Sovereign COVID-19 Update

2018

June

• Sovereign Opens New Office in Houston, Texas; Welcomes Six New Personnel

2017

September

• Sovereign Welcomes Dan Lucey, PE, LEED AP as Senior Engineer to Utility Program

2016

August

• Sovereign Welcomes Doug Stout as Program Manager of Mine Hill, NJ Office

2014

February

• Sovereign Awarded $25M Contract with Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast (NAVFAC SE)

January

• Owen Douglass, Ph.D., CIH, Joins Sovereign Consulting Inc.

2013

December

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Welcomes Greg Janiec

November

• Alyce Hreha, Ph.D. Joins Sovereign Consulting Inc.

• Sovereign Presents at 53rd Annual Conference of PNWIS Air & Waste Management Association

• Sovereign Presents at AEHS 29th Annual International Conference in Amherst, MA

October

• Sovereign Featured in OurColoradoNews.com

September

• Sovereign Relocates Denver Office

• Sovereign Featured as EBJ Business Achiever of the Week

August

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Hires Lee Josselyn, PE

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Ranks #126 on Engineering News Record’s Top 200 Environmental FIrms

June

• Sovereign’s Mining Group to Complete Humboldt Pit Lake Study for Esmeralda Project in Nevada

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Hires Jim Gusek, PE

April

• Sovereign Receives BP’s 2012 Remediation Management Contractor HSSE Performance Award

• Sovereign Hires Scott Carter, PE

March

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Hires John Romano

January

• Sovereign Awarded 2012 Technology Merit Award for Water/Wastewater from EBJ

• Sovereign Receives 2012 Technology Merit Award for Remediation from Environmental Business Journal

2012

November

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Is One of NJBIZ’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies in 2012

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Earns Spot at #41 on the Philadelphia 100

• Gary Andres, PG Joins Sovereign Consulting Inc.

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Places at #27 on Zweig Letter Hot Firm List

October

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Ranks on Inc. 5000

• Sovereign Hires Jim Lang, PG, LSRP

September

• Sovereign Reaches 121 on Engineering News Record Top 200 Environmental Firms

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Relocates Seattle Branch Office

June

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Welcomes John Blaisdell

• Michael Ciance, PE Joins Sovereign Consulting Inc.

May

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Ranked #19 on New Jersey’s Top Environmental Firms in 2012

April

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Opens New Concord Branch Office

February

• Sovereign Consulting Inc. Moves to Redeveloped Property at Chestnut Green in Foxborough

January

• Sovereign Wins Bronze Medal for Business Achievement from Environmental Business Journal

• Sovereign Begins Thermal Remediation Project for the Maryland State Highway Administration

2011

September

• Sovereign Welcomes Tom Hevner, PE, LSP to Mansfield, MA Office

July

• Bill Walker, Ph. D., to Open Sovereign’s First Pacific Northwestern Office

May

• Eugene Regruto, CPA, MBA Joins Sovereign as Controller

April

• Sovereign and RE Invest Present at Brownfields 2011

• Sovereign Hires Kelly Doherty for Holyoke Office

February

• Sovereign Wins Honorable Mention from Environmental Business Journal

January

• Kari Brookhouse Joins Sovereign’s Cherry Hill Office

2010

November

• Sovereign Farmingdale Office Welcomes Albert Tonn

• Andrew Donoghue, LSP Joins Sovereign Consulting Inc.

October

• Sovereign Welcomes Karen Diehl

• Sovereign Welcomes Mary Kay Morelli

• Sovereign Wins 5-Year Navy Contract

July

• Sovereign’s New Addition: Robert Cummings, PE

June

• Integrity – Sovereign Partnership Commences Solar Photovoltaic System Installation in Robbinsville

• RE Invest – Sovereign Partnership Begins Its First Brownfield Property Redevelopment Project

April

• Sovereign Welcomes Tom Myers, PG, LSRP

March

• Sovereign Welcomes Brad A. Maurer, Esq.

• Sovereign Welcomes Rachel B. Leary, P.E.

• Sovereign Wins $25M Remedial Action Contract from U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

January

• Environmental Business Journal Awards Sovereign Silver Medal in Medium Firms Category

• Sovereign Partners with Integrity Energy, LLC to Move Into the Renewable Energy Market

• Sovereign Partners with RE Invest Solutions to Expand into Brownfield Redevelopment Market

2009

November

• Sovereign Receives Recognition as One of NJBIZ’s 2009 Fifty Fastest Growing Companies

September

• Sovereign’s Edgewood Office Wins Large Renovation Projects at Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

• Sovereign Team Selected for Air Force WERC 2009 Contract

2024

January

• SAME Boston Post Small Business Event

• Delaware Wetlands Conference

2023

April

• Chemistry Council of New Jersey Annual Conference

2022

November

• SAME Philadelphia Post Resiliency Day 2022

• 2022 SAME Federal Small Business Conference

• SAME Philadelphia Post Small Business Conference 2022

• NJ-Philadelphia Post SAME and JBMDL Small Business Roundtable Industry Day

September

• PFAS Beyond the Airfield with SAME Baltimore Post, Morgan State University SAME and ASCE Student Chapters

2021

June

• SAME HR Post Mid-Atlantic SB Outreach + Industry Event

April

• SAME North Atlantic Industry Day

March

• 2021 DCHWS East Virtual Symposium

• 2021 Virtual Capital Week Presented by SAME

February

• New Jersey Site Remediation Conference

• The 18th Annual Contract Opportunities & Networking Event

2020

June

• The New Jersey Licensed Site Remediation Professionals Association Webinar on June 30, 2020 - PCB Remediation: What Every LSRP Needs to Know

2014

May

• 54th Annual Spring Meeting - 2014 SAME Boston Post Spring Meeting, Waltham, MA

February

• SAME New England Posts 11th Annual Contract Opportunities & Small Business Showcase, Waltham, MA

• Pennsylvania State University’s Engineering Career Week, State College, PA

January

• Delaware Wetlands Conference 2014, Dover, DE

• Coastal Community Resilience Course, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ

• International Disaster Conference and Expo, New Orleans, LA

2013

December

• Pennsylvania Brownfields Conference, King of Prussia, PA

November

• Society of American Military Engineers 2013 Small Business Conference, Kansas City, MO

• SAME NJ Post, Hurricane Sandy, One Year Later: Lessons Learned & New Standards

• Montclair State University Fall 2013 Career Fair, Montclair, NJ

• SWEP of Greater Philadelphia 2013 Touchstone Award Reception, Bryn Mawr, PA

• SAME 2013 North Atlantic / New England Joint Engineer Training Symposium, Baltimore, MD

• 53rd Annual Conference of PNWIS Air & Waste Management Association, Victoria, BC

October

• 29th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy, Amherst, MA

• 2013 Annual SAME Boston Post Young Members Mt. Monadnock Hike, Jaffrey, NH

• SAME Boston Post Monthly Meeting, Waltham, MA

September

• SAME Boston Post Monthly Meeting, Newton, MA

• Massachusetts Power of Connections 2013, National Grid, Waltham, MA

August

• SAME Narragansett Post, Capt. John Hannigan Memorial Scholarship Golf Tournament, Richmond, RI

• SAME NJ Post 2013 Small Business Breakfast Event & Seminar, East Windsor, NJ

• International Mine Water Association (IMWA) 2013, Reliable Mine Water Technology, Golden, CO

July

• 2013 SAME Boston / Narragansett Bay Posts JV Lobster Bake, Warwick, RI

• SAME New Jersey/New York City Posts, Scholarship Golf 2013, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ

• SAME Boston Post, Board of Directors First Quarter Meeting, Wayland, MA

June

• Rhode Island Society of Environmental Professionals,Technical Luncheon on Due Diligence, Warwick, RI

• SAME Piscataqua Post Dinner, “The GSA: The Government’s Landlord,” York Harbor, ME

• Society of American Military Engineers South Mid-Atlantic Small Business Conference, Norfolk, VA

• Pennsylvania Aggregates and Concrete Association 2013 Summer Meeting

• SAME Boston Post, 2013 “Open” Golf Tournament, Wayland, MA

• 2013 American Society of Mining & Reclamation (ASMR) Conference, Laramie, WY

May

• Society of American Military Engineers, Joint Engineer Training Conference & Expo, San Diego, CA

• National Brownfields Conference, Atlanta, GA

• SAME Boston Post / CMMA New England Chapter, Presentation on New Orleans Inner Harbor, Boston, MA

• SAME NJ Post, Cape May Inlet & Coast Guard Station Tour, Cape May, NJ

• SAME Boston Post, 53rd Annual Spring Meeting, Waltham, MA

• Geochemical Modeling Tools: Equilibrium and Transport Applications, Lakewood, CO

• Partners for Environmental Progress, 13th Annual Golf Invitational, Point Clear, AL

April

• SAME Boston Post, Young Member Event - Charles River Cleanup, Weston, MA

• Geological Society of New Hampshire, Spring Dinner Meeting, Concord, NH

• Partners for Environmental Progress, Annual Membership Meeting & Awards, Spanish Fort, AL

• SAME Narragansett Post / US Coast Guard Academy Engineer Reception and Dinner, New London, CT

• SAME Boston Post Monthly Meeting with CMAA, Newton, MA

• SAME New Jersey Post, 2013 Federal Contracting Opportunities A/E/C & Environmental, Newark, NJ

• Clemson University Hydrogeology Symposium, Clemson, SC

• SAME Philadelphia Post, 7th Annual Small Business Event, Philadelphia, PA

• 11th Annual Regional Contracting Forum, Seattle, WA

• SAME Greater Kansas City Post, Industry Day Education & Training Workshop, Kansas City, MO

March

• SAME FY2014 DOD and Federal Agency Program Briefings, Bethesda, MD

• SAME Baltimore Post Small Business Program, Baltimore, MD

• SAME Boston Post, March Monthly Meeting, Wachusett Mountain, Princeton, MA

• Environmental Industry Summit XI, Environmental Business International, San Diego, CA

• Alliance for Small Business Mid-Atlantic 2013 Procurement Fair, Atlantic City, NJ

February

• SAME Greater Kansas City Post 5th Annual Industry Day Education & Training Workshop, Kansas City, MO

• 142nd SME Annual Meeting and Exhibit and CMA 115th National Western Mining Conference, Denver, CO

• Presentation on Water Quality & Water Treatment Options for Coal Mine Discharges, Concord, MA

• 10th Annual Contract Opportunities & Small Business Showcase, Waltham, MA

January

• Seminar on Environmental Funding, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

• US Small Business Administration & US Navy Small Business Procurement Fair, Philadelphia, PA

• EBCNE, Energy Storage Systems - Solutions for Renewable Energy Integration, Waltham, MA

• SAME NJ Post, Overview of NJDEP Industrial Stormwater Permits, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ

• SAME Boston Post, Young Members Night - Providence Bruins vs. Portland Pirates

• Rhode Island Society of Environmental Professionals Winter Bash, Providence, RI

• SAME Narragansett Post, Seminar on Low Temperature Thermal Deactivation, East Providence, RI

• SAME Piscataqua Post, Presentation with John Wyeth of NAVFAC, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, NH

• SAME Seattle Post, Meet the Agencies, Seattle, WA

2012

December

• SAME Baltimore Post December Luncheon Meeting, USACE Baltimore District Briefings, Baltimore, MD

• SAME Narragansett Post / RISEP Joint Event, RIDEM New Initiatives Briefing, Warwick, RI

• SAME Small Business Conference - DoD Engineering/Construction/Environmental Programs, Grapevine, TX

• SAME New Jersey Post 2012 Awards & Recognition Luncheon and Post Membership Meeting, Trenton, NJ

• Environmental Business Council of New England, 14th Winter Garden Party, Boston, MA

• Applied In-Situ Groundwater Remediation - A Real World Example, Cheyney University

• Northwest Mining Association’s 118th Annual Meeting, Spokane, WA

November

• SAME Boston Post, Annual Greater Boston Food Bank Volunteer Event & Food Drive, Boston, MA

• SAME Chesapeake Post, Baltimore District FY13 Program Overview, Wetlands Golf Club, Aberdeen, MD

• SAME Boston Post November Presentation: USACE’s Role in Emergency Response, Newton, MA

• NJBIZ 50 Fastest Growing Companies Reception, The Palace, Somerset, NJ

• Rhode Island Society of Environmental Professionals, Presentation by Tomorrow Biofuels, Warwick, RI

• USCG in the Great Pacific Northwest, SAME Narragansett Post, US Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT

• Air and Waste Management Association, Pacific Northwest International Section 2012, Portland, OR

October

• Society of American Military Engineers Philadelphia 4th Monte Carlo Charity Night, Philadelphia, PA

• Partners for Environmental Progress Mobile, 2012 Reverse Trade Show, Fort Whiting Armory, Mobile, AL

• Tailings and Mine Waste Conference 2012, Keystone, CO

• SAME Boston Young Members Event, Annual Mount Monadnock Hike, Jaffrey, NH

• DoD Northeast Regional Council Small Business Conference & Matchmaker 2012, Rochester, NY

• Society of American Military Engineers Boston Post Monthly Meeting, Waltham, MA