a:26:{s:9:"weblog_id";s:1:"4";s:8:"entry_id";s:0:"";s:6:"sticky";s:0:"";s:14:"allow_comments";s:1:"n";s:16:"allow_trackbacks";s:1:"n";s:10:"entry_date";s:19:"2009-01-08 09:45 PM";s:15:"expiration_date";s:0:"";s:23:"comment_expiration_date";s:0:"";s:8:"category";a:2:{i:0;s:1:"6";i:1;s:2:"34";}s:9:"author_id";s:1:"2";s:6:"status";s:4:"open";s:14:"trackback_urls";s:0:"";s:18:"versioning_enabled";s:1:"y";s:5:"title";s:56:"Environmental Operations Acquires Shively Geotechnical  ";s:9:"url_title";s:54:"environmental_operations_acquires_shively_geotechnical";s:6:"submit";s:6:"Submit";s:11:"field_id_26";s:55:"Environmental Operations Acquires Shively Geotechnical ";s:11:"field_ft_26";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_31";s:0:"";s:11:"field_id_44";s:140:"Environmental Operations, Inc., has acquired Shively Geotechnical, Inc., with offices in Florissant and in Fairview Heights and Peoria, IL. ";s:11:"field_ft_44";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_28";s:33:"Environmental Operations, Shively";s:11:"field_ft_28";s:4:"none";s:11:"field_id_29";s:3354:"<p><a href=\"http://www.EnvironmentalOps.com.\">Environmental Operations, Inc.</a>, has acquired Shively Geotechnical, Inc., with offices in Florissant and in Fairview Heights and Peoria, IL.&nbsp; Shively&rsquo;s expertise in the geotechnical area will complete Environmental Operations&rsquo; environmental services arsenal. <br /><br />Environmental Operations, the largest environmental services firm in the St. Louis region, already offers a full range of environmental services -- everything except geotechnical engineering, according to Stacy Hastie, Environmental Operations CEO.<br /><br />&nbsp; Shively Geotechnical will be operated as a division of Environmental Operations, with John Shively serving as vice president of geotechnical services.&nbsp; Both Illinois offices will remain open.&nbsp; The Florissant office will be moved into Environmental Operations&rsquo; offices in Downtown St. Louis.<br /><br />&ldquo;The Shively team provides Environmental Operations with a greater presence in Illinois,&rdquo; said Hastie.&nbsp; &ldquo;This is another goal with the acquisition. We see a lot of opportunity for the growth of the combined business in Illinois.&rdquo;<br /><br />Hastie said this acquisition is expected to generate an additional $4 million to $5 million in annual revenues for the combined firm, much of that in the first year to 18 months.<br /><br />Hastie first considered building his own geotechnical division from the ground up, concerned that he wouldn&rsquo;t find an existing firm with the same culture.&nbsp; The search took three years, but he feels he has found that same spirit in John Shively, owner and president of Shively Geotechnical.<br /><br />&ldquo;Our goal at Environmental Operations is to keep it simple for our clients.&nbsp; We wanted to find a firm that shared our culture and our commitment to service.&nbsp; We found that in John and his company.&nbsp; Both John and I believe in hiring people who are both experts in their field and also true problem solvers.&nbsp; By combining our extensive environmental expertise, we will streamline complicated environmental challenges for our clients,&rdquo; said Hastie. <br /><br />Shively, similar to Environmental Operations, currently serves a wide variety of clients including architects, engineers, contractors, business owners, industry and government.<br /><br />Shively Geotechnical has been providing geotechnical engineering, construction observation, materials testing and laboratory services for clients and projects in the Midwest since 1994, when Shively established the firm.&nbsp; The organization originally concentrated on soil and foundation studies for buildings, bridges, retaining walls and other structures.&nbsp; <br /><br />Janet May joined Shively as a partner in late 1994, developing the company&rsquo;s geotechnical and materials testing laboratory.&nbsp; The company quickly grew to add construction observation, construction materials testing and laboratory testing services.&nbsp; John Kottemann, P.E., joined Shively in 1996 and became a Principal soon after the company incorporated in January 1997.&nbsp; <br /><br />Environmental Operations identifies and resolves environmental issues and facilitates deals with integrated environmental expertise, Brownfield incentives and risk assumption tools.&nbsp; <br /></p>";s:10:"category_0";s:1:"6";s:10:"category_1";s:2:"34";}