PBS&J is pleased to announce a merger with EIP Associates, a 100-person environmental services consulting firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. EIP will become the firm’s California Sciences and Planning Division.

Founded in 1968, EIP is a leading provider of environmental, urban planning, water resource planning, and natural resources services in California and specializes in integrating science and planning to improve urban and natural communities.

EIP is currently working with PBS&J on a floodplain mapping project for the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). Other notable EIP projects have included environmental impact reports (EIR) for the Rose Bowl Stadium renovation project, the San Francisco Giants Ball Park, and the newly reopened DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. The firm has also completed or is currently preparing general plan updates for the City of Sacramento, the City of Newport Beach, and the Merced County University Community Plan.

EIP's water resources projects include preparing the Monterey Plus EIR for DWR, and providing water quality monitoring and fish aquatic habitat studies for the Tule River. Transportation studies have included environmental analyses for transit systems throughout the state, including the BART system in the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento Regional Transit, and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in Los Angeles.

This pairing brings the total offices in California to more than a dozen, with the addition of EIP’s locations in Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Pasadena. The strategic merger is intended to help grow PBS&J’s presence in California and within the environmental marketplace, as well as strengthening the new division's existing practice.