Lakeland, FL - January 3, 2007 - BCI Engineers & Scientists, Inc. expanded its operations by acquiring Insight Environmental Services, Inc. of Howell, Michigan on January 1, 2007.  This is the Lakeland-based engineering firm's first out-of-state acquisition.  Rick Powers, President and CEO of BCI, said that this acquisition was the "first step in a strategic growth plan designed to add technical service capabilities and expand BCI's geographic influence and client base."  Mark Sweatman, Insight's former President, is now Insight BCI's Vice President and Midwest Regional Manager.  With this recent acquisition, BCI now has over 150 employees throughout 4 offices in Florida and 1 office in MIchigan. 

Insight was founded as a Michigan corporation in 1995 and provided its clients with practical and comprehensive solutions for a wide variety of environmental services including:  Aquifer Evaluations, Facility Compliance Auditing, Industrial Mineral Appraisals, Real Estate Assessments, Remedial Studies, Solid and Hazardous Waste Compliance Monitoring, Water Supply Evaluations, Wellhead Protection Area Delineations, Wetland Delineations and Mitigation, and Wastewater Discharge Evaluations.

BCI Engineers & Scientists is a multidisciplinary engineering and environmental consulting firm.  BCI’s primary focus is to develop comprehensive solutions to complex engineering and environmental problems using state of the art professional engineering and scientific resources.  Our professionals offer expertise in the following areas:  Water Resources & Restoration, Civil Engineering & Stormwater Services, Geotechnical Engineering, Ecological and Environmental Services, Mining and Land Reclamation, Geographic Information Systems, Geologic Hazards & Contamination Services, and Investigative Engineering.  BCI also provides expert testimony services and operates a certified soil and materials testing laboratory.