Brown and Caldwell Unveils BC:LongView™ to Engineer Climate Resilience

WALNUT CREEK, CA – February 17, 2026 – As communities and industries grapple with the escalating impacts of climate change, from water scarcity to extreme weather events, environmental engineering firm Brown and Caldwell today announced a significant strategic initiative designed to provide a clearer path forward. The company has launched BC:LongView™, a comprehensive, climate-focused approach that consolidates its extensive expertise to help clients build long-term resilience.

The new approach integrates the firm’s design, technical, and strategic consulting services across the entire water cycle. It aims to formalize the climate-aware thinking that the company says is already embedded in its project work, providing a more structured framework for clients in both the public and private sectors to mitigate risks and adapt to a rapidly changing environment.

“Clients are increasingly seeking ways to mitigate risks and navigate uncertainties of climate impacts on their operations and in their communities,” said Karri Ving, Fellow-Institutional Resilience at Brown and Caldwell, in the announcement. “Our team of experts sees every project through a lens of climate change mitigation, adaptation and resilience to find the most impactful and sustainable solutions. Our BC:LongView™ approach affirms and advances our forward-looking services, as we partner with clients to move toward a climate-positive and resilient future with confidence.”

A Strategic Move in a High-Stakes Market

The launch of BC:LongView™ is more than just a new service offering; it is a calculated strategic move in the highly competitive environmental consulting market. With the global environmental consulting sector projected to grow from over $38 billion in 2023 to nearly $65 billion by 2030, firms are under pressure to differentiate their services and demonstrate tangible value. This growth is fueled by a confluence of powerful drivers, including tightening environmental regulations, investor demands for strong Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance, and massive government investments in climate action, such as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States.

Major competitors like AECOM, Jacobs, and HDR have also established robust climate response platforms, offering everything from portfolio decarbonization to resilient infrastructure design. Brown and Caldwell’s BC:LongView™ positions the employee-owned firm to compete directly by packaging its 75-year legacy in water and environmental solutions into a forward-looking, climate-centric brand. By formalizing its approach, the company aims to solidify its reputation as a leader in helping municipalities and industries not just survive, but thrive, amid climate uncertainty.

An Integrated Toolkit for Resilience

At its core, BC:LongView™ is built on four distinct but interconnected service pillars designed to provide a holistic toolkit for climate action. These pillars reflect the firm's deep expertise across various practices and address the full lifecycle of climate challenges.

1. Strategic Climate Change Planning: This service focuses on helping clients develop long-term, transparent, and defensible plans. It moves beyond simple compliance to foster stewardship and build trust with stakeholders by creating custom roadmaps for navigating complex climate scenarios.

2. Climate Change Mitigation: With a focus on measurable impact, this pillar addresses the root causes of climate change. Services include assessing and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, optimizing energy use, and promoting renewable energy. The firm also emphasizes resource recovery, such as transforming organic waste into valuable resources. Demonstrating its own commitment, Brown and Caldwell completed its first comprehensive GHG inventory in 2025, establishing a baseline to improve its own environmental footprint.

3. Climate Change Adaptation: Recognizing that some climate impacts are already unavoidable, this pillar is dedicated to building resilient communities and industries. It involves conducting sophisticated climate risk and vulnerability assessments, developing actionable adaptation plans, and using scenario planning to support difficult decisions. A key focus is on resilient design and the implementation of nature-based solutions, such as wetland restoration, to bolster natural defenses against climate hazards.

4. Strategic Water Management: This pillar integrates services across the entire water cycle. It emphasizes developing robust and flexible alternatives that allow clients to adapt as future conditions evolve. By leveraging a dedicated research team that tracks and pilots new technologies, this service aims to ensure water system reliability and supply in an uncertain future.

“We integrate the BC:LongView™ approach into all our service areas and across the project lifecycle for solutions that offer climate resilience and flexibility today and for years to come,” explained Dr. Tess Sprague, Climate Resilience Lead at Brown and Caldwell. “This enables us and our clients to look at the big picture and deliver a clear path forward for long-term resilience.”

A Foundation Built on Proven Expertise

While the BC:LongView™ brand is new, the expertise behind it is not. Brown and Caldwell has a long and documented history of leading complex, climate-focused projects that provide a strong foundation for the initiative. This track record lends significant credibility to the launch, showcasing a history of tangible results rather than just theoretical promises.

For instance, in 2025, the firm secured $650,000 in research funding from The Water Research Foundation (WRF) for three critical projects. One project is developing a first-of-its-kind library of GHG emissions data for water and wastewater treatment processes, a tool that will allow utilities across the industry to more accurately predict and reduce their carbon footprint. Another project is focused on advancing nutrient removal techniques in wastewater treatment to enhance efficiency and lower energy consumption. A third initiative is creating a framework to help regions collaborate on managing brine waste, a growing challenge as communities turn to desalination and water reuse to build climate-resilient water supplies.

These research-driven efforts, which predate the formal launch of BC:LongView™, illustrate the firm's proactive, science-based approach. The initiative is being guided by a team of seasoned experts, including Ving, Sprague, and Adam Ross, the firm’s Vice President of Climate Change and Resilience Strategy. Their collective leadership ensures that BC:LongView™ is grounded in deep institutional knowledge, scientific rigor, and strategic foresight, setting a high bar for what clients can expect from an integrated climate service.