Large Firms to Expand Green Building Services

Major players in the U.S. green building market are joining forces with the goal of expanding high-performance building services.

The Cadmus Group acquired Constructive Technologies Group (CTG) at the end of 2011, an acquisition that fleshes out a new Building Performance Group within Cadmus led by senior vice president Chris Smith (who was until recently chief operating officer at the U.S. Green Building Council).

Cadmus, founded in 1983 as a contractor for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has continued to work with government clients and to focus on environmental protection, green building, and energy services while also diversifying into other areas, such as social marketing and policy development.

CTG includes two firms: CTG Energetics and CTG Forensics. CTG Energetics boasts many high-profile government and private-sector clients as well and has played a seminal role in the green building world, helping develop the LEED rating systems and supporting the continued evolution of LEED tools and resources. CTG founder and CEO Malcolm Lewis, Ph.D., P.E., chairs the LEED Technical Committee and was recently among the first LEED Fellows honored by the Green Building Certification Institute. Lewis is also a member of the Environmental Building News advisory board. Adding CTG’s 30 employees in three locations gives Cadmus a workforce of 400. “Combining CTG’s industry-leading building performance practice with the resources and technical breadth of Cadmus will enable us to expand our impact on making the planet a better place,” said Lewis in a press release.

Engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti has also expanded, acquiring green building consulting firm Fore Solutions, which was founded in 2003 to provide LEED consulting, daylighting design, and existing building analysis. Citing plans to focus on the sustainability market and increase green building services, Thornton Tomasetti said the move was part of a company-wide plan to “integrate green objectives across all its practices."

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