Columbia Energy & Environmental Services, Inc. (Columbia Energy) has been in business for over 25 years. We began as an engineering firm in support of nuclear cleanup operations for the U.S. Department of Energy at Hanford in Richland, Washington. We have progressively grown from our origins into a full-service engineering and fabrication company providing cost-effective solutions in the nuclear, defense, energy, and hazardous waste industries.

We are an established small business headquartered in Richland, Washington. We offer full-service engineering, design, fabrication, instrumentation and controls, electrical, database and software engineering, technology development, and geophysics/subsurface imaging.

We also have facilities in Tucson, Arizona and Aiken, South Carolina and employ over 125 personnel. We are presently licensed to provide engineering within the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and South Carolina.

President – Brian Brendel

Brian has been employed at Columbia Energy since the doors opened in 1989. Brian has a broad and varied experience base that includes: projects, engineering, environmental, industrial safety and hygiene, D&D, and analytical chemistry. Currently, Brian provides client interface, project management and delivery, proposal and business development, along with technical support to our various projects. Brian is supporting activities that include Tank Retrieval and Closure, Supplemental Treatment, LDM, and the SST Program. Brian graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 1991 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. Brian has performed nearly every function, technical or administrative, for Columbia Energy at one time or another.