NEW BUILDING - Tampa, FL January 2008
 

January 21, 2008 was a big day for our Tampa , Florida personnel. After months of planning and construction, they moved into their brand-new office building located at 421 Hobbs Street , just around the corner from their former spot.

The 15,400 square foot building contains 5,100 square feet of warehouse space, and is situated on 1.09 acres. Tilt-wall construction was used to erect the shell of the building in just three days.

Major design considerations include ambient light from skylights and clear story windows on the upper façade, tree-lined southern exposure, and various characteristics that make the new office LEED Green Building Certifiable. The carpeting throughout the space is actually made from recycled soda bottles! Other noteworthy features include low VOC cabinetry, low water use fixtures, a high efficiency HVAC system, low energy lighting, and motion sensors and timer switches throughout the building.

We're proud of this new building and would love to show you its progression through photos.VIEW PHOTOS...

   
Business West Article- "Where Business and the Environment Converge" Oct 2007
 

Mark Hellstein started Environmental Compliance Services in his parents’ basement, armed with little more than a shovel, a pickup truck, and a solid understanding of new regulations regarding what companies could and couldn’t put into the air, ground, and water. What he’s learned through 25 years in business is that knowledge of the regs isn’t nearly enough to succeed in this highly competitive sector; one must also know how to partner with clients to find practical,economical solutions. Mark Hellstein remembers back to the mid-’80s, when he was reading cover stories in Inc. magazine and other publications about how environmental compliance was going to be among the hottest sectors for entrepreneurs looking for opportunities.

 

 He was intrigued, of course, because he was already in that business — sort of. “I was two steps ahead of the game,” he recalled with a laugh, adding quickly that while he did, indeed, predict some business opportunities arising from a slew of environmental protection measures passed in the late ’70s, his entry into the field was more chance, or serendipity, to use his word, than it was entrepreneurial instinct or brilliance. He was part of a team at Hamilton Standard, working on a project, funded by the Environmental Protection Agency to develop new industrial pretreatment standards, when the funding was discontinued by the recently installed Reagan administration. He left Hamilton Standard in the summer of 1981 to “do my own thing,” as he put it, which turned out to be several years of hard struggle while trying to get a venture called Environmental Compliance Services Inc., then doing business out of his parents’ basement, off the ground. READ FULL ARTICLE...
   
   
  ECS Employee Owned Company - ESOP October 2007
 

At ECS, we understand the importance of sustainability - not just when it comes to the environment, but when it comes to our most valuable resource - our employees.

That is why we are thrilled with the recent establishment of our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). That's right - each of our employees is now an owner of ECS.

ECS' Founder, Mark Hellstein, recently said, “The timing is right to continue our growth trajectory and to maintain the strong commitment of our dedicated and passionate employees. The employees have made this company what it is and they deserve the opportunity to control their destinies.”