Solv

At Solv, we provide smart and sustainable solutions to government and commercial clients. We are committed to quality and responsiveness while providing value in everything that we do. Our utmost priority is to ensure client satisfaction by delivering high-quality services and products on schedule and within budget. We emphasize the importance of a safe, healthy, collaborative, and fun work environment to our employees. Solv employees conduct all business with honesty and the highest integrity and strive for continual improvement. Sustainable practices are integral to what we do, so we conduct our own business with as small an environmental footprint as is practical.

Our staff has provided environmental, energy, engineering, and planning support to numerous clients, including the Department of Defense, General Services Administration, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Department of Interior, Environmental Protection Agency, and commercial clients and state agencies.

Solv's founders are Tom Grome and Purvagna Amin. They have dedicated their careers to providing practical solutions to environmental and public health issues for federal, state, and commercial clients. Tom Grome has spent 29 years directing numerous multi-million dollar programs involving the prevention and treatment of multi-media wastes, process engineering, research and development, information management, and homeland security. Before forming Solv, Tom was Vice President of Eastern Research Group's (ERG's) Engineering & Science Division for 11 years. Tom supervised the successful performance of more than 200 federal and state contracts with project budgets totaling over $220 million. For 13 years prior to joining ERG, Tom served in various senior operations, business development, and program management positions with Radian International. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati.

For more than 15 years, Purvagna Amin, PE and LEED AP, has led projects for government and industrial facilities and applied his knowledge of National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) evaluations; environmental permitting and compliance; environmental management system (EMS) development and implementation; facility and master planning, energy management; engineering studies; cost estimation and life cycle economic analyses; training; pollution prevention; and emerging environmental issues. Prior to forming Solv, Purvagna served as a Vice President and Group Manager within ERG's Engineering & Science Division. While at ERG, Purvagna helped grow the federal facilities planning and engineering practice from approximately $300,000 to $8 million of annual revenue. He has successfully managed more than 150 projects with budgets totaling over $30 million. Purvagna holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University.

Services

At Solv, we offer a variety of services to help our clients achieve their environmental, energy, engineering, and planning goals. Our staff is dedicated to providing sustainable solutions that meet our clients' needs and ensure their satisfaction. We offer services in the following areas:

• Environment Energy Engineering Planning: Solv supports the mission of government and commercial clients by providing sustainable solutions based on sound engineering, science, economic, and management principles. We are committed to quality and responsiveness while providing value in everything that we do.

• Sustainability and Green Infrastructure: Solv can help you successfully meet sustainability and environmental planning, management, and compliance objectives. We can help green your organization and improve your bottom line through purchasing, recycling, pollution prevention, and waste management strategies and initiatives. Solv also provides technical support for constructing and operating buildings, industrial facilities, and military installations using green or sustainable technologies and practices. Practice areas include site selection, water conservation, energy management, recycling, material selection, industrial hygiene, occupational safety, indoor air quality, education, and training.

• Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Evaluations and Certifications: Solv can assist in achieving LEED evaluations and certifications for buildings and facilities, ensuring that they meet the highest standards of sustainability and environmental responsibility.

• Pollution Prevention and Waste Management: Solv provides support for pollution prevention and waste management strategies, helping organizations reduce their environmental footprint and improve their bottom line through efficient waste management practices.