About Us

BrightFields History

BrightFields, Inc. was founded in 2003 by Marian Young and Mark Lannan. In May 2003, BrightFields purchased the assets of WIK Associates, a Delaware environmental services firm with 20 years of experience. Both principals had worked at WIK since 1993 where they were instrumental in developing and managing that company’s business. Prior to WIK Associates, both owners worked at Roy F. Weston, Inc., one of the premier consulting firms in the environmental business.

BrightFields is a woman-owned business, and is certified as a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) by the State of Delaware Department of Transportation, an Office of Minority and Woman Business (OMB) by the state of Delaware Executive Department Office of Management, and a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) by the State of Maryland Department of Transportation.

In 2005, BrightFields moved its headquarters into a new 15,000 sq. ft. building housing their offices, equipment, vehicles and supplies. The new building is located on a brownfield property (former city landfill) in a targeted census tract on the 7th Street Peninsula in Wilmington, demonstrating our clear commitment to the revitalization of environmentally impacted and economically disadvantaged areas. A second office was opened in August 2007 in Milford, Delaware to serve clients and projects throughout the Delmarva Peninsula.

Since June 2003, BrightFields has grown from 14 employees to more than 30 employees, and has been awarded numerous projects for site investigations, remediation services, brownfield redevelopment, asbestos and lead surveys and abatement project management and underground tank removals.

Recognition

In 2006, BrightFields, Inc. was presented with an Award of Excellence in the Marvin S. Gilman Superstars in Business Awards presented annually by the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce. In 2008, Marian Young and Mark Lannan were honored as the Small Business Administration’s 2008 Delaware Small Business Persons of the Year for the State of Delaware.  Also in 2008, BrightFields ranked number 64 on the ZweigWhite Hot Firms list, which ranks the fastest-growing architecture, engineering and environmental consulting firms in the U.S. and Canada.