TORRANCE, CA-EDR Scorecard has ranked Partner Engineering and Science Inc. as the top service provider of Phase I Environmental Assessments for the third quarter of 2013. EDR Scorecard oversees the environmental due diligence industry. Compared with Q3 2012, Phase I ESAs are up 43% nationally and up 25% in California.

“In most cases, environmental due diligence services, such as Phase I ESAs, are required three to four weeks prior to closing of commercial real estate transactions,” says Joseph Derhake, PE, president of Partner. “As such, Phase I ESAs serve as a barometer of commercial real estate and construction trends in the environmental due diligence industry.”

EDR Scorecard additionally ranked the top service providers for Phase I ESAs statewide. In that study, Partner ranked number one in California, Arizona, Nevada, New Jersey, Ohio and Texas. With 826 assessments, the firm performed 10% of the total market Phase I ESAs in California during the third quarter.