Aarcher is an environmental consulting firm specializing in guiding its customers through environmental regulatory challenges and finding practical approaches to minimize environmental risk and achieve exceptional environmental performance. Aarcher differs from most environmental consulting firms in that it elects not to perform environmental cleanup or abatement services. Instead, Aarcher focuses on providing “forward-looking” services, including expert compliance assistance, environmental planning for anticipated expansions or changes, and facility environmental management support. Aarcher’s staff comprises environmental scientists and environmental compliance/management specialists with expertise in helping customers identify environmental deficiencies, risks, and opportunities; and find practical approaches to address them. Aarcher supports contracts ranging from $2,000 to many millions. Most Aarcher services are performed on a fixed price basis, but the firm is successfully implementing time and materials (T&M) and cost reimbursable contracts. To support these contract types and carefully record and control project costs, Aarcher has implemented a comprehensive time and expense accounting system. Example services include environmental regulatory impact analysis, site environmental history analysis, compliance assistance auditing, ISO 14000 development support, environmental impact assessment, and natural and cultural resource evaluation. In addition to its consulting services, Aarcher provides regulatory-based training to top environmental professionals through a wholly owned subsidiary, the Aarcher Institute for Environmental Training.