ERM has partnered with environmental data infrastructure firm Blumen to help clients identify permitting risks earlier in large U.S. capital projects. The collaboration brings Blumen’s regulatory and geospatial intelligence into ERM’s capital project advisory services, giving companies a clearer view of siting constraints, local permitting requirements, and schedule risks before major investment decisions are made.
The partnership is aimed at power, energy, manufacturing, and data center projects, where permitting delays can create significant cost and execution risk. Blumen’s platform combines a continuously updated dataset of U.S. zoning and permitting regimes with more than 2,000 geospatial layers and a growing database of historic permitting outcomes. ERM will use that data alongside its advisory work in project siting, feasibility, stakeholder engagement, environmental permitting, and risk mitigation.
The firms said the partnership comes as data center growth, electrification, and domestic infrastructure development are increasing pressure on project developers to move quickly while navigating local regulatory scrutiny. Neeraj Nandurdikar, Global Service Leader for Capital Project Delivery at ERM, said the partnership gives clients “earlier, clearer visibility of permitting constraints and pathways across the capital project lifecycle.”
Blumen Founder and CEO Hannes Boehning said firms that integrate AI-powered regulatory and geospatial intelligence will be able to identify risks earlier and “deliver projects with a level of quality and consistency that has historically not been possible.”