Environmental Services, Inc. history

Net income reached $4.3 million in 1987.

Barnhart was still working out of his Buffalo apartment in 1988 when he was able to procure laboratory and office space through the nonprofit Western New York Technology Development Center, which was created to assist area high-tech companies.

The company rebounded nicely in 1992, posting revenues of just under $70 million, although net earnings increased by just 5 percent to $5.4 million.

Since 1993, when Bayview was founded, the company has steadily grown in size, services, expertise, and industry recognition as a trusted provider of union labor to the construction industry.

In 1994 the Securities and Exchange Commission began requiring publicly held companies to disclose potential environment problems at their facilities.

In 1996 President Clinton and a Republican-controlled Congress squared off in a budget dispute that resulted in the so-called "government shutdown." Superfund projects were among the many government initiatives affected, as reauthorization of the fund was also delayed by the budget impasse.

The slump would continue into 1997, although the company's poor performance was more the result of two major projects being delayed rather than the lingering effects of the budget stalemate.

The year 2000 was another strong one for Sevenson.