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What is AI worth on your Phase I ESAs?
A typical $10,000 Phase I ESA carries about $8,500 of labor across roughly 35 hours. Drop in your numbers to see what AI could reclaim, and how much more work you could take on without adding headcount.
Your numbers
60
$8,500
60%
The 2026 report documents firms compressing Phase I labor by up to ~88% ($8,500 to ~$1,000 a site). We default to a conservative 60%. Your EP still reviews and signs.
What AI reclaims
$306,000
reclaimed per year
$5,100
per Phase I ESA
1,260 hrs
back per year
+36
more Phase I ESAs, same team
$918,000
over three years
Capacity assumes ~35 hrs per Phase I. Figures from the 2026 State of AI in Environmental Consulting.