EXHIBIT 23.1

               


    Exhibit 23.1 CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration  Statement
(Form  S-8  No.  333-56759)  pertaining  to the  Hagler  Bailly,  Inc.  Employee
Incentive and  Non-Qualified  Stock Option and Restricted  Stock Plan and to the
incorporation  by reference  therein of our report  dated March 12,  1999,  with
respect to the consolidated financial statements of Hagler Bailly, Inc. included
in the Annual  Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended  December  31, 1998,  filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                              /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Vienna, VA
March 29, 1999