IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Tettemer & Associates,
a Division of The Keith Companies, Inc. (Nasdaq: TKCI), an engineering and
consulting services firm headquartered in Orange County, California, announced
today that it has commenced work on an emergency design of stream bank repair
work, including preparation of construction drawings and specifications for
the Zone 2 -- Old Waterman Canyon Bank Protection Project for the County of
San Bernardino, Flood Control District in California.
Under the terms of the agreement, the Company's design efforts will help
to repair the storm water damage that occurred to the banks of Old Waterman
Creek following the devastating Waterman Canyon wildfire that occurred in
Southern California late last year. Funding for the project is being provided
by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).
Aram H. Keith, Chairman and CEO of The Keith Companies, stated, "Although
small in scale, this is the type of project where we can help repair some of
the devastation caused by natural disasters. Such projects are very rewarding
and we are happy to be able to participate in this particular restoration
effort."
About The Keith Companies
The Keith Companies, Inc. is a fully integrated, multi-disciplined
engineering and consulting services company, with offices located throughout
the Western and Midwestern United States. The Keith Companies' professionals
provide a wide spectrum of skilled resources including land planning,
engineering, surveying, mapping, environmental studies, and water and cultural
resources that are needed to effectively plan, engineer, and design state-of-
the-art private and public facilities. Additionally, the Company provides
mechanical, electrical, chemical, power/energy engineering, and other
industrial engineering services to design and improve the efficiency and
reliability of automated and manufacturing processes, production lines, and
fire protection systems. The Keith Companies benefits from a diverse public
and private client base varying from residential and commercial real estate
projects to institutional, manufacturing, and processing facilities. For more
information visit the Company's website at http://www.keithco.com.
Certain statements in this news release may include forward-looking
statements that express our expectation, prediction, belief, or projection.
These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other
factors that may cause the actual results, performance, and achievement of The
Keith Companies to be materially and adversely different from any future
results, performance, or achievement expressed or implied by these forward-
looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ from the
forward-looking statements contained in this release and that may affect the
Company's prospects in general include, but are not limited to: changes in the
economic growth in the United States (especially in California) and other
major international economies, our ability to sustain our growth and
profitability, our ability to implement our acquisition strategy and to
successfully close and integrate acquired companies on a timely and cost-
effective basis, changes in the carrying value of our goodwill and other long-
term assets, our failure to accurately estimate costs on fixed-price contracts
or contracts with not-to-exceed provisions, the uncertain timing of awards and
contracts, the ability to maintain acquired companies' profit margins and/or
client base, outcomes of pending and future litigation, the ongoing financing
of public works and infrastructure enhancements and refurbishment, our ability
to attract and retain employees, the availability of funds to correct and
prevent the results of natural disasters, the uncertain effect of nature on
infrastructure systems, the demand for electricity and the impact on power
providers' plans for expanding generation facilities, increasing competition
by foreign and domestic companies, a downturn in the real estate market, risks
inherent in doing business outside the United States, including the difficulty
of enforcing contracts, political instability and foreign currency
fluctuations and potential exchange restrictions, the short- and long-term
impact of terrorist activities and resulting political and military policies,
and other factors as are described in the Company's filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking information set forth
in this press release is as of the date indicated above and we undertake no
duty to update this information.
For further information please contact: Tricia Ross, Investor Relations
of Financial Relations Board, +1-310-407-6540, for The Keith Companies, Inc.;
or Aram Keith, CEO of Tettemer & Associates, a Division of The Keith
Companies, Inc., +1-949-923-6001, or fax, +1-949-923-6026.
SOURCE The Keith Companies, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.keithco.com
CONTACT:
Tricia Ross, Investor Relations of Financial
Relations Board, +1-310-407-6540, for The Keith Companies, Inc.;
or Aram Keith, CEO of Tettemer & Associates, a Division of The
Keith Companies, Inc., +1-949-923-6001, or fax, +1-949-923-6026
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