Tetra Tech, Inc. is a leading provider of consulting and engineering services
that focuses on addressing fundamental needs for water, environment, infrastructure,
resource management, and energy. We typically begin at the earliest stage of
a project by identifying technical solutions to problems and developing execution
plans tailored to our clients needs and resources. Our solutions may span the
entire life cycle of consulting and engineering projects and include applied
science, research and technology, engineering, design, construction management,
operations and maintenance, and information technology.
We are a global provider of consulting and engineering services, renowned
for our leadership in water-related services for public and private clients.
Engineering News-Record ("ENR"), the leading trade journal for our
industry, ranks firms by size of revenue. ENR has ranked us the number one water
services firm for the past 12 years, most recently in its May 2015 "Top
500 Design Firms" issue. Tetra Tech was also ranked number one in water
treatment/desalination, water treatment and supply, environmental management,
environmental science, consulting studies and solid waste. ENR ranks Tetra Tech
among the largest 10 firms in numerous other service lines, including engineering/design,
chemical and soil remediation, site assessment and compliance, hazardous waste,
industrial processes, and manufacturing.
Our focus on science and consulting and our ability to apply our skills to
developing solutions for water management across a wide array of public and
private sector needs has diversified our client base, expanded our geographic
reach, and increased our ability to service both existing and emerging markets.
We currently have approximately 13,000 staff worldwide, located primarily in
North America.
We are part of the global consulting and engineering industry that serves
public and private clients by addressing their challenges regarding water, the
environment, infrastructure, resource management, and energy. Our industry provides
clients with the technical studies, planning, engineering, design and construction
management services that respond to their needs. The industrys clients vary
in size and scope from small local public agencies and private companies to
national governments and large multi-national corporations. These clients seek
service firms with high-caliber technical expertise, practical experience, multi-disciplinary
capabilities and the global reach needed to analyze their problems in order
to develop and implement the most appropriate, cost-effective solutions.
Many government and commercial organizations face complex problems due to
increased demand and competition for water and natural resources, newly understood
threats to human health and the environment, aging infrastructure, demand for
new infrastructure in emerging economies, and diversification and development
of sustainable energy resources. As a global company with a local presence in
many areas around the world, we provide the breadth of technical knowledge and
capabilities to solve our clients diverse and challenging problems.
Our water services support government agencies responsible for managing water
supply, wastewater treatment, stormwater management and flood protection. Our
water services also support private sector clients that require water supply
and treatment for industrial processes. We help our clients develop water supplies
and manage water resources, while addressing a wide range of local and national
government requirements and policies. We provide essential support for water
and site management needs for resource extraction in the oil and gas and mining
industries. Our water and environmental markets also include both government
and commercial clients that are working to restore contaminated areas and protect
and manage future uses. Our infrastructure market includes a broad range of
engineering services for water management and conveyance, transportation, public
and commercial buildings, and related community needs. Our infrastructure services
include mechanical, civil and electrical engineering solutions designed to provide
resilient and long-term solutions sensitive to changing climate and development
needs, and emerging economies.
Our resource management services provide support for the safe, sustainable
extraction of necessary mineral resources and oil and gas, including a wide
range of services to meet water, environment, energy and infrastructure-related
needs, sometimes in remote regions of the world. Our energy market consists
of both government and commercial clients that seek to develop energy resources,
identify energy efficiency enhancements, and support the development of energy
transmission and distribution corridors.
Increasingly, the consulting and engineering industry is being asked to provide
integrated solutions in a global marketplace. Large firms such as ours can offer
fully integrated services, from high end data collection, to data analytics,
to engineering design and implementation. Large firms that offer integrated
solutions differentiate themselves from smaller firms that generally offer niche
services by providing fully integrated sustainable solutions that provide lasting
value to our clients. As a large company with a history of leading with science,
we are ideally suited to providing interdisciplinary solutions across our water
and related service lines.
Public policy, demand for resources, infrastructure development challenges,
and natural forces constantly shape changes in our industry. Public concern
over environmental issues, especially water quality, has been a driving force
behind numerous regulations and changes in public policies and practices. Public
and private clients are increasingly focused on integrated water management,
resilient infrastructure and sustainable energy planning. Fluctuations in weather
patterns and extreme events, such as prolonged droughts and more frequent flooding,
are driving concerns over the reliability of water supplies, the need to protect
coastal areas, and upgrade flood management in metropolitan areas.
To continue our successful growth and our competitive position in the markets
we serve, we have implemented the following strategy that is integral to our
future success. Our approach is to lead with science and provide solutions that
are differentiated and of long-lasting benefit to our clients. Our approach
encompasses five aspects of differentiation:
Technical Differentiation. Since our inception, we have provided innovative
consulting and engineering services, with a focus on providing cost-effective
solutions for all aspects of water resource management. Adoption of emerging
science in the development of practical cost-effective solutions is central
to our approach to "lead with science" in the delivery of our services.
Relationships and Trust. We have achieved a broad client and contract base
by understanding our clients priorities and demonstrating a long track record
of successful performance which results in repeat business and limits competition.
We believe that proximity to our clients is also instrumental to integrating
global experience and resources with an understanding of our local clients
needs. Over the past year, we worked in over 100 countries, helping government
and private sector clients address complex water, environment, energy and related
infrastructure needs.
Institutional Knowledge. Over our history, we have supported both public and
private clients, many for multiple decades of continuous contracts and repeat
business. Long-term relationships provide us with institutional knowledge of
our clients programs, past projects and internal resources. Institutional knowledge
is often a significant factor in providing competitive proposals and cost-effective
solutions tailored to our clients needs.
One-of-a-Kind Solutions. We are often at the leading edge of new challenges
where we are providing one-of-a-kind solutions. These might be a new water reuse
technology, a unique solution to addressing new regulatory requirements, a new
monitoring approach for assessing infrastructure assets or a computer model
for real time management of water resources. We are constantly evolving our
intellectual property, including a wide range of computer models, analytical
software, and environmental treatment approaches and instrumentation, often
in collaboration with our forward-thinking clients. Bringing our one-of-a-kind
solutions to real world problems is a differentiator in expanding our services
and growing our business.
Smart Solutions/Innovation. Smart solutions often require taking the same pieces
of the puzzle and putting them together in a different way for a better outcome.
Complex projects for the public and private sector, at the leading edge of policy
and technology development, often require innovative solutions that combine
multiple aspects of our interdisciplinary capabilities, technical resources
and institutional knowledge.
Our strategy leverages our five differentiators to both grow our existing
business and expand into new business areas. To support our growth plans, we
actively attract, recruit and retain key hires. Our combination of high-end
science and consulting with practical applications provides challenging and
rewarding opportunities for our employees, thereby enhancing our ability to
recruit and retain top quality talent. Our internal networking programs, leadership
training, entrepreneurial environment, focus on technical excellence and global
project portfolio help to attract and retain highly qualified individuals.
We also maintain a strong emphasis on project management at all levels of
the organization. Our client-focused project management is supported by strong
fiscal management and financial tools. We take a disciplined approach to monitoring,
managing and improving our return on investment in each of our business areas
through our efforts to negotiate appropriate contract terms, manage our contract
performance to minimize schedule delays and cost overruns, and promptly bill
and collect accounts receivable.
Our strategic growth plans are augmented by our selective investment in acquisitions
aligned with our business. Acquisitions add specialized skills and staff in
emerging growth markets, and augment plans to broaden our service offerings,
add contract capacity and extend our geographic presence. Our experience in
acquisitions strengthens our ability to integrate and rapidly leverage the resources
of the acquired companies post-acquisition.
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