Tetra Tech
Our Company
Tetra Tech is a leading provider of consulting, engineering, and technical services worldwide. We are a diverse company, including individuals with expertise in science, research, engineering, construction, and information technology. Our strength is in collectively providing integrated services—delivering the best solutions to meet our clients’ needs.
In a complex world with competing demands for limited resources, Tetra Tech offers clear solutions made possible with sound science, understanding, innovation, and industry-leading approaches.
Our Mission
To be the premier worldwide consulting and engineering firm focusing on natural resources and infrastructure.
Our Core Principles
Our core principles form the underpinning of how we work together to serve our clients.
Service: Tetra Tech puts its clients first. We listen better to understand our clients’ needs and deliver smart, cost-effective solutions that meet those needs.
Value: Tetra Tech takes on our clients’ problems as if they were our own. We develop and implement real-world solutions that are cost-effective, efficient and practical.
Excellence: Tetra Tech brings superior technical capability, disciplined project management, and excellence in safety and quality to all of our work.
Opportunity: Our people are our number one asset. Our workforce is diverse and includes leading experts in our fields. Our entrepreneurial nature and commitment to success provide challenges and opportunities for all of our associates.
Our Purpose
Tetra Tech will enhance the quality of life while creating value for customers, associates, investors, and ecosystem partners.
Our Business Groups
Tetra Tech aligns its business operations into four major business groups:
Environmental Consulting Services: We provide scientific, consulting, engineering, and project management services for water resources, groundwater, watershed management, mining, geotechnical, environmental management, and information technology projects.
Technical Support Services: We provide consulting services to support international development, climate change and environmental programs, energy management, disaster management and emergency response, and staff augmentation/facilities management projects.
Engineering and Architecture Services: We provide engineering, architecture, interior and exterior design, and program administration services for water and wastewater facilities, buildings, land development projects, and transportation infrastructure.
Remediation and Construction Management: We provide program management and construction services, including design-build and design-bid-build services, for environmental remediation, infrastructure, heavy civil, military transformation, ports and harbors, energy, and communications projects.
Company Facts
Employees: 10,000
Revenue: $2.15 billion (FY 2008)
NASDAQ Symbol: TTEK
Corporate Office: 3475 East Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107; (626) 351-4664
Geographic reach: 250 offices worldwide
History
Tetra Tech, Inc. was founded in 1966 to provide engineering services related to waterways, harbors and coastal areas. Over the past 40 years, the Company has substantially increased the size and scope of its business and expanded its service offerings through a series of strategic acquisitions and internal growth.
Tetra Tech now provides environmental services, water/wastewater management, infrastructure services, security design, and outsourced technical services.
From the beginning, Tetra Tech has attracted the best and brightest minds in science and engineering, and has always focused on bringing innovative solutions to our clients¿ most complex needs.
Today, Tetra Tech has approximately 10,000 employees located in 250 offices worldwide.
Tetra Tech is based in Pasadena, California.
Important Dates
1966 Tetra Tech's predecessor is founded.
1969 A wave lab is opened.
1973 Tetra Tech launches the first remote control submarine for exploration and military applications.
1979 Tetra Tech analyzes data and explores Alaska's North Slope for oil.
1982 Tetra Tech is acquired by Honeywell.
1985 Tetra Tech is awarded its first national water quality program.
1988 Through a leveraged buy-out, the company's management team purchases Tetra Tech from Honeywell. The company has about 300 personnel.
1989 Tetra Tech expands its groundwater capability.
1991 Tetra Tech completes its initial public offering. The company primarily provides services in the Resource Management business area.
1992 U.S. Department of Energy awards Tetra Tech a nuclear weapons configuration contract.
1993 U.S. Air Force awards Tetra Tech a nationwide National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) contract.
1994 U.S. Navy awards Tetra Tech a CLEAN II 10-year, $330 million contract.
1995 Tetra Tech establishes its Infrastructure Services business segment.
1997 Tetra Tech establishes its Communications Services business segment.
1999 Tetra Tech's research and development group creates U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) BASINS model to enable watershed management approach.
2003 Tetra Tech establishes its Systems Support and Security business to apply its skills to the growing homeland security concern.
2007 Tetra Tech expands its alternative energy capabilities.
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