Pasadena Engineering Firm Tetra Tech Scores Significant Contracts in the US and Scotland

Pasadena-based Tetra Tech Inc., an engineering, infrastructure, and consulting firm, recently secured two significant contracts. 

On June 1, Scottish Water, Scotland’s publicly owned water utility, awarded Tetra Tech a contract worth about $75 million to provide comprehensive asset-management services for eight years. The contract was granted to Tetra Tech’s recently acquired RPS unit, based in England??.

In February, Tetra Tech completed a $691 million acquisition of the environmental consulting firm RPS Group, marking the largest purchase in Tetra Tech’s 57-year history. The acquisition doubled Tetra Tech’s staff in the United Kingdom and expanded its services in various other markets??.

As part of the contract with Scottish Water, Tetra Tech will inspect, analyze, and report on the condition of more than 2,500 assets annually, using its latest digital tools to enhance data collection and analysis??. Scottish Water provides water and wastewater services across Scotland through 60,000 miles of pipes and over 2,000 treatment works??.

Dan Batrack, Tetra Tech’s CEO, expressed optimism about integrating the latest technologies through their RPS operations in the UK to assist Scottish Water in making rapid, informed decisions to optimize and maintain their infrastructure assets?1??2??4?.

On June 13, Tetra Tech announced it was one of several companies chosen by the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a five-year contract worth $200 million. The contract aims to modernize inland navigation and flood risk management infrastructure, and restore aquatic ecosystems?.

Under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract, funded through last year’s federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Tetra Tech will design and provide technical support to upgrade locks, dams, levees, hydraulic systems, waterways, and improve ecosystems. Their engineers and scientists will develop site assessments and master plans, conduct feasibility studies, collect and analyze data, and design infrastructure modernization and ecosystem restoration solutions?.