Pasadena-based engineering, infrastructure and consulting firm Tetra Tech Inc. recently scored a pair of 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.
The contract was awarded to Tetra Tech’s recently absorbed RPS unit, based in England. In February, Tetra Tech closed its $691 million acquisition of environmental consulting firm RPS Group, by far the biggest purchase in the former’s 57-year history.
Through the RPS purchase, Tetra Tech doubled its staff in the United Kingdom and added staff and services in a number of other markets.
Under the eight-year contract with Scottish Water, Tetra Tech will inspect, analyze, and report on the condition of more than 2,500 assets annually, applying its latest digital tools to optimize the collection and analysis of data.
Scottish Water delivers water and wastewater services across Scotland through 60,000 miles of pipes and more than 2,000 treatment works.
“Through our RPS operations in the United Kingdom, we look forward to incorporating the latest technologies to help Scottish Water make rapid and informed decisions to optimize and sustain their infrastructure assets,” Dan Batrack, Tetra Tech’s chief executive, said in the announcement.
Then, on June 13, Tetra Tech announced that it was one of several companies selected by the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for a $200 million, five-year contract to provide architectural and engineering design services. The aim is to modernize inland navigation and flood risk management infrastructure, and to restore aquatic ecosystems.
Under the five-year 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 enhance ecosystems. Tetra Tech engineers and scientists will also develop site assessments and master plans, conduct feasibility studies, collect and analyze data, and design infrastructure modernization and ecosystem restoration solutions.
