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The Keith Companies Announces Preliminary Engineering for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company of Anchorage, AK IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Keith Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TKCI), an engineering and consulting services company, announced today that it has been selected by Alyeska Pipeline Service Company of Anchorage, Alaska to perform preliminary engineering for three projects related to the Strategic Reconfiguration program that Alyeska is conducting at the Valdez Marine Terminal (VMT). Alyeska representatives stated, "The proposed VMT strategic reconfiguration projects will simplify the VMT facilities and help Alyeska reposition the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System to efficiently handle the current and predicted production of Alaska North Slope crude-oil." The preliminary engineering effort will be handled by The Keith Companies' divisions of ESI Engineering Services in Walnut Creek, CA and Pacific Engineering Corp in Portland, OR. Projects involve reconfiguration of the marine vapor control system, new electrical power generation and distribution, and design of an innovative hydraulic turbine -- electrical generation system. Aram Keith, CEO and Chairman of The Keith Companies commented, "These are continuing examples of the energy and industrial projects in which TKCI is participating. The Company's offices in Walnut Creek, CA and Portland, OR are also servicing projects for our clients involving cogeneration, renewable energy, wood waste, and wind power." 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: the impact of oil prices or the ongoing demand for production, regulatory restrictions related to our work, the influence of international oil suppliers, changes in the economic growth in the United States 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 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: Aram Keith, Chairman and CEO of The Keith Companies, Inc., +1-949-923-6001; or Tricia Ross, Investor Relations of Financial Relations Board, +1-310-407-6540, for The Keith Companies, Inc. DATASOURCE: The Keith Companies, Inc. CONTACT: Aram Keith, Chairman and CEO of The Keith Companies, Inc., +1-949-923-6001; or Tricia Ross, Investor Relations of Financial Relations Board, +1-310-407-6540, for The Keith Companies, Inc. Web site: http://www.keithco.com/

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