2006 Milestones Contributed to Firm’s Second Consecutive Year as List Headliner

Encinitas, Calif. – February 20, 2007 – Dudek has been named the top San Diego environmental consulting firm for the second consecutive year based upon a survey conducted by the San Diego Business Journal.

Milestones that contributed to Dudek’s steady 2006 growth include:

• Opening new offices in Los Angeles and Placer counties, while significantly expanding operations at existing offices in San Diego, Orange, Riverside and Santa Barbara counties.
• Developing one of California’s largest urban forestry and wildfire management practices with a staff of registered professional foresters, licensed landscape architects, certified foresters, certified arborists, and certified urban foresters.
• Authoring the environmental impact report for the largest West Coast seawater desalination plant to advance through local land use and Regional Water Quality Control Board approvals.
• Developing an innovative, cost-effective approach to help wastewater districts retrofit existing sewer siphons to eliminate sewer odors.
• Winning an American Public Works Association award for the firm’s restoration of San Diego County’s El Cuervo Norte wetlands.
• Being named one of San Diego’s Best Places to Work by San Diego Magazine and the Employers Group.

“Our clients are the local public agencies and major landowners who plan, design, construct and manage the communities in which we live,” said Frank Dudek, firm founder and president. “It is very satisfying to help achieve their goals of creating convenient, safe, well run and environmentally well-planned communities.”

San Diego County’s Top Environmental Consultants list, ranked by environmental employees, was featured in San Diego Business Journal’s February 6, 2007 edition.

About Dudek
Dudek is a California-based engineering and environmental consulting corporation that creatively solves regulatory challenges for municipal agencies and major land owners. The firm helps clients plan, design, construct and manage successful infrastructure and environmental projects that balance regulatory mandates and technical requirements within financial and scheduling goals. Founded in 1980, Dudek is headquartered in Encinitas in San Diego County with offices in Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Placer counties. For more information, visit www.dudek.com or e-mail info@dudek.com.

Contact:
Christine Clinton
Dudek
760.479.4275
cclinton@dudek.com