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Kleinfelder wins Business Achievement Award

ltalbot@kleinfelder.com (Administrator) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 14:07:23 +0000

SAN DIEGO - Kleinfelder is pleased to announce winning a bronze medal in the Environmental Business Journal's 2009 Business Achievement Awards for the acquisition of Massachusetts-based S E A Consultants Inc. in November 2009.

Kleinfelder is an employee-owned science and engineering consulting firm, and S E A is a full-service engineering, architecture and planning firm for the energy, federal and state government, military, higher education, municipality, and transportation markets.

"We have been executing a strategic growth plan since 1992, and our acquisition of S E A was part of our 2015 vision to become increasingly multifaceted. S E A brought additional design, architecture and sustainability expertise to our portfolio," said Bill Siegel, Kleinfelder CEO. "We are honored to have won the EBJ 2009 Business Achievement Award because it says a lot about our company and our quest to become a partner for our clients in their sustainability efforts."

Kleinfelder's employee base of more than 2,000 will grow to more than 2,200 with the S E A acquisition. S E A has become Kleinfelder/SEA and represents the New England region for Kleinfelder. The 2009 Business Achievement Awards banquet will take place on March 3, 2010.

S E A Consultants to become part of Kleinfelder

ltalbot@kleinfelder.com (Administrator) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:00:07 +0000

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Kleinfelder is pleased to announce the acquisition of S E A Consultants Inc., a full-service engineering, architecture and planning firm headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. The transaction closed on November 13, 2009, following a due diligence process, respective board approvals and integration planning involving employees from each firm.

“We are pleased to expand our business with a company that has a well-deserved reputation within the industry,” said Bill Siegel, PE, president and CEO of Kleinfelder. “As an employee-owned company, we are very conscientious about our strategic growth. S E A’s unique capabilities and reputation for outstanding service and collaboration is what makes them attractive to Kleinfelder. We believe this is an investment in the future of Kleinfelder that will allow us to expand the range of services we are able to offer our clients across the nation.”

Anthony Zuena, PE, president and CEO of S E A, added, “This is a wonderful opportunity to combine resources with a national firm that shares our values and dedication to our employees, our clients and our industry. We believe this opportunity will enable us to continue providing the creative and innovative solutions our clients have come to expect. Kleinfelder provides our clients nationwide resources and a wide breadth of expertise and range of services.”

Kleinfelder has been executing a strategic growth plan since 1992, and this acquisition is an investment in the future of the company. S E A brings new and expanded capabilities that will enable the company to provide more complete solutions for clients. This acquisition strengthens Kleinfelder’s position as a legacy company for its employees and a trusted partner and adviser for its clients.

S E A employs more than 200 people in seven locations: Cambridge, Mass.; Framingham, Mass.; New Bedford, Mass.; Augusta, Maine; Rocky Hill, Conn.; Manchester, N.H., and Tucson, Arizona. Kleinfelder employs more than 2,000 people in over 60 locations across the nation. S E A will become Kleinfelder/SEA and represent the New England region for Kleinfelder after the transition.

About S E A Consultants Inc.
For more than 50 years, S E A Consultants has been recognized as one of the nation's leading civil and environmental engineering and architecture firms. The firm provides consultation to organizations in energy, federal and state government, the military, higher education, municipalities and transportation. Founded in 1956, the Cambridge, Mass.-based firm has additional offices in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine and Arizona. Visit www.seacon.com.

Kleinfelder announces Kathleen Niesen as the new water division manager

ltalbot@kleinfelder.com (Administrator) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:06:30 +0000

SAN DIEGO - Kleinfelder is proud to announce that Kathleen Niesen, P.E., has been hired as the new water division manager. Niesen brings with her more than 30 years of executive-level management experience in both the public and private sectors.

Working out of Kleinfelder's San Diego office, Niesen will be responsible for bringing clients additional value by building a global water resource management practice with a wide range of capabilities such as dams, levees, hydro, conveyance, treatment and sustainability.

"Kathleen's experience and expertise will only help to strengthen Kleinfelder's already stellar reputation," said Bill Siegel, Kleinfelder's CEO Elect. "We are confident she will do an excellent job leveraging our current, long-term client relationships to bring additional value via new talents and capabilities as she builds the global water resource management practice."

Niesen earned her bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from the University of Florida. She is a registered professional engineer in both Washington and Wisconsin and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the National Association of Professional Engineers. Niesen's career includes top leadership positions at several leading engineering and consulting firms, including Waste Management, CH2MHill and ARCADIS. Most recently, she was director of operations at MWH Global, Inc.