Tetra Tech, Inc. announced that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Walla Walla District, awarded the company a $34 million, multiple-award contract to provide architectural and engineering design services for civil works infrastructure including flood risk management, inland navigation, hydroelectric power generation and aquatic ecosystem restoration.
Under the seven-year contract, Tetra Tech engineers and scientists will perform advanced computer modeling and prepare plans and specifications for sustainable and resilient navigation and water control structures, such as dams, spillways, channels and navigation lock features. Tetra Tech’s engineers and fisheries biologists will optimize water resources infrastructure design to facilitate migratory fish passage and the restoration of other vital ecosystems, according to a release.
Specific projects or hydroelectric facilities covered under the contract were not disclosed. The district’s dams and hydropower projects in Washington and Idaho are Dworshak, Ice Harbor, Little Goose, Lower Granite, Lower Monumental, Lucky Peak and McNary,
Tetra Tech provides consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide in water, environment, sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy and international development.
