Corporate Profile

KEC consolidates the technical studies and entitlements process managing issues such as design changes through a single point of contact. Yet, we offer transparency and the ability for the client to work directly with the consultant to resolve specific issues. Advantages to this approach allow for:

• Single source point of contact for all invoicing and contract negotiation
• Multiple discipline products that meet project milestones on time and on budget
• Consistent representation of project description, project plans, phasing, design changes through all technical reports
• Collaboration among technical specialists from multiple disciplines to recommend and coordinate on design changes to avoid project impacts and/or delays.
• Unified representation of technical study results in project application, Initial Study, Planning Review meetings and public hearings.
• Average cost of multiple technical studies package is lower than piecemeal costs and offers opportunities for discounted rates.

KEC manages projects for a private developers in the U.S. We provide full-service environmental project management and planning with responsibilities that include:

• Representing clients at Development Plan Review (DPR), Planning Commission & City Council meetings
• CEQA Environmental Documents (IS/MND/EIR), public meetings & comment response
• NEPA FONSI/EIS Biological Assessments & incidental take permit negotiation
• Consistency Analysis for Habitat Conservation Plans, local, state and federal regulations
• Technical studies including: Biology, Cultural Resources (CR), Acoustics, Traffic, Air Quality / GHG / Energy, SWPPP, WQMP
• Permitting with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) & Streambed Alteration Agreement (SAA) and signed Memorandum of Agreement (MOU)
• Mitigation lands acquisition, agreements and negotiation
• Monitor and manage project entitlement progress using interactive Gantt charts apps