November 12, 2009, Santiago, Chile – Today, Ron Hall, Vice-President International of Mining for Wardrop, A Tetra Tech Company, and Sra. Leticia Conca Benito, General Manager of Alquimia Conceptos S.A., signed a three-year strategic alliance between the two firms. The event follows Wardrop’s decision to establish a presence in Chile to better serve its clients and Alquimia Conceptos’ decision to align with its clients’ global growth. Both firms are committed to international cooperation and trade for economic and social enhancement.

"Alquimia Conceptos and Wardrop share strong ethics and values and have corporate cultures driven by an indisputable passion for the mining industry," said Ron Hall. "This new alliance will benefit both companies and our clients as we leverage the talent of our global workforce," he added. Leticia Conca responded: "Our company is focused on providing our clients with quality service based on international standards. Quality is just one of the many key values we share with Wardrop."

In addition to the strategic benefits, this agreement combines Alquimia Conceptos’ local knowledge and culture of Latin America with Wardrop’s extensive global expertise. It also brings the added benefit of Tetra Tech’s vast professional and technical talent and experience. The Wardrop-Alquimia Conceptos team provides the full range of services throughout the lifecycle of a mine, designing exploration programs through to detailed engineering design. Their combined services extend throughout a project to include procurement and construction management. This broad scope of services helps clients from start to finish.

About Alquimia Conceptos www.alquim.cl
Alquimia Conceptos is a Chilean-based consulting engineering company with a reputation for providing quality service and strong project management expertise. Established in 2002, the company is focused on providing consulting, studies and project design engineering services for the mining market and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.

About Wardrop (www.wardrop.com)
Wardrop is a multi-disciplined consulting engineering firm that provides innovative solutions for the natural resource management, energy and infrastructure markets globally. The company has 1,200 employees who work collaboratively throughout its North American and overseas operations. Wardrop merged with Tetra Tech (www.tetratech.com), a leading provider of consulting, engineering, program management, construction and technical services based in Pasadena, California. The combined companies have over 10,000 employees worldwide and capabilities that span the entire project lifecycle.

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