OUR COMPANY
Building Communities Through Infrastructure
TKE Engineering was established in 2000, and since our founding has developed into one of Southern California’s premier full service, multi-disciplinary consulting firms. Our firm was established with the goal of providing high value, turnkey professional services with a personal touch in order to be a lasting benefit to society.
One thing that differentiates our firm is that we approach our mission with a belief that understanding and meeting the needs of the community is vital to completion of a successful project.
Our culture of community building and constant value creation ensures that the services provided by TKE will always mean good stewardship of public and private resources. It is this commitment to service and diverse array of offerings that makes us unique and drives our long-standing relationships with our clients, and it is these same qualities that make us the right fit for you.
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TKE's Leadership Team
MICHAEL P. THORNTOn,
PE, PLS, Ms
President
Mr. Thornton, TKE’s President, is Principal-in-Charge of all TKE projects. He has over 37 years of experience in engineering, planning, design, land surveying and construction management for public works projects. He has worked on a variety of public works engineering projects such as water, street, park, bike trail improvements, and many others.
Mr. Thornton has been responsible for managing the funding administration, planning and design of these types of projects and has provided construction engineering, construction management, and surveying services for various agencies throughout Southern California.
TERRY RENNER,
PE, pLS, QSd
Senior Vice President
Mr. Renner is the Senior Vice President of TKE and has over 25 years of experience in civil engineering design, plan checking, project management and construction management of both development and public works infrastructure projects, including grading improvements, street and transportation improvements, traffic engineering, drainage improvements, water improvements, sewer improvements, facilities improvements and recreation improvements.
STEVEN LEDBETTER,
PE, QSD
Vice President
Mr. Ledbetter has over 24 years of professional experience in the civil engineering industry. He has managed a wide range of challenging projects from initial planning through design and implementation. He ensures that all projects are completed on time, within specifications, and to the highest quality standards.
His well-rounded background includes experience in the preparation and analysis of street and utility improvement plans and specifications, including potable and non-potable water, wastewater, and drainage systems. He is also experienced in utility master planning, including computer modeling, data analysis, and report preparation.
RON MUSSER,
PLS
Director of Survey
Mr. Musser has nearly 53 years of experience in performing field and office surveying and plan checking services for public and private projects including roadway and highway projects. He has performed design topographic surveying and construction staking on all of TKE’s respective design and construction management projects and map checking over the past 10 years. In addition, he has prepared records of survey, parcel maps and tract maps in San Bernardino County, Riverside County, San Diego County, Orange County and Los Angeles County. He has performed boundary, topographic, ALTA, and precise level surveys as well as Global Positioning Surveys. Mr. Musser currently provides map checking services to the cities of Calimesa, Upland, Azusa, Pico Rivera and El Monte.
Joanna rembis,
Pe, qsd
Senior Engineer
Ms. Rembis has more than 20 years’ experience in the field of Project Engineering/Project Management, Field Inspection and Customer Support - 12 of which she spent as a Project Manager. Her experience includes preparing specifications, plans, and bid packages for rehabilitation and design of new tank projects. Ms. Rembis can also assist in generating and editing technical reports and photo surveys and provides quality control inspection and construction management services for various projects including water tanks, pipelines, and cathodic protection.
Brian wolfe,
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Senior Engineer
Brian Wolfe has over 25 years experience in civil engineering and land surveying for both private and public sectors of the industry. His experience in design and construction plan checking includes a variety of improvement projects such as street improvements, pavement rehabilitation, signing and striping, precise grading, water mains, demolition, reservoir rehabilitation, and sewer mains. He has provided capital improvement design, staff augmentation and plan checking services for several Southern California public agencies. His experience also includes public works construction inspection, legal descriptions for easements, topographic surveying and construction surveying. He is also familiar with implementing LED Street Light Conversions and updating Pavement Management Programs.
steve nix,
PE, pls
Senior Engineer
Mr. Nix serves as a Senior Engineer, bringing over 44 years of experience in water engineering, including planning, design, and construction management for public works projects. He has provided consulting services to various water agencies and cities.
His past roles include Sanitary Sewer Specialist for the City of Upland, overseeing sewer projects and operations of a 200,000-gallon-per-day wastewater treatment plant, and Director of Engineering and Operations for East Valley Water District.
Mr. Nix has extensive experience in water, sewer, and reclaimed water system improvements. As City Engineer for Chino Hills, he played a key role in the IEUA Sewer Tech Committee and supported groundwater and recharge operations through the local Watermaster. He has also served in engineering roles for the cities of Montclair, Ontario, Fontana, Chino, Riverside, and the Chino Basin Municipal Water District.
Shelby Kelley,
Pe
Assistant Project Manager
Mr. Kelley is an Assistant Project Manager of TKE Engineering, Inc. and has 9 years of experience in civil engineering design and construction of infrastructure projects, including sewer and water improvements, drainage improvements, transportation improvements, facilities improvements, and construction methods. Mr. Kelley has been responsible for assistance with design of water and sewer plan/profile, lift stations, treatment plant facilities, preliminary design exhibits, and cost estimates. He has delivered projects for Mission Springs Water District, San Bernardino Municipal Water Department, Eastern Municipal Water District, Western Municipal Water District and the Cities of Adelanto, Calimesa, Chino, Fontana, Hesperia, Highland, Menifee, Needles, Pomona, Redlands and Rialto.
monae pugh
Traffic Engineering Specialist
Ms. Pugh has over 37 years of Municipal and Public Agency engineering experience with a wide range of responsibilities and projects emphasizing the discipline of Transportation and Traffic Engineering. Her most recent experience includes management of both Land Development and Traffic Engineering Departments for the City of Fontana. Prior experience includes over 16 years in the County of Riverside Traffic Engineering Department. Ms. Pugh has actively pursued continuing education throughout her career through U.C. Berkley extension courses offered by the Institute of Transportation Studies and couples this with functional engineering experience. She is a Certified Grant Writer through Cal State San Bernardino Certification Program and has secured multiple Transportation grants for a wide variety of infrastructure projects.
Steven h. dukett
Managing Director of Development Services
Steve Dukett specializes in the planning and implementation of economic and community development, affordable housing, asset management, public facility, public infrastructure financing, grant programs, affordable housing programs and compliance monitoring (e.g., covenants monitoring and SB 341 reports), bond continuing disclosure services, economic development strategic plans, third-party compliance management, implementation, comprehensive redevelopment agency wind-down services, Surplus Land Act related services and a variety of related matters. He leads TKE’s Development Services Group.
While in the public sector, Mr. Dukett managed a wide variety of public and private development projects with combined values of approximately $1 billion. He has also guided 14 redevelopment plan adoptions or amendments and is particularly known for his deal making and deal closing skills. As a consultant, he has assisted more than 60 cities, several for-profit and non-profit corporations and a Native Sovereign Nation with their high priority development-related projects and programs.