Providence Expands in Houston

BATON ROUGE, La., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Providence announces an expansion in
the Houston area by opening a new office in Houston, Texas. This expansion is
driven by Providence's continued growth in Texas and the Gulf Coast. The new
office will serve as a hub for providing services related to Environmental
Consulting, Engineering, Planning, Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP),
Staffing, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Insurance Adjustments, and
Government Services. The Houston office will also serve as the division
headquarters of Providence Critical Infrastructure Protection (Providence
CIP), a strategic business unit of Providence. With this move, Providence is
expanding its reach to more effectively provide support to the energy and
petrochemical markets, which are currently served by its offices in Baton
Rouge, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Lake Charles.

With a vision of providing for the future of its clients, its employees, and
the community, Providence has grown rapidly since its inception, serving
clients in the U.S. and overseas. Providence is headquartered in Baton Rouge,
LA with offices and staff in Dallas/Fort-Worth, TX, Austin, TX, Lake Charles,
LA, Alexandria, LA, Gulfport, MS, and Mobile, AL. "Since our inception, we
have serviced the Houston area from our corporate office in Baton Rouge, our
Dallas office, and our staff in Austin. With this office, we look forward to
being in the thick of things to better serve our client base in the Golden
Triangle," said Rich Major, Co-founder and Sr. Managing Partner of Providence.
The office is expected to be operational in August 2009.

In recent years, Providence's work in the Houston and Gulf Coast Areas has
seen an increase, particularly in services related to air quality management,
solid and hazardous waste management, water quality management, natural
resource management, and disaster recovery. Houston, which ranks third among
U.S. metro areas in number of corporate headquarters of Fortune 500 companies,
will allow Providence to increase its market share, while bringing additional
services to its existing clients in the area. The talented pool of engineers,
technology professionals, and scientists in the Houston community, and the
high density of the energy, refining, and petrochemical manufacturing
facilities in the Houston Ship Channel are expected to fuel the growth of
Providence's Houston office.

For additional information on Providence, please contact Nimish Katwala at
(972) 550-9326 or nimishkatwala@providenceeng.com. For questions related to
Providence's CIP, please contact Shawn Wurtsmith at (720) 281-5227 or
shawnwurtsmith@providenceeng.com. For more information on Providence please go
to www.providenceeng.com.

SOURCE Providence

Nimish Katwala, +1-972-550-9326, nimishkatwala@providenceeng.com, or Shawn
Wurtsmith, +1-720-281-5227, shawnwurtsmith@providenceeng.com, both of
Providence