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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.0

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
The Keith Companies, Inc.:

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement
(No. 33-83097) on Form S-8 of The Keith Companies, Inc. of our report dated
February 14, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of The Keith
Companies, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 2000, and the
related consolidated statements of income, shareholders' equity (deficit), and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2000, which report appears in the December 31, 2000, annual report on Form
10-K of The Keith Companies, Inc.


                                              /s/ KPMG LLP
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                                                  KPMG LLP

Orange County, California
April 2, 2001