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Exhibit 10.14


THE KEITH COMPANIES, INC.


INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT


Agreement Company Optionee Plan


1. Grant of Option. Option Shares NOT Code


2. Vesting of Option.


3. Term of Option.




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| | (a) the expiration of ten (10) years from the date of
    this Agreement.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
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| | (b) the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date
    of termination of Optionees Continuous Service if such
    termination occurs for any reason other than permanent
    disability or death or voluntary resignation: provided, however,
    that if Optionee dies during such thirty-day period the
    provisions of Section 3(d) below shall apply;
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| | (c) the expiration of one (1) year from the date of
    termination of Optionees Continuous Service if such
    termination is due to permanent disability of the Optionee (as
    defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code);                                                                                                                                 
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| | (d) the expiration of one (1) year from the date of
    termination of Optionees Continuous Service if such
    termination is due to Optionees death or if death occurs
    during the thirty-day period following termination of
    Optionees Continuous Service pursuant to Section 3(b)
    above; or                                                 
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| | (e) the expiration of ninety (90) days from the date
    of termination of Optionees Continuous Service if such
    termination is due to voluntary resignation; provided, however
    that if Optionee dies during such ninety-day period the
    provisions of Section 3(d) above shall apply.                                                             

Continuous Service


4. Exercise of Option.




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| | (a) a written notice of exercise which identifies this
    Agreement and states the number of Shares then being purchased
    (but no fractional Shares may be purchased).



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| | (b) a check or cash in the amount of the Exercise Price (or
    payment of the Exercise Price in such other form of lawful
    consideration as the Administrator may approve from time to time
    under the provisions of Section 5.3 of the Plan);                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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| | (c) a check or cash in the amount reasonably requested by
    the Company to satisfy the Companys withholding
    obligations under Federal, State or other applicable tax laws
    with respect to the taxable income, if any, recognized by the
    Optionee in connection with the exercise of this Option (unless
    the Company and Optionee shall have made other arrangements for
    deductions or withholding from Optionees wages, bonus or
    other compensation payable to Optionee, or by the withholding of
    Shares issuable upon exercise of this Option or the delivery of
    Shares owned by the Optionee in accordance with Section 10
    of the Plan, provided such arrangements satisfy the requirements
    of applicable tax laws); and
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| | (d) a letter, if requested by the Company, in such form and
    substance as the Company may require, setting forth the
    investment intent of the Optionee, or person designated in
    Section 5 below, as the case may be.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

5. Death of Optionee; No Assignment. Successor


6. Representations and Warranties of Optionee.




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| | (a) Optionee represents and warrants that this Option is
    being acquired by Optionee for Optionees personal account,
    for investment purposes only, and not with a view to the
    distribution, resale or other disposition thereof.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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| | (b) Optionee acknowledges that the Company may issue Shares
    upon the exercise of the Option without registering such Shares
    under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
    Act), on the basis of certain exemptions from
    such registration requirement. Accordingly, Optionee agrees that
    his or her exercise of the Option may be expressly conditioned
    upon his or her delivery to the Company of an investment
    certificate including such representations and undertakings as
    the Company may reasonably require in order to assure the
    availability of such exemptions, including a representation that
    Optionee is acquiring the Shares for investment and not with a
    present intention of selling or otherwise disposing thereof and
    an agreement by Optionee that the certificates evidencing the
    Shares may bear a legend indicating such non-registration under
    the Act and the resulting restrictions on transfer. Optionee
    acknowledges that, because Shares received upon exercise of an
    Option may be unregistered, Optionee may be required to hold the
    Shares indefinitely unless they are subsequently registered for
    resale under the Act or an exemption from such registration is
    available.
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| | (c) Optionee acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and
    understands that all rights and obligations connected with this
    Option are set forth in this Agreement and in the Plan.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

7. Restrictive Legends.


8. Limitation of Companys Liability for
Nonissuance.




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9. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capital Structure.


10. Change in Control.




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| | (a) In the event of the earlier of: (i) a sale of
    substantially all of the assets of the Company; (ii) a
    merger or consolidation in which the Company is not the
    surviving corporation (other than a merger or consolidation in
    which shareholders immediately before the merger or
    consolidation have, immediately after the merger or
    consolidation, greater stock voting power or a merger solely for
    the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another
    jurisdiction); (iii) a reverse merger in which the Company
    is the surviving corporation but the shares of the
    Companys Common Stock outstanding immediately preceding
    the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other
    property, whether in the form of securities, cash or otherwise
    (other than a reverse merger in which shareholders immediately
    before the merger have, immediately after the merger, greater
    stock voting power): or (iv) any transaction or series of
    related transactions in which in excess of 50% of the
    Companys voting power is transferred (collectively an
    Acceleration Event), the portion of the
    Option not otherwise vested as of the date of the Acceleration
    Event shall become vested and exercisable (the
    Accelerated Vested Portion) from the date of
    Companys Board of Directors approves the Acceleration
    Event, but in no event more than fifteen business days before
    the effective date of the Acceleration Event, until the fifth
    business day immediately before the effective date of the
    Acceleration Event (the Exercise Period), and
    the Option shall terminate upon the expiration of the Exercise
    Period, except as provided in Section 10(b) below.
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| | (b) The Option shall not terminate upon the expiration of
    the Exercise Period if provision is made in writing in
    connection with the Acceleration Event for (i) the
    assumption of this Option or the substitution of this Option
    with a new option of comparable value covering shares of a
    successor corporation, with the appropriate adjustments as to
    the number and kind of shares and the Exercise Price, in which
    event this Option or the new option substituted therefore shall
    continue in the manner and under the terms so provided, or
    (ii) the substitution for this Option of a program or plan
    to provide rights to Optionee to receive, on exercise of such
    rights, the type and amount of consideration Optionee would have
    received had he or she exercised this Option prior to the
    Acceleration Event less the aggregate Exercise Price therefore.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

11. No Employment Contract Created.


12. Rights as Shareholder.


13. Market Stand-Off Agreement.




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14. Interpretation. Administrator


15. Notices.


16. Governing Law.


17. Severability.


18. Counterparts.








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