Award-Winning Quality
We are nationally recognized for our technical solutions and commitment to performance excellence.
Performance Excellence
Through Continuous Improvement
Performance excellence is a cornerstone of Freese and Nichols’ 125+ years in business, and continuous improvement is our key to excelling in all that we do. Continuous improvement focuses on methodical planning, measuring, analyzing and refining. By instilling accountability and transparency, it empowers all our employees to make their work better, ultimately resulting in exemplary service to our clients.
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Quality is Our Foundation
For more than two decades, our continuous improvement efforts have elevated our service to our clients, our employees and our communities. This deep commitment to quality was validated when we became the first engineering firm to receive the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the highest level of recognition for performance excellence in the United States. In 2022, we were one of a select few Baldrige-winning organizations chosen as Trustees of the Baldrige Foundation’s Institute for Performance Excellence.
The business practices that led to these Baldrige recognitions align with our LEADS values and provide the framework for how we operate. Those same practices bring superior results to our clients and employees.
Recent Project Awards
American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina
2021 Engineering Excellence Grand Award
Fayetteville Watershed
Master Plan
American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas
2021 Engineering Excellence Award
Gold Medal
El Paso Hondo Pass
Readiness Center
American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas
2021 Engineering Excellence Award
Gold Medal
Main Stem Pump Station
and Pipeline
American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas
2021 Engineering Excellence Award
Gold Medal
Dallas Comprehensive Wastewater Collection System Assessment Update
American Council of Engineering Companies of Oklahoma
2020 Engineering Excellence Honor Award
Lake Ponca Dam Spillway Repairs
American Planning Association, Texas Chapter
2020 Comprehensive Plan Award
Lubbock Comprehensive Plan
American Planning Association, Texas Chapter
2020 Gold Award for Transportation Planning
North Richland Hills Transportation Plan
American Public Works Association, Texas Chapter
2020 Project of the Year Award
Toledo Bend Dam
Spillway Repair Project
American Public Works Association, Texas Chapter
2020 Project of the Year Award
Farmers Branch Creek Emergency Repairs
Incubating Innovation
We’ve found that our focus on quality and continuous improvement provides a natural incubator for innovation. Our level of innovation in our project work, client programs and internal processes helps our clients solve their business needs. We see the impact of these innovative techniques through our high client satisfaction scores, repeat business, and our many project awards.
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