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 Public Works Association, Texas Chapter
2022 Project of the Year
Marble Falls Emergency Bank Stabilization
American Public Works Association, Texas Chapter
2022 Project of the Year
Sabine River Pump Station and Pipeline
American Society of Civil Engineers
2022 Innovation in Sustainable Engineering Award
Rodney Cook Sr. Park
American Council of Engineering Companies
2022 National Engineering Excellence Grand Award
Rodney Cook Sr. Park
American Council of Engineering Companies
2021 National Recognition Award
Fayetteville Watershed
Master Plan
American Council of Engineering Companies
2021 National Recognition Award
Lake Ponca Dam Spillway Improvements
American Planning Association, Texas Chapter
2021 Gold Award
City of Corpus Christi Area Development Plans
American Planning Association, Texas Chapter
2021 Gold Award
Brownsville Master PSA Unified Development Code
American Public Works Association, Texas Chapter
2021 Project of the Year
Village Creek Twin 90 Sewer Emergency Bank
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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