Performance Excellence
Through Continuous Improvement

Performance excellence is a cornerstone of Freese and Nichols’ 130 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.

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Recent Project Awards

American Public Works Association

2024 Project of the Year

Bois d'Arc Lake Water Supply Program

American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina Chapter

2023 Engineering Excellence Honor Award

Swann Intake Riverbank Protection Erosion Control and Stabilization

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

Engineering News-Record

2024 Best of the Best National Award

Memorial Park Central Connector Restoration

American Council of Engineering Companies

2024 National Honor Award

Bois d'Arc Lake Water Supply Program

American Planning Association, Texas Chapter

2024 Gold Award

Brownwood Downtown Plan

American Planning Association, Texas Chapter

2023 Gold Award

Midlothian Downtown Master Plan

American Public Works Association, Texas Chapter

2023 Project of the Year

Travis Street Drainage Improvements/Hopkins Street Reconstruction

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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