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’ 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.
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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