Federal Services

Federal Focus

Freese and Nichols has been providing services to federal clients since 1940. Our decades of experience in meeting the needs of federal agencies and military installations has given us proven expertise and knowledge in the regulations and requirements that drive federal work.

Our federal clients can leverage the full strength of our firm’s entire service line, including:

Civil Works/Water Resources

Planning/Design

Water/Wastewater/Reuse

Master Planning/Treatment/Utilities and Transmission

Environmental/HTRW

Compliance/Regulatory/Permitting/PFAS Management

Construction-Phase Services

Program and Construction Management

Facilities

Planning/Design

Clients, Contracts and Partners

Our federal clients can rely on us to manage a project at a single installation or execute work for their nationwide programs. We are well-versed in executing IDIQ contracts, including Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOCs) and Single Award Task Order Contracts (SATOCs).

Additionally, we have a history of working with small businesses and have a deep commitment to our national mentor-protégé program.

Our Federal Clients Include:

Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Southwestern Division (SWD)

  • Fort Worth District
  • Galveston District
  • Tulsa District

Mississippi Valley Division (MVD)

  • New Orleans District
  • St. Louis District

South Atlantic Division (SAD)

  • Jacksonville District
  • Mobile District

Great Lakes and Ohio River Division (LRD)

  • Huntington District

South Pacific Division (SPD)

  • Albuquerque District
  • Los Angeles District
  • Sacramento District

Northwestern Division (NWD)

  • Omaha District

Bureau of Indian Affairs
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Fish and Wildlife Services
International Boundary and Water Commission
Natural Resource Conservation Service
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) – Mid-Atlantic

 

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A Range of Services Offers Support through the Entire Project Life Cycle

As a multi-discipline firm, Freese and Nichols provides a broad range of services to help its clients through every stage of the project life cycle: planning, design, program management, funding procurement, regulatory compliance, construction management, and operations and maintenance.

A select list of services offered appears below.

 

Civil Works/Water Resources

Planning/Design

• Floodplain management
• Stormwater master planning
• Stormwater pump station and gate design
• Dam, levee and hydraulic structures design and rehabilitation
• Dam and levee inspections, breach analyses and emergency action plans
• Riverine modeling and channel/bank stabilization designs
• Geotechnical investigations, testing and analysis
• Water resources planning and conservation
• Water rights
• Land use studies
• Street and highway design
• Bridge design
• Airfield ramp work and loading bridges

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Environmental/HTRW

Compliance/Regulatory/Permitting/PFAS Management

• National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
• Environmental impact assessments (EIAs)
• Natural resource and watershed management
• Pollution prevention and permitting
• Section 404/10 permitting and wetlands services
• Contamination assessments and remediation

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Water/Wastewater/Reuse

Master Planning/Treatment/Utilities and Transmission

• Master planning
• Hydraulic modeling
• Water quality analysis
• Infiltration/Inflow studies
• Sanitary sewer evaluation studies
• Transmission pipelines
• Wastewater lift stations
• Treatment plants
• Industrial pretreatment
• Alternative treatment studies

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Facilities/Utilities

Planning/Design

• Master planning
• Architectural and interior design
• Charrettes
• Site development
• Design Review/QA
• Historical restoration and preservation
• Instrumentation and controls/SCADA

• Landscape architecture
• Utility relocation/design
• Right-of-Way (ROW)/easement management
• Regulatory compliance assistance
• Asset management programs

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Construction-Phase Services

Program and Construction Management

• Quality management
• Schedule management and analysis
• Site documentation/construction inspection
• Drone imagery and 3-D modeling
• Change/claim management
• Resident representation
• Risk management
• Procurement support
• Constructability reviews
• Contract administration and management
• Cost estimating
• Phasing and mobilization planning during design phase
• Commissioning and start-up
• Alternative project delivery
• Construction Inspection
• Earned value management

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Technology and Additional Services

• Geographic information systems (GIS)
• Building information modeling (BIM) systems
• Civil design/engineering
• Mechanical design/engineering
• Electrical design/engineering
• Structural design/engineering
• Geotechnical design/engineering
• Hydraulic design/engineering
• Environmental engineering

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Project Gallery

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Port Arthur and Vicinity Coastal Storm Risk Management Project

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Fort Cavazos, formerly named Fort Hood, Architecture and Engineering Services

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Fort Polk Environmental and Planning Services

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Sulphur River Basin Water Resources Plan

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Colorado River Levee and Baughman Slough

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Fort Hood Stormwater Master Plan

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

North Fort Hood Drainage Study

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Fort Hood Dam 42 Rehabilitation

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Fort Hood Dam Assessments

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Joint Base San Antonio Building Renovations

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Joint Base San Antonio Runway Drainage Improvements

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Fort Hood Traffic Study

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Fort Hood Tactical Facilities Maintenance

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Red River Army Depot Renovations

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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