Freese and Nichols Expands in West Texas, Moves Lubbock Office Downtown

LUBBOCK, TX — As part of growing and strengthening services across West Texas, Freese and Nichols has moved to downtown Lubbock, doubling its space and positioning the company to better support revitalization of the city's core.

From the Lubbock office, Freese and Nichols is able to assist public entities across 90 counties with a full range of engineering and planning services — including water supply systems, wastewater treatment plants, stormwater infrastructure, water reuse projects, and roadway improvements. Freese and Nichols' teams have completed projects in a region stretching from El Paso to Abilene and the Panhandle to San Angelo.

“Freese and Nichols has been serving West Texas for almost a century with projects instrumental to the health and prosperity of residents and businesses,” Freese and Nichols Vice President John Dewar said. “We're expanding our investment in the region to help meet its growing needs. And we're excited to contribute to Lubbock's downtown revival as it develops around us.”

Freese and Nichols' teams have handled a range of work for West Texas cities large and small, with recent examples including:

• The Colorado River Municipal Water District's Raw Water Production Facility in Big Spring, the first water-reuse facility of its kind in North America



• Development of the Ward County Water Supply Project, a $100-million emergency effort to provide a reliable water source to Odessa, Midland, San Angelo, and other cities during the 2010s drought



• Designs of two new pump stations for Lubbock's water system and five new water towers across the city



• Plan Lubbock 2040, the city's first comprehensive plan in more than three decades



• Roadway, drainage, and utility improvements for Bell Street, a primary north/south artery in San Angelo



• Corridor studies and management plans for State Highway 191 and Loop 250 in the Midland-Odessa area



• A Master Drainage Plan for the Midland and Jal Draws in the City of Midland



• A federally required AWIA Risk and Resilience Assessment and Emergency Response Plan for the City of Odessa



• Program management for Abilene's $80-million municipal bond program