Moffatt Nichol Engineering

read moreEven as just a team of two, Frank and John fostered a culture as both leaders and working engineers. Their philosophy was to do the work properly, make sure it was free of potential future issues, and to do it as efficiently as possible. Since then, this philosophy has grown into a set of values to which we are relentlessly committed.

read moreFrom bundled small bridge programs to award-winning landmarks such as the San Francisco-Oakland East Bay Bridge, the largest self-anchored suspension bridge in the world. Our bridge services span the life of a bridge, from environmental clearance and preliminary design to detailed engineering, design-build, construction support, inspection, rehabilitation, and seismic retrofit. Moffatt & Nichol has applied our structural capabilities to planning and/or designing more than 700 bridge and grade separation projects throughout the United States.

read moreA complex project may trigger a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) or State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review. Moffatt & Nichol supports these challenging reviews at all levels, integrating engineering with environmental science to fully explore and identify project objectives and potential impacts early on. We have successfully led and completed NEPA and SEPA review for rail, road, bridge, coastal, and shoreline projects, and managed NEPA and SEPA review programs for port, marina, and ferry facilities across the United States.

read moreMoffatt & Nichol provides beach nourishment services along shorelines that include individual private beaches, resort projects, and major urban centers, many including structures to increase their longevity. We offer beach nourishment, including planning and community outreach, shoreline modeling and analysis, littoral budget development, storm damage and benefit analysis, evaluation of sand source and dredging alternatives, permitting, engineering design, preparation of construction documents, and construction observation.

read moreMoffatt & Nichol has decades of experience working with port authorities, shipping companies, and marine terminal operators worldwide, and we are a recognized leader and innovator in the planning, design, and operations engineering of manned and automated container terminals, as well as the equipment and goods movement infrastructure that support them. We offer clients a complete suite of planning, design, and operational engineering services for marine terminal infrastructure to optimize terminal processes that adjust to state-of-the-art evolution over a facility's economic life.

read moreBy performing commercial, financial, operational and technical reviews in-house, we are able to provide both sell-side and buy-side transaction support for a wide range of maritime assets, including container, dry bulk, Ro-Ro, cruise, and multipurpose terminals, as well as recreational marinas and other waterfront developments. Areas of support include market forecasts and competitive analysis, operational capacity and capabilities, condition surveys, investment planning and financial modeling including revenue, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization or EBITDA, CAPEX items, and more.