As part of our structural engineering group, we provide bridge engineering services to municipalities, state agencies, architects, industrial, and private clients for vehicular, pedestrian, and railroad bridge projects. Projects range from inspection and evaluation of existing structures to the design of bridge repairs, rehabilitations, replacements, and new structures.

We have a long and successful history of providing brownfield redevelopment services to developers and public entities. We provide an integrated team of technical experts that have a singular focus on promoting the highest and best use for blighted properties. In addition to helping clients obtain state and federal funding, our our team understand how to drive up real estate value through cost effective site remediation and redevelopment design services that optimize sustainable property reuse.

Our engineering and scientific professionals work together in developing coastal resiliency solutions to combat climate change, sea-level rise, and storm surge. They carefully assess areas of vulnerability, both in an immediate sense, as well as future planning. Coastal protection and flood management solutions may include, but are not limited to, structural alternatives, adaptable and modular engineering concepts, flood proofing, bioengineered technology, green infrastructures, and flow control structures. Our goal is to provide effective approaches that mitigate, minimize, or adapt to the effects of sea-level rise and storm events.

Community Outreach is an important part of what we do. We understand that in order for a project to be successful, we must also reach out to the various stakeholders to build consensus and ensure that all possible concerns are addressed. We focus on clear communication and collaboration throughout a project and have extensive experience in organizing and facilitating meetings, workshops, and charrettes.

The Complete Streets approach to roadway planning and design focuses on holistic transportation planning and design that balances both all modes of motorized and non-motorized transportation in an equitable and safe manner, giving people choices in mobility to support their lifestyle preferences. Our philosophy is to create transportation systems that support and enable a community’s vision and create special places for people to live, work and play. Services include context sensitive design, concept planning, drainage, utilities, bicycle facilities, complete streets approach, multi-use and bike facilities, roundabouts, cost estimates, and on-call support.

Environmental due diligence is the process of understanding and assessing the environmental conditions of a property, often in advance of property acquisition. This combined legal and technical exercise is often performed to fulfill liability protections that may be available under federal and state environmental laws. Our services include assessment of environmental conditions, the development of remedial strategies to address these conditions in the context of the site development plan, and the implementation of remedial measures.

We have experience in environmental documentation for a variety of projects in institutional, suburban, and urban settings for actions as diverse as affordable housing renovation, roadway extension, and coastal beach nourishment. Our team is able to provide the expertise necessary to evaluate existing conditions and potential impacts to natural resources, infrastructure, and cultural resources, as well as socioeconomic and environmental justice issues.

Our environmental and engineering staff provides our clients with a full range of remedial services, beginning with the conceptual evaluation of alternatives and proceeding through detailed design, installation, operation and maintenance, and post-remediation monitoring and verification processes. Most importantly, we understand that for our remediation approaches to succeed they need to be both context sensitive and fully promote our clients operational and redevelopment goals for their businesses.

The environmental assessment process identifies whether hazardous materials or petroleum products were potentially released on a site, and where these releases occurred. Our services, often provided prior to property acquisition, include identification of potential release areas in Phase I, sampling to determine where releases have occurred in Phase II, and full delineation of the extent and magnitude of contamination in Phase III. After assessment is completed, we assist our clients in preparing feasibility studies and remedial action plans.

We assist private and public clients with the challenges inherent in developing and managing large facilities and campuses. Our services include the planning, design, and construction management of new buildings and renovations, consolidations and relocations, and their infrastructure systems (e.g. power, chilled water, compressed air, fuel, steam, and specialty gases). We work with industrial clients to optimize manufacturing processes through machine upgrades, improvements to cooling/heating utilities and integrated control systems, effective industrial waste systems, process safety management and indoor air quality/industrial ventilation needs.

Communities can choose a green infrastructure approach to support sustainable communities, maintain healthy waters, and provide long term sustainability of social, environmental , and economic priorities. Since the 1980s, we have been perfecting the planning, design, and implementation of infiltration and vegetative treatment systems, and are leaders in the use of low-impact development (LID) and other green infrastructure.

We have a long history identifying water supply sources for our clients and assisting them with the permitting process needed to bring these sources on-line. We conduct aquifer pumping tests and three-dimensional groundwater modeling to assess impacts to hydrologic resources including wetlands, surface water bodies, and other wells. The data is also used to support applications for groundwater diversion permits. In addition to assessment and permitting services, we help state and municipal governments develop wellhead protection programs and municipal aquifer protection ordinances.

Toxic and hazardous materials include materials, chemicals, or biologic agents that may pose a risk to human health or the environment. These materials, such as asbestos, lead, mold, PCBs and radon, may be found in building envelopes or the surrounding outdoor environment. Our services include building inspections, material sampling and analysis, development of design specifications, and monitoring for abatement programs.

Realizing the maximum value in real estate requires a multidisciplinary team that can integrate varied technical solutions into a comprehensive redevelopment plan consistent with the vision of the owner. Our staff is experienced in working together with redevelopment teams in the development of comprehensive planning, design, and permitting strategies. Our experts seamlessly weave the technical, regulatory, financial, and aesthetic aspects of redevelopment into the existing urban fabric to deliver the best solutions and maximize the long-term value of redevelopment projects.

Building upon 90 years of land surveying records and maps, we support both clients and other groups within our company. We use state of the art equipment, such as robotic total stations and virtual reference GPS systems, to provide property boundary surveys, control network preparation, ALTA/ACSM surveys, topographic and utility surveys, and construction stake-out services.

Fuss & O’Neill integrates planning and landscape architectural services across our diverse disciplines. Our team of designers, planners, and engineers possess a unique blend of formal and practical experience in landscape architecture, planning, real-estate development, transportation, site master planning, and design. Partnering with profit and non-profit developers, government agencies, and allied design professionals, we provide a diverse palette of visualization tools for communication and public outreach.

Fuss & O’Neill has extensive experience providing Professional Services under the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP, 310 CMR 40.0000) in connection with environmental assessments, investigations and cleanups. Our staff includes several Licensed Site Professionals (LSPs). Having a strong in-house staff of LSPs allows us to efficiently navigate many challenges posed by properties affected by releases of oil and/or hazardous materials. This capability allows us to efficiently make the most of property redevelopment potential as well as meeting obligations prescribed by the MCP. In addition, when unexpected oil and/or hazardous materials scenarios arise, especially during construction, having the in-house capability of our LSPs allows us to seamlessly deal with these situations in a timely and cost-effective manner.

We have been providing a broad range of on-call engineering and environmental services to municipal, state, federal, industrial, institutional, and utility clients throughout Southern New England for decades. As one of the largest multidiscipline engineering firms in the region, we not only possess the expertise and resources to successfully fulfill these types of contracts, we also have a thorough understanding of local, state, and federal regulations, as well as strong relationships with respective regulatory staff. Our depth of expertise and resources, as well as our ability to quickly respond to emergency situations, results in cost-effective and innovative solutions for assigned tasks.

Through our vast experience on hundreds of roadway projects throughout Southern New England, we have a great deal of expertise in roadway geometry, drainage, traffic signal design, traffic calming, and context-sensitive design techniques from initial preliminary design stages through construction support. We handle everything from large interstate highway improvements to small local roads. Our safety engineering experience includes designing safety elements such as guide rails, barrier systems, impact attenuators, breakaway sign supports, and special treatments for difficult locations.

Our school safety services include technical and art education safety management, chemical hygiene plan development, chemical storeroom organization, chemical risk assessment, and general school chemical safety program assistance. We will also facilitate the organization and scheduling of quarterly safety committee meetings and review other environmental and safety issues as needed.

Fuss & O’Neill is recognized for our ability to integrate multi-discipline teams to plan and design urban and suburban development and redevelopment in a holistic way that enhances communities and brings our clients' visions to life. Our transit-oriented development and urban redevelopment projects (frequently on brownfields sites) are successful applications of sustainable and low impact design (LID) principles. Whether we are designing special places for work, living or playing, we understand how to maximize the economic, social and environmental values of sites for our clients.

Our decades of stormwater management experience are highlighted by our experience authoring state and regional manuals (e.g. Connecticut Storm Water Quality Manual). Our experts solve drainage, flooding, and stormwater quality problems, and assist in developing municipal programs to address these challenges. Possessing a strong design capability in stormwater systems, we are leaders in integrating green infrastructure and low impact design (LID) principles in our projects.

Our structural design group provides evaluation and design services for bridges, buildings, and other specialty structures for a variety of governmental, industrial, and private clients. Our multi-disciplined team allows us to address the multi-faceted needs of any structural assignment. We develop tailored and cost effective solutions that are functional and aesthetically compatible with their surroundings.

Our transportation team excels in resolving complex infrastructure and permitting challenges. We believe that successful projects must be designed with sensitivity to the community, diligence to technical and functional criteria, and awareness of cost. Services include traffic signal systems, traffic calming, modeling, parking studies, traffic impact analysis for development projects, and maintenance of traffic during construction. Permitting services cover the CT State Traffic Commission, ConnDOT, MassDOT, RIDOT, and NYSDOT, in addition to encroachment and street access permitting.

Community development aims to create sustainable, productive, and healthy places for people to live, work, and play. We are a nationally recognized leader in developing contemporary and compelling urban plans, and we offer a wide range of urban planning services including development planning and design, research and site analysis, charrette and public participation programming, and coding and regulatory consultation.