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BRINGING YOUR BUILDINGS TO LIFE

PEOPLE WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Our team meets challenges and helps clients find cost-effective solutions every day. It’s how we work to listen to your needs and develop innovative solutions that are the best for your building. We don’t just make buildings function;

WE BRING BUILDINGS TO LIFE

through our designs.

OUR BROAD RANGE OF SERVICES INCLUDE:

WHAT WE DO

We listen to clients’ wants, needs, and desires to better understand the scope of projects, large and small. Clients span a wide range of industries, from federal to healthcare, and from commercial to K-12 and higher education. For all our projects, engineers focus on cost, safety, reliability, and visual impact. With talent and creativity, the result is engineering excellence.

Mechanical Engineering

Energy conservation, sustainability, maintainability, and life cycle costs are key factors when determining the right system for each client's unique needs.

Mechanical Engineering

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning • Boilers, Chillers, Circulating Pumps, and Cooling Towers • Building Automation Control Systems

Electrical Engineering

When it comes to electrical engineering, you name it, we've probably done it. Innovative and creative are words that best describe our design philosophy.

Electrical Engineering

• Facility and Energy Assessments • Arc Flash Studies, Short Circuit Studies, Coordination Studies • Primary and Secondary Power Distribution

Plumbing

Our expertise spans the full spectrum of plumbing solutions: large and small, complex and routine, public and private.

Plumbing

• Domestic, Sanitary, and Storm Water Plumbing Systems • Compressed Air, Medical, and Process Gas Systems • Meet ADA Requirements

Lighting Design

Lighting design is one of our specialties. And the more unique the lighting system, the better.

Lighting Design

• Develop Lighting Concepts • Lighting Renderings • Lighting Calculations

Technology

Farris provides technology infrastructures that are highly flexible and capable of future growth.

Technology

• Data Center Design • Telecommunications Infrastructure • Audio/Visual System Design

Fire Protection / Life Safety

When it comes to saving lives, Farris is passionate and innovative. We make fire protection and life safety a focal point in all designs.

Fire Protection / Life Safety

• Fire and Life Safety Studies • Systems for New and Renovated Facilities

Commissioning

Our commissioning expertise assures that systems and components meet expected standards.

Commissioning

• Commissioning Plans • Commissioning Specifications

LEED Consulting & Sustainable Design

Farris professionals seek maximum energy efficiency and environmentally-friendly components in all our designs.

LEED Consulting & Sustainable Design

• Proper Building Orientations • Avoiding North Facing Entries • Placement of Windows/Skylights to Maximize Natural Light

Construction Administration

We have found that clients are best served by continuity in the project team from design through construction.

Construction Administration

• Contractor's Submittal Review • Pay Application Review • Construction Directives Issued for Clarifications and Minor Changes

Planning & Programing Services

Helping Owners evaluate existing facilities, listening to their needs, and developing plans to meet their vision is what we do best.

Planning & Programing Services

• Life Cycle Costing and Energy Modeling • Programming Documents • Design-Build Bridging Documents

Federal Capabilities

As a Total Small Business contractor, we understand the procedures, processes, and preferences to deliver successful projects for federal agencies.

Federal Capabilities

• Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing Engineering • Fire Protection/Life Safety Engineer (FPE) • Certified Commissioning Authorities (CxA)

CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

Don’t take our word for it – here’s what our clients say:

I have found the design engineers at Farris to be very professional and thorough in their approach and solutions.

GORDON MALM

Director of Facility Planning & Construction,
CHI Health

Your dedication to sustainability, technology, energy efficiency and state-of-the-art design is admirable indeed.

DR. LOUIS G. POL

Dean, College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Response times to RFIs has been completed in hours rather than days. Farris’ personnel are highly skilled in their profession. I would recommend them highly.

THOMAS HATCH

Veterans Affairs Contracting Office, Sheridan, WY

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