NV5: Pacific Northwest acquisitions bring increased capabilities to the Tri-Cities

NV5, through its Richland-based wholly owned subsidiary Dade Moeller, is committed to continuing Dade Moeller’s 26-year reputation for providing the Tri-Cities with excellence in occupational and environmental health and safety consulting. In last year’s Progress Edition, we committed to expanding the solutions we deliver and increasing our focus on objectives that are important to our community.

We are excited to share in this year’s Progress Edition that acquisitions made by NV5 in 2019 have added a number of staff and capabilities specific to NV5’s Pacific Northwest footprint that will benefit the Tri-Cities. As an example of the increased capabilities now available to the Tri-Cities, NV5 recently was approved by the Port of Benton to provide planning and engineering services for Richland and Prosser airports through its new acquisition WHPacific. Environmental support on this work will be provided by NV5’s Richland-based Dade Moeller, and geotechnical support will be available via NV5’s Portland-based acquisition GeoDesign.

Engineering & Surveying Solutions

In July of 2019, NV5 acquired WHPacific, Inc., a leading provider of design engineering and surveying services throughout the western United States, including in Seattle, Portland, Salem and Boise. NV5/WHPacific brings an impressive client portfolio in key market sectors, including power utilities, departments of transportation and public entities. NV5/WHPacific is a full service, multidisciplinary engineering, surveying and architecture firm helping both public and private clients achieve success with their most challenging projects across its core service lines, including Transportation, Survey and Mapping, Facilities and Land Development Services, Water Resources, Environmental Services, Aviation, Construction Services and Industrial Facilities Engineering.

Geotechnical Solutions

Also in July 2019, NV5 acquired GeoDesign, a geotechnical, geologic, environmental, pavement, and mining consulting firm headquartered in the Portland Metro area. Since 1997, NV5/GeoDesign has supported the design and construction of healthcare, educational and institutional facilities; commercial and industrial developments; housing and mixed-use (mid- and high-rise) buildings; and transportation and water infrastructure. The firm offers QA/QC specialty testing of drilled shafts (Cross-Hole Sonic Logging) and driven piles (PDA testing), as well as vibration monitoring during construction.

NV5/GeoDesign also has engineers versed in Performance-Based Seismic Design for very critical or high-rise structures being constructed in seismic areas, and its Oregon geotechnical lab has Electromechanical Dynamic Cyclic Simple Shear (EMDCSS) testing capabilities. NV5/GeoDesign works on all phases of development, including preliminary studies for due diligence, siting of new structures and utility and road alignments, comprehensive investigations for final geotechnical design, oversight of environmental clean-up activities, and construction observation.

Geospatial Solutions

In December 2019, NV5 acquired Quantum Spatial, Inc., the nation’s largest independent geospatial data firm, with offices around the country. Quantum Spatial provides geographic insights to the largest government and corporate organizations that need geospatial intelligence to mitigate risk, plan for growth, better manage resources and advance scientific understanding. A pioneer in advanced mapping technology, NV5/Quantum Spatial’s end-to-end solutions and services deliver the industry’s highest data quality and accuracy, while leveraging the widest array of technologies for analyzing all types of terrains. Customers use the company’s acquisition, processing, analytics, and visualization solutions in a range of technical and scientific disciplines – from geology and biology, to hydrology, forestry, and civil engineering. Utilities, oil and gas producers, engineering, and construction firms, as well as the military and major government agencies, are NV5/Quantum Spatial customers.

There is significant growth potential for the Tri-Cities community through transportation projects, growth and development of agriculture, city expansion projects and within the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site. With the new services that NV5 now offers in the Pacific Northwest, we look forward to delivering solutions and improving lives in our growing Tri-Cities community.

This story was originally published April 23, 2020 at 5:01 PM with the headline "NV5: Pacific Northwest acquisitions bring increased capabilities to the Tri-Cities."