Bill Text: TX SR737 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Freese and Nichols on the occasion of its 125th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-22 - Reported enrolled [SR737 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR737-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Freese and Nichols is celebrating its 125th | ||
anniversary in 2019, providing a fitting opportunity to pay | ||
tribute to this venerable Fort Worth-based engineering and | ||
architecture firm; and | ||
WHEREAS, The company was first established in 1894 by John | ||
B. Hawley; Simon Freese joined the firm as a partner in 1927 and | ||
Marvin C. Nichols in 1928, and the company became Freese and | ||
Nichols, Inc., in 1976; through the years, it has taken part in | ||
the design and construction management of such crucial Texas | ||
infrastructure projects as the channel of the San Antonio River | ||
that is now the River Walk, the first air-conditioned buildings | ||
in North Texas, the Pantex Ordnance Plant in Amarillo, the | ||
expansion of Arlington Stadium, and the Skylink people mover | ||
system at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport; and | ||
WHEREAS, Today, under the leadership of president and CEO | ||
Brian Coltharp, Freese and Nichols continues to work closely with | ||
regional and local governments, educational institutions, the | ||
military, energy providers, transportation agencies, and water | ||
districts in Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, Oklahoma, and | ||
Louisiana; and | ||
WHEREAS, The company is a positive force in the community | ||
as well; its leaders have served on the boards of many worthy | ||
organizations, including the United Way, the North Texas | ||
Commission, and the Boy and Girl Scouts, and over the past four | ||
years alone, individual employees have performed more than | ||
25,000 hours of volunteer service; and | ||
WHEREAS, Freese and Nichols has been honored with the Texas | ||
Treasure Business Award from the Texas Historical Commission, | ||
and it is the first engineering and architecture firm ever to | ||
receive the prestigious Baldrige Award for Performance | ||
Excellence from the United States Department of Commerce; it has | ||
also earned recognition from the American Council of Engineering | ||
Companies, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the | ||
Construction Management Association of America, the American | ||
Public Works Association, the American Planning Association, and | ||
many other organizations; and | ||
WHEREAS, For 125 years, Freese and Nichols has played a | ||
significant role in the development and prosperity of the Lone | ||
Star State, and its managers and employees may indeed take great | ||
pride in the company's longevity and its outstanding record of | ||
achievement; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, hereby commemorate the 125th anniversary of Freese | ||
and Nichols and extend to all those associated with the firm | ||
sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for Freese and Nichols as an expression of high regard | ||
by the Texas Senate. | ||
Powell | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 22, 2019. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |