Nitsch Engineering specializes in providing offshore wind; civil, transportation, and structural engineering; land surveying; green infrastructure; planning; and GIS services. Founded in 1989, we have now worked with a wide range of clients on major infrastructure and development projects throughout New England and along the East Coast. Nitsch Engineering is the largest Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) civil engineering firm in Massachusetts, and is a certified WBE in Virginia. We have earned the respect and confidence of our clients, as demonstrated by the fact that 93% of our work comes from repeat clients.

Civil Engineering: Nitsch Engineering’s professional engineers coordinate their efforts with architects, landscape architects, and owners to provide comprehensive solutions to site-development issues. Our proactive approach to addressing stormwater management, grading, site utility, and permitting issues allows us to identify and resolve potential problems before they become critical issues.

Transportation Engineering: Nitsch Engineering recognizes that the transportation elements of a project – including vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic – often set the tone for how a project is balanced in the surrounding environment. We perform traffic studies; prepare transportation master plans; and provide roadway design and permitting.

Structural Engineering: Bridges are an essential element of our nation’s infrastructure, and Nitsch Engineering’s structural engineers devise innovative, cost-effective, and sustainable solutions that keep our communities safe. Our staff are experienced in designing new bridges, rehabilitating older bridges, providing NBIS bridge inspection, and assessing bridge load rating.

Land Surveying: Nitsch Engineering works with each client to determine the appropriate scope of services and level of accuracy to meet the objectives of the project, whether for a property line, topographic, title insurance, construction layout, laser scanning, or interior building surveys.

Green Infrastructure: Using principles of biomimicry, ecohydrology, and ecological restoration, and often incorporating rainwater harvesting, Nitsch Engineering’s integrated approach results in sites that more closely reflect natural ecological patterns than traditional engineering techniques, while accomplishing the program objectives.

Planning: We help our clients plan for challenges ahead. From Hazard Mitigation Plans (HMPs), to Risk and Vulnerability Assessments, to Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) program projects, to stormwater master plans, our planners can meet a variety of needs. We also support our clients with public engagement and outreach to address their community’s unique goals and concerns.

GIS Services: Nitsch Engineering meets our clients’ planning, engineering, and land surveying needs with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. By overlaying many different site factors, GIS analysis can help simplify the planning process when complex site or land issues are involved.

Offshore Wind Services
Nitsch Engineering works with our clients to integrate renewable energy and achieve resilient and sustainable projects. Our staff are experienced with inter-disciplinary consulting in strategic, environmental, and urban planning for both public and private clients. Specifically, we support offshore wind projects with permitting and supply chain logistics, and waterfront analysis and design.

Offshore Wind Energy: With the growth of demand for renewable energy, the Nitsch team applies a variety of experience to help clients find ways to integrate renewable energy into new projects. Our experience supports our ability to address site challenges and scheduling constraints to create sustainable solutions. We provide services for offshore wind energy projects including:

• Project Management
• Port Infrastructure & Vessel Analysis
• Constraints Mapping
• Facility Siting
• Supply Chain Logistics
• Permitting Process Support
• Coastal Planning & Engineering
• Regulatory Review
• Community Engagement

Port & Waterfront Structures: With the development of offshore wind energy comes the need for attention to the resilience of waterfront structures. Our engineers are experienced in designing and assessing different types of waterfront structures, including:

• Piers & Trestles
• Ports
• Wharves
• Seawalls & Quay Walls
• Bulkheads & Cofferdams
• Floating Docks
• Transfer Bridges
• Drydocks
• Marine Railways & Lifts
• Fender Systems