Moffatt & Nichol - Burns & Mcdonnell Hawaii

Moffatt & Nichol - Burns & McDonnell Hawaii is a for-profit joint venture partnership between two established engineering firms that specializes in providing comprehensive architectural and engineering services to the U.S. Navy. Based in Honolulu, Hawaii, the firm is registered in SAM.gov and holds a substantial $180 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) as its primary vehicle for delivering services. The joint venture combines the expertise of Moffatt & Nichol and Burns & McDonnell to support critical naval infrastructure projects, particularly those focused on waterfront facilities, modernization, and facility maintenance throughout the Pacific region.

The firm has demonstrated extensive capabilities through a robust portfolio of federal contract awards spanning from 2021 through August 2025, with delivery orders totaling tens of millions of dollars funded primarily by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Navy Installations Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, and Naval Sea Systems Command. The scope of work encompasses architect-engineering services for complex waterfront and naval infrastructure projects, including seismic vulnerability assessments for multiple dry docks, design-bid-build construction packages for berth repairs and upgrades, facility certification report updates, shore power distribution system improvements, and specialized studies such as feasibility analyses for Virginia-class submarine repair berths and floating dry dock siting evaluations. Representative projects include seismic assessment reports for naval wharves at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, repair and upgrade work on multiple berths (B10-B13, B15-B18, and others), dry dock caisson replacement design services, electrical station upgrades, pontoon pier replacement, and landing craft ramp construction support. The firm regularly engages specialized subcontractors including geotechnical engineering firms (Geolabs Inc., Earth Mechanics Inc., Pacific Geotechnical Engineers Inc.), environmental and hazardous materials specialists (Myounghee Noh & Associates LLC, Aecos Inc.), naval architecture firms (Heger Dry Dock Inc.), surveying and hydrographic companies (Etrac/Woolpert), cost estimating services (J. UNO & Associates Inc., Crawford Consulting Services Inc.), and architectural firms (Fung Associates Inc./FAI Architects). All contract awards to the firm have been made without set-aside designations, indicating selection through open competition based on technical merit, reflecting its status as a qualified, pre-selected contractor for the Navy's critical Pacific region infrastructure needs.