McKim & Creed

People Helping People Solve Complex Infrastructure Challenges

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About the firm

McKim & Creed is an engineering, geomatics, and surveying firm founded in 1984 and ranked among ENR's Top 200 Design Firms. With offices across North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Texas, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana, it combines national expertise with local perspective to deliver water, wastewater, energy, site civil, and geomatics solutions. Core strengths include water and wastewater infrastructure, central utility plants, SCADA and I&C systems, climate resiliency design, and a full geomatics practice spanning aerial mapping, mobile LiDAR, and subsurface utility engineering.

Established
1984
Team
Large
Firm type
Automation & Controls · Civil Engineering · Fire Protection Engineering · Land Surveying · MEP · Power & Utility Engineering · Structural Engineering · Water / Wastewater Engineering

Capabilities

Water & Wastewater Engineering

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Comprehensive planning, design, and construction administration for drinking water treatment and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, reclaimed water systems, and wet weather programs.

  • Water Management
  • Wastewater Management
  • Reclaimed Water
  • Water Loss Recovery & Water Asset Management
  • Wet Weather Program
  • Hydraulic Modeling
  • Trenchless Technology
  • Stormwater Management & Flood Risk Reduction

Central Utility Plants & Medium-Voltage Distribution

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Engineering of central utility plants and medium-voltage distribution systems for healthcare, educational, and industrial facilities, including CHP, heat recovery, thermal storage, absorption chillers, and medium-voltage deliveries up to 160,000 kVA at 34,500 volts.

  • Chilled water and steam system design
  • Combined heat and power (CHP)
  • Thermal storage and energy optimization controls
  • Medium-voltage ductbank and cable system commissioning

Electrical Design and Engineering

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Electrical systems design for water and wastewater treatment, covering primary and emergency standby power, medium and low voltage switchgear, power transformers, motor control centers, arc flash mitigation, load studies, UPS, variable frequency drives, grounding, and lightning protection.

  • Primary and emergency standby power systems
  • Arc flash mitigation and fault protection
  • Load calculations and power coordination studies
  • Motor control centers and variable frequency drives
  • Lighting design and conduit layouts

Instrumentation, Controls & SCADA

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I&C and SCADA engineering for municipal and industrial clients, delivered by a team of 25 engineers and designers with collectively over 150 years of experience in controls, programming, integration, and field administration.

  • SCADA system design and integration
  • SCADA Cybersecurity (High-Level Risk Assessment, Security Readiness, Asset Management, Vulnerability Management)

Climate Resiliency

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Analysis, design, and upfit of resilient water, wastewater, and reclaimed water infrastructure to withstand storm-surge flooding, saltwater intrusion, and power disruptions. Includes FEMA/HMGP funding support; McKim & Creed has helped 25+ utilities secure nearly $60 million in SRF and CWSRF funding.

  • Resilient infrastructure analysis and design
  • FEMA/HMGP and SRF funding support

Sustainable Energy Solutions

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Renewable energy and building systems engineering, including solar, energy storage, and building energy optimization.

  • Renewable Energy: Solar & ESS
  • Building Systems: Sustainability and Energy Optimization

MEP, Structural & Fire Protection (MEPSFP)

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  • Mechanical
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing
  • Structural
  • Fire Protection Engineering For Building And Facility Projects

Site Civil & Land Development

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Site civil engineering for land development projects.

  • Grading
  • Utilities
  • Permitting

Construction Administration

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  • Onsite Resident Project Representation
  • Pre-construction Conferences
  • Progress Meetings
  • Field Reports
  • Contract Change Management
  • Final Completion Inspections

Geomatics & Surveying

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Full geomatics practice spanning conventional land surveying, aerial mapping, mobile LiDAR, 3D laser scanning, UAS/drone surveys, hydrographic surveying, subsurface utility engineering, and geospatial asset management.

  • 3D Laser Scanning
  • Aerial Mapping
  • Mobile LiDAR
  • Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)
  • Boundary/ALTA Surveys
  • Hydrographic Surveying
  • Subsurface Utility Engineering (SUE)
  • Geospatial Asset Management & Solutions
  • Utility Coordination

Environmental Consulting

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Master Planning & Landscape Architecture

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Facility and campus master planning and landscape architecture services.

  • Master Planning
  • Landscape Architecture

Industries

Water Supply · Wastewater · Stormwater & Flood Control · Healthcare · Education · Industrial · Power Generation · Oil & Gas · Energy Storage · Renewable Energy · Solar · Aviation · Transportation · Highways & Roads · Rail · Ports & Harbors · Federal · Government · Commercial · Residential

Projects

City of Sarasota Lift Station 87

Sarasota, FL · Wastewater · Client: City of Sarasota

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Lift station project earning ISI Envision Silver Award for sustainability.

UNC Pembroke Electrical Infrastructure Master Plan

Pembroke, NC · Education: Higher Ed · Client: UNC Pembroke

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Electrical infrastructure master plan for University of North Carolina Pembroke campus.

Charlotte-Douglas International Airport Chillers and Cooling Towers

Charlotte, NC · Transportation: Aviation · Client: Charlotte-Douglas International Airport

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Chiller and cooling tower engineering for Charlotte-Douglas International Airport.

NCSU Steam Plant 3D Imaging and Modeling

Raleigh, NC · Education: Higher Ed · Client: NC State University

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3D imaging and modeling of the steam plant at NC State University.

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