History

Corporate History

Underwood Engineers, Inc., a full service civil and environmental engineering firm, has been providing services from Portsmouth for almost thirty years. Frank G. Underwood, P.E., President and Chief Engineer, assumed the helm as the owner in June of 1982. Areas of the firm’s expertise include water treatment, storage and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, wastewater solids handling, municipal planning, site planning, and construction services.

Serving New England Communities

As a dedicated and highly professional organization, we have maintained long-term relationships with numerous New England municipalities. From our offices in Portsmouth, NH and Concord, NH, we serve clients throughout New Hampshire, Maine, northern Massachusetts, and Vermont. Approximately 90% of our projects are for New Hampshire communities. Many of our staff engineers are members of municipal boards in their home communities. Our experience and community service provides us with excellent hands-on understanding of the concerns of area citizens.

Project Delivery Philosophy

Our Principal is responsible for and sets continuous goals of quality assurance and client satisfaction. Mr. Underwood oversees all projects and maintains constant communication with the project managers. As our client, you always have direct access to the Principal. We are firmly committed to a “hands-on” project management system ensuring those goals. The Project Manager, a registered Professional Engineer, is assigned for each project and has the overall responsibility for project delivery (i.e. schedule, budget, technical coordination, and communication). The Project Manager remains technically involved and serves as your primary contact from project initiation through construction and to satisfactory completion and startup. The Project Engineer is designated to assist the Project Manager and serve as the secondary contact to assure that assistance will always be available when you require it. With specified individuals responsible for your project, you will receive timely response to your questions and needs.

Professional Standards

Members of our staff maintain active positions on professional associations in the New England region and are recognized as experts in the wastewater field in New England. Many individual engineers are also members of the American Society of Civil Engineers. These organizations advocate high standards for professional engineers. Our technical staff stays updated on the latest technology by participating in these organizations, and attending regional technical seminars.

Recognition for Yankee Ingenuity

The engineers at Underwood are recognized as innovative problem solvers. With inherent ingenuity, UEI has consistently achieved long-term, affordable solutions for the complex problems municipalities face. Proven expertise in obtaining funding, State & Federal grant procedures, negotiation, design solutions, project delivery, value engineering, budgets and cost sharing has developed our reputation for excellence and service.