Company Information
HHM Inc. is a provider of cultural resources management consulting solutions for federal, state, local, non-profit, and private clients. At HHM, we regularly assist our clients in the following key service areas:

  • Community and preservation planning
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Architecture and architectural history
  • Museum management and curation
  • History
  • Archives and records management

Within these disciplines, HHM professionals meet the Secretary of the Interior's Professional Qualifications Standards; many also meet stringent Texas Department of Transportation pre-certification requirements.

As a certified small business enterprise that has been in operation for over 20 years, HHM is dedicated to working with clients and agencies to provide innovative solutions that meet the needs and exceed the expectations of our clients. This is demonstrated by our extensive agency relationships, long record of success, and cutting-edge reputation. Since 1983, HHM has successfully completed projects in all 50 states. During this time, we have received numerous awards, including two major certificates of appreciation from our military clients. These awards, and our high percentage of repeat customers, attest to the quality of our work and our record for client satisfaction. From our pioneering cultural resources databases to our use of LIDAR technology for accurate recordation of historic properties, HHM offers effective, cost-efficient, innovative solutions to compliance, documentation, and mitigative needs.

Although a small business, HHM is also unique in possessing the institutional management skills, resources, and support systems necessary to insure that both large and small projects are completed within budget and on schedule. Additionally, we have the proven capacity to handle multiple concurrent projects at any time. While the firm's perspective is broad, its focus is narrow and always remains firmly fixed on addressing the needs of our clients.

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Regulatory Compliance
HHM Inc. has over 20 years of experience successfully assisting public and private clients navigate federal, state, county, municipal, environmental, cultural resource, and historic preservation regulations. This experience has included projects of all sizes and levels of complexity, and it has involved work in all 50 states.

One of the key reasons HHM has been successful in assisting clients across the United States is a company philosophy that stresses current expertise in all aspects of the compliance process. HHM assures that its staff possess expertise in all significant areas of cultural resource regulatory law.

In addition, in order to further expedite the efficient completion of projects across the United States, HHM maintains a library of current state regulations and statutes. This extensive experience and repository of knowledge allows our team to quickly and efficiently deliver quality compliance services to clients anywhere in the United States.

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Military Planning
Managing cultural resource compliance activities for the Department of Defense presents unique challenges and requires highly specialized expertise. Department of Defense branches must balance the goal to protect our national heritage with the need to assure the security of our nation. In addition, Department of Defense branches have their own specific sets of compliance regulations that must be followed. HHM is uniquely suited to assist military clients with their compliance needs. Our professional staff have extensive experience providing military clients with professional, timely, and cost-effective compliance services for a diverse array of projects across the United States. The services have been undertaken for numerous types of military facilities and proposed actions.

A sample of HHM’s military compliance services include:

  • Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plans
  • Programmatic Agreement and Compliance Memoranda Preparation
  • Tribal consultation/coordination services
  • Heritage assets inventories
  • Case alternatives reports
  • Cultural resource compliance for Base Realignment and Closure activities
  • Mitigative documentation
  • Public involvement coordination

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Transportation Services
Transportation infrastructure projects are among the most frequently occurring public-funded development projects in the United States. Whether it is new road construction, road widening, corridor improvements, or a bridge replacement, all such projects are important to our daily lives. Because such projects are publicly funded and can impact areas of cultural and historic sensitivity, they frequently have complicated environmental and cultural resource compliance needs.

HHM, Inc. provides a full suite of cultural resource compliance services for transportation projects. HHM's multi-disciplinary team of professionals has an exceptional reputation for assisting clients on transportation projects across Texas and has been involved in compliance for such projects for 18 years. Our team is currently precertified in the following TxDOT categories: 2.8.1 (historic building surveys), 2.9.1 (historic architecture), and 2.11.1 (historical and archival research) and has considerable experience with TxDOT processes and procedures. HHM's institutional capabilities and broad professional experience allow us to help clients navigate complicated compliance processes quickly and efficiently.

Typical services:

  • Section 106 compliance services
  • Reconnaissance and intensive-level architectural surveys
  • Historic context development
  • Archival research
  • Determinations of eligibility/effect
  • HABS/HAER documentation
  • 3-D laser scanning (LIDAR) documentation
  • LIDAR visual impact analyses
  • Alternatives analyses
  • Historic building assessments
  • Public involvement support
  • SHPO coordination and consultation
  • NEPA documentation support

Typical projects:

  • New location roadway construction
  • Roadway widening/improvements
  • Corridor studies
  • Bridge rehabilitation and replacement
  • Intersection/access improvements
  • Drainage improvements
  • Pedestrian/streetscape improvements

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Effective Partnering
HHM knows that creating the right team may mean the difference between being short-listed and securing the contract. We also recognize that it is essential for our clients that we assemble the most qualified team to meet their needs.

HHM has developed over 20 years of relationships across the United States and has partnered with firms from Oregon to Florida. Both as a primary contractor and subcontractor, HHM partners effectively with architectural and engineering firms, architectural design firms, archaeological firms, NEPA planners, and other consultants. Whatever the focus or needs of a project, HHM and its partners develop a process for efficient and accurate completion of project tasks and satisfaction of client needs and requirements.

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