| Our Philosophy

  • | Identify

    | Identify

    Mission gaps often drive solution need. Proper identification is critical in project planning infancy to form a solution’s foundational scope.

  • | Collaborate

    | Collaborate

    A problem half-understood is a solution half-built. Effective collaboration with users and subject matter experts illuminate problems at large, driving effective solutions during planning and design stages.

  • | Execute

    | Execute

    Without disciplined execution, the project delivered is rarely the project envisioned.

| Capabilities

As a federal-focused small business, our core capabilities primarily encompass NAICS 541330.

Have something else in mind? Contact us with project details.

    • DD1391 development and preparation

    • Planning studies, mission gap and UFC compliancy assessments

    • Load rating assessments

    • SAES review, scoping, and teaming allocation

    • Baseline condition assessment

    • Routine

    • Design-level

    • PCAS

    • Post-event

    • Waterfront-focused structural engineering

    • Basis of design development

    • Specifications development via SpecsIntact

      • eOMSI facility data workbook

      • Draft follow-on service list

      • QA inspection list

    • Cost estimate/CSRA/schedule support

    • DD1354 development

    • Section 106/SHPO support

    • HAZMAT support

    • Design development oversight & multidisciplinary coordination

    • Project phasing & outage coordination analysis support

    • Design review facilitation

    • 3rd party QA/QC

    • QA/QC plan documentation

    • QC meeting oversight

    • QA inspections

    • Submittal/shop drawing review & RFI response

    • Design consultation

    • eOMSI & internal service list requirement list (IRSL) development

    • Field consultation

    • General contract admin assistance/support

| About Us

Derek Gallagher, P.E., C.W.I

Principal

Derek Gallagher is a licensed Professional Engineer with comprehensive experience delivering structural, waterfront, and inspection services for federal agencies across the United States. Mr. Gallagher holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and maintains engineer licensure in California, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Nevada, and New York. As an American Welding Society© Certified Weld Inspector, Mr. Gallagher brings specialized expertise to structural inspections and PCAS support.

Derek has served as Engineer of Record and project manager on multiple federal design projects, supporting mission‑critical facilities with disciplined engineering, inter-disciplinary management, and field‑tested judgment. His experience spans structural design and assessment, facility inspection and planning, and QA/QC.

Gallagher Federal Consultants was founded on the principle of disciplined execution - engineering meeting the high standards expected in federal programs. As a small business, we stay close to the work, ensuring solutions are accurately identified, collaboratively developed, and integrated executed.

Derek Gallagher, P.E.

| Resource Library

Unified Facilities Criteria
Federal Planning References
Federal CAD Standards
Unified Facilities Guidance Specifications
Federal CAD Standards
Safety Standards

| Contact Us

Need support on an upcoming federal effort or have something else in mind? Contact us to discuss how Gallagher Federal Consulting can help.

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