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7-Eleven
June 8th, 2011 by Patrick Fiedler
Various locations
7-Eleven pioneered the convenience store concept in 1927; nearly 100 years later, the idea as strong and effective as ever.
In 2006, Fiedler Group was retained to assist 7-Eleven’s 6,970 stores grow by providing architectural, engineering, permitting, and project management services as a component of an aggressive new build and tenant improvement program.
Our scope for this rollout program include the following services:
- Site Investigation Reports,
- as-built drawings,
- site scoping meetings,
- floor plan layouts (incorporating ADA and health requirements),
- design,
- permitting, and
- bidding for vendors and contractors.
Contact us today to learn how we can help you with your project!
7-Eleven
June 2nd, 2011 by Fiedler Group
7-Eleven pioneered the convenience store concept in 1927; nearly 100 years later, the idea as strong and effective as ever.
In 2006, Fiedler Group was retained to assist 7-Eleven’s 6,970 stores grow by providing architectural, engineering, permitting, and project management services as a component of an aggressive new build and tenant improvement program.
Our scope for the San Pedro project featured below included the following services:
- Site Investigation Reports,
- as-built drawings,
- site scoping meetings,
- floor plan layouts (incorporating ADA and health requirements),
- civil and architectural design,
- permitting, and
- bidding for vendors and contractors.
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FIEDLER GROUP MARKS 65TH YEAR WITH GROWTH AND EXPANSION
December 13th, 2022 by Fiedler Group
As landmark anniversaries go, 65 years is significant. It’s not often that companies can claim such an accomplishment. Never satisfied with mainstream status quo, Fiedler Group has spent the last 65 years in a state of growth and renewal building upon the premise of Fiedler-firsts in both design and innovation. Always working to stay ahead of the curve, Fiedler Group has built its reputation by ushering in new designs, pivoting services to meet expanding customer needs, and navigating challenging projects across the nation.
Since celebrating our 60th anniversary 5 years ago, Fiedler Group has witnessed tremendous growth in the alternative energies field, taking on programs and projects from some of the world’s largest and most respected Fortune 100. From Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) stations to Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Heavy Duty Vehicle (HDV) fueling, state-of-the-art Electric EV Charging and Heavy-Duty Vehicle (HDV) and Light Duty Vehicle (LDV) Hydrogen fueling facilities, Fiedler Group has helped to usher in the next age of fuel offerings for both commercial and public clientele.
Below is a small sampling of projects showing the progression of alternative fuels technology over the last 5 years and how Fiedler Group has been involved.
2017 – Champagne-Urbana Project
Fiedler Group was proud to participate in the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District (MTD) project to construct a state-of-the-art hydrogen production, storage and fueling station to power hydrogen fuel-cell buses. Trillium contracted with Fiedler Group to design and engineer upgrades to MTD’s facilities with classified electrical, mechanical, and heating systems in accordance with NFPA2 standards with the permanent station producing hydrogen using electrolysis.
MTD operates a fleet of approximately sixteen 60-foot articulated buses, five 30-foot buses, and ninety 40-foot transit buses in the cities of Champaign and Urbana, the Village of Savoy, and on the University of Illinois campus. With successful completion of this project, MTD became the first transit system in the country to operate 60-foot articulated buses powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
2018 – First Hydrogen Facility for Freight and Port of Long Beach, Shell/Toyota
As part of the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, the California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded $8 million in a joint venture between Toyota and Equilon Enterprises LLC, doing business as Shell Oil Products US to develop the first hydrogen-truck refueling station at the Port of Long Beach. The program was created to aid in the development of hydrogen and electric infrastructure at ports, warehousing, and distribution centers in California, as well as encourage the use of zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks in and around Long Beach, one of the world’s largest freight hubs.
Fiedler Group provided the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) as well as the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) for the first of its kind, hydrogen HDV fueling facility at the Port of Long Beach.
Furthermore, Fiedler Group participated with Toyota in a “live-testing” project for short-haul, zero-emission truck prototypes transporting shipping containers between the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and several freight depots up to 70 miles away.
With the successful completion of this project, Toyota became the first major automaker to enter the fuel cell market for Class 8 vehicles. The Toyota North America team said it decided to focus on a heavy rig truck to some extent because the vehicle could best demonstrate the fuel cell technology while contributing to cleaner air in heavily polluted Southern California.
Fiedler Group was responsible for the site screening, due diligence, site adaptation design and system integration, permitting, project management, and construction management for hydrogen fueling facilities throughout California and in Florida.
2019 – EVgo Project
EVgo and the City of Sacramento celebrated California’s first-ever curbside high-powered charging plaza for electric vehicles. EVgo, the nation’s largest public electric vehicle (EV) fast charging network, joined with the City of Sacramento to celebrate the public opening of California’s first-ever curbside high-powered charging plaza for electric vehicles at Southside Park. Fiedler Group was responsible for the site civil and electrical design, system integration and permitting.
2019 – Citrus Heights Hydrogen Shell Station
In 2019, Fiedler Group was team member with the California Fuel Cell Partnership and Shell Oil® working in partnership with the California Energy Commission, for a seven-station development program in Northern California.
These first-of-their-kind stations brought the latest in Hydrogen Fueling Technology to excited owners of Fuel Cell powered vehicles in the Sacramento and Bay areas. The first of these stations to open to the public was located in Citrus Heights. Fiedler Group provided due diligence, entitlement, design, engineering, obtained permits and construction management for this facility in only twelve months, eight months ahead of schedule.
This Sacramento area project represented the fifth facility that Fiedler Group designed, permitted, and managed construction for Shell. Featuring two fully independent Hydrogen fuel dispensers, this facility was designed to fuel passenger vehicles with some of the most advanced technology available today.
2020 – San Francisco’s First Hydrogen Stations
Fiedler Group designed, permitted, and managed construction of 3 stations offering 100% renewable hydrogen from biogas for Shell Oil as part of a California Energy Commission and California Fuel Cell Partnership.
Equipment and critical technology were provided by NEL Hydrogen® and construction of the new hydrogen fuel station on Harrison Street was provided by Fastech Inc. California and construction of the 3rd Street and Mission Street stations were provided by NCI, LLC. Each location was constructed with two fully independent hydrogen fuel dispensers that can fuel passenger vehicles with some of the most advanced technology available today.
2020 – Iwatani Futurity Projects
Fiedler Group was contracted by Iwatani Corporation of America to perform the multi-site program, Futurity. Fiedler Group services included both FEED and EPC services for six (6) light duty hydrogen fueling facilities located in Anaheim, Corona, Hawaiian Gardens, La Mirada, Santa Ana, and Seal Beach, California. All project sites were designed and constructed at existing retail petroleum stations.
As the Engineer of Record for the Futurity Program, Fiedler Group provided design expertise and technical oversight on each project. Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) services included providing preliminary Conceptual Designs to ensure site viability; Entitlement processing including the completion of Site Investigation Reports (SIR) to evaluate capability and capacity for site development as well as barriers to execution; engineering and design sets for permitting and AHJ review; and construction management services, ensuring all sites were constructed to plan.
2020 – So Cal Gas Open New Heavy Duty CNG Fueling Station
In March of 2020, The Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) opened a new Heavy-Duty Vehicle Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling station in Bakersfield, California. Fiedler Group provided the architectural, civil, structural, fuel, and electrical design required for the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling facility and the gasoline/diesel fleet fueling installation.
The new fueling facility was the fifteenth public SoCalGas-operated CNG fueling station to open to the public and exclusively offering renewable natural gas (RNG). RNG is a sustainable fuel made from methane that would otherwise be emitted from landfills, dairy farms, and other waste sources.
2021 – OCTAs Hydrogen Fueling Station Rollout
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) debuted 10 new hydrogen fuel cell buses as well as the nation’s largest fueling station located in Santa Ana, CA. The deployment not only demonstrated the technology capable of reducing greenhouse gas emissions but bolstered the push for upgrading current facilities to meet the growing demand of hydrogen-fueled vehicles.
The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), specializing in the development of zero-emission solutions, organized and managed all phases of the innovative project, including the design and production of 10 buses, construction of a high-capacity fueling station capable of servicing up to 50 buses per day, and the upgrade of OCTA facilities to work safely on hydrogen-fueled vehicles.
Fiedler Group was a proud member of the ground-breaking project and was responsible for designing and engineering the upgrades to OCTA maintenance facilities that service hydrogen-powered vehicles. Fiedler Group’s experience in this new and evolving industry has allowed the firm to provide design, permitting, and entitlement services for the development and state-of-the-art construction of alternative fuel facilities as well as to navigate complex regulations and hurdles often associated with this new technology.
2022 – Shell Compressed Natural Gas, Carson
Fiedler Group’s design completion led way to construction of the Shell Renewable Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Site in Carson, California.
Fiedler Group was contracted to provide design, permitting and engineering services for the CNG dispensing station at the existing ethanol loading facility to enable the conversion of seven delivery trucks from diesel fuel to renewable CNG fuel. The CNG dispensing station includes three CNG dispensers, a 20-foot-tall canopy over the dispensers, and a CNG system compound with two compressors, one dryer, and three CNG storage tanks. Furthermore, the CNG facility will be supported by a new 3,200-foot-long natural gas pipeline located on the property.
2022 – Shell Neptune Program
Shell Oil contracted with Fiedler Group for an 18-month program to design and permit a minimum of 15 hydrogen project sites located throughout California. Tasked with completing preliminary, feasibility, and design services, Fiedler Group is working with both Shell and local authorities to add hydrogen services to existing traditional fuel stations or new build sites.
We’ve Come A Long Way…
Fiedler Group’s success is not only credited to the talented staff contributing to each of its projects, but also to the vision of founder Fred Stanton Fiedler. After serving in World War II, Fred went to work for the Union Oil Company of California where he managed the retail construction and engineering department for more than eleven years, completing more than 800 service fuel stations across the Western United States. After Union Oil reached its refinery capacity and no more service stations were commissioned, Fred founded the engineering company that would eventually become Fiedler Group – Fred Fiedler & Associates (FF&A).
In 2002, after working side by side with his father for 20 years, Patrick Fiedler purchased FF&A and in 2004, the firm rebranded itself as Fiedler Group to reflect the growing breadth of engineering and multi-dimensional design services offered.
Patrick Fiedler, Sr. pictured at opening ceremony of first Shell Hydrogen Fuel Station. 
Since inception, FF&A/Fiedler Group has worked alongside our clients designing and engineering innovative concepts into reality. As a leader in fuel station design, Fiedler Group has enabled major petroleum companies to pivot to their customers’ changing needs with the introduction and shifting of full-service to self-service fueling operations, the spear-heading of service solutions to clean air initiatives, answering the call for greater convenience, and the push for alternate fuel design including methanol, compressed natural gas, liquefied natural gas, and hydrogen. Through it all, consumer expectations have been placed in the forefront, and progress pursued.
A great deal has changed within the petrochemical and automotive industries over the decades, but Fiedler Group has remained consistent in its vision: we are dedicated to innovation in engineering and design, and we will continue to evolve along with our client’s needs.
65th Anniversary Week of Events
Fiedler Group marked its 65-Year Anniversary with a full week of corporate events culminating in a celebration at the Castle Green venue located in Pasadena, California.
Founded on the three tenants of Valuing People, Delivering Quality Projects, and Providing Superior Customer Service, Fiedler Group kicked-off the week with team member trainings on the Anatomy of a Project, highlighting key services required to successfully deliver quality projects to our clients.
The week also included various team building events, from joining forces to escape a post-apocalyptic bunker to engaging in friendly teamwork competitions to build and donate military care packages to service members overseas.
Fiedler Group is extremely grateful for the success it has achieved over the last 65 years. We have been privileged to work with interesting clients on leading-edge projects and look to a promising future ahead!
Patrick Fiedler, Sr. pictured with several Fiedler Group alumnae. 
Former colleagues, forever friends.
To learn more about Fiedler Group services and projects, please visit www.fiedlergroup.com.
Celebrating Fiedler Group’s 60th Anniversary
May 1st, 2017 by Fiedler Group
2017 marks Fiedler Group’s 60th year anniversary. Over the past six decades, Fiedler Group has seen remarkable changes in the service and engineering industry, while continually implementing innovative solutions to remain on the cutting edge. Read the rest of this entry »
UPS Uses Access Point Lockers to Expand Presence
July 19th, 2016 by Fiedler Group
UPS Access Point(TM) lockers serve as pick-up points, 24-hours a day. And now, UPS is working with 7-Eleven and other independent retail operators to offer Access Point lockers in their establishments. Read the rest of this entry »
Southern California Gas Company Celebrates First Public Access CNG Fueling Station
April 29th, 2014 by Fiedler Group
There are currently more than 4,000 vehicles in the Southern California Gas Company fleet; 23 percent of those are CNG (compressed natural gas) vehicles. And by the year 2016, that figure will rise to 45 percent. Read the rest of this entry »
Fiedler Group Celebrates 55 Years
January 8th, 2013 by Fiedler Group
Fred Stanton Fiedler was just 23 years old in 1946. Fresh out of the Army Air Corp, he joined Union Oil Company’s Construction and Engineering Department.
Over the next eleven years, Fiedler worked in a Read the rest of this entry »
Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians Travel Plaza
August 7th, 2012 by Fiedler Group
On July 23, 2012 the Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians opened a new travel plaza including a 7-Eleven convenience store, Shell branded gas station, tribal-owned car wash, and Subway restaurant Read the rest of this entry »
Convenience markets
June 2nd, 2011 by Patrick Fiedler
When Fortune 500 companies develop new programs, they turn to Fiedler Group for its expertise.
Our firm has three decades of experience developing convenience markets and supporting aggressive brand expansion programs for some of the world’s largest companies.
Whatever your program requirements may be, Fiedler Group offers an impressive package of services including as-built measurements, preliminary equipment plans, design and engineering, entitlement services, and permitting.
We specialize in the following areas:
- multi-site programs,
- bay conversions,
- corporate standards,
- tenant improvements,
- ground-up facilities,
- building expansions, and
- store conversions
Case Studies
Arco ampm
In 2005, Arco embarked on a program to sell company-owned facilities to its franchisees. A vital component of this transition was the seamless design and permitting of each respective site’s adaptation of ampm’s brand.
7-Eleven
7-Eleven pioneered the convenience store concept in 1927; nearly 100 years later, the idea as strong and effective as ever.
History
June 2nd, 2011 by Patrick Fiedler
Fred Stanton Fiedler was just 23 years old in 1946. Fresh out of the Army Air Corp, he joined Union Oil Company’s Construction and Engineering Department.
Over the next eleven years, Fiedler worked in a department that would complete over 800 service stations — including building Service Station #4252, at the corner of Los Feliz and Brunswick, in a record-breaking nine working days.
But in 1956, the petroleum giant reached its refinery capacity, and no additional service stations were commissioned.
As the saying goes, when one door closes, a window opens. In Fred’s case, the window would become Fred Fiedler & Associates (FF&A) — founded at the encouragement of Union Oil to manage the company’s Western United States construction and engineering projects.
In 1964, FF&A moved to its Third Street offices in downtown Los Angeles, where company headquarters remained for over 50 years — a true brick-and-mortar symbol of the firm’s relentless stability, consistency, and dedication.
As the oil industry matured, FF&A played a vital role in serving major petroleum companies as they transitioned from full service auto care to self-service stations.
At the turn of the 1970s, new service station development came to a virtual halt. And out of this, the industry saw the arrival of air quality initiatives and regulations. Faced with a new challenge, FF&A trail-blazed vapor recovery solutions for underground tanks and similar fuel system projects.
By 1980, customers sought more from a service station than a simple fill-up. Convenience was the new trend — fill-up your tank, polish your engine with a quick lube and oil, and wash off the dust with a car wash. And again, Fiedler’s team was the industry leader, providing solutions forevery need.
The 90s saw the convenience trend evolve with the advent of quick service restaurants (QSRs) and co-branding. Fiedler’s success with these facilities, which combined both food and gasoline, pioneered new opportunities with national restaurant leaders, including the likes of McDonalds, Jack in the Box, and Wienerschnitzel.
Concurrently, the firm utilized its renowned design and engineering expertise to develop new solutions for the alternative fuels market. Its demonstrated success in this market fueled opportunities to assist multinational energy corporations including BP, Chevron, and Shell in developing their premiere U.S. hydrogen fuel facilities.
In 2004, FF&A rebranded itself Fiedler Group — reflecting the company’s revitalized direction as the multi-dimensional design and engineering firm you know today.
Fiedler Group continues to evolve and meet the needs of its clients in an ever-changing environment with new service offerings, new technologies, and a steadfast commitment to serving our clients with unparalleled quality and value.