Federal, State & Local Fountain & Water Feature Construction

American Pool Enterprises has the experience to comply with demands specific to your public project whether it is federal, state or municipal.  Through our wholly owned subsidiary, Specialty Pool & Fountain has the experience of working closely with many well-known contractors, manufacturers and municipalities large and small, on our many commercial fountain projects.  Many of these projects are historical and required museum quality finish.   Additionally, SPF has worked closely with Federal, State and local governments on a number of different projects throughout the Maryland/Virginia/D.C. areas. Clear and constant communication with all companies and groups we work with allow us to produce world class water features and fountains on time and on budget.

Our projects range from turnkey installations to mechanical-only installations in cooperation with General Contractors.  We also provide in-house design build capabilities to bring fast track projects to rapid, successful completion.

As a company, we carry an aggregate bonding capacity of $15,000,000, enough to satisfy even the largest of water feature projects. Individual project capacity of $5,000,000.

A Sampling of general contractors we’ve worked with in the past includes:

Jones G. Davis, Clark Construction, Turner Construction, Whiting-Turner, Balfour Beatty, Donahoe, Folger Pratt, William V. Walsh, Hensel Phelps, HSU, Pulte Homes, Federal Realty, Ft. Myers, Grunley  and more.

Federal Commercial Projects we’ve completed:

Department of Defense 9/11 Memorial at The Pentagon Walter Reed Army Medical Center Bethesda Naval Hospital Smithsonian Institution Elephant Habitat at The National Zoo

Asian Small-Clawed Otter Exhibit at The National Zoo Army Corp of Engineers Korean Ambassador’s Residence Department of State “Expanding Universe Fountain” at the State Department Headquarters Additional Federal Sites (DC): Prettyman Courthouse, Federal Reserve Building, National Gallery of Art, Bartholdi Fountain at the US National Gardens, Station Place II and III, Bonsai Foundation at the National Arboretum, Fountains at NIH

Municipal Construction Projects:

Interactive Fountains:  City of Rockville, City of Silver Spring, Reston Town Center, Independence Plaza (Hyattsville), Woodmore Town Center

Display Fountains: Mercury Fountain, Reston, VA; Bethesda Veterans Park, Bethesda Row; Village of Shirlington; Centre at Laurel; Riggs Alumni Center at The University of Maryland.

Commercial non-federal projects we’ve completed:

• Bethesda Row
• Bethesda Veterans Park, Bethesda, MD
• Six Flags America, main entrance fountain
• Regatta Bay Apartments
• Korean Ambassador’s Residence *
• Bullis School
• HSU Bonsai Fountain at National Arboretum
• United States Courthouse
• C.Burr Artz Library
• Connecticut House
• Orchard Ridge
• Gethsemane Estates Cemetery
• King David Cemetery
• Paint Branch Elementary School
• Georgetown Jesuit Residence
• INOVA Heart Institute
• Bethesda Veterans Park
• Fisher’s Place

*architectural award recipient

**U.S. National Monument – Pentagon