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How we work

One accountable party for the whole chain.

We are a Texas firm working across land development, wet utilities, water processing and reclamation, residuals and disposal, and water district planning. The point is not any one of those. The point is that they are one conversation.

Why we are built this way

A developer's water problem is normally split across six vendors: an engineer, district counsel, a finance advisor, a utility contractor, an operator, and a disposal hauler. Each is competent. None of them owns the boundary between their scope and the next one, and the boundaries are where schedule and money go.

We took the whole sequence, from the first feasibility question on raw dirt to the well the residuals eventually go down, and put it under one roof. That is unusual, and it is the entire reason to hire us.

How we work

Four rules that decide most projects.

Start with the constraint, not the scope

On most tracts one thing decides the project: water availability, drainage, disposal, or the district calendar. We find it before writing a proposal.

Design the end of the chain first

Where the residuals go sets the treatment recovery, which sets plant size, which sets cost. Projects that leave disposal until last get rebuilt.

Name who is doing what

Licensed design, legal and municipal advisory work is done by licensed and registered professionals. We say which firms, and we manage them.

Date everything

Texas water and land rules are moving quickly right now. Anything we publish or hand you carries a date and its sources.

Operating philosophy

  1. 1. Understand the objective.
  2. 2. Build the right team.
  3. 3. Know the numbers.
  4. 4. Understand the technical issues.
  5. 5. Use technology intelligently.
  6. 6. Coordinate the professionals.
  7. 7. Challenge assumptions.
  8. 8. Anticipate problems.
  9. 9. Make decisions.
  10. 10. Execute.

What we do not do, stated plainly

We scope, procure, coordinate and manage. Engineering design and sealed drawings are performed by registered engineering firms, and we name them on every project.

District financial work is performed on the development side, for developers and landowners planning district-funded infrastructure. It is not advice to a municipal entity regarding the issuance of municipal securities, and it is not a substitute for a registered municipal advisor, bond counsel or district counsel. Where a district needs those, we say so and work alongside them.

Leadership

Where we work

Montgomery, Harris, Waller, Liberty, Grimes, Fort Bend and Brazoria counties, and elsewhere in Texas where water and district questions are the hard part.