All homeowners dread the day when they will need to have their foundation repaired, but did you know that there are ways to prevent foundation problems? It’s actually not all that difficult either. Save some money and put-off the day when you’ll have to repair your unlevel home.
Before you know how care for your foundation, you need to understand why foundation problems occur in the first place. Foundation problems are generally caused by water developing in uneven amounts under the foundation Read more [...]
When you start a business or even add a new branch to your existing business, you have a lot to think about and a cornucopia of decisions to make. How will you find key employees? Who will be your Clients and how will you find them? You also have to answer mundane questions such as “Which light bulb should you use since there are going to be thousands of them in the building?”
Or, when you create the website for your new company, what font should you use on the menus? Forest green or Kelly Read more [...]
We at TMG are Development Consultants as well as engineers. We do much more than prepare drawings of your improvements. We act as your consultant for land planning and find the highest, best use for your property. We know the local authorities who will give approval to your project. We represent you at public hearings before Boards and Commissions. We are your advocate with review staff and inspectors. We prepare construction contracts, conduct bidding and provide Construction administration. We Read more [...]
When I started working for The Moore Group, a civil engineering firm in Austin,
I knew very little about engineering. I quickly learned a lot, but as I read
through our everyday documents I realized there were a lot of acronyms I didn't
understand.
One commonly used one is MUD or Municipal Utility District. Not only did I not
know that it wasn't talking about wet dirt, but I had no idea what it involved. I
had a few different theories and most of them ended with the visual of a building
sinking Read more [...]
We are starting to see some activity in the form of Land Development in the Austin area and in Central Texas. Some of our Clients that have not been active, or have not been able to obtain financing, have called us to discuss new development projects. We don’t know if this is just a busy period that will end soon, or if we are seeing the beginning of a new, long term growth cycle. All signs point to the need for more housing and infrastructure to accommodate the growing population.
We are in the process of completing an office-warehouse development. The location of the office warehouse works well for the Owner, but the water system that serves the area is substandard. This caused some concern when we considered how Fire Protection would be provided.
Fortunately, we had recently completed a fire protection system for a commercial development just next door. We had the solution for Fire Protection at this site. We could either build a similar system to the one next door, Read more [...]
We at The Moore Group are pleased to announce that we have been retained to provide engineering design, surveying, entitlements and permitting for Montechino on Lake Travis. The owner of Montechino is a long time client of The Moore Group. He has called on us once again to make land development happen. We will be platting a new Section of Single Family lots and designing and permitting a new Marina. More will be posted on the Montechino project as we proceed.
There are several unique qualities of Mini Storage Projects that engineers and planners must be aware of. One is access. We must lay out the project using the minimum amount of pavement necessary, while still providing adequate access to the facility. We at The Moore Group are now working on two mini-storage facilities on opposite sides of Austin, Texas. It's funny how projects seem to come in groups. I recently posted "We are Office-Warehouses"..... Now I could say "We are Mini Storage Read more [...]
We recently prepared development plans for an Office-Warehouse in North Austin. We also provided construction services to the Owner, including Contract Preparation, Bidding, Assistance with Selection of a Contractor and Construction Administration. That project was built and completed last year. Now, some local landowners want to duplicate what their neighbor did.
The landowner next door has retained us to design and build an Office-Warehouse for him as well. The plans are complete and Read more [...]
It is great to see a project that you have drawn on paper become a reality. Laguna Terrera is a high-end residential project located on Lake Austin near the community of West Lake Hills. Our survey crew is on-site now providing locations for pilings. Soon the utilities will be constructed.
I’ll keep you updated on the progress!
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