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Land Entitlement & Civil Management

Managing boundary and topographic surveys, stormwater detention engineering, replats, utility capacity commitments, and municipal permit walkthroughs from raw acreage to shovel-ready pads.

Starting at $2,500 · View fee schedule ↓

Surveys, Plats & Replats

Direct coordination of ALTA/boundary surveys, topographic mapping, subdivision plats, and variance submittals through county and city planning commissions.

Stormwater Detention & Drainage

Managing civil engineers on detention pond sizing, underground restrictor design, outfall permits, and floodway mitigation compliance.

Utility Capacity & MUD Commitments

Securing water and wastewater capacity letters, MUD annexation agreements, fire-flow testing, and dry-utility easements.

Horizontal Sitework Oversight

Bidding and managing clearing, mass grading, soil stabilization, detention excavation, underground utilities, and paving.

What this covers

Raw land leaks time and money between closing day and the building permit. Civil engineers, surveyors, geotechnical labs, and city plan reviewers each work in their own silo unless an operator sits on top of the schedule and pushes every submittal across the counter.

I step in to manage the pre-development and horizontal entitlement cycle for landowners, investors, and commercial operators: ordering the right surveys, keeping civil engineering focused on buildable pad yield rather than over-designed detention, securing water/sewer commitments, and walking plats and site plans through municipal or county approval.

Why hire an operator

Because I develop land and build vertically on our own balance sheet, I review civil drawings through a builder's eyes. Catching an oversized detention pond, a bad pad elevation, or an unworkable fire-lane radius during civil design saves tens of thousands of dollars in dirt work and concrete before a single machine hits the site.

Turnaround & pricing

Baseline starting fees. Final scope is quoted upfront as a flat fee based on square footage, unit count, or tract complexity before work begins.

Civil Plans, Survey & Detention Value-Engineering Audit Builder-level value-engineering review of your survey, detention pond sizing, and civil drawings (3 to 5 business days)

Includes: Review of ALTA/boundary survey exceptions, easements, surface vs. underground detention cost and pad-yield optimization, pad elevations, fire-lane geometry, and utility routing to cut unnecessary dirt work and concrete cost.

Starting at $2,500

Platting, Permitting & Utility Coordination Active monthly management of surveyors, civil engineers, and municipal plan reviewers through approval

Includes: Ordering and managing boundary/topo surveys, driving civil engineering submittals, securing water/wastewater capacity letters or MUD commitments, and walking plats and site plans across the city/county counter.

Starting at $3,500 / mo

Turnkey Horizontal Development Management Full-cycle horizontal execution from raw acreage through clearing, detention, utilities, and pad-ready delivery

Includes: Civil and permitting oversight, competitive bidding of clearing/grading/utility/paving contractors, weekly field supervision, pay-application verification, and municipal final inspection sign-off.

Starting at $25,000

Need à la carte or a combined scope?

Every capability in this operation is modular. If you only need one specific piece (for example, just custom shop drawings, a single site-walk draw check, or a valuation paired with a contractor bid audit), you do not have to buy a full package. Tell me which pieces you need and I will quote a flat fee for just that scope.

Track record & case studies

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May 20, 2026 · Land

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