Civil Engineering San Antonio Texas

Services Engineering

Land Development and Subdivisions

Planned and engineered the development of numerous industrial parks, commercial and residential subdivisions. Services provided include master planning, platting and zoning, design of street, utilities and storm drainage facilities. The firm has fully-equipped survey parties that perform property line location, right-of-way, topographic and construction layout surveys.

Ford Engineering, Inc. provides a wide variety of Subdivision and Site development services for private development.

  • Master Planning
  • Platting
  • Zoning
  • Roads, Streets & Bridges
  • Water Distribution Systems
  • Wastewater Collection Systems
  • Storm Water Runoff and Flood Control Design


e.g. Master Plan - Winwood Ranch Subdivision

Water Supply - Storage - Distribution

Complete water system designs, including supply, storage, and distribution facilities, pumping equipment, ground and elevated storage reservoirs. The firm's water network analysis computer programs are used in engineering calculations for a complete water system design. This computer application will size lines for maximum usage with minimum cost to provide the best and most economical system.

Ford Engineering, Inc. provides a wide variety of utility and site development services for municipalities water supply corporations, and private clients.

 

 

Utilities Services

  • water and wastewater master plans
  • water distribution line design
  • water distribution system studies and computer simulation
  • potable water storage facilities (ground and elevated)
  • high service pump stations
  • water irrigation systems
  • inflow/infiltration evaluations
  • surge/flow equalization basins
  • lift stations
  • utility system mapping
  • wastewater collection line design
  • population and system demand projections
  • system analysis for impact fee determination
  • rehabilitation design for water and wastewater lines
  • wastewater collection system studies and computer simulation
  • geographical information systems development for utility systems

Site Development

  • Paving, drainage, water and sewer design plans
  • Site grading plans
  • Site demolition plans Parking lot design, layout and striping
  • Site layout and planning
  • Comprehensive planning

Sewer Improvements

Sewer system designs from services to treatment plants are a large part of our firm's experience. Projects include from 8" gravity mains to 60" collectors, lift stations, force mains, and 36" treated reuse lines.

Advanced Control Earthwork, Design & Survey

Analyzed numerous projects by transposing natural topography to final development. Modeling of contour mapping provides the engineer with accurate and flexible control of design and development. The surveying services provided by our Firm include raw land, boundary, topography, contour and tree surveys. Services also include improved property surveys to obtain as-built conditions to determine existing building locations and all other visible improvements within a particular tract. Construction surveys are also provided for establishing the location for proposed improvements, including streets, sanitary sewer, water distribution, storm drainage and bridges.

Streets, Drainage and Flood Control

Ford Engineering, Inc. possesses in-depth knowledge of the existing soil conditions and constructability of municipal facilities, having provided the design of numerous streets for TxDOT, the City of San Antonio, and surrounding areas. Our personnel consist of qualified individuals who have an in-depth knowledge of construction standards and construction production. The firm has complete storm drainage analysis programs to provide flood control and flood hydrology.

Ford Engineering, Inc. provides a wide range of services related to transportation, including bridges, streets and highways, and related support disciplines, including environmental, utility, site development and structural engineering. The services related to streets and highways that FEI provides include:

  • Pavement design
  • Street and bridge detailed design (metric and English)
  • Pavement evaluation/inventories
  • Thoroughfare planning
  • Drainage analysis and design (stormwater systems)
  • Stormwater management plans
  • Utility relocation
  • Route studies, including environmental issues
  • Permitting
  • Wetland mitigation
  • Construction services
  • Cost estimating

Example of FEI Design

Wastewater Management

Ford Engineering can help you meet EPA and TCEQ requirements.

  • All aspects of collection & treatment processing.
  • Trickling filters.
  • Aeration process-activated or extended.
  • Sludge treatment.
  • Irrigation, farming or reclaimed.