Services: Civil Engineering: Development Assessment & Feasibility
As a pro-bono or low cost service to our clients, Loomis Austin can assist property owners, investors and real estate professionals with preliminary evaluations of the development potential of a specific property. LAI will access a variety of environmental, engineering, and community-related databases to define and document the physical and regulatory characteristics of a tract. After the client identifies a target property, we can explore the property’s physical attributes by reviewing aerial imagery and topographic maps. We can locate environmental features that may require special consideration or permitting. We will identify existing site improvements, utility infrastructure, and zoning designations, as well as community amenities, such as parks, pools, and libraries. LAI staff can provide plat map overlays to view the location of easements and setbacks in relation to other site features. We can develop slope maps to identify appropriate development locations and can link zip code areas or census blocks to employment and demographic data.
Site Development Parameters Checklist:
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● Jurisdiction: • City • County
• Identification
of applicable
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Identification of approval and permitting |
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● Zoning
• Zoning
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Determination of usable
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● Utilities • Availability, capacity and providers (water supply, wastewater
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● Access • Driveways (commercial, residential, turning lanes) • Evaluation of existing traffic patterns. • Identification of scheduled future road improvements |
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●Easements • Identification of encumbrances • Identification of future required easements |
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● Slopes • Development and design constraints • Determination of usable land |
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● Storm Water Management • Flood detention requirements • Water quality requirements • Special requirements due to watershed (Urban, Suburban, Barton Springs, etc.) |
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● Floodplain • Extents and impacts • Drainage improvements/potential for increasing usable land • U.S. Corps permitting |
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● Groundwater • Water supply issues • Special development requirements for storm water and wastewater |
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● Soils • Potential design impacts (walls, roads, utilities, slabs, etc.) |
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3101 Bee Cave Road, Suite 100
Austin, Texas 78746
Office:
512.327.1180 • Fax: 512.327.4062
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