Land Development Services
Single Family + Multi-Family + BTR
Gray Civil provides design services for many of Austin’s largest residential developments, including more than 15 projects with at least 1,000 single family lots. Services for single family, multi-family, BTR and custom home residential projects range from overall drainage studies, subdivision design, water quality and detention ponds, major roadways, amenity centers, and mass grading analysis. Gray Civil values the importance of cohesive and thoughtful planning to ensure seamless transition through multi-phase projects.
Frequently located in areas that feature both challenging topography and environmentally sensitive characteristics, land development projects require a unique perspective on the interplay between cost-effective design and the preservation of the land’s natural character. The nature of these sites, and the end product desired by homebuyers, also require an understanding of the home-building process itself, as well as ongoing coordination with builders and eventual buyers throughout the design process.
Gray Civil helps developers and homebuilders navigate the complexities of grading strategies and design of single family lot grading. Gray Civil has experience advising clients on best practices for achieving the ideal balance between retaining wall costs, driveway slopes, earthwork balance, foundation costs, protecting trees, and adequate lot drainage.
Industrial + Office + Retail
Gray Civil provides planning and design services for many Central Texas industrial, retail, office, and public building developments. Gray Civil coordinates with multiple disciplines in order to achieve a cohesive plan and design that aligns with developer expectations. Through decades of experience, Gray Civil is able to guide the development process, not only with the developer consultants, but also multiple jurisdictions that require approvals in Central Texas.
Gray Civil fosters the ability to develop commercial projects with significant planning experience for mixed use and commercial master plans. With experience in both the public and private sectors, Gray Civil finds balanced solutions for development projects that also meet the needs and requirements of public agencies with a collaborative, rather than combative, approach.
Entitlements
Gray Civil provides feasibility and entitlement services for projects throughout Central Texas ranging from mixed use projects to master planned communities. Gray’s diverse range of services for these projects includes land planning, utility evaluation requests, cost estimates, development agreements, Municipal Utility District (MUD) creations, Planned Unit Developments (PUDs), annexation and zoning.
Gray Civil has experience and relationships working with municipalities, cities, and counties throughout the metro area and offers creative and insightful land development solutions. Gray’s expertise on entitling numerous projects from raw land deals to finished communities, allows clients to focus on the best end use for a property.
