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7614 A HWY. 71 WestAustin, TX 78735www.noble-tx.com512-535-1820

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We manufacture site specific Civil Engineering Plans to meet our

clients construction budget and schedule EVERY TIME.

Our one BIG objective: “Tres Howland is by far the BEST civil engineer I have ever hired throughout Texas and the entire USA. When Tres was the civil working on several Chili’s new developments, I never had to worry about any surprising issues. He is always very thorough, detailed, worked well with City jurisdictions, and completed drawings on schedule. I have used most of the big civil engineering fi rms in the past and the only one to call is Tres with Noble.”

Pam Goodwin OwnerGoodwin Commercial

We have had a great experience with Noble Surveying & Engineering Works, LLC. Our project at Polo Club Center in southwest Austin has overcome some major challenges with the teamwork and leadership that Noble has provided. These guys have tackled and successfully navigated through civil site development in a diffi cult environmental maze of regulations. These guys have accomplished goals other consultants said could not be done, and most importantly, on time and at fair and reasonable fees. These guys do go the extra mile to make the project work in the real world and make sure the clients needs are met.”

Todd WomackLASCO Development Corporation

Noble designed my residential septic system. They went above and beyond, taking a diffi cult lot with features that posed challenges, and designed a system that works very well and passed county inspections. Many other engineers said it couldn’t be done given the parameters, so I was thrilled with their dedication to get the job done, in a timely manner, and for a very reasonable price.”

Janet BellHome Owner

• Restaurant Sites• Bank Sites• Small & Large Box Retailers• Sports/Recreational Complexes• Shopping Center Renovations• Local and National Developers• Storm-water Pollution Prevention

Plans (SWPPP)• Accessibility (ADA) Projects• Expansion Projects

• Maintenance Projects• Feasibility Research Reports• Drainage Studies• Public Works Projects • Residential Subdivision Plats• Multi-family Developments• Roadway Projects • Construction Administration• Team Procurement• Septic Design

NOBLE TESTIMONIALS

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT: Noble can set a scope for a project, outline a team of consultants necessary and desired, coordinate the project team, compile a project schedule, maintain a status report, prepare cost approximating, prepare construction plans, prepare specifi cations, prepare bid documents, analyze bids, recommend value engineering, construction contract administration, review shop drawings, inspect construction, and maintain project records.

CIVIL CONSULTING: Noble provides professional expertise in commercial development design. Services include: Conceptual Planning, Feasibility Reports, Cost Estimating, Construction Documents, Storm-water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP), and Construction Administration. The bulk of Civil Consulting is to produce Civil Engineering Plans. Plans typically consist of a Cover, Notes, Site, Grading, Utility, Erosion Control, and Detail sheets. Other plan sheets are included when the project scope necessitates them, such as Water Quality Pond Plans, or Utility Plan and Profi le Sheets.

SUBDIVISION PLATTING: Noble will team up with a local surveyor who will produce the graphical plat. We will coordinate with you for subdividing or combining your lot(s), perform engineering calculations and construction plans, coordinate with local utility companies, and process your plat to help you get approval.

LAND PLANNING: We take your “napkin” sketch and create a professional visual for you. Noble provides preliminary planning for clients. Noble prepares site layout and land planning designs according to clients visual expectations, or verbal explanations. These plans are traditionally used to negotiate property terms, (zoning, cost, organization, etc.), compare sites, market end users, and similar functions.

FEASIBILITY REPORTS: This is a “playbook” for your project. Noble provides professional research for your proposed projects. The intent of Feasibility Reports is to identify the course of the project as dictated by various factors tied to a specifi c site/tract and make recommendations to guide a project through the identifi ed processes.

COST ESTIMATING: You need a realistic budget for your project. This will help you in many ways plan for project costs. Noble provides professional opinions on project costs related to civil aspects of a project. These cost approximations are valuable when determining project costs, from Conceptual stage to the “Out to Bid” stage. Cost approximations range from “Ballpark” to “10%”.

STORM-WATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLANS: Noble provides professionally prepared reports that can be (and should be) used on construction projects to satisfy state and local regulations on Storm-water run-off protection.

CONSTRUCTION ADMINISTRATION: Noble provides a varying level of Construction Administration (CA) based on clients preference and local requirements. Clients can request CA that is routine, where Noble oversees construction activities on a daily or weekly basis, or as needed; meaning Noble is available to visit the site or answer questions when clients need that expertise. Noble provides, as a standard service, Local Jurisdiction CA as required when those agencies have written or understood regulations governing engineering observation or inspections.

SEPTIC DESIGN: Noble provides professionally prepared designs of On-Site Sewage Facilities for commercial sites and residential lots. This includes the four steps to obtaining a permit, (i) Site Evaluation, (ii) System Selection, (iii) System Design, and (iv) Permit Processing. Noble also provides information on Preferred Installers in your area.

As we continue to expand our services, we look forward to offering:

SURVEYING: For the time being, we partner with qualifi ed, reputable surveying companies to provide clients with a solid foundation to build design services from.

DESIGN-BUILD: We look forward to partnering with experienced developers, contractors, and architects.

COMMUNITIESSERVICES

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Our design team has experience working on projects in these fi ne cities from Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico: Abilene, TX Alice, TXAlvin, TXAmarillo, TXAransas Pass, TXAustin, TXBay City, TXBeaumont, TXBee Cave, TXBellaire, TXBrenham, TXBrownsville, TXBrownwood, TXBuda, TXBulverde, TXCedar Park, TXCinco Ranch, TXConverse, TXCorpus Christi, TXDel Rio, TXDripping Springs, TX

Eagle Pass, TXEdinburg, TXElgin, TXElsa, TXFlower Mound , TXGeorgetown, TXGalveston, TXHouston, TXHutto, TXKaty, TXKilleen, TXKyle, TXLa Porte, TXLago Vista, TXLakeway, TXLeague City, TXLeon Valley, TXLiberty, TXLubbuck, TXLumberton, TXMagnolia, TX

Marble Falls, TXMcAllen, TXMercedes, TXMission, TXMissouri City, TXOdessa, TXOrange, TXPalmhurst, TXPearland, TXPfl ugerville, TXPinehurst, TXPleasanton, TXPortland, TXPort Arthur, TXPort Isabel, TXRio Grande City, TXRound Rock, TXRowlett, TXSan Antonio, TXSan Juan, TXSan Marcos, TX

Sherman, TXSilsbee, TXStafford, TXSugarland, TXTaylor, TXTomball, TXVidor, TXWeslaco, TXWest Lake Hills, TXWharton, TX

Bisby, OKTulsa, OKMuskogee, OKMidwest City, OKQuail Springs, OKNw. Oklahoma City, OKBroke Arrow, OK

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Tres Howland, PE has experience in heavy construction and site development design. He started his career working for NCDOT and then SCDOT:

• Performing Inspections • Designing Traffi c Control Plans• Designing Roadway Plans • Administering Construction Contracts• Performing Construction Surveying • Managing the Incident Management Unit

He then moved on to work for Vulcan Materials Company. There, Tres:

• Managed Highway Rehabilitation Projects• Managed Runway Rehabilitation and Upgrade Projects• Coordinated Material Supplies for Projects• Coordinated Sub-Contractors on Projects• Estimated Bids• Designed and Surveyed Conveyor Belt Systems for Company

Owned Quarries

In 1999, Tres moved to Austin and worked for a local engineering consulting fi rm for 8 years. Helping grow that fi rm as a Partner, he performed a full spectrum of duties on:

• 75 Brinker (Chili’s, Macaroni Grill, etc) Restaurant projects• 10 Wal-Mart Supercenter projects• Over 20 Bank projects• Over 10 Walgreens projects

Tres also gained experience on scores of other projects ranging from Accessibility Improvements to 80-acre Power Center developments.

In January 2007, Tres opened Noble with the BIG objective to manufacture site specifi c civil engineering plans to meet the clients budget and schedule every time. The late Urban Forester Legend Steve Clark once said, “Tres tends to succeed where others fail on diffi cult to impossible projects.” Today, Tres continues to mold these business philosophies into the company.

The rest of the Noble team balances and complements one another. Each member has his specialized expertise and experiences that benefi t all projects. Combined, we do more for our clients.

LICENSESP.E. Texas - 90451

P.E. S. Carolina 19824 TBPE Firm # 9852

EDUCATION | TRAININGClemson University - 1991B.S. - Civil Engineering

Ryan Irion has the honor of managing the Engineering activities at Noble. Ryan has 15 years of Civil Engineering design experience that stretches across every aspect of Commercial Site Plans and Subdivision Development, including:

• Existing and Proposed Drainage Analysis• Site layout per code• Parking lot and street grading/contouring• Storm Sewer layout, sizing, and fl ow calculations• Water and Wastewater design• Utility layout, sizing and capacity calculations• Erosion Control design including loading calculations to

each measure• Detention Pond design for various storm events• Water Quality design, including innovative practices like rain

garden designs• Negotiating fl oodplain widths• Tree mitigation analysis• Project Opinion of Cost and comparisons• Permit Processing

Ryan has performed these tasks on such projects as:• Chili’s• Lowe’s• Walgreens• Burger King• Shell Gas• Raising Cane’s Restaurants • 1512 Forest Trail Apartments• Berryhill RV Park• Center Street Village Commercial Development• John & Corky’s Automotive• Polo Club Commercial Subdivision• Stratford Reserve Place Residential Subdivision

In addition to our engineering services, Ryan balances his personal time with yoga and running. These fi tness hobbies have inspired other company members to train and participate in a 10-mile “Run for the Water” and cycle in the Livestrong Challenge.

Mr. Irion is creative in fi nding solutions that keep Noble’s BIG Objective possible for our clients.

LICENSESP.E. Texas - 106076

P.E. New Mexico - 21803

EDUCATION | TRAININGTexas A&M University - 1998

B.S. - Civil Engineering

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Austin Contractors & Engineers Association

Regulatory Committee

LEADERSHIPTres Howland, P.E. Ryan Irion, P.E.

ENGINEERING



Reece Whitley joined Noble early in 2013 to expand the project management team. Reece brings 14 years of experience working on Wal-Mart projects to the table in addition to his strong design expertise. In his 27 years of working in the development industry, Mr. Whitley has built a respectable reputation:

• Managing Projects• Handling client accounts • Outlining project tasks and negotiating contracts• Scheduling project durations and team personnel• Overseeing design quality control• Designing Civil Engineering plans • Preparing Engineering Construction Estimates• Preparing project specifi c Specifi cation development• Managing Out-to-Bid methods and documents• Preparing Storm Water Pollution Protection Plans• Observing construction methods• Reece has the technical skills it takes to manage civil engineering projects, including:

• AutoCAD• Drainage Calculations, including various drainage modeling

programs • Earthwork Computations• Grading Design, including drainage improvements• Utility Layout, including plan and profi les of water and

wastewater systems• Minor and major roadway design, include compound curves• Commercial Site layout and dimensioning controls• Erosion Control means and methods• Site specifi c detailing

Reece is an Austin musician who in the 1990’s could be seen on 6th Street and opening at the Backyard for the likes of the Fabu-lous Thunderbirds. Besides supporting his two athletic children in their teenage sports, Reece still manages to make time for his music today.

Mr. Whitley implements Noble’s BIG Objective by professionally managing each clients project.

EDUCATION | TRAININGAssociates of Science - Civil Engineering TechnologyTexas State Technical College - 1986

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSTexas Society of Professional Engineers

Real Estate Council of Austin

Austin Contractors and Engineers Association

International Council of Shopping Centers

Alberto Alaniz brings over 25 years of experience to Noble. He covers every spectrum of Engineering Design related to this industry as well as managing projects. Most of the time Alberto is found producing construction plans with Project Engineers and processing them for permits.

In addition to managing the Design Team at Noble, Mr. Alaniz runs his own Drafting Firm - Capitol Drafting & Design - our drafting Sub-Consultant. For 15 years, he has worked with design fi rms, Surveyors, MEP Engineers, and Architects.

As a renowned AutoCAD Professor with nearly 16 years of teaching in Austin and San Antonio, Alberto has also matched many ITT Drafting students with their future employers.

If that wasn’t enough, Alberto is well versed with:

• Managing Projects• Preparing civil engineering construction plans• Project document oversight• Permitting• Scheduling• Supervising and coordinating designers and support staff

personnel.

Mr. Alaniz’s vast experience includes:

• Commercial development projects• Residential subdivision projects• Commercial and residential subdivision platting• Public and private roadway design• Plan and Profi le of roads, storm-sewer, water networks, and

wastewater systems• Dry utility projects• Site specifi c traffi c control plans• Landscape and Irrigation Plans• Mechanical, Plumbing, and Electrical Plans• Architectural and Structural Plans• Conceptual Land Planning

Mr. Alaniz facilitates Noble’s BIG Objective by overseeing the manufacturing of our clients plans.

EDUCATION | TRAININGAssociate of Applied Sciences

Drafting & Design Technology (Civil Option)

Texas State Technical College, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, TX

Campus – 1986

B.S. Occupation Training & Development (Instructor)

Texas State Technical College, Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, TX

Campus – 1992

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Minority Business Enterprise (MBE)

Disadvantage Business Enterprise (DBE)

PROJECT MANAGEMENTReece Whitley Albert Alaniz

EXPERIENCE



La Michoacana Meat Market is a specialty grocery store with about 120 locations. They came to Noble because of our successful experience at obtaining permits in a number of Texas cities and our ability to speak Spanish. Round Rock and Austin are known for having challenging Site Plan Review processes. Noble helped La Michoacana cut their previous permitting times in Round Rock from years to months.

This Round Rock location has a major City water and wastewater line running parallel to South Mays Street. Coordination with the City and La Michoacana to have this line replaced helped keep the building slab elevation from being raised an extra foot, saving on earthwork expenses. Additionally, Noble analyzed the initial site plan prepared by another fi rm and recommended changes that saved pavement

area, but provided La Michoacana with more parking spaces. With less impervious cover on this site, it helped reduce the strain on the existing storm-sewer system and the already expanding project costs.

Noble has vastly improved this growing company’s ability to expand its business. These practices can be utilized to provide your company with similar strong results.

Jose Uroste - Construction Manager for the La Michoacana Meat Market projects can attest to these benefi ts and can be reached at 713-547-4600 for recommendations of our work. La Michoacana’s website is www.lmmm.com.

Raising Cane’s moved into the Central Texas, South Texas, and Houston markets with a looming variety of permitting jurisdictions. The Project Managers for Raising Cane’s – CSRS, Inc – www.csrsonline.com – recognized Noble’s experience throughout many cities in Texas, and our repetition with national casual dining restaurant chains in these locations. Raising Cane’s selected Noble as their Engineer because of our experience with plan production. To succeed with Raising Cane’s expansion, Noble set into action a coordination method that built consistency in the design of each site, which in turn is allowing them to experience lower more predictable construction costs.

This trait is not uncommon for Noble because this is the approach that distinguishes us as a construction cost conscientious fi rm.

Chris Ferrari – Project Manager at CSRS – 225-769-0546, Inc or Robert Montgomery at Raising Cane’s can confi rm our consistency.

SUCCESSLa Michoacana Meat Market Raising Cane’s Restaurant

CONSISTENCY

Project Information: La Michoacana Meat Market, Round Rock, TX

Scope:Site development design, permitting, and construc-tion observation.

Highlights:This was a “take-over” project at mid-design. LMMM obtained a Site Plan Permit with more parking and less impervi-ous cover than previously planned.

Project Information: Raising Cane’s,Cedar Park, Texas

Scope:Platting, Site development design, permitting, and construction observation.

Highlights:Reduced cost due to de-tailed grading plan that eliminated storm piping.



Dorsey Construction approached Noble with the request to help them expand their RV Park. Noble helped Dorsey obtain proper permits through Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for two required permits - Water Pollution Abatement Plan (known as a WPAP) and Sewage Collection System (known as a SCS).

By creating a working relationship, Mr. Dorsey could contact us immediately with his questions. This built a trust that further progressed into doing more engineering projects for Dorsey Construction. Since this project we have worked on a third phase of the RV Park, as well as other design-built projects.

It is good working with Dorsey Construction for many reasons, 1. they have experience with site and building construction, 2. they have an open channel of communication, and3. they understand the scope of what they need in a project.

Marvin Dorsey can be reached at his offi ce 512-864-2723. Dorsey Construction’s website: www.dorseycc.com.

Referred by another client, LASCO asked Noble to bid Conceptual Land Planning, Platting, and Utility and Drainage plans against two other larger fi rms. The lot layout of this Commercial Subdivision project was primarily dependent upon Noble obtaining approval from the US Fish and Wildlife Services to re-align a drainage swale. Noble teamed up with an experienced Environmental fi rm to analyze this drainage feature, write a concise report explaining the fi eld observed fi ndings and got USFWS to concur with the fi ndings. Our course to the result was signifi cantly less expensive and different from the other fi rm’s proposals.This is just another example of our experience and strong resources working for our clients.

Todd Womack – Construction Manager for the LASCO Polo Club project can be reached at 713-961-0280 for recommendations of our work. LASCO’s website is www.lasco.com.

RELATIONSHIPSDorsey RV Park LASCO: Polo Club

APPROACH

Project Information: Polo Club Commercial Development,Hays County, Texas

Scope:Land Planning, Platting, Pad ready Construction Plans for end users.

Highlights:Drainage swale was suc-cessfully re-aligned, max-imizing land use, and re-ducing permitting time.

Project Information: Berry Springs RV Park, Williamson County, TX

Scope:Double the size of the RV Park capacity, prepare construction plans and process TCEQ permits for storm water and sewage.

Highlights:The RV Park received TCEQ permits early and the project was on budget.



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PURPLERepresents the royal treatment we provide each of our clients.

ORANGERepresents the creativity and enthusiasm we put into each project.

7614 A HWY. 71 WestAustin, TX 78735
