Jordan Ranch Blvd. Office Condos — 18.20-Acre Business Park Civil Engineering in Brookshire, TX
Brookshire · Waller County · Texas
Commercial & Retail Development
Civil engineering for an office condo park on a TxDOT corridor
JRH Engineering provided complete civil engineering design for an 18.20-acre office condo business park in Brookshire, Texas, located along a TxDOT corridor requiring a new turn lane. The project demanded a drainage strategy that protected leasable square footage while satisfying MUD utility requirements and dual-agency storm sewer approval. JRH engineered a compact on-site detention system with a lift station that minimized the pond footprint and kept the most valuable land available for buildings.
AT A GLANCE
Site civil design
Full site civil design including grading, paving, parking layout, and building pad configuration
Turn lane designed to TxDOT standards on the adjacent TxDOT corridor — required for site access approval
On-site detention system with lift station engineered to minimize pond footprint and maximize building coverage
Compact pond placement concentrated drainage infrastructure in the least valuable portion of the site
Utility infrastructure
Water and sanitary sewer connections made to existing MUD district infrastructure
MUD utility coordination run in parallel with TxDOT and drainage district permitting
Lift station selected over a gravity pond system — smaller footprint, more leasable land
Stormwater and drainage
On-site detention designed with a lift station to reduce required pond area compared to a traditional gravity system
Storm sewer approved concurrently through BKDD and the City of Brookshire — parallel review prevented sequential delays
Detention pond placed strategically to protect high-value building area at the front of the site
Permitting and agency coordination
TxDOT turn lane permit coordinated concurrently with drainage and city approvals
BKDD and City of Brookshire storm sewer reviews run simultaneously
MUD utility connection coordinated in parallel with all other agency reviews
The Challenge — at 18.20 acres, pond placement has real financial consequences
Jordan Ranch Blvd. was large enough that every acre of pond is an acre that cannot generate lease revenue. The TxDOT corridor also required a turn lane, adding a state agency coordination layer that runs on its own timeline regardless of how fast the local approvals move.
JRH’s Approach — a lift station instead of a gravity pond
JRH engineered a lift station-based detention system rather than a traditional gravity pond. The lift station allowed the pond footprint to be compressed significantly — protecting the most leasable portions of the site for buildings. TxDOT, BKDD, and City of Brookshire approvals were pursued simultaneously, preventing any one agency from becoming a bottleneck.
The Results
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Leasable square footage protected through a lift station detention system — pond footprint minimized across 18.20 acres
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TxDOT turn lane permitted concurrently with drainage district and city approvals — no sequential delays
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MUD utility connections coordinated in parallel — no utility permitting holdups
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Frequently Asked Questions
What was the main engineering challenge on the Jordan Ranch Blvd. project?
At 18.20 acres, pond placement decisions had real financial consequences since every acre used for detention could not generate lease revenue, and the site needed a TxDOT-compliant turn lane on an adjacent corridor.
How did JRH Engineering protect leasable land at Jordan Ranch Blvd.?
JRH engineered a lift station-based detention system to compress the pond footprint significantly, protecting the most leasable portions of the site, while pursuing TxDOT, BKDD, and City of Brookshire approvals simultaneously.
What were the results of the Jordan Ranch Blvd. project?
JRH protected leasable square footage across 18.20 acres through a compact lift station detention design, secured the required TxDOT turn lane concurrently with other approvals, and avoided any utility permitting delays.